Thousands Have a Spring Fling in Westfield

A bright May day provided the perfect backdrop for Westfield's 18th Annual Spring Fling Sunday as locals and visitors from all over took part in the street fair and festival.

Held between East Broad and North streets and Elm and Quimby streets, the event, sponsored by the Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce and orchestrated by This Is It Productions, drew more than 45,000 visitors, according to local officials.

Spring Fling attendees munched on a variety of festival foods, such as sausage-and-pepper sandwiches, zeppoles, ka-bobs, corn on the cob, funnel cakes and fresh-squeezed lemonade. In between meals, children talked their parents into letting them get their faces painted and take rides on bouncy slides, a mechanical bull and attempts to win prizes in carnival attractions such as the basketball-shooting challenge or the pop-a-balloon. 

Nearly 300 vendors, ranging from Westfield merchants who set up displays of sale items on the Westfield sidewalks to local artisans who sold everything from scarves and jewelry to cowboy hats, t-shirts and pet bandanas, provided something for everyone.

Click on the photos to see images of the faces and places that made this year's Spring Fling a perfect way to spend a sunny Sunday. 

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