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PolyArts Festival set for Sept. 6 on Town Common

Visitors chat as they browse vendor booths at last year’s PolyArts Festival. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

The Hopkinton PolyArts Festival returns to the Town Common next week as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.

PolyArts is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Town Common, rain or shine. The daylong event (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) features local artists, craftspeople and community groups showcasing the talents of the local community. Mary Pawela, treasurer for the Hopkinton PolyArts subcommittee of the Hopkinton Cultural Council, said the festival is expecting 80 vendors this year.

She explained many of the same traditions that attendees have come to expect and enjoy will return. A food court will be set up on Marathon Way, and the Boy Scouts will be set up on Ash Street once again.

“A lot of favorite vendors will be back,” said Pawela. “There’s brand new people all the way up to people that have been around over 15 years.”

“We always get more vendors than we can accommodate, so there will be a full lineup of vendors this year,” she added.

Along with vendors and community groups, the event will feature entertainment throughout the day. The band By Chance They Met is set to perform in the gazebo, along with other musical acts.

One big change for this year’s festival is parking. Pawela noted that the Department of Public Works will not allow any parking on the grass behind Center School. Parking also is prohibited on Park Street.

Pawela said that there is no formal celebration of PolyArts’ 50th anniversary planned for next week’s event, but she encouraged residents to stop by.

“Come down, enjoy the day,” she said. “There’s something for everyone.”

More information can be found on the PolyArts website.

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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