HamptonRoads.com scoped out Town Point Park Friday afternoon to see how Harborfest was shaping up. Here's a slideshow of pics to get  you excited to go. Tonight: Don't forget the Parade of Sails at 5 p.m. and the musical headliner The Wailers at 9:30 p.m.   Want to share your photos? Upload your photos in our out and about in Hampton Roads photo gallery

NORFOLK The annual Afr'Am Fest draws more than 200,000 people for music, art and food during the Memorial Day Weekend. This year was no different, as people packed Town Point Park so tightly it was difficult to walk through it at times. Police estimated that 120,000 people attended on Saturday and again Monday, said Mark C. Madison, the festival director.

NORFOLK It's called "The 1st Lazy Lizzy River Anything-That-Floats-But-A-Boat Race!" It's expected to be a marvel – or nightmare – of maritime engineering. And, Harborfest organizers hope, fun for all.

CHESAPEAKE The weather may be the real star today, serving up perfect festival conditions for the third day of the annual Chesapeake Jubilee.

NORFOLK Among other clues of summer's arrival, like blooming flowers and longer days, there is a sprouting of a different sort as the band shell blossoms at Town Point Park.

A fungal disease threatening some of Virginia’s strawberry crops has been largely brought under control in Hampton Roads.

VIRGINIA BEACH Douglas D. Ellis, who has wielded many a shovel at groundbreakings as a leader in commercial real estate development in Hampton Roads and the Mid-Atlantic region since 1974, will now have to get used to handling a royal scepter. He has been named King Neptune XXXV.

NORFOLK Self-billed as "Norfolk’s most foolish tradition," the Occasional Downtown Doo Dah Parade is returning this year for its 11th edition, assuming anyone really is keeping count, which would seem to go against the tradition of bucking conformity. It is slated to commence at noon on March 28, stepping off on Main Street. And organizers are looking for participants.