Need a clear bag for Fusion Fest? There's a free giveaway Friday in South Bend

SOUTH BEND — Clear bags to make security checkpoints easier for the Sept. 14-15 Fusion Fest are being given away free of charge Friday at the Howard Park Event Center.

South Bend's Venues Parks & Arts department and the city have a limited number of clear bags that will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 5 p.m. Friday until the supply runs out. There is a limit of one bag per adult.

City officials said in a news release that metal detectors will be in use at each entrance to Fusion Fest for security screening purposes. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 at Howard Park.

The two-day festival will be filled with food vendors, music, demonstrations and artisans from North America/South America, Africa, and Europe/Asia. Each region will be separated and will include stages and vendors.

This year features four live performance stages, a zipline and bungee trampoline experience, and a drone show set for 8 p.m. Saturday.

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All people entering secured festival sites will have their bags checked, and the clear bags are encouraged to make wait times shorter as people pass through the bag checking areas.

More information about Fusion Fest can be found at sbfusionfest.com .

Email Tribune staff writer Greg Swiercz at gswiercz@sbtinfo.com .

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