Spring Shop Local Fun Festival Entertains Crowds, Showcases Businesses

Attendees browsed roughly 70 exhibitors at the Shop Local Fun Festival, learning about the many products and services they offer in the community.

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Representing the restaurant’s Severna Park location, the Chick-fil-A cow greeted kids young and old with hugs at the Fun Festival on May 3.

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Local businesses set up booths to greet and educate festival attendees. Exhibitors included Park Hardware.

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Local businesses set up booths to greet and educate festival attendees. Exhibitors included KMA Law Office.

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Local businesses set up booths to greet and educate festival attendees. Exhibitors included Lean On Dee.

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Local businesses set up booths to greet and educate festival attendees. Exhibitors included Jody Buck of the Key Group of Cummings & Co. Realtors.

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Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2025 10:26 am

On Saturday, area businesses, nonprofits and organizations gathered at the Park Plaza shopping center for the Greater Severna Park and Arnold Chamber of Commerce’s (GSPACC) annual Spring Shop Local Fun Festival. Attendees enjoyed food, music, live entertainment and browsing unique vendors. Roughly 70 exhibitors showcased the products and services they offer the community, ranging from music schools to food-based businesses to nonprofits including SPAN and Providence Pottery & Arts Studio. The event highlighted the importance of shopping local and the impact local businesses and organizations have on the communities they serve. The GSPACC will host another shop local event in the fall; Shoptoberfest is slated for Saturday, October 25.