Here we go again! Hold on to your hats! The 33rd annual Fairfax Festival, Marin’s premiere community celebration is about to happen.
Join us for the parade at 10 AM Saturday, June 12, then enjoy two days of celebrating the good things in life and in Fairfax. Hear great local musicians on three stages, shop for crafts in Bolinas Park and for treasures at the Peri Park flea market, enjoy fresh, wholesome food throughout the festival, entertain the kids in our expanded children’s area, and ponder social and environmental issues at the ever expanding Ecofest. The festival offers something for just about every taste, temperament, and interest.
The festival is a genuine community event because in addition to being produced by an all volunteer committee the Fairfax Festival benefits many of your favorite non-profit groups. Boy Scout Troop 15 funds many of its activities with their Polish sausage booth and The Fairfax San Anselmo Children’s Center makes a tidy profit by offering their famous Mexican food menu, including excellent burritos, enchiladas, and tacos, which patrons can wash down with a pint of good old Lagunitas Beer (donated, of course). Other groups benefiting from the festival include Ross Valley Firefighters, Native Son’s of the Golden West, and others.
It wouldn’t be a festival without help from the community, which needs to be recognized as well. The following organizations donate products or money to the festival each year:
Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, Melissa Bradley Real Estate, Fairfax Lumber and Hardware, Ghiringhellis Pizza, Fradelizio’s Ristorante, Fairfax Coffee Roasters, Grilly’s, 19 Broadway, Good Earth Natural Foods, MCBC, Pancho Villa’s, Sorella Café, Marin Sanitary, Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, Nave’s Bar. Mauro’s Pizza and Pasta, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, and Sleeping Lady Cafe. Be sure to look for the Friends of the Festival sign near the main stage.
The festival is put on by an all volunteer group of your friends and neighbors. We take special pride in our volunteer spirit (no outside promoter needed). So come enjoy your hometown celebration, and be sure to thank the volunteers and by all means please support the generous businesses here in our great town.
Richard Pedemonte 2010 Festival Chairman