SummerFest returns to Ridgefield’s historic Main Street this Saturday. Will you be there?
Sidewalk sales, browsing and bargains, a farmers’ market, a “kids zone” with a bounce house, music, food, fun — it’s SummerFest!
The annual SummerFest street fair organized by the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce will be this Saturday, July 23, closing Main Street between Bailey Avenue and Prospect Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The festival with its sales and activities begins at 10 a.m. and goes until 4 p.m. but the block of Main Street will be closed to traffic longer, to allow for set-up and break-down. SummerFest involves merchants throughout the village as well businesses and organizations that will have booths and tables set up on the closed block of Main Street.
“As always, the festival will feature great sidewalk sales from our local merchants and more than 70 vendors showcasing their products and services,” said Jennifer Zinzi of the Chamber of Commerce. “New this year will be a farmers market where festival goers can pick up beautiful fresh produce and treats for weekend barbeques…”
“We’re having a nice big summer sale with some big reductions. That’s our big event,” said June Sandilands of The Loft at Bissell’s on Governor Street. “…Lots of wonderful things that are very nicely priced.”
Meredith Mulhearn’s Cucumber and Chamomile Tea Shoppe is at 3 Danbury Road, by the intersection of Routes 35 and 116, so she’ll be set up in the block that will be closed to traffic.
“I’m going to have a table up on Main Street as we’ll be doing all sorts of stuff,” she said. “We’ll have iced tea there, and nutrition is the other side of my business — I’m a nutrition therapist — and I’ll answer questions and I’ll have all sorts of wellness products, and tea of course, lots of tea.”
The farmers market will be at the north end of closed Main Street block, by Prospect Street.
It will feature products grown by The Hickories, Simpaug Farms, Hayfields and Veronica’s Garden, as well as fresh cut flowers from The Porch. The Farmer’s Market is sponsored by CorCystems Inc and Fairfield County Bank.
The kids zone will be at Bailey Avenue and the Town Hall parking lot, showcasing child-friendly vendors and a variety of activities including an interactive race track, bounce house, face painting, airbrushed tattoos, archery, and a photo booth. The kids zone is sponsored by the Downtown Ridgefield Association, Kiwi Country Day Camp and Ridgefield Parks and Recreation.
Music will be provided by DJ Sean ‘Big Daddy’ McKee, and there will also be live performances throughout the day by musicians studying at Ridgefield Bach to Rock and School of Rock Ridgefield. Down at the Ridgefield Library, there’ll be music from 1 to 4 with musicians from RMAC entertaining on the lawn from 1 to 4, including Little Tower with RHS/RMAC alumnus Brian Duke.
In addition to the village’s many restaurants, the street fair will have food vendors including Tivoli Pizza in the KidsZone, Zawack Shack, Early Bird Café, Skips Ice Cream and fresh hot popcorn. Festival food is sponsored by Union Savings Bank and Winters Brothers.
Summerfest Saturday will also have Yoga in the Park with Lyn Kehoe, from 8:30-10 in Ballard Park, and a host of events at The Ridgefield Library. The library’s line-up includes a book sale on the lawn by The Friends of the Library from 10 to 4, a drop-in storytime at 10:30, and the RMAC musicians from 1 to 4.
The Chamber of Commerce’s title sponsors for SummerFest are: Corcystems Inc., Fairfield County Bank, Kiwi Country Day Camp, Union Savings Bank and Winters Brothers, as well as supporting sponsors: Abbey Tent & Rental, Bach to Rock, BMW of Ridgefield, Bruce Bennett Nissan, Casey Energy, Early Bird Café, M&T Bank, Mercedes Benz of Danbury, School of Rock, Tivoli Pizza & Trattoria and Westy Self Storage.
More information: 203-438-5992, jzinzi@ridgefieldchamber.org, or destinationridgefield.com
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