Editing New Haven, Connecticut (section)

=== Festivals ===
In addition to the Jazz Festival (described above), New Haven serves as the home city of the annual [[International Festival of Arts and Ideas]]. New Haven's [[Saint Patrick's Day]] parade, which began in 1842, is [[New England]]'s oldest and draws the largest crowds of any one-day spectator event in Connecticut.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/holiday/articles/2010/03/14/beyond_the_pubs_painting_the_town_green/ |work=The Boston Globe |title=Beyond the pubs, painting the town green |first=Christopher |last=Klein |date=March 14, 2010 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070740/http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/holiday/articles/2010/03/14/beyond_the_pubs_painting_the_town_green/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The St. Andrew the Apostle Italian Festival has taken place in the historic [[Wooster Square]] neighborhood every year since 1900. Other parishes in the city celebrate the Feast of [[Saint Anthony of Padua]] and a carnival in honor of [[St. Bernadette Soubirous]].<ref>[http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/in_the_kitchen/CTStyle_wtnh_wooster_square_italian_festival_200906241010 Italian Festival in Wooster Square |Connecticut style]. wtnh.com (June 24, 2009). Retrieved on July 15, 2013. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616143235/http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/in_the_kitchen/CTStyle_wtnh_wooster_square_italian_festival_200906241010 |date=June 16, 2013 }}</ref> New Haven celebrates [[Powder House Day]] every April on the New Haven Green to commemorate the city's entrance into the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The annual Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicwoostersquare.org/cherryblossomfestival.html |title=historic preservation, Historic Wooster Square Association Inc Cherry Blossom Festival |website=Historicwoostersquare.org |access-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701053915/http://www.historicwoostersquare.org/cherryblossomfestival.html |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> commemorates the 1973 planting of 72 [[Prunus × yedoensis|Yoshino]] Japanese cherry blossom trees by the New Haven Historic Commission in collaboration with the New Haven Parks Department and residents of the neighborhood. The Festival now draws well over 5,000 visitors. The [[Film Fest New Haven]] has been held annually since 1995.