Are you going to be one of the 50,000-plus attendees of the 25th-annual Fishers Freedom Festival on June 28 and 29? We believe you should be. Executive Director Jennifer Kehl, her staff and legions of volunteers are primed to deliver the kind of celebration that makes memories. This is about as Americana as it gets, and what better way to celebrate our nation’s independence than in our own hometown at an event packed with options?
The festival, for which there is no admission charge, will be staged at Roy G. Holland Memorial Park off Holland Drive and Ellipse Parkway. You’ll find fine arts and crafts, food and business vendors (stop by the Current in Fishers table and chat up Managing Editor Dan Domsic; we’re sponsoring again, and we’re proud to do it), live music, 5K Event, K-9 demonstrations, Children’s Tent, Street Dance, Children’s Parade, Main Parade and fireworks, among other offerings. Free parking is available at Town of Fishers Municipal Complex with a free shuttle running approximately every 15 minutes during festival hours.
Here’s the cool part: Although the festival is free, you may elect to pay forward with donations of canned foods, new toys, baby food, nonperishable goods, school supplies and/or toiletries. These items go to various non-profit organizations such as the Festival’s “Roy Holland Backpacks for Kids” program and the Good Samaritan Network of Hamilton County. If you don’t know, a visit to www.fishersfreedomfestival.org will clue you in to just exactly what Kehl and the festival do for those in need. It’s as stirring as the fireworks that will paint the sky.
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Dan Domsic broke the story last week about the mayoral election coming to Fishers in 2014, and already the heat is turning up between potential candidates. We’ll keep an eye on it. We find these elections to provide great theatre.