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The shops will line up from the Heritage Square Shopping Center to the Promenade at the Brick Walk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine on Saturday. Several merchants will have a preview sale on Friday of merchandise that will be at the Sidewalk Sales event.
“I encourage members of our community to come be part of this fun-filled event, which includes live musical entertainment at various venues within the downtown, special menu offerings at our many fine participating restaurants, and activities for children and families,” Fairfield First Selectman Michael Tetreau said.
Sherman Green will have activities for children and families including a dunk tank sponsored by Letarte Swimwear and the Ludlowe Girls Swim Team and a slap shot hockey contest offered by the Fairfield Ice Academy. The Bluefish mascot “BB” will be joined by “McGruff” the Crime Dog at the Green and children will be able to get face painting done by Marcia Patterson of “Put on a Happy Face.”
The Bank of Fairfield will be offering a raffle drawing every half-hour with the winner having 30 seconds to grab as much cash as possible in the “Money Machine.” The equivalent of the money collected will be put into a Bank of Fairfield Savings account, with a minimum of $25 and maximum of $50.
Musicians will be playing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Brick Walk, Sherman Green, near the Fairfield University Bookstore, on Donnelly’s Walk and in front of the Community Theater.
Students and instructors from Kempo Academy will be providing a demonstration of traditional form work, martial arts skills and techniques such as blocking, punching and kicking at the Brick Walk at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
There will be several participating restaurants downtown including Centro’s, Café Madeline, Chef’s Table, Old Post Tavern, The Brasserie and The Chelsea. Italian Kitchen will be offering a large selection of pasta dishes starting at just $2.00, as well as several specially discounted sandwiches. And incoming Plan B Burger Bar will also be serving up some of their burgers through a mobile food truck.
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