Swansea Fire Dept. 100 Anniversary Family Fun Weekend kicks off July 10

Swansea is sounding its sirens about an occasion 100 years within the making (effectively, form of).

A “massive” weekend-long celebration will likely be descending on Swansea Veterans Memorial Park beginning Friday, July 10, to mark the one centesimal anniversary of the Swansea Fire Department.

“Our department is proud to invite our community and all those who have volunteered as firefighters during our 100 years of service to celebrate this milestone occasion,” reads a Swansea Fire Department’s Facebook publish.

Swansea Fire Department 100 Anniversary Family Fun Weekend will function three days jam-packed with “great food, music, and memories,” in line with the Facebook event page.

Hosted Friends of Swansea Fire Department, in partnership with PVD Food Truck Events and sponsor BayCoast Bank, the occasion kicks off Friday, July 10, and runs via Sunday, July 12, with a lineup that gives one thing for everybody topped with a confirmed crowd-pleaser: a drone present.

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Family Fun Weekend lineup

Each day will function a carnival and video games, and a distinct mixture of meals vehicles, craft distributors, and reside musical leisure.

Friday’s festivities, which run 5 to 10 p.m., will function a live performance from 6 to eight p.m. by Played Out.

On Saturday, from 12 to 10 p.m. company can get pleasure from an array of actions and demonstrations all through the day, similar to  Zumba Fitness Class within the Park (11 to 2 p.m.), go to a MedFlight helicopter (12 to 2 p.m.), and participate in a Kids Workshop led by Home Depot (12 to five p.m.).

Cat Country will likely be onsite Saturday 3 to five p.m., adopted by a efficiency by American Honey beginning at 5 p.m.

And don’t miss the particular drone present lighting up the night time sky Saturday beginning at 9 p.m.

Weekend festivities wrap up Sunday with actions all through the day from 12 to six p.m. similar to Zumba Fitness Class within the Park (11 to 2 p.m.), Kids Workshop led by Home Depot (12 to five p.m.)., and a reside live performance by Beatles tribute band PreFab 4 from 2 to five p.m.

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Is there an entry price?

Admission is free. Guests can pay as they go for meals truck fare and the carnival.

Where do I park?

Swansea Veterans Memorial Park is positioned at 151 Milford Road, Swansea.

Parking will likely be accessible at Case High School and Brown Elementary School, with handicapped parking areas positioned subsequent to the basketball court docket in Swansea Memorial Park.