FORT WAYNE (AP) — Indiana’s second-largest city is bringing back a popular summer festival canceled last year by the pandemic, although this year’s festivities won’t include a parade.
Organizers of Fort Wayne’s Three Rivers Festival say the festival’s other events will go forward during its July 9-17 run and will be spread out for social distancing.
But The Journal Gazette reports that John Nichter, president of the festival board, says the festival’s parade was canceled for a second straight year because it posed a bigger challenge with more than 50,000 people attending annually. Mayor Tom Henry says he supported canceling the parade.
