Sistrunk Parade and Festival Hits 6th Street
Celebrate History with the Sistrunk Historical Festival this Saturday, February 27
Petula Burks, Public Information Specialist
(954) 828-4742 or petulab@fortlauderdale.gov
Fort Lauderdale –The Sistrunk Parade and Festival is scheduled for this weekend, Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm along the Sistrunk Corridor. The Sistrunk Parade begins at 9:00 am at the Mount Olive Baptist Church located at 400 NW 9th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 and ends at 11:00 am in Delevoe Park. The festival begins at 11:00 am and runs until 6:00 pm.
The Sistrunk Parade and Festival is one of the premier events along the Sistrunk Corridor and attracts over 300,000 visitors.
With great food, arts and crafts, and live local and national entertainment, the Sistrunk Parade and Festival has created an avenue for community partnership, family oriented activity and fun-in-the-sun for all.
NEW THIS YEAR!
This year, the Sistrunk Festival has turned Delevoe Park into a kid’s zone. Come out for bounce houses, face painting, cotton candy, hotdogs, storytelling, entertainment and much more.
STREET CLOSURES
The City of Fort Lauderdale will be closing several streets Saturday, February 27, 2010 for the Sistrunk Parade and Street Festival.
Closures and times are as follows:
- NW 9th Avenue will be closed beginning at 7:00 am - only parade participants will be allowed entrance
- NW 6th Street will be closed at 8:00 am
- NW 6th Street will be closed at 24th Avenue from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm
- NW 22nd Avenue to NW 24th Avenue will be closed at 7:00 am
- NW 4th Street will be closed at 8th and 9th Avenues from 7:00 am to noon
- NW 5th Street will be closed from 7th Avenue to 9th Avenue from 7:00 am to noon
- NW 6th Street will be closed from 22nd Road to 22nd Avenue from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- NW 6th Court will be closed from 24th Avenue to 22nd Avenue from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- The Broward Sherriff’s Office will close NW 27th Avenue eastbound from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
Residents in Sweeting Estates will be detoured southbound on NW 23rd Avenue and will exit on NW 21st Terrace and be directed eastbound.
Residents north of NW 6th Street will be detoured northbound on NW 22nd Road towards Sunrise Boulevard.
Any resident interested in being a vendor will need to register with the Sistrunk Historical Festival, Inc. For information about vendor registration visit the Sistrunk Historical Festival website – www.sistrunkfestival.org - or contact Denise Rodgers, Executive Director at 954-687-3472. Any non-registered vendor will be cited and shut down according to City Ordinances. For more information, visit the city website at www.fortlauderdale.gov and click on municipal code.
For more information, visit the City website at www.fortlauderdale.gov and look under “What’s New”. Also, watch Channel 78 for information and updates.
If you have questions about the Sistrunk Parade and Festival, please contact Denise Rodgers, Executive Director of the Sistrunk Historical Festival at 954-687-3472.
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