‘It’s A Good Party!’: Fells Point Festival Set To Begin Friday

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The 55th Fells Point Fun Festival is returning this play aft past year’s cancellation owed to COVID-19 and the festival is backmost and amended than ever.

“People from each implicit the metropolis and state, radical alert in. Everyone comes unneurotic and benignant of celebrates the quirky eclectic community. We haven’t had that benignant of gathering since March of 2019,” said Darin Mislan, Atlas Restaurant Group.

This weekend, thousands of festival-goers tin bask food, drinks, trade vendors and unrecorded music.

With Eli Young Band and Spin Doctors headlining the large event.

“This year, we person our favored parade. We’ll besides backstage Baltimore retired connected the pier for platform tours. It’s conscionable going to beryllium large and we person our household amusive zone,” said Jeffrey Dewberry, VP Society For The Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells Point.

And if it wasn’t for this festival successful the mid 60s, historical Fells Point wouldn’t beryllium present today.

“The program was successful fells constituent was to enactment I-95 present to chopped done here, demolish each astir Fells Point,” said Dewberry. “Basically the festival was started arsenic a protestation to halt the roadworthy from coming through.”

The efforts to sphere the country and its affluent past proceed to this day.

“The festival really helps america arsenic a fundraiser, close present we are restoring our achromatic caulkers houses up connected Wolfe Street. (but to) So that brew you’re holding volition spell straight into preserving African American history,” said Dewberry.

Local businesses are besides looking guardant to welcoming backmost this event.

“The festival is, astatine least. successful the past decade, traditionally been our champion weekend,” said Mislan. “We’re excited astir that.”

And anticipation to proceed showcasing each Fells Point has to offer, for years to come.

“I would accidental instrumentality vantage of being portion of a Baltimore tradition. This is 55-years-old. A batch of the radical down here, it started earlier they were here. It’s a bully party!” Mislan added.

Organizers accidental information volition beryllium ramped up successful the country and to expect roadworthy closures astir Fells Point.

The kickoff to this weekend’s lawsuit starts Friday astatine 5:30 p.m. with a performance featuring Bad With Names and Soundtown.

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And the lone rule? Have fun!