Free Keene Fest An Outstanding Success!

May 8, 2011 by Heika
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Freedom Fest, Living Free

Wow! It was a beautiful day here in Keene, perfect for the Free Keene Fest held this afternoon on Railroad Square. With at least 300 people stopping by to purchase or sell items, pass out informational fliers or collect money/clothing for charities, it was a fun time for all. The Federal Crime, a rock band, played for half of the festival and then some local gentlemen took over the music aspect playing the banjo!

I was thoroughly impressed with several things today, one being the amount of Keene folk that walked through, enjoying the music and purchasing items. People were super friendly and supportive of this agorist festival, and many took fliers and pamphlets of liberty-oriented subjects with them upon departure. There were, of course, many freedom-loving people from all over the state (Grafton, Manchester, Peterborough, Hancock, etc) that enjoyed the day as well!

It was nice to see the variety of items the vendors had, as well as the style in which they set up their tables. Ice cream, muffins, jam, jewelery, massages, framed photos, liberty flair, books and bumper stickers, and even massages were sold, as were a wide variety of attire. There was even a table for black jack! Information regarding Monadnock liberty families, ‘Don’t take the plea deal’ (fija), copblock.org, and Fr33 Aid was on display for all. There were tents, canopies, colorful table cloths, and unique signs to make the festival stand out just off of Main Street.

I was tickled pink to observe the wonderful, calm demeanor of the few police officers that drove or walked by, even though there were MANY blatant open containers. They didn’t say a word about the alcohol, just smiled, made small talk with some festival attendees, and went on their merry way. YAY! I firmly feel that is how it should be all the time! No one was endangering anyone or anything, and so they ignored the open containers. It’s about time! I just hope that friendly attitude of the Keene PD will continue on.

This permit-free, drama-free festival was sensational, and I hope to see many more outstanding festivals in the future! I would also like to thank everyone who participated today; it wouldn’t have been anything noteworthy without them!

Comments

7 Comments on Free Keene Fest An Outstanding Success!

david on Mon, 9th May 2011 8:14 am

I saw the flyer in judy’s window this morning (primeroast)
And i saw the chaulk on the sidewalk this morning.
got a copblock shirt there.
nice festival.
A success for freedom
imho.

Ademo on Mon, 9th May 2011 8:32 am

David, thanks for stopping in and for donating to CopBlock.org. Hope you get lots of comments on your new shirt.

Heika, the image isn’t loading for me, I’m on a mac/chrome, but just wanted to let you know incase in wasn’t just me.

Great job everyone!!

david on Mon, 9th May 2011 8:59 am

@ademo,
I just got a shirt : the copblock guys are the ones doing the activism work for freedom !
Thanks YOU!.
peace

Graham on Mon, 9th May 2011 12:29 pm

Are their more pictures from this being posted, or have they already been posted and am I just bad at navigating the internet?

Heika on Mon, 9th May 2011 1:03 pm

@ Graham, I don’t know where to post more pics. I know there are some on FB, and others haven’t put them up yet, but other than that, I don’t know. I am pretty clueless when it comes to things on the computer (I tried to make a power point not long ago, and couldn’t figure it out. A friend told me to get out of word and into the power point program)!

Rich on Mon, 9th May 2011 8:26 pm

It helps that we leave any place of gathering at least as clean as we found it.

Pete Eyre on Tue, 10th May 2011 12:17 pm

Thanks for spearheading the latest iteration of Free Keene Fest Heika! Glad I was finally able to make it and participate. At the CopBlock.org/LibertyOnTour.com table we interacted with a ton of really open-minded people. Also really cool but probably not as noticeable was how smooth the set-up and tear-down went (and how clean we left the area) – and we didn’t even need threats from men with badges!

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