tours Downtown and Lamar before returning to the Montange. Festivals such as The Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest have been held in downtown Beaumont since 2005. The Boomtown Film and Music Festival is a film and music festival that began in 2008. The Jefferson Theater and Crockett street venues are used to host events. Beaumont's Winter Parade featuring a lighted boat parade occurs annually in December and begins and ends in downtown. The city's Fourth of July celebration takes place at Riverfront park yearly. Including fire works, concessions, and live music. Parks & Facilities The Beaumont Civic Center is on main street, the venue is host to trade shows, sporting events, conventions, banquets, graduations and concerts. The civic center had seating for 6,500. On a fourteen-acre site, the Beaumont Event Centre and plaza is located between the streets of Neches and MLK Pkwy. Covering twelve acres, the center features a twelve-acre Great Lawn for concerts, a walking path, a multilevel 16,000 sq ft event hall, and a 3,800 sq ft band stand facing the Great Lawn. A 14,000 sq ft canopy overlooks a two and one half acre lake with a thirty-five foot fountain. Riverfront park is just east of Main street along the Neches River. The park includes an amphitheater with seating for fifty, boat docks, a river overlook, and covered pavilions. The park and surrounding area is the site of the annual July 4 celebration. The park was indefinitely closed due to damages from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in September 2017 Economy Downtown is home to the headquarters of Entergy Texas, whose offices are housed in Edison Plaza. Salad Soulmates, manufacturer of Leo's Salad Dressing has national distribution through Jason's Deli (also based in Beaumont), maintains its corporate and manufacturing headquarters in downtown. CB&I, Capital One, RDS Engineering, Provost Umphrey law firm and many other smaller firms have offices in downtown. Downtown is mainly host to government offices, law firms, engineering firms and banks. Government City Beaumont City hall is located on Main Street in downtown. County Jefferson County Court house is located in downtown and is a notable Art Deco building. Federal The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas is located in the Jack Brooks Federal Building. The federal building is also home to a branch of the United States Postal Service. References Geography of Beaumont, Texas Tourist attractions in Beaumont,