(BCN) -- With a possible shutdown of the federal government by the end of the day Tuesday if Congress cannot pass a budget, the two organizations that produce San Francisco Fleet Week are making contingency plans.

This year's event, Oct. 5 to 13, will serve as the official West Coast celebration of the U.S. Navy's 250th anniversary, commemorating a legacy of naval service in the Bay Area. The event is packed with peacetime community engagement events including tours of historic and contemporary military ships. There is a neighborhood concert program planned, with over forty performances throughout the city, and Friday and Saturday airshows featuring the Blue Angels precision demonstration squadron.

Brian O'Rourke, corps planner for the U.S. Navy, said that if the federal government shuts

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