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Members of The Mojo play the Main Stage on Saturday afternoon during the 30th annual Market Street Festival in Columbus. The festival, which featured more than 175 vendors, a car show and all-day performances, drew a crowd of thousands. Cadence Harvey/Dispatch Staff
Tasha Payton, left, paints a butterfly and unicorn across the cheeks of 3-year-old Abigail Butler on Saturday afternoon at Market Street Festival in Columbus. Payton began face painting about 15 years ago and is an annual vendor at the festival. Butler’s father is Jeremiah Butler. Cadence Harvey/Dispatch Staff
From left, Kim Sobley Hunt watches as Lylah Pinion, 15, prepares a cup of freshly squeezed lemonade while Nash Hunt, 15, stares out at a line of customers at KK’s Lemonade stand Saturday afternoon at Market Street Festival. “I’ve come to every one of these festivals since it began, but this is my first time working it,” Sobley Hunt told The Dispatch. The business is owned by Pam Wright. Cadence Harvey/Dispatch Staff
Andrew Skinner juggles bowling pins while on stilts Saturday afternoon during Market Street Festival in Columbus. Skinner, an employee with Luminarts Entertainment, has been stilt walking for four years but has been a performing artist for more than a decade. Cadence Harvey/Dispatch Staff
Walter Williams, 2, holds a spraying firehouse with the help of Columbus firefighter Zach Anderson. “I would definitely say this is his favorite part,” said Williams’ mother Megan Williams. “That’s why we wore our rainboots.” Cadence Harvey/Dispatch Staff
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