Bread and Roses Labor Day Festival – September 6, 2021
Campagnone Common, Lawrence, MA
The 37th Bread and Roses Heritage Festival will take place from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Labor Day, September 6, 2021. As the region’s only Labor Day festival, we honor Lawrence’s multi-cultural roots and rich labor history, commemorating the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike
Our Top-Line Performers:
Devon Diep – Cliff Notez – Brandon Falls – No Rats – Cara Brindisi –
Free Soil Arts Collective – KDuran Music – Izizwi Dance Studio – Monkey Knife Fight –
Myles Bullen – Evelyn Blush – Ceschi – Barefoot Chandy
N.B. Bread and Puppet Circus will join us again this year for the Grand Finale!
The Festival also includes
- a tribute at the 1912 Textile Workers’ Strike Monument
- a Literary Lounge with Porsha Olayiwola – Joy Harjo – Exposed Brick poets – Adobo-Fish-Sauce
– our Lawrence History Live speakers’ tent, this year with Aviva Chomsky on Central America and immigration
- a Community Forum/panel discussion on Essential Workers
A Kids Zone with pony rides and animal presentations
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