Salisbury parking lot, street closures begin for National Folk Festival

The National Folk Festival is coming to Downtown Salisbury on Sept. 7-9, and city officials are beginning a series of parking lot and street closures now through next week.

The National Folk Festival is a large, three-day, outdoor festival and is the longest running multicultural celebration in the nation. Every three years the National Folk Festival moves locations to a new host city, and this September it’s coming to Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
In advance of the Festival, multiple street and lot closures will be necessary in downtown Salisbury. These closures will occur throughout the course of the upcoming week. The city has done outreach to communicate these closures with downtown businesses. Parkers with permits downtown have been notified of where to park if/when their lot closes.

The majority of street closures will occur Friday morning, Sept. 7, at 6 a.m. Any cars left on streets within the footprint of the festival must be gone by this time, as hard barricades will close the footprint. 

Here are the closures in the order that they will occur:

• Lot 1 (permitted portion) closes Friday, Aug. 31, at 10 p.m. and reopens Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 6 a.m.
• Lot 15 closes Saturday, Sept. 1, at 10 p.m. and reopens Tuesday, Sept.11, at 6 a.m.
• Lot 12 closes Monday, Sept. 3, 6 a.m., reopens Tuesday, Sept.11, at 6 a.m.
• Lot 11 closes Monday, Sept. 3, at 6 a.m., reopens Tuesday, Sept.11, at 6 a.m
• Lot 1 (hourly portion) closes Monday, Sept. 3, at 10 p.m., reopens Tuesday, Sept.11, at 6 a.m.
• North Division Street (from Route 50 to Main street) closes Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 5 p.m., reopens Monday, Sept.10, at noon
• West Market Street (from Circle Avenue to Camden Street) closes Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 
6 a.m., reopens Monday, Sept. 10, at 6 a.m.
• Lot 4 closes Thursday, Sept. 6, at 10 p.m., reopens Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 6 a.m.
• East Main Street (from Court Street to North Division) closes Thursday, Sept. 6, at 6 a.m., reopens Monday, Sept. 10, at 6 a.m.
• Division Street (from Carroll to Route 50) 
closes Friday, Sept. 7, at 6 a.m., reopens Monday, Sept. 10, at 6 a.m.
• Main Street (from Court Street to Lake Street) closes Friday, Sept. 7, at 6 a.m., reopens Monday, Sept. 10, at 6 a.m.
• Mill Street (from Route 50 to the Camden/Carroll/Riverside intersection) 
closes Friday, Sept. 7, at 6 a.m., reopens Monday, Sept. 10, at 6 a.m.
• Market 
Street closes Friday, Sept. 7, at 6 a.m., reopens Monday, Sept. 10, at 6 a.m.
• Circle Avenue (from Carroll to the 
Parking Garage) 
closes Friday, Sept. 7, at 6 a.m., reopens Monday, Sept. 10, at 6 a.m.

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