Freedom Feastival May 2025
A Festival of Music Food and Fun
The annual Freedom Feastival was held Friday May 2nd from 11:00AM to 8:00PM at Green Square Park in Cedar Rapids. Food vendors, Live Music, yard games and kids activities were all available to enjoy at the event. The Freedom Feastival is hosted by the non-profit Freedom Festival which will host the annual week long freedom festival celebration June 26th-July 4th of this year. The Freedom Festival has been held in Cedar Rapids annually for almost fifty years.
Conductor Alan Lawrence (center) leads the New Horizons Band during the Freedom Feastival celebration held on Friday May 2nd at Green Square Park in Cedar Rapids. Alan Started the band, which is exclusively for people ages fifty five and up, in 1999. The band rehearses every Tuesday morning for two hours.
Tim King (left) Plays the Clarinet during the New Horizons Band’s performance during the Freedom Feastival celebration at Green Square Park on Friday. The New Horizons Band was the first of four musical acts to perform during the celebration.
Fried Sweets and Treats owner Marjie Krakow makes a funnel cake during the Freedom Feastival Celebration on May 2nd. Marjie started Fried Sweets and Treats last August.
Funnel Cake from Fried Sweets and Treats being prepared during the Freedom Feastival on Friday May 2nd. Fried Sweets and Treats is a food stand based out of Marengo Iowa.
Christina Stevens from Pita’s Mediterranean and American Cuisine hands food to a customer during the Freedom Feastival on Friday. Pita’s Mediterranean and American Cuisine has a physical location in Hiawatha and has had the food truck since last year.
Janset Celik (left) and Mira Gibbons (right) play their violins during the Freedom Feastival on Friday May 2nd. Celik has been playing the violin for nine years while Gibbons has been playing for ten years.
Janset Celik (left) and Mira Gibbons (right) play their violins during the Freedom Feastival on Friday. Celik and Gibbons were the second of four musical acts to perform during the Feastival.