Please be advised of traffic impacts this Sunday, October 10 due to the Harvard Square Business Association’s 42nd annual Oktoberfest.

The following streets will be closed starting at 6 a.m. on October 10: 

-       Massachusetts Avenue southbound from Garden to JFK (northbound lane will remain open)

-       Church Street

-       Brattle Street from JFK to Hilliard

-       Mount Auburn Street from Brattle to JFK

-       JFK Street from Mount Auburn to Brattle

The Oktoberfest event will begin at 11 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. Streets are expected to reopen to traffic once the area and vendors have cleared.

View the complete schedule.

As a reminder, Riverbend Park is opened (Memorial Drive is closed to vehicular traffic) in the City of Cambridge from Western Avenue to Gerry's Landing Road on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for pedestrian and cyclist use through the end of November 2021. Traffic patterns are clearly marked.

Alert sent on 10/08/2021 at 1:33PM EDT

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Alert delivered to the following groups: Cambridge PD Citywide, Business Alerts, Press Releases, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 1 - East Cambridge, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 3 - Inman/Harrington, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 4 - The Port, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 5 - Cambridgeport, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 6 - Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 7 - Riverside, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 8 - Agassiz, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 9 - Peabody, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 10 - West Cambridge, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 11 - North Cambridge, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 12 - Cambridge Highlands, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 13 - Strawberry Hill, Cambridge PD: Neighborhood 2 - M.I.T., Private - Harvard Square Business Association, Private - Central Square Business Association, Private - Inman Square Business Association, Private - East Cambridge Business Association, Private - Kendall Square Business Association, Private - Cambridge Public Safety Association, Private - Cambridge Hotels, Private - Cambridge Banks, Private - Cambridge Biotechs, Private - Porter Square Business Association, Private - Cambridge Higher Ed, Private - Cambridge Gov't, Private - Cambridge Security, Private - Cambridge Real Estate, Private - Cambridge Retail, Private - CPSA Master, Private - Cambridge Charter and Private Schools, and Kendall Square Security Network Association

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