Bristol’s West End Association, a non-profit neighborhood group of merchants and residents committed to the preservation, safety and overall quality of living in the City’s West End, is hosting its third-annual summer festival at RockwellPark on Saturday, Aug. 16. The festival – which attracted more than 10,000 visitors last year –showcases and celebrates Bristol’s West End community, its merchants and residents. It offers a wide variety of music and dance performances, crafts, food, an antique car show, basketball, skateboard and volleyball tournaments, kids’ activities – including a “Kids Zone” sponsored by Liberty Bank and presented by Imagination Museum – and much more. Admission is free. Held throughout RockwellPark from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the festival features artists from across the state and the region displaying a variety of artistic styles including jewelry, skateboard and pop art, illustration, painting, sculpture, photography, and face painting. Additionally, some of the artists creating artwork during the day will sell or auction their creations. There will be a full afternoon of music on the main festival stage, and musicians will perform acoustically at the park gazebo and in other select areas. Many popular area bands, including High Octane, Hanging Hills, Dave and Trish Connolly, [...]
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