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WILKES-BARRE — Mayor George Brown Wednesday said the annual July 4th celebration in Kirby Park is cancelled.
The event has attracted crowds to the park for music, food, carnival rides and fireworks, but the coronavirus forced the change.
The Farmers Market on Public Square will resume this year and be subject to Centers for Disease Control and Pennsylvania Department of Health COVID-19 regulations and recommendations. The market will begin on June 25 and run each Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There will be no prepared food or non-food item vendors during the market, through at least July. Only fresh produce will be sold.
The Strawberry Festival, scheduled for June 18th, has also been cancelled.
It’s hoped that downtown restaurants make themselves available to market patrons in the absence of the food vendors.
The NEPR AACA Car Cruise on Public Square will begin on July with limitations pursuant to CDC and PA DOH. There will be no food vendors or other vendors during the event.
