After a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Fairview Park Summerfest will be back July 29 to Aug. 1 at Bohlken Park, 3885 W. 210th St., Fairview Park, adjacent to Westgate shopping center.
Festivities begin with a preview night, 6-11 p.m. July 29, when visitors can enjoy the carnival rides. Ride tickets can be purchased individually for $1.25 or a single-day ride wristband can be purchased for $20. Tickets and wristbands are sold at the ticket booths in the park.
Festivities get underway in earnest at 6 p.m. July 30, when the Summerfest parade steps off from the parking lot of Gilles-Sweet Elementary School, 220th Street and Alexander Road in Fairview Park. The parade will march north on West 220th Street to Lorain Road, east on Lorain to West 210th Street and north on West 210th to the park, where it will disband. Opening ceremonies will take place at 7:30 p.m.
Also on July 30, ride and vendor booths will be open 6-11 p.m. and there will be live entertainment.
