Fluff Fest Weekend

The big event in Somerville this weekend is the sixth annual "What the Fluff?" festival in Union Square. 

Fluff Fest organizers have been keeping an eye on the weather, and Friday morning announced, via Twitter, the festival is a go-ahead for Saturday.

The festival commemorates marshmallow fluff, invented in Union Square by Archibald Query in 1917. The festival includes performances, games, activities, artwork and tons of other fluff-related stuff. About 10,000 are expected to attend, and traffic will be diverted around Union Square on Saturday for the event.

Brady Bunch theme

Susan Olsen, who played Cindy on the Brady Bunch, is a VIP guest at the Fluff Festival this year. She'll make appearances throught the festival, including at the festival's "Brady Brunch" at on Saturday morning. So will "the real Fake Jan," Geri Reischl, who played the roll of Jan on the Brady Bunch Variety Hour when the original actress who played Jan left the group.

Other Fluff VIPs

Songwriter Allee Willis, who's written songs such as "September" by Earth Wind and Fire, will be at the festival. So will Rick Linnehand, a NASA astronaut who once brought fluffernutters to the International Space Station.

Games and performances

Fabulous Pharaoh of Fluff candidates will perform. There will be a fashion show with Allee Willis. People will show off Fluff hairdos. Fluff jousting.

Those are just some of the many games and performances happening at the festival.

Fluff events

Friday: VIP reception, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bloc 11. As of Friday afternoon, tickets were still available.

Saturday: VIP Brunch, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at .

Fluff festival, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Union Square.

After fluff parties, at multiple bars in Union Square.

Sunday: Hangover brunch, 11 a.m to 4 p.m. at .

Check out more about the festival here.