Next Saturday, that would be the 6th of June for those reading on a a different timecode, the Wall Street Festival will be in full swing, from 3-9 PM. Gotan Project suggests a preview and the Hour reports:
“The response from the local community has been enthusiastic,” said Lorraine Gimblett, spokeswoman for POKO Partners LLC, the city’s selected developer for the Isaacs Street portion of Wall Street and a key organizer of this year’s festival. “Local business owners and community organizations are excited about the revitalization efforts, and this festival and its expansion is a tangible result of that positive forward momentum. So far, 83 businesses and organizations are participating in the festival.”
Add to that six bands playing through out the day on two different stages, a look at the present and future of downtown Norwalk, restaurants dishing up food, a stilt walker, magician, balloon twister, puppet show, face painting, tattoos for kids, fashion shows, plant potting, and many demonstrations.
Live music is scheduled for throughout the day. Bands will include PJ Pacifico, Smackin Abner, Silver Streaks, Jazz by the Jim Clark Group, and Bad Reps, a band led by state Rep. Christopher R. Perone.
Shakespeare on the Sound will perform classic music. The Norwalk Symphony will offer an instrument “petting zoo”, where the public may try different instruments.
The Norwalk River Rowing Club, meanwhile, will offer 30-minute rows to the public. Look also for floral arranging demonstrations by The Silk Touch, karate demonstrations by Karate Universe, yoga demonstrations by Nu Yoga, massages by Dorr Way to Health, fitness demonstrations by Norwalk YMCA, dog training demonstrations by PAWS of Norwalk, ballroom dancing pointers from Fred Astaire Dance Studio, and free foot scanning Dr. Harris Greenberger.
Aitoros, Chocopologie, B.J. Ryan’s, Bella Luna and La Paella will be among the restaurants dishing up food for the street festival.
Mayor Richard A. Moccia, who helped launch the festival three years ago to draw attention to the future of the Wall Street area, said the event has grown year-by-year — and will do so again.
“I think we’re going to have a larger crowd, and more people are going to be there to see the businesses that are currently there, and then hopefully, continue to look forward and see what (the Wall Street area) is going to look like in a few years,” Moccia said.
source: The Hour, Food, music to highlight Main/Wall festival, By ROBERT KOCH, June 1, 2008
