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The annual Far Eastside Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 27 at the Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, 8902 E. 38th St. 

A celebration of the community, the free festival will feature local vendors, free food and a kids zone. An entertainment stage will feature live music, youth performances and cultural showcases. 

New to the festival this year is a charity basketball tournament and the return of a youth entrepreneurship section where child entrepreneurs will launch their own businesses selling items. Children participated in a three-part series at CAFE where they learned marketing, branding, and advertising skills.

Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X @HelloImDarian.

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Celebrate the far east side at annual festival

by Darian Benson, Mirror Indy
July 19, 2024

<h1>Celebrate the far east side at annual festival</h1> <p class="byline">by Darian Benson, Mirror Indy <br />July 19, 2024</p> <p>The annual Far Eastside Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 27 at the <a href="https://www.cafeindy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Community Alliance of the Far Eastside</a>, 8902 E. 38th St. </p> <p>A celebration of the community, the<a href="https://www.cafeindy.org/far-eastside-festival-july-27th-from-11am-3pm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> free festival</a> will feature local vendors, free food and a kids zone. An entertainment stage will feature live music, youth performances and cultural showcases. </p> <p>New to the festival this year is a charity basketball tournament and the return of a youth entrepreneurship section where child entrepreneurs will launch their own businesses selling items. Children participated in a three-part series at CAFE where they learned marketing, branding, and advertising skills.</p> <p><em>Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X </em><a href="https://twitter.com/HelloImDarian" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@HelloImDarian</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/indianapolis-far-east-side-cafe-festival-free-kids-zone/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=28934&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/indianapolis-far-east-side-cafe-festival-free-kids-zone/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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