Barnum Festival Karaoke Night

City of Bridgeport City Council President Aidee Nieves is helping organize a benefit for the Barnum Festival. The Barnum Festival which seeks to preserve and promote the influence of PT Barnum by providing a seasonal summer celebration in the greater Bridgeport region. It works to engage the community’s young people and their families with scholarship programs and fun, no-to-low-cost activities that span arts, culture and entertainment.

Nieves has enlisted the members of her City Council and past leadership officials including past City Council Presidents Tom McCarthy, Andres Ayala and Ernest Newton. The Barnum Festival Presents: BPT City Council Karaoke Night on Friday, April 5, 2024 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Port 5 - National Association of Naval Veterans. $20 Donation. The event is open to the public and all are welcome.

The event will recognize the 2024 Barnum Festival Ringmaster Camelia Lawrence, MD, FACS. Dr. Lawrence is a breast surgeon with the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute where she is a member of The Hospital of Central Connecticut’s Breast Center team. Prior to that, she was a breast surgeon at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, where she originally did her medical residency following her graduation from medical school.

Dr. Lawrence volunteers tirelessly in the community and was recognized for her community leadership efforts by being the first mother, first physician and only the second woman to be named the Barnum Festival Ringmaster in its 75+ year history. She will be attending the Karaoke night and singing her signature song.

For more information, call 619-405-3523 or email [email protected].