FALL RIVER — The downtown area will hum with life next month during the fourth annual We HeART Fall River Festival. 

The free event will take place Saturday, May 11, from noon to 4 p.m. The family-friendly event will take place on the south side of Government Center along Sullivan Drive, and will feature food trucks, vendors, live entertainment, arts and crafts activities and more. 

The festival will be presented by the Fall River Arts and Cultural Council and Viva Fall River, in partnership with the city of Fall River, the Narrows Center for the Arts and the Fall River Farmers and Artisans Market. 

It will be supported in part by a grant from the Fall River Cultural Council, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, with support from the Rotary Club of Fall River, the Office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III, and by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism and Southeast Massachusetts Visitors Bureau.

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