Pleasant weather put wind in the sails of the region’s largest summertime festival as Sailfest kicked off Saturday.
Barbara J. Neff, executive director of the Downtown New London Association and owner.
Sailfest, the annual street festival on the Thames River waterfront in New London, returns July 8-10 after a two-year pandemic hiatus, with carnival rides, fireworks, more than 200 vendors, a road race, live music and tours of the replica of the schooner Amistad.
Published March 16. 2021 12:53PM | Updated March 16. 2021 10:11PM
New London Safety concerns associated with the coronavirus pandemic have led organizers to cancel this year’s Sailfest, the city’s largest annual festival.
It’s the second year in a row that the four-decade-old event has been canceled. Sailfest went virtual last year.
Barbara J. Neff, executive director of the Downtown New London Associations and owner of Neff Productions said plans are underway, in coordination with the City of New London, for a series of smaller summer events.
Announcements on those events are forthcoming. Visit www.downtownnewlondonassociation.com for a complete list of events and times.