Springfield comes out for its festivals
The Puerto Rican Day Parade on Main, the Stone Soul Festival in the South End, the Pancake Breakfast on the highway. Civic moments stack up.
Springfield is a parade city. The Puerto Rican Day Parade, the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Holyoke, the Caribbean Carnival in Forest Park, the Stone Soul Festival, the Pancake Breakfast that closes Route 91 once a year. Every season has at least one Saturday where the neighborhood owns the street.
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Family Saturdays in Springfield
Forest Park has the swings and the rose garden. Van Horn has the playground that gets busy by 9 a.m. Sixteen Acres has the soccer fields. Saturdays stay outside.
Downtown after dark
MGM lit the South End. Symphony Hall lit Court Square. The Civic Center lit State Street. Downtown evenings finally have a calendar again.
Birthdays, anniversaries, and the local supply chain
The cake from the bakery on Sumner. The party room at the pizza shop. The balloon arch the same vendor has done for fifteen years. Family moments run on local commerce.