Night before the Regatta

The annual city holiday here is the Regatta which normally falls on
the first Wednesday of August. People set up their booths the night
before to be ready early in the morning when the races begin and the
crowds come. *If* it goes ahead, because the weather can
postpone it for a day, or a series of days. On Tuesday night, though,
thousands of people show up to check out the booths under construction
and perhaps selling fairground foods already. This was an hour or so
ago; these booths were open for business though most potential
customers were elsewhere on the Regatta grounds.