Orange Street Fair Opens Today With Worldly View
Featuring food, entertainment, and arts and crafts from 15 cultures, the 29th annual Orange International Street Fair opens today.
Officials expect a total of 500,000 people to attend the three-day event, which could make parking spots scarce.
“This is a kind of event where there’s no centralized parking,” said Marshall Feduk, the fair’s publicity chairman. “It’s like parking at a mall at Christmas.”
Sections of Old Towne will have different ethnic themes, among them Mexican, Polynesian, German, Irish, Asian and Arab. The event, which raises money for community nonprofit organizations, will have 145 booths this year, entertainment on nine stages and a children’s village with face painting, games and comedy shows.
Parts of Grand and Lemon streets and Maple and Almond avenues will be closed to vehicles. Fair-goers will be allowed to park on residential streets that usually require permits and at the municipal parking lot downtown.
Fair hours are 5 to 10 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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