Ludlow hosts 77th annual Our Lady of Fatima Festa starting 5-day event

Labor Day weekend starts tomorrow and for many, their plans might take them to the town of Ludlow's annual Festa. Although it falls on the three day weekend, Festa celebrates the inauguration and founding of Our Lady Fatima Parish since its creation in 1949. This year, there will be new vendors, a brand new stage with equipment for several lineups that are debuting for the first time. The president of Festa says they couldn't do it without the help from their volunteers. We can't do it without our volunteers. So a big shout out to all our volunteers. Our committee members takes over 200 volunteers to put it on. The committee works year round to make it happen and I think the community comes out and supports it. It's still a very family friendly event and we're very fortunate to be able to pull that off every year. A firework show will be held tomorrow night. The celebration of mass with a bishop visiting from Portugal. Candlelight procession is happening on sunday followed by the last day of Festa on monday