New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said a 'wide open' park is too difficult to secure after dark, and he supports an 8 p.m. closing for the Whaling City Festival.
The Whaling City Festival will be returning to Buttonwood Park this summer. Festival organizers went before the New Bedford Park Board last night and, according to Whaling City Festival President Mike Sylvia, the organization got a unanimous vote in favor of approving the festival's dates and times.
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The Whaling City Festival returned to New Bedford this past weekend, and while President Mike Sylvia said it was a big success, it wasn't without issue.
New Bedford’s Whaling City Festival can stay open later, after an apparent reversal by the Board of Health of its decision the festival should close at 6 p.m.
New Bedford has had many events canceled for 2021, including some of the biggest, but one of the marquee events, the Whaling City Festival, will be happening.
The organizers of New Bedford's Whaling City Festival are interested in taking over operations of the Lakeville Haunted House rather than see it demolished.