The annual India Day Festival & Concert, which for years has brought large crowds to Naperville , will be scaled back this year, organizers have announced.

Usually a day-long affair featuring live entertainment and a cultural festival at Naperville’s Rotary Hill, the free event will be reduced to only a parade when held Aug. 10, organizers said in a Facebook post.

The decision to curtail festivities was attributed to heightened costs and reduced funding, the post said.

Presented by Indian Community Outreach, the festival commemorates Aug. 15, 1947, the day India won its freedom from British rule. Launched in 2015, the event has grown into one of the largest Indian American festivals of its kind across the country, according to Krishna Bansal, event founder and organizer.

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