Freedom Festival

There will be no Freedom Festival at UMass Dartmouth this year.

Thanks to the generous support of Bristol County Savings Bank, the annual Freedom Festival is back!  Celebrate America's Independence Day at  the 20th Annual UMass Dartmouth Freedom Festival on Friday, July 3rd.

UMass Dartmouth is cancelling any planned fireworks for this year. University spokesman John Hoey tells WBSM News the summer Freedom Festival fireworks display was postponed until this season due to inclement weather. Hoey adds a number of other activities, including homecoming, are already taking up a big portion of the campus' events schedule...

Predictions of torrential rains Thursday night and Friday has prompted UMass Dartmouth officials to postpone the University's Annual Freedom Festival celebration on campus. UMass spokesman John Hoey.... No new date has been set...