Put on your “beige iridescent lipstick” and prepare for a “Dirty Dancing” festival like no different.
The occasion, which takes place on Aug. 16 and 17, ought to provide sufficient alternative to be taught enjoyable lifts and turns at the Pembroke, Virginia, resort the place the favored film “Dirty Dancing” was filmed.
The actual identify of the resort is Mountain Lake Lodge — however for a era of movie followers, it’s going to all the time be “Kellerman’s.”
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Tickets value $75. The journey expertise presents followers a solution to “step back in time without being an overnight guest at the resort,” Heidi Stone, president and CEO of Mountain Lake Lodge, informed Fox News Digital.
“Before there were ‘Swifties,’ there was the ‘Dirty Dancing’ super fan,” she additionally stated.
Lovers of the traditional movie “Dirty Dancing” now have the chance to be taught all of Johnny and Baby’s lifts and turns at a two-day festival in Virginia. (Mountain Lake Lodge)
“The demand for immersive ‘Dirty Dancing’ experiences is greater than ever,” she stated.
“It is incredibly nostalgic for fans to be able to experience not just a movie set, but a real place, complete with Baby’s Cabin, the infamous gazebo and many more filming locations.”
Stone added, “And, yes, we have watermelons, lots of watermelons for fans to carry.”
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Watermelon racing is on the festival itinerary, however Stone identified that the dwell music, dancing classes and dance competitors are some of the true highlights.
The fictional Kellerman’s resort was supposedly positioned within the Catskill Mountains of New York.
The real-life Mountain Lake Lodge that offered a lot of the film’s backdrop is positioned within the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia.
The resort underwent an intensive renovation that was accomplished in 2017.
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“Dirty Dancing,” starring Patrick Swayze (Johnny Castle) and Jennifer Grey (Frances “Baby” Houseman), hit the massive display screen in 1987.
The film grossed greater than $214 million worldwide, in accordance with IMDB.
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If you’ll be able to’t make the festival, the resort has a number of “Dirty Dancing” themed weekends every year.
“Dirty Dancing” followers can now immerse themselves on the planet of Baby and Johnny by visiting the Mountain Lake Lodge or, reasonably, the Kellerman’s Mountain House, for a real “time of my life” expertise. (Mountain Lake Lodge; Getty Images)
The weekends, in accordance with Stone, promote out one yr prematurely.
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Looking forward a yr for individuals who wish to plan properly prematurely, the 2025 dates are Feb. 14-16, April 25-27, June 27-29, July 25-27, Aug. 22-24 and Oct. 24-26.
