Anyone going to the International Festival

[polmaven]

in Peabody Square tomorrow? It is always such a good time. I usually make it a practice to eat my way up one side of the street and down the other. Yummy!

Not to mention the entertainment at three sites, and, of course, just being with all of those people in one place, celebrating diversity and cultures of all the different ethnicities in this city.

[paineinthearse]

1. Details?

Where is Peabody Sq? Time?

[polmaven]

2. Sorry!

I didn't turn on my computer until just now. By the time I got home from church it was already time to leave for the Festival.

For next year...I can't say on which Sunday in September it will be held, but ususally the 2nd or 3rd week.

Peabody Square...The center the city...Best way to reach is rt. 128 to the Lowell St (east) exit. (Next after Centennial Drive). Lowell Street goes directly into the square, but on Festival day, you cannot drive all the way down. There is usually very good traffic control, so parking isn't a problem.

The time is Noon to 6:00PM. The Polish, Portugese, Greek, Italian,etc..food is wonderful..., as is the entertainment.

Peabody is a very diverse city, and there are usually 80,000 to 100,000 people in the streets during the course of the day. I think that, over the now 21 years of the festival, there have been a total of ...maybe...under a dozen arrests.

It was another great time today...Mayor Bonfanti, Senator Berry, Congressman Tierney...It is not an event to miss.

Peabody is a "No place for hate" city, and really lives up to it on International Festival day.