Standing on his stilts, Jeff Dorian places a finished balloon parrot on the finger of Bella Downing, 4, of Concord as her sister Arya (left), 8, and grandmother Bonnie Paul look on during the Market Days Festival in downtown Concord on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Standing on his stilts, Jeff Dorian places a finished balloon parrot on the finger of Bella Downing, 4, of Concord as her sister Arya (left), 8, and grandmother Bonnie Paul look on during the Market Days Festival in downtown Concord on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)

Visitors strolled through downtown Concord during the opening day of Market Days on Thursday. The annual festival runs 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Saturday. More information can be found at intownconcord.org/index.php/market-days.