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<p>PLYMOUTH &#8212; The streets of Plymouth will be alive with people, music and kielbasa on Aug. 14 and 15. Local businesses, community organizations and musical acts will inhabit both sides of Route 11 between Elm Street and the Wyoming Valley West High School for two days, as Plymouth Alive hosts its 12th Annual Kielbasa Festival.</p><p>More than six area kielbasa vendors, including Fetch&#8217;s, Kaminsky&#8217;s and Tarnowski&#8217;s, will sell their choice sausages among nearly 90 other vendors of food, crafts, novelties and local business services. To accompany the sea of culinary, creative and entrepreneurial tents, musicians will perform live at virtually every point throughout the two-day event.</p><p>Sausage is served up beginning at noon Aug. 14. Festivities will shut down at 11 p.m. and resume at 10 a.m. Aug. 15. A &#8220;Welcome Home All Veterans&#8221; parade will begin at 11 a.m on Saturday. The American Legion Post 463 will hold a kielbasa competition at 1 p.m. on Center Avenue where the best bite among vendors will be crowned.</p><p>Two stages will house more than 18 acts ranging from rock and roll to folk to polka. Friday night&#8217;s performances will include Flaxy Morgan and Iron Cowboy at the Band Graphics bandshell. 40 lb. Head will play at the WVW bandshell. Saturday&#8217;s acts will feature Infinity, Music Room and Strawberry Jam, among many others.</p><p>Susan Gryziec, a Plymouth resident of 40 years, has been involved with planning the festival since its inception and is vice president of the committee. She said the festival started as a neighborhood revitalization project where those involved wanted to celebrate the diverse group of ethnicities in Pymouth and the surrounding area.</p><p>The Kielbasa Festival will have attractions for all ages. The kids zone, between Center Avenue and Eno Street, will include a bounce house, fish pond and face painting and balloon animals provided by Magical Fun &amp; Games.</p><p>Among local businesses represented, Wyoming Valley Motors and Mid Atlantic Waterproofing will have booths. Craft and novelty vendors like It&#8217;s All in the Bag, Scentsy and Dead Ahead Gifts will also be on hand.</p><p>Several local churches will sell homemade festival fare and desserts alongside area restaurants. The menu will include pierogies, barbecue, pizza, ice cream and candies.</p><p>Even the Plymouth Historical Society and Friends of the Plymouth Public Library will be represented on the festival grounds.</p><p>Gryziec said the festival is a big boost to all businesses in Plymouth, especially the downtown businesses. &#8220;It allows people to see what Plymouth is all about, the diverse stores we have here and the great downtown area, and we&#8217;re trying to build it up and make it better and better,&#8221; she said.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Lauren Pockevich of Nanticoke eats a kielbasa sandwich from Komensky&#8217;s Market in Duryea during last year&#8217;s Kielbasa Festival in Plymouth. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_kielbasa021.jpg</photo0><caption0>Lauren Pockevich of Nanticoke eats a kielbasa sandwich from Komensky&#8217;s Market in Duryea during last year&#8217;s Kielbasa Festival in Plymouth. </caption0><photoCredit0>Pete G. Wilxox | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_KIELBASAvendors1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">People waiting in line to place there orders for the award winning Bosak Kielbasa at last year&#8217;s festival. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_KIELBASAvendors1.jpg</photo1><caption1>People waiting in line to place there orders for the award winning Bosak Kielbasa at last year&#8217;s festival. </caption1><photoCredit1>Clarv Van Orden | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_KIELBASArings1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Rings of smoked kielbasa wait to be packaged at Bosak&#8217;s Choice Meats in Olyphant. Bosak&#8217;s kielbasa was award winning last year at the Kielbasa Festival in Plymouth. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_KIELBASArings1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Rings of smoked kielbasa wait to be packaged at Bosak&#8217;s Choice Meats in Olyphant. Bosak&#8217;s kielbasa was award winning last year at the Kielbasa Festival in Plymouth. </caption2><photoCredit2>BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Fun, food and music will be abundant at 12th annual street festival</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Matt Mattei</p><p>mmattei@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p>IF YOU GO:</p><p>What: The annual Kielbasa Festival</p><p>When: Noon to 11 p.m. Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Aug. 15</p><p>Where: Plymouth, Pennsylvania</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Matt Mattei at 570-991-6651 or <a href="mailto:mmattei@www.timesleader.com">mmattei@www.timesleader.com</a></p></shirttailMeta></div>

Plymouth to hold 12th annual Kielbasa Festival