Our Lady Queen Of Martyrs Parish Festival Starts Tonight

Everyone's invited to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs' 57th annual Parish Festival at 6 p.m. tonight, though the carnival rides and food vendors arrayed along 1409 Park Avenue are already attracting interested visitors.

At the ticket booth, church volunteers Lionel Fraeppier and Pat Lamothe were selling raffle tickets and giving the scoop to interested passers-by.

Admission to the event is free, and festival goers can pay for food or a ride as they like. You can also purchase a one-price $20 bracelet that will let you on the rides all night Wednesday and are available for purchase again on Saturday.

The kitchen opens at 6 p.m., the game booths open at 7 p.m., and the opening act is rock group "Or I Might Explode" with headliner "Mr. G and the Mountie All Star Band." There are fireworks on Thursday and a split the pot and a grand drawing $10,000 raffle on Saturday.