Padanaram hosts the annual Summer Festival
Hundreds gathered to explore the festival. Photos by Kat Sheridan
Rose, 3, carries her flowers. 
A girl sells soaps in the Kids Zone. 
Eleanor Zieglar, 7, eats some watermelon. 
Families flocked to the Kids Zone. 
A dog peeks out from under a tablecloth. 
Adelyn and Juniper sell cookies. 
Noah, 5, gets his face painted. 
Ava, 8, vending keychains.
Shirts as a part of a sidewalk sale. 
An attendee explores a jewelry booth. 
Celia Waldman, 3, gets her face painted. 
Hadley, 3, enjoys a popsicle. 
Some kids had a Pokemon card booth. 
Charlotte, 2.5, plays in the sand. 
Addision Jones, 16, sells flowers. 
Some boys work a lemonade stand. 
Amelia Sampson, 6, enjoys a popsicle. 
Taegan Carter, 12, gets a free snowcone. 
Hannah Nadeau, 5, and Romyn Silva, 4 and a half, sell lemonade to raise money for the shelter. 
Dylan, 2, and Luka, 4, enjoy a free kiddie ice cream. 
The balloon artist works on a balloon dog. 
Brin, 11 sells with her father, Select Board member Nathan Silva.
Kamryn, 3, waits for a balloon animal. 
Ridley, 22 months, enjoys a cereal bar. 
Aiden, 4, with a balloon sword. 
Rhys and Beckett, both 3, show off their painted faces. 
Joel, 8, and Lilia, 3, paint rocks at a craft station. 
Students from Motion Dance Studion show off their moves. 
Two kids compete in a hula hoop contest held by the Toe Jam Puppet Band. 
One of the stores having their sidewalk sale.
Hundreds gathered to explore the festival. Photos by Kat Sheridan
Rose, 3, carries her flowers.
A girl sells soaps in the Kids Zone.
Eleanor Zieglar, 7, eats some watermelon.
Families flocked to the Kids Zone.
A dog peeks out from under a tablecloth.
Adelyn and Juniper sell cookies.
Noah, 5, gets his face painted.
Ava, 8, vending keychains.
Shirts as a part of a sidewalk sale.
An attendee explores a jewelry booth.
Celia Waldman, 3, gets her face painted.
Hadley, 3, enjoys a popsicle.
Some kids had a Pokemon card booth.
Charlotte, 2.5, plays in the sand.
Addision Jones, 16, sells flowers.
Some boys work a lemonade stand.
Amelia Sampson, 6, enjoys a popsicle.
Taegan Carter, 12, gets a free snowcone.
Hannah Nadeau, 5, and Romyn Silva, 4 and a half, sell lemonade to raise money for the shelter.
Dylan, 2, and Luka, 4, enjoy a free kiddie ice cream.
The balloon artist works on a balloon dog.
Brin, 11 sells with her father, Select Board member Nathan Silva.
Kamryn, 3, waits for a balloon animal.
Ridley, 22 months, enjoys a cereal bar.
Aiden, 4, with a balloon sword.
Rhys and Beckett, both 3, show off their painted faces.
Joel, 8, and Lilia, 3, paint rocks at a craft station.
Students from Motion Dance Studion show off their moves.
Two kids compete in a hula hoop contest held by the Toe Jam Puppet Band.
One of the stores having their sidewalk sale.
Over 50 vendors, 30 young entrepreneurs and a number of food trucks lined Elm Street as hundreds gathered on a sunny, 80-degree summer day.
On Saturday, July 25, people flocked to Padanaram for the village's 48th annual Summer Festival, hosted by the Padanaram Business Association.
When the festival began in 1978, it was a sidewalk sale for the businesses in the area.
“It just kept growing, and growing, and growing,” said Linda Hopps, the president of the Padanaram Business Association.
As the festival expanded, they got to over 60 vendors. However, Hopps stated that they try to keep it around 50 so it stays “comfortable.”
The local businesses still have sales out on the sidewalk, with discounts on merchandise. The shops were open, attracting crowds into the air conditioning.
This year featured a wide variety of vendors, including artists selling jewelry, reclaimed wood sculptures, glass bottle wind chimes and more.
Food trucks kept people cool with lemonade, ice cream and popsicles. Others offered New England favorites like sliders, tacos and lobster rolls.
Hundreds of people from all over Dartmouth, the South Coast and even across New England came out to enjoy the festivities.
“It was a lot of fun, I really enjoyed myself,” said Sue, of New Bedford. Her favorite part was getting ice cream.
During the festival, kids could vend in the designated Kids Zone for the fourth year in a row. Kids could sell anything they made, from keychains and pens to cookies, flowers and soaps.
The Kids Zone was started by Molly Armando, and she said it was “very inspiring” to see what the kids make and sell.
Juniper and Adelyn, both 13, set up a stand selling homemade cookies. Juniper made the cookies so she can raise money to be on a competitive dance team.
“It’s really fun, and I mostly just like to bake because I like to eat it at the end,” said Juniper, “And I like it when other people like my baking.”
Others, like Hannah Nadeau, 5, and Rowyn Silva, 4.5, sold lemonade to raise money for the Southcoast Humane Society and Shelter.
“I thought people were going to be thirsty, and I wanted to get money for the pets,” said Nadeau. “I wanted to buy toys for them.”
Others, like Addision Jones, sold flowers.
In addition to the Kids Zone and vendors, there were other crafts and activities that both kids and adults could enjoy. The Toe Jam Puppet Band played in the morning before live DJ ANJ Kepinski played in the afternoon. Dockside Ice Cream offered a free kiddie soft serve for those under 10 years old. Students from Motion Dance School performed a number of dances for the audience.
While a lot of the activities were geared toward kids, adults made up the majority of the crowd as they checked out the vendors and sales.
“Everyone seemed to have a good time, there was a big crowd,” said Hopps.
