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Baldwin Park Events will have a festive stilt walker perusing the event to take photos with guests and hand out green beads.

Courtesy Consult Boom

Given the green light

After a successful inaugural event, the St. Patrick’s Day Festival returns to Baldwin Park with plenty of Irish-themed fun for the whole family.

DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR I rish eyes will be smiling all up and down New Broad Street come St. Patrick’s Day weekend. If you love food, green beer — or any beer, for that matter — and Irish music, the Village Center is the place to be Saturday, March 14. Don’t forget to wear your green, either, lest you get pinched.

For the second consecutive year, Baldwin Park Events is throwing a St. Patrick’s Day Festival that will leave those who don’t attend green with envy.

Presented by Baldwin Park Realty and the Baldwin Park Joint Committee, the festival marks Consult Boom’s first major event of the year in Baldwin Park. From food trucks and a beer garden to music, Irish dancing and a host of vendors, the St. Patrick’s Day festival poses family-friendly — and even pet-friendly — fun for everyone.

Sydney Albert, event director and social media manager for Consult Boom, says the event was so successful last year that staff is thrilled to bring it back for another year.

“Everybody was really getting into the festivities; it was a lot of fun,” Albert says of the inaugural event. “People really enjoyed it. We had a big, blow-up pub, so people could go inside like they’re going into an Irish pub. A lot of the vendors also got into the festivities, selling certain jewelry and different items. We also had a stilt walker that will be here again this year. That was the best part of it — that this is a fun holiday for everybody to enjoy. We can’t wait to see the turnout for this year.”

Last year, about 5,000 people attended the event. This year, event hosts are expecting a crowd of at least 6,000.

Irish dancers will perform during the event for spectators, but don’t be surprised if they bring you in for a dance — crowd participation is a fun aspect of these performances, Albert says.

The vendor spaces are full, and food trucks will be on hand to cater to those needing a bite to eat. Then, there’s the beer garden.

“The beer garden is actually a

whole section of the event … that’s going to be an area where people can drink, and the pub is just one small part of that,” Albert says. “We’ll also have a big bar, as well, so people can purchase drinks and hang around in that whole section. Once they exit the beer garden, they will not be able to take their alcohol with them. It’s just an area for them to drink and enjoy. They can kind of mingle and hang out in that block of the festival.”

New this year is Baldwin Park Events’ partnership with the Orlando Chili Cook-Off, now in its 11th year. The chili cook-off event itself partners with a charity each year, to which all proceeds are donated. This year, Albert says, the Orlando Chili Cook-Off is partnering with three charities: the Camaraderie Foundation, BASE Camp Children’s Foundation and Second Chance Animal Rescue and Sanctuary.

Monetary donations will be accepted throughout the St. Patrick’s Day Festival for all or any of these three organizations. In addition, Albert says, attendees have a choice of other types of donations specific to each organization.

“The three charities that we have will be Camaraderie Foundation, which is a foundation that helps veterans seeking medical help as well as their families, so they’ll take food donations and gift cards, things like that, as well as monetary donations,” Albert says. “The second charity is BASE Camp, which helps childhood cancer, so they’ll take gift cards, bed sheets, toys, things like that to help provide for kids and We’ve had a lot of good progress and feedback so far, so we’re really excited that we’ll be able to kick this off.”

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their families. The third charity is Second Chance Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, and their physical donations would be things like dog toys, dog beds, food and leashes.

“They’ll get some exposure at the event, but they’ll also be able to take donations,” Albert says. “Every little bit matters, every little bit counts. Anything that anybody can help with is always a huge impact for these charities.”

And as their first large-scale event in Baldwin Park for 2020, event staff is looking forward to kicking off a year of fun activities planned for Baldwin Parkers.

Planning for 2020’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival began almost immediately after the inaugural one ended last year.

“We always have a meeting after the event to discuss what went right, what went wrong, taking some criticisms as well as comments and compliments from the public,” she says. “We’ve had a lot of good progress and feedback so far, so we’re really excited that we’ll be able to kick this off.”

BALDWIN PARK ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVAL

WHEN: Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 14 WHERE: Baldwin Park Village Center COST: Free STREET CLOSURE: New Broad Street will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 14 INFORMATION: This event is both familyand pet-friendly, so people and pups of all ages are welcome to attend. Highlights include food trucks, a beer garden, Irish music and dancing, vendors and other St. Paddy’s day festivities. For more information, visit baldwinparkevents.com/stp20.

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