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Thousands pack 2015 Garfield Avenue Festival

July 20, 2015 by Jabril Faraj Leave a Comment

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  • Garfield Avenue Festival drew large crowds all day. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • A group of local musicians perform at Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Festival-goers purchase corn on the cob at Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Odell Robinson, 58, who has been in the food business for 40 years, cuts rib tips at Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Gloria (left) and her son Darvin Robinson work the tent for Nino's Southern Sides, which opened a store in Shorewood last year. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Kennedy Robinson, 14, Odell's granddaughter, serves customers at Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Monique Atkins (right) samples Nino's rib tip sandwiches at Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Brenda Hewlett, who traveled from Los Angeles, peddles parasols at the Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Lisa Torrence, of Torrence's House of Threads, displays wares from the shop she owns with her husband, Elliot. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Shakespeare Lewis peddles family-made rib tips, shish kabobs and turkey legs at Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Love, Peace and Soul performs at the intersection of 5th Street and Garfield Avenue. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)
  • Love, Peace and Soul at Garfield Avenue Festival. (Photo by Jabril Faraj)

The annual Garfield Avenue Festival, held between 7th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in Bronzeville, drew large crowds despite an early-afternoon downpour. Food, music and homemade wares were plentiful at the day-long event.

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