The City of Evansville Board of Public Safety approved a slate of special events and street-use requests at Wednesday’s meeting, clearing the way for music festivals, fundraisers, religious processions and neighborhood celebrations through the summer.

Approved events included the Evansville Police Foundation SWAT Fest and car show (Locust Street, Saturday, June 14, 3–9 p.m.); WNIN Jazz Fest (Main Street closures, Friday–Sunday, July 18–20, daily 4–10 p.m.); the Helfrich Park Cross Country Invitational (Gulfmoor Road, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 3:30–5:30 p.m., rain date Aug. 27); and a PBR rodeo overflow closure on Main Street (Saturday, May 24, 3–11 p.m.). The Arts Council’s 55th-anniversary event will close the 200 block of Main Street on Wednesday, June 25, from 4–8 p.m.

Other approved requests included Industry Bar’s special event for a dog-charity fundraiser (May 17), two Corpus Christi religious processions (Annunciation Parish and St. Benedict Cathedral, both on Sunday, June 22), Lincoln Middle School’s graduation parade (Wednesday, May 21, 10–11 a.m.), and the Hottie Shriners paper-drive collection at Lincoln and Green River Road (Saturday, May 17).

The board also approved a routing change for the Colon Screening for Life 5K and 1-mile walk so participants could avoid a sinkhole at Chestnut and Riverside. Sergeant Winzes of the Evansville Police Department reviewed and cleared the alternate route, which keeps runners on the west side of Riverside Drive in several stretches and uses the Pigeon Creek Greenway passage in portions of the route.

Each event was approved by voice vote; board members did not record roll-call tallies in the transcript. Staff noted that barricades were requested in most cases and that the Evansville Police Department had reviewed and approved traffic and safety plans where necessary.