{"id":31387,"date":"2022-06-02T19:07:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T23:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=31387"},"modified":"2022-06-09T19:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T23:07:50","slug":"thousands-expected-for-sundays-aurora-street-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/thousands-expected-for-sundays-aurora-street-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands expected for Sunday\u2019s Aurora Street Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thousands are expected to fill Yonge Street once again as the Aurora Chamber of Commerce hosts its first Street Festival since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously postponed due to the global pandemic, residents and vendors alike are \u201cexcited\u201d to return for the event, which sees more than 500 vendors line the Town\u2019s busiest street from Wellington Street to Murray Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to have local businesses come back, the ability to open up the street and see all the thousands of people that will come through Town \u2013 not just in our downtown core, but even further down Yonge Street,\u201d says Sandra Ferri, President & CEO of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce. \u201cIt\u2019s the largest Street Festival in York Region and everyone has a good time. We have music, entertainment, a wide variety of vendors there and we\u2019re just so looking forward to it \u2013 and the weather looks like it is going to be beautiful, so we\u2019re hoping for a nice day where everybody can be outdoors and enjoy the Town and what it has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people, she said, were \u201csurprised\u201d the Chamber was planning to bring the event back earlier this year citing public health restrictions, but everything aligned just right, she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe moved forward as if we would be in a good position to move forward with it and that was the right decision because, as it turns out, the restrictions were similar to any other year we have done it in the past \u2013 no restrictions, really,\u201d said Ms. Ferri. \u201cWe have made sure the booths would have extra space around them so people would have a little more breathing room as they walked down the street. We\u2019re really happy we made the call to move forward with it because we\u2019re in a good place to do it this summer and I think everyone is looking forward to enjoying a Festival again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not the first in-person event the Aurora Chamber of Commerce has staged since restrictions were loosened. In March, the Chamber hosted the annual Mayor\u2019s Luncheon and the following month the Aurora Chamber Home Show returned to the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex. Most recently, they hosted an in-person Women\u2019s Wellness Luncheon as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Festival, however, is free and open to all members of the public and, in addition to vendors, there will be plenty of live entertainment to keep people entertained \u2013 and, of course, plenty of food to keep everyone satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have two stages and one will be at the Church Street intersection,\u201d says Sandra Watson of the Aurora Chamber. \u201cFrom 11 \u2013 12.45, we will have the Borealis Big Band, from 1.15 \u2013 2.30 is the Sean McCarthy Quartet, and from 3 \u2013 5 p.m. is Steve Falk and Soul Benefit. At the Golf Links Drive intersection, we will feature The Coyotes throughout the day. The fan favourite of the Street Festival is the Fire Guy and he is going to be performing at the Brookland intersection with four shows at 11.30, 12.30, 1.45 and 2.45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nice day and we like to see everyone out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adds Ms. Ferri: \u201cIt is going to be a beautiful day and you\u2019re outdoors so there will be even less possibility of transmission. Everyone should come out and enjoy the sunshine!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aurora Chamber Street Festival takes over Yonge Street this Sunday, June 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit aurorachamber.on.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
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