Get Ready for TosaFest 2016; Three Changes You Should Know Before you Go

WAUWATOSA -- Tosafest 2016 runs this Friday and Saturday and continues Wauwatosa's 41 year tradition of music, food, and family fun.

Each year, proceeds from TosaFest support community projects in the areas of education, safety and neighborhood improvement and an army volunteers work year-round to create this memorable event that entertains and benefits the whole community.

TosaFest runs Friday and Saturday. For a full list of activities and the two-day music lineup, visit TosaFest.org.

This year promises to be a blast, however there are a few changes you should know about:

The weekend festival is traditionally held on State Street in downtown Wauwatosa, but according to a WISN report, a streetscape construction project means the festival will move to two municipal parking lots a block south, just across the Menomonee River.

This year, TosaFest has its own security team. There will also be limited fencing to keep festival goers away from the train tracks that run along the grounds, according to a WISN report.

TosaFest 2016 will charge admission, either $2 or two non-perishable food items. The fee and food donations will bolster the festival's support of local charities.

TosaFest Helps:

Over the past 10 years, Tosafest has given back to the community by donating more than $150,000 from proceeds to the following Local organizations:

• Adaptive Community Approach Program(ACAP)

• Aqua Sprites of Wisconsin

• Arts @ Large

• Business Improvement District/Tosa Tonight

• Childrens Hospital

• Education Foundation of Wauwatosa

• Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee

• Friends of Hoyt Park

• Heartlove Place

• Lola's Hope

• Milwaukee Community Sailing Center

• Tosa Civic Celebration Committee

• Tosa Cares

• Tosa Hockey

• Tosa Night Out

• Tosa Skateboarders United

• Transition Living Services

• Wauwatosa East Athletic Boosters

• Wauwatosa East HS Scholarship

• Wauwatosa Food Pantry

• Wauwatosa Historical Society

• Wauwatosa Library Foundation

• Wauwatosa Police Reserve

• Wauwatosa Public Library Foundation

• Wauwatosa School District

• Wauwatosa West Band Boosters

• wauwatosa West Choir

• Wauwatosa West HS Scholarship

• Wauwatosa West Theater

• Wauwatosa Wrestling Team

• Wauwatost Rotary Foundation

• Wauwatost Trojan Dance

• We the People

TosaFest runs Friday and Saturday. For a full list of activities and the two-day music lineup, visit TosaFest.org.

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