Put together face painting, hot dogs, slush, a few games, add a team of high-flying circus aerialists, then mix in a grill, a beer garden, and plenty of ice cream, and what do you have? An Ashmont Block Party. Put on last Saturday by the Greater Ashmont Main Streets, Ashmont Hill Association, and the Ashmont-Adams Neighborhood Association, the annual block fest drew scores of neighbors to the parking lot of the Parish of All Saints in Peabody Square.

Put on by the Greater Ashmont Main Streets, Ashmont Hill Association, and the Ashmont-Adams Neighborhood Association, the annual block fest drew scores of neighbors to the parking lot of the Parish of All Saints in Peabody Square, where three musical acts and an aerial circus performance by Baechtold and Abel were in great form. Mix in a grill, a beer garden, and plenty of ice cream, and it was an early summer hit for all ages.

Other sponsors included Trinity Financial, Dorchester Brewing Co., and the Martin Richard Foundation.

Hey, that’s my ice cream! As Ollie Rizzo shows off his treat to pre-school buddy Ellie DeMarco, she steals a lick. It was just one part of a fun afternoon.

Little Emmett Dennehy, Hannah Yarmolinsky, and Dan Dennehy enjoyed the afternoon.

Darryl and Dana Buefort enjoyed everything about the day.

Friends Shelly Nguyen and Hanh Le partook of ice cream and slush.

Anne and Amanda Hoppe sat back and enjoyed the party sounds of Nate and Friends.

Michael Zayas and Jeanne Dasaro of Greater Ashmont Main Streets were great hosts for the entire afternoon.

Dorchester’s Jerry Lamothe held down the beat with Nate and Friends Band.

Kristen Patenaude, Charlie Tuttle, and Stephanie Moura.

Nathaniel Collymore got an Iron Man mask painted on his face.