A view of the crowd at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.
L-R: Cali Kureck, 3, and Cameron Kureck, 5., at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.. Behind them is Maria Hadley of St. Peter’s School.
Dan Corvese and his daughter, Angelina, 7, walking along Narragansett Parkway at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25, with Cynthia Poole, 13 (not pictured).
Michaela O’Brien and Kelsey Rafferty watch a group of boys climbing rocks in the Pawtuxet River near the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.
L-R: Ruth Van Dine, Jennifer Wilson and Brendon Boucher of the RI Historical Society at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.
Jack Giorgio, 9, takes a spin in several directions at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25..
Jack Giorgio, 9, at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25. His dad, Frank, right, takes a few photos.
Becca Phillips enjoys a wine slush sample at a tiki bar set up by Scott Ronalter from Crimson Lion of Westfield, MA, (thecrimsonlion.com).
Author Adam Wasserman speaks with Valerie Timmins at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.
“Peanut” sports a colorful squid hat at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.
L-R: Julia Dwyer, 3, enjoys the bounce house at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25 as her grandmother, Jo-Anne Dwyer, watches.
Kids enjoy the bounce house at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.
Ivory Jones & White Chocolate play at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25..
James and Marguerite Morris stretch out for some people watching while listening to Ivory Jones & White Chocolate at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25.
L-R: Joe Czerwonka and Valerie Armstrong check out Gaspee Days T-shirts with the help of Kristine Huff at the 2014 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival Sunday, May 25..
The Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival treated crowds to the fare and wares of about 120 art, craft and food vendors for its 49th annual celebration along Narragansett Parkway this weekend.
“This year we are a little bit smaller,” said Ryan Giviens, Arts & Crafts Exhibitors Chair for the Gaspee Days Committee. Fewer vendors were accepted for the fair this year, he said, so the competition to get in was higher than usual.
The Fair usually helps raise about half of the $40,000 they need to fund the Gaspee Days Parade, scheduled for June 14 this year. The Committee runs several other fundraisers from May 1 through June 15 to fund the parade, Giviens said.
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