Street Fair

Saturday, April 29, 2023

MIT community members and their families enjoyed food, fun, music, entertainment, and activities for all ages, strolling down the festive street between tents filled with exciting things to see, do, and delight in, including:

• Food trucks, carts, and stations offering a wide variety of free snacks and treats.
• Performances by MIT student groups and other artists
• Displays and demonstrations from Institute departments, labs, projects and centers
• Rides, activities, and amusements such as a carousel, swings, and retro video arcade games
• Sand art, face-painting, balloon animals, Tim the Beaver, and more

Wide Tim image courtesy of Margaret Zheng

Killian Court attractions

Main stage performance schedule*

• 2:00 pm Pick Up Your Hat (MIT staff band)
• 2:30 pm MIT Asian Dance Team
• 2:45 pm MIT Mirchi
• 3:00 pm MIT Mocha Moves
• 3:15 pm MIT Ukrainian Folk Dance Ensemble
• 3:30 pm Victory Yinka-Banjo (spoken word)
• 3:45 pm MIT Bhangra
• 4:00 pm Made in MIT: Showcasing Student and Faculty Fashion Design
• 4:15 pm MIT Fixation
• 4:30 pm MIT Ridonkulous

* Schedule subject to change

MIT departments, labs, centers, and projects

• Edgerton Center and Project Manus: Make-and-take Activities, Collaborative Data Art
• Environmental Solutions Initiative
• Kitchen Matters: The materials science of food and cooking
• Lewis Music Library and MIT Libraries: Sounds from the Mouth/Doodle Tunes

Activities

• Balloon artist
• Mini-golf
• The Phantom's Revenge
• The playground (swings and inflatables)
• Sand art

Food

• Firefly’s BBQ
• The candy shop
• Popcorn
• Slush cart
• Food trucks
  • Bon Me Bubble Tea
  • Ice Cream Truck
  • Indulge India
  • Uncle Joey’s Cannoli

Hockfield Court attractions

Main stage performance schedule*

• 2:00 pm Boston Aalaap (local band)
• 2:30 pm MIT Asymptones
• 2:45 pm The Chorallaries of MIT
• 3:00 pm MIT Logarhythms
• 3:15 pm MIT Juggling Club
• 3:30 pm MIT Muses
• 3:45 pm MIT Ohms
• 4:00 pm MIT Resonance
• 4:15 pm MIT Syncopasian
• 4:30 pm Boston Aalaap

* Schedule subject to change

MIT departments, labs, centers, and projects

• Agile Robot Dogs Learn to Play Soccer: Live Research Demo from Improbable AI Lab / MIT CSAIL
• Biomaking: A Fun, Powerful, and Delicious World
• Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER)
• MindHandHeart: Interactive Community Mosaic
• MIT Endicott House

Activities

• The arcade (retro video games and more)
• Carousel
• Face painting
• Pinwheel making
• Complimentary Street Fair tee-shirts available

Food

• Firefly’s BBQ
• Cotton candy
• Popcorn
• Food trucks
  • Amigos Locos
  • Cupcake City
  • Flour Girls Sweet Truck
  • Rolling Cones Soft Serve

Attractions at other locations

Lobby 10 and Building 4

• MIT Glass Lab open house (4-003)
• The MIT Museum Studio and Compton Gallery (10-150)
• Wayne Potash bluegrass duo
• Hot dog cart

Building 12 lobby

• MIT.nano: VR Immersion, Virtual Photo Booth, and more

Lobby 13

• Balloon artist
• Caribbean Vibe steel drum band
• Hot pretzel cart

Street Fair map