American Heritage Festival

The American Heritage Festival is a festival from my imagination and celebrates the unique and diverse heritage of all Americans (Not just US). The festival would be centered around a main plaza and would branch out into the surrounding streets. Thus, it is held in public space and would require roads being blocked off. There would be fences and entrances at the end of each street. Since this is a large festival, bags would be checked at the entrance points. The festival would be accessible to everyone but there would be an entrance fee of one dollar. There would also be donation booths. Funding would be provided by many sponsors such as museums and each sponsor would get a booth and maybe a few banners. The theme would be American heritage and each street would have a different theme. So there might be a Peruvian themed street, a French themed street, a Japanese themed street, a Kenyan themed street etc. Each street would have unique music, food, and decorations. This would all lead to the central plaza with a big center stage playing lots of diverse music and performances. The goal is to bring everyone together as a American while celebrating our different backgrounds. The festival would be mainly for more local citizens, but visitors are welcomed. The festival would be two or three days long and thus would have a large impact. Sponsors would gain some recognition and awareness. The goal of the festival is to make a net zero profit. That means that every dollar worth of profit would be saved for the following year (Yes, it is an annual thing). However, vendors, artists, and companies providing services would all earn some money. The festival would try to bring awareness to traditions and aims to make everyone feel included. There might be different overarching themes each year that would change the central plaza. A negative impact will be traffic and local residents.