Bread and Roses Festival

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Hours:	12 noon-6 PM
Ages:	Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Outdoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Fairs & Festivals

The 29th annual Bread and Roses Heritage Festival is a celebration of the ethnic diversity and labor history of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

This festival takes place on Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 12-6 p.m., in honor of the most significant event in Lawrence history: the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike.

We memorialize the event with a variety of music and dance, poetry and drama, ethnic food, walking and trolley tours, and a section for history and labor organizations, as well as a speakers tent, all on Lawrence's Campagnone Common.

We also host organizations representing the community and advocating for social justice.

Lots of children's activities: pony rides, jugglers, hula hoops, and face painting.

Bread and Roses is the only broadly multicultural festival in Lawrence, the Immigrant City.

And it is the only festival in the region which celebrates Labor Day, in the most appropriate location, the site of the Bread and Roses Strike.

2013 Performers

Headliner: Marcia Ball - good-time blues piano and songs Bread and Puppet - the political puppet theater company Odaiko New England - Taiko Drummers Emma's Revolution - smart, funny, and informative Ten Tumbao - funky and soulful Afro-Latin-Caribbean band Charlie King and Karen Bandow - musical stoytellers and political satirists Jose Luis Rodriguez and Guillermo Ortiz.

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COST

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FREE

WEBSITE

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breadandrosesheritage.org

LOCATION

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200 Common St, Lawrence, MA, 01840 map
Phone: 978-794-1655