Walnut Parade Goes Main Street at 6

Keep an eye out for the benign, wrinkled face of King Walnut this evening.

The Walnut Festival Parade is scheduled to roll at 6 p.m. Saturday. The parade will proceed north on Main Street from Mount Diablo Boulevard to Civic Drive.
That portion of Main Street and several peripheral streets will be closed to traffic from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Curbside parking places on closed streets will be marked as “No Parking – Tow Away,” according to an advisory from the Walnut Creek police. All streets will remain open and accessible to pedestrian traffic.

The street closures are as follows:

• Main St: North of Newell Ave. to Lacassie Ave.
• Mt. Diablo Blvd.: California Blvd. to Broadway
• Botelho Dr.: East of South Locust St.
• Olympic Blvd.: East of South Locust St.
• Cypress St: Commercial Lane to immediately East of Main St.
• Bonanza St: East of Commercial Lane
• Civic Dr: East of Commercial Lane to Broadway
• Giammona Dr: All
• Lacassie Ave: East of Locust St.

The 75th annual Walnut Festival itself — with fun rides, amusements, food and drinks, vendors, fishing at the lake and more — is next week is at Heather Farm Park:

• 5 - 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20.
• 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
• 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22.
• 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23.