As a Polonia center, due to the city's having a very large Polish population, Chicago celebrates every Labor Day weekend at the Taste of Polonia Festival in the Jefferson Park area.

There were reports that the number of residents increased by 60 % during the 1990s to about 25, 000 although a second estimate ( based on the 2000 census based on a different map ) places the residential ( nighttime and weekend ) population in 2000 at 12, 042.

Salamis Island is very popular for holiday and weekend visits from the Athens and Piraeus area ; its population rises to 300, 000 in peak season of which ca.

Winchester's population nearly doubles for this weekend )

Between steamer ships from Baltimore and trains from Washington, the weekend population of Chesapeake Beach reached into the 10, 000s during the 1920s, until economic depression, and a bad hotel fire, brought an end to the railroad.

While Ohiopyle has a tiny year-round population, it is often filled with tourists on the weekend, who come take advantage of outdoor recreation opportunities at the surrounding Ohiopyle State Park.

Until recently, the number of weekend incidents in Ridgeley continued to rise despite a higher-than-state-average police force for its population.

Tourists and vacationers cause the town's population to nearly double from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend.

To this day, the Eden Corn Festival is held Thursday through Sunday during the first weekend in August, and inarguably remains the highlight of the year for the town's small population.

Mono's population represents many different backgrounds, including the farming community, local businesses, numerous artists and artisans, commuters to neighbouring towns and cities, and weekend escapees from the urban bustle.

The original plan, however, was back on track by 1886, when streetcars delivered over 47, 000 people to Golden Gate Park on one weekend afternoon ( the city's population at the time was about 250, 000 ).

Maxville ( population 853 ) hosts the annual Glengarry Highland Games, one of North America's largest festivals of Scottish culture, on the first long weekend in August.

* Suburban settlements ( dacha settlements, ): settlements with a focus on private summer-time and weekend recreation, with no more than 25 % of the permanent population being employed in the agricultural sector.

Waiheke Island is a popular holiday spot, and during the main summer season, especially around Christmas and Easter, the population on the island increases substantially due to the number of holiday homes being rented out, corporate functions and dance parties at vineyards and restaurants, the Wine Festival and the Jazz Festival and weekend trippers from around the country and the world.

In the 1920s Selby's weekend population rivalled Belgrave's, but scarcity of subdivided land drew holiday makers and others away from Selby.

Held over the first May bank holiday weekend, they are attended by over 2000 rowers and spectators, and is widely believed to be the busiest weekend on the islands, with an approximate doubling of population.

The school's 12th president, Sister Donna Jurick, responded in the early 1980s by opening a weekend college for working women from the District of Columbia, a racially diverse population the school had previously not served.

It is a popular weekend destination for the local population.

Lodging situations have changed over the years from sleeping on barroom floors and barns on the mountain road, traveling up from nearby Rutland or Woodstock, to now over 120 inns, lodges and condominium complexes, with sleeping capacity to bring the Rutland region's tourist population to 60, 000 on a winter weekend.

The town has a number of attractive buildings and early-20th-century homes and is a weekend destination for a non-resident population of about 100.

The heart of this format was weekend ethnic polka programs, serving the large Eastern European population around Chicago.

For example, on at least one weekend each month, the 105 AW's population surges to over 1, 600 personnel in response to the monthly required Air National Guard unit training assembly ( UTA ), attended by nearly all of the 105 AW's personnel.

Polish market in Chicago Poles in Chicago constituted the largest ethnically Polish population outside of Warsaw before 1918 when Poland reemerged as an independent state, making it one of the most important Polonia centers today, a fact that the city celebrates every Labor Day weekend at the Taste of Polonia Festival in Jefferson Park.

* The film grossed SGD $ 78, 261 in Singapore on the sneak preview weekend, making it the top film of the weekend, a rarity for a Hong Kong film in Singapore.

" The film opened at number one in North America on its first weekend of release, taking in over $ 20 million ( USD ), eventually making $ 78, 656, 813 in total.

It grossed $ 4, 369, 868 in its opening weekend and $ 78, 868, 508 overall at the domestic box office.

The $ 54 million total also included $ 2 million in " mental distress " and $ 15, 000 which he estimated to be the cost of renting a car every weekend to go to another dry cleaners.

The movie pulled in a disappointing $ 4, 800, 000 weekend gross with little promotion.

Sega had managed to sell 200, 000 32X consoles in the first three weeks of availability ; 100, 000 consoles being sold during Thanksgiving weekend alone.

During the sometimes rainy weekend, thirty-two acts performed outdoors in front of 500, 000 concert-goers.

In past years, as many as 1, 000 hikers per day have sometimes climbed the dome on a summer weekend, and about 50, 000 hikers climb it every year.

The re-release performed well at the box office, opening with $ 12, 500, 000 in its opening weekend, placing at the third position after Zombieland and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

* the Fête des vendanges of Montmartre, which assembles more than 350, 000 people during the first October weekend, every year,

Cars and coaches were locked in the course grounds, leaving some 20, 000 people without their vehicles over the weekend.

By way of example, he played to two sellout crowds of 56, 000 each at the Houston Astrodome in Texas over one weekend in 1972.

The annual Seymour Apple Festival, established in 1973, has grown to one of Missouri's largest free celebrations, with estimated crowds of more than 30, 000 congregating on the Seymour public square each second weekend of September.

The opening weekend drew 100, 000 people, ten times more than expected, and resulted in a Time magazine cover story.

Every year, approximately 10, 000 people enjoy the good food, rides, and entertainment throughout the weekend.

An annual event held over Memorial Day weekend, the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is one of the largest community festivals in the western United States, attracting an estimated 250, 000 visitors.

The premier rodeo of the Southern California season is the PRCA sanctioned Lakeside Rodeo, usually the last weekend in April, which draws over 20, 000 observers to the arena.

As of 2009, the event has an annual attendance of more than 50, 000 over the weekend immediately prior to Thanksgiving each year.

" Gold Rush Days ", an annual two-day event the third weekend in October, attracts over 200, 000 people.

The festival draws 20, 000-30, 000 people into the small village for the weekend.

The regional festival is attended by over 15, 000 people across its weekend, with parts of the town being closed to traffic.

* July: Lowell Folk Festival-three day free folk festival attended by on average 250, 000 people on the last weekend in July

Attendance regularly reaches 30, 000 for this weekend.