{"id":5365,"date":"2013-09-19T01:06:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T06:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willystreetblog.com\/wp\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:56:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T05:56:01","slug":"my-fair-willy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willystreetblog.com\/wp\/2013\/09\/19\/my-fair-willy\/","title":{"rendered":"My Fair Willy"},"content":{"rendered":"

36th Annual Willy Street Fair prepares to make us happy to be neighbors<\/h1>\n
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Courtesy: David Michael Miller<\/p><\/div>\n

Have you got time for one last summer festival? The Willy Street Fair will straddle the Autumnal Equinox this year with sunny and 65 predicted for Saturday September 21 and Sunday September 22, the first day of fall.<\/p>\n

The fair is a major fundraiser for Common Wealth Development and the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center.\u00a0Common Wealth Development<\/a>\u00a0and the neighborhood at large have gotten pretty good at putting on this event. The food and retail vendors are more numerous, the music stages highly coordinated and more spophisticated, but the inclusive soul of the neighborhood still shines through.<\/p>\n

Maybe its just me who has noticed this but, now fair Saturday is named as “The Willy St. Warm-up” and the actual fair is Sunday. Don’t be confused by these marketing semantics, there will be music, fun, dancing, and food each day, all day.<\/p>\n

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Saturday features Willy Street Beats, the electronic music festival within the fair. It features local and international DJs including Fred Everything who will also play later at the Plan B Afterparty. More info here:\u00a0http:\/\/ow.ly\/p0rPv<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday at the fair is from 1:30 to 9 p.m on the 900 and 1000 blocks of Williamson. Music will emanate from three stages: the World Music Stage, the Folk Stage and the DJ Stage.<\/p>\n

Sunday is the traditional day at the fair, since it started as a one-day event. The fair will stretch from the 800 to 1000 blocks of Willy Street for a fall-tastic eight hours beginning at 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Over 150 vendors will have food, beer, soft drinks, art and other wares all weekend long. Keep your eyes open for one of the best parts of the fair; impromptu street performers including fire-eaters, jugglers, musicians, and feats of strength.<\/p>\n

Something wicked this way comes<\/h1>\n

On Sunday, come early to get a spot for the world famous Willy Street Fair Parade launching at 11 a.m. for its six block circuit through the neighborhood. Your perception of what is a parade will be turned on its veritable clown ear as you behold the phalanx of fun as it winds its way through our little bohemian bastion.<\/p>\n