The brand new First Ward Park, 301 East 8th Street, is celebrating the beginning of the park, along with Earth Day, on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with First Ward First, a free family-friendly festival. There will be fun family activities that will connect kids with nature, along with lots of entertainment, like musical performers, stilt walkers, face-painting, caricatures, and balloon artists.
The schedule:
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Cara Zara (Hula Hoop show)
12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.: Kenya Safari Acrobats
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Steve Langley (Bubble Show)
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.: The Magic of Adrian Gagnon (Roving Magician)
4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Cookie (party band)
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