From 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., people of all ages and backgrounds listened to music, browsed the booths and sampled a wide variety of foods.
Ceramics, jewelry, photographs, paintings and other arts and crafts were available for purchase at many of the booths.
This year was the first time commercial photographer Steve Exum displayed his art at Festifall. He decided to get a booth to exhibit his North Carolina lighthouse collection because he lives close by, grew up in Raleigh and is a graduate of UNC.
Exum said his business benefitted from a "very, very strong crowd ... (and) constant traffic" and that he would consider returning next year.
Smells from an array of food vendors wafted from the booths into the street, beckoning to Festifall attendees. Culinary offerings included Italian sausages, gyros, fried rice, kettle corn, fruit smoothies and cotton candy.
Festifall officially offered three music stages with genres ranging from bluegrass to pop to gospel. A small group gathered to listen around the stages, but many simply listened as they browsed the booths.
Independent performers also were scattered throughout the fair. A young boy played his violin on the side of the street, and devotees of Hare Krishna chanted their mantra.
Ned Malone, a UNC freshman from Chapel Hill, said he has attended the event his entire life, with the music as one factor drawing him to the event.
"I've lived here my whole life and always come to this," Malone said.
