SomerStreets: Strike Up the Bands!

Join the City of Somerville and Somerville Arts Council for Strike up the Bands, the September installment of the city’s SomerStreets festival. This event is free and open to the public! Activities along Highland Avenue will include:

• Live music on two stages queer and female artists:

ONCE stage featuring:
2:30pm: Awaaz Do
3:45pm: Lockette
5:00pm: sister

Armory stage featuring:
2:15pm: Kaiti Jones
3:30pm: Paper Citizen
4:45pm: Cathartic Conundrum

• Vintage and artisan market by The Somerville Flea
• ONCE Somerville beer garden and local rock photo show
• Cuban sandwiches from Cuisine en Locale at ONCE Somerville
• Aerial performances by Esh Circus Arts
• Parkour with Parkour Generations Boston
• Learn to walk on stilts with Open Air Circus
• Hockey, football, and other games with Somerville Recreation
• Bouncy house
• Games with BuzzRoar Interactive
• Face painting
• Martial arts performance and demonstration class with Villari’s Martial Arts Center
• Explore a fire truck and ambulance
• Stop by 7ate9 Bakery for some delicious cheesecake!

SomerStreets is the City of Somerville’s take on the internationally renowned Open Streets concept, closing busy city streets to vehicles, and opening them up for cycling, walking, dancing, running, and other modes of activity.