Year Round

Chautauqua-Lake Erie Wine Trail Events (12 wineries, 35 miles of scenic Lake Erie) Weekend events featuring wine & cheese, wine, wreaths & ornaments, wine & the arts, summer BBQ, 716-326-1891, www.chautauquawinetrail.org.

July 2005

7/2–8/14 (Sat/Sun only) Sterling Renaissance Festival: authentic Elizabethan festival in recreated 16th-century Warwick, England, live theater, jousting, music, dancing, artisans, Sterling, NY. www.sterlingfestival.com. 800-879-4446

7/2-10/30 Weekend Orchard Train Rides, Watt Farms Country Market: narrated tour thru orchards, u-pick seasonal fruit, gift shop, greenhouse, Albion, NY. www.wattfarms.com. 800-274-5897

7/13–8/4 Crazy for You at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse: “Broadway in the Finger Lakes, Upstate NY’s largest professional summer theater, Emerson Park, Auburn, NY. www.merry-go-round.com. 315-255-1305, 800-457-8897

7/12-17 188th Jefferson County Fair: oldest continuously-running county fair in US, midway, grandstand, games, food, agricultural displays, competitions, Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds, Watertown, NY. www.jeffcofair.org. 315-782-8612

7/15–17 37th Decoy & Wildlife Art Show: sponsored by Thousand Islands Museum, wildlife artwork & carvings on display/for sale, Recreation Park Arena, Clayton, NY. www.timuseum.org. 315-686-5794

7/15-17 34th Annual Can-Am Festival: historic lakefront community celebrates rich past that helped shape the Nation, music, food,, Sackets Harbor, NY. www.sacketsharborny.com. 315-646-2321

7/16-17 Rochester MusicFest: celebrate American music: jazz, blues, country… in city famous for music institutions, performance groups, internationally-known recording artists, Rochester, NY. www.rochestermusicfest.com. 585-428-6694

7/16-17 Nature Art Festival: unique art show & sale, 80 internationally-acclaimed nature artists working in festival studios, Jamestown, NY. www.natureartfest.org, 800-758-6841

7/16-17 Pultneyville Homecoming and Antique Show & Sale: annual event w/ parades, tours, arts & crafts. Pultneyville, NY.

7/17 Sandy Island Beach/Selkirk Shores Triathlon: swim, bike, run for ironman, 2 & 3-person teams, Sandy Island Beach & Selkirk Shores State Parks, registration fee, Sandy Pond, Port Ontario, NY. Michael.Krish@oprhp.state.ny.us, Dave.Warner@oprhp.state.ny.us. 315-298-5737, 315-387-2657

7/17-24 Canal Fest of the Tonawandas: nightly entertainment, vendors, crafts, rides, games, parade, fireworks, Gateway Harbor Park along Erie Canal, Tonawanda & North Tonawanda, NY. www.canalfest.org. 716-692-3292

7/23-24 Youngstown Level Regatta: 300+ sail boats from US & Canada race in largest freshwater regatta in No. America, Youngstown, NY. www.yyc.org.
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7/23-30 Bon Ton Roulet: festival on wheels through Finger Lakes, camping accommodations, 2 meals daily & entertainment, non-competitive, Auburn, NY. www.bontonroulet.com. Reservations: 315-253-5304

7/23-31 Ogdensburg International Seaway Festival: 7/24 car show, 7/29 craft show, fireworks. diaper race, 7/30 parade, Ogdensburg, NY. Festivalman13669@yahoo.com. 315-393-3518, 393-3855

7/23-24 Founder’s Day: battle re-enactments of French & Indian War, soldier/sutler encampments, speakers, Colonial crafts, tall ship, Ogdensburg, NY. www.fortlapresentation.org. 877-228-7810

7/28-7/31 Harborfest: 100+ free entertainment performances, stages throughout city, Sat: “World-Class Fireworks,” Sun: air show, juried art & crafts, food, Oswego, NY. www.oswegoharborfest.com. info@oswegoharborfest.com. 315-343-6858

7/29-31 Discover Presque Isle Days: beach volleyball, sand sculpture contest, bonfires, music, art, crafts, pancake breakfast... Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA. www.presqueisle.org, smcdermott16509@aol.com. 814-838-5138

August 2005

All month: Free Sunday Summer Concerts at the Lighthouse: bring own chair/blanket to lawn of Sodus Point Lighthouse Museum, refreshments available, 2-4, Sodus Point, NY. 315-483-4936

8/6-10/30 Weekend Orchard Train Rides, Watt Farms Country Market: narrated tour thru orchards, u-pick seasonal fruit, gift shop, greenhouse, Albion, NY. www.wattfarms.com. 800-274-5897

8/5–7 36th Stone Mills Craft Fair: largest juried craft fair in 1000 Islands, 200+ crafters & demonstrators from US & Canada, Northern New York Agricultural Museum at Stone Mills, LaFargeville, NY. http://home.usadatanet.net/~agstonemills/ 315-658-2353

8/5–7 41st Annual Antique Boat Show & Auction: 125+ show entries, professional auction, entertainment, marketplace, educational forum, street dance, Grand Parade of Boats, Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, NY. www.abm.org. 315-686-4104

8/6–8/14 (Sat/Sun only) Sterling Renaissance Festival: authentic Elizabethan festival in recreated 16th-century Warwick, England; live theater, jousting, music, dancing, artisans, Sterling, NY. www.sterlingfestival.com. 800-879-4446

8/6-7 Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival: national, regional, local blues & jazz bands, one professional stage, Frontier Park, West 8th & Bayfront Parkway, Erie, PA. www.erieartmuseum.org. 814-459-5477

8/6-7 Park Ave Summer Art Fest: music, 300 juried artists & crafters, outdoor dining, unique shops along one-mile stretch of unique Park Avenue, Rochester, NY. www.RochesterEvents.com. 585-244-0951.

8/10-14 Gerry Rodeo: Professional Rodeo Cowboys competition at oldest consecutively-running rodeo east of the Mississippi, Gerry, NY. www.gerryrodeo.org, gerryvol@gerryrodeo.org. 716-985-5754 

8/10-21 Erie County Fair & Expo: 2nd-largest county fair in No. America, 265 acres of food, exhibits, rides, fun, Hamburg, NY. www.ecfair.org. 716-649-3900

8/10-31 Beauty and the Beast at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse: “Broadway in the Finger Lakes, Upstate NY’s largest professional summer theater, Emerson Park, Auburn, NY. www.merry-go-round.com. 315-255-1305, 800-457-8897

8/13 6th Sackets Harbor Jazz Festival: traditional jazz music, New Orleans Jazz parade, performances by Speakeasy Jazz Babies, Russ Kassoff, Sackets Harbor, NY. www.sacketsharborny.com. 315-646-2321

8/12-21 Bill Johnston's Pirates Days: 8/13 & 8/20 pirate invasions, tall ships, music, food, swashbuckling family fun, festivities throughout Village, Alexandria Bay, NY. www.alexbay.org. 800-541-2110

8/13 Festival of North Country Folklife: traditional crafts exhibits/demonstrations, food, family activities, Robert Moses State Park, Massena, NY. www.massenaworks.com. 315-769-3525

8/13-14 Wooden Boat Festival & Taste of Orleans, Orleans County Marine Park: classic boat displays, tours, parade, rides, art, crafts, Sat concert, boat slips available, free admission, Point Breeze, Kent, NY. www.woodenboatfest.com. 585-589-7727

8/13-14 39th Lewiston Outdoor Fine Arts Festival & Chalkwalk Competition: 150+ US & Canadian artists; Sat: high school artists create spectacular murals on Fifth Street, Lewiston, NY. www.artcouncil.org. 716-754-0166

8/14 The Great Race: 2, 3, 4-person run, bike & canoe/kayak, adult and youth team triathlon; post-race vendor booths, live music, food, Emerson Park, Auburn, NY. www.great-race.com. 315-252-7139 

8/18-20 3rd St. Lawrence International Junior Carp Tournament & School: one-day hands-on school, 2-day fishing tournament, ages 11-18 w/parent/guardian, sponsor: St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Waddington, NY. www.northcountryguide.com. 877-228-7810

8/19-21 Celebrate Erie! stage & street performances, clowns, acrobats, food, music, throughout downtown Erie, PA. www.celebrateerie.com. 814-870-1593, 814-870-1269

8/19 Super Cruise & Live Music Car show: live music on the Erie Canal, food, 5-9:30pm, free, Medina, NY. 585-798-3170

8/18-21 Gouverneur Bluegrass Festival: music, entertainment, food, family fun, Gouverneur-St. Lawrence County Fairgrounds, Gouverneur, NY. 315-287-0861, 
315-528-2139, 315-287-1561

8/19-9/5 Lake Ontario Counties Fishing Derbies: adult & youth derby for salmon; brown, lake, rainbow/steelhead trout, cash prizes, Fair Haven, NY. www.loc.org, 888-733-5246

8/20-21 War of 1812 Encampment: frontier history, colorful period uniforms, equipment & drills; Sat night battle, Old Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, NY. www.oldfortniagara.org, 716-745-7611

8/25-28 Historic Lewiston Jazz Festival: 150+ musicians on Center Street & at Artpark Theatre, antique Jaguar show, wine tasting, Lewiston, NY. www.lewistonjazz.com. 716-754-7030

8/26-28 Toy Fest: Main Street parade, antique toy show, kidspace in park, rides, entertainment, Sun: antique cars, Toy Town Museum, East Aurora, NY. www.toytownusa.com. 716-687-5151 

8/27-28 French & Indian War Encampment: 250th anniversary of Fort Ontario founding, 1755 battle re-enactment, 18th-century drills, merchants, seminars, admission, Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY. www.nysparks.state.ny.us. 315-343-4711

September 2005

TBA Train Races: model rocket locomotive train races 2pm, vendors, demos, food, 10-5pm, free, Ridge Road Station & Christmas Shop, Holley, NY. www.rrstation.com. 877-447-2253

TBA Curtain Up! Official opening of Buffalo’s theatre season, everything from gala black tie to streetside entertainers, Buffalo, NY. www.curtainupbuffalo.com. 

9/2-4 National Buffalo Wing Festival: 100+ flavors of chickens wings from restaurants throughout U.S., in hometown of the original chicken wing, Buffalo, NY. www.buffalowing.com. 716-565-4141

9/2–4 Blues in the Bay: free open-air concerts plus performances at local hotels & restaurants, juried craft fair in pavilion overlooking St. Lawrence River, Alexandria Bay, NY. www.alexbay.org. 315-482-9531, 800-541-2110

9/3-10/30 Weekend Orchard Train Rides, Watt Farms Country Market: narrated tour thru orchards, u-pick seasonal fruit, gift shop, greenhouse, Albion, NY. www.wattfarms.com. 800-274-5897

9/4-5 Old Fashioned Harvest Days: antique tractors, trucks, cars, gas, diesel & steam engines, kid’s pedal tractor pull, games, music, Heuvelton, NY. www.slpowermuseum.com, 315-386-4315, 877-228-7810

9/6-17 I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse: “Broadway in the Finger Lakes,” Emerson Park, Auburn, NY. www.merry-go-round.com. 315-255-1305, 800-457-8897

9/9-11 Red, White & Blues Festival: annual celebration of grape harvest w/live blues music & Taste of Fredonia, free, Fredonia, NY. www.festivalsfredonia.com, 716-679-1565

9/9-11 Niagara County Peach Festival: food, games, crafts, rides, entertainment, Academy Park, Lewiston, NY. www.niagara-lewiston.org.

9/10 Oswego Kite Festival: exhibition kite flyers from Central NY, kite flying for children & adults, free, Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY. www.nysparks.state.ny.us. 314-342-1109

9/10-11 TomatoFest: entertainment, food, arts, crafts, farmer’s market, amusement rides, 11am-6pm, $2, under 12 free w/canned good, Emerson Park, Auburn, NY. www.cayuganet.org/tomatofest

9/10-11 Lumberjack Festival: log rolling, 2-man crosscut/chain/bow sawing, tree felling, crafts, greased pole climb 5 pm, pancake breakfast both days, Macedon Center, NY. www.waynecountytourism.com. 315-986-3732

9/10-11 Clothesline Festival: one of the oldest, largest outdoor art shows in US, Memorial Art Gallery grounds, Rochester, NY. www.mag.rochester.edu. 585-473-7720 

9/17-18 Canaltown Days: canal rides, arts, crafts, flea market, parade, antique show; Sat antique/classic car show, grand parade 4pm; Sun 5K race/walk/run, Palmyra, NY. 315-597-6700 

9/17-18 Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival: live Celtic music, dancers, athletes, clans, re-enactors, vendors, food, beverages, children's activities, Olcott Beach, NY. www.niagaraceltic.com. 716-778-5730 

9/23-25 Wine Country Harvest Festival: wine by the glass, art, crafts, food, winery tours, grape stomping, music, Gravel Pit Park & Gibson Park, North East, PA. www.nechamber.org/winefest. 814-725-4262

9/24 12th Autumn Days: art, crafts, pie/scarecrow-making contests, duck pond, sack & three-legged races, hayride, cider, Recreation Park, Cape Vincent, NY. www.capevincent.org, 315-654-2481

October 2005

10/1-30 Weekend Orchard Train Rides, Watt Farms Country Market: narrated tour thru orchards, u-pick seasonal fruit, gift shop, greenhouse, Albion, NY. www.wattfarms.com. 800-274-5897

10/1-2 Wayne County Apple Tasting Tour: annual tour of county's farm markets, taste all varieties of apples, free gifts, win prizes along the way, Wayne County, NY. www.waynecountytourism.com. For map: 800-527-6510

10/1-2 Reenactment Weekend: celebrate “1755 Captain Pierre Pouchot,” Sat: living history, Sun: frontier art show, Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY. www.oldfortniagara.org. 716-745-7611

10/1-31 Niagara Frights & Sights: regionwide celebration w/Chainsaw Challenge, International Kite Festival, Corn Maze, ghost walks, haunted cave, fortress, hayrides, Niagara USA. www.niagara-usa.com. 877-FALLS-US

10/7-16 Imageout Film Festival: WNY's largest film festival of award-winning lesbian & gay-related films from US & world, Rochester, NY. www.imageout.org. 585-271-2640 

10/8-9 Columbus Day Harvest Fest & Country Craft Show, Brown’s Berry Patch: u-pick apples/raspberries/pumpkins, 5K run, music, hayrides, ponies, corn maze, food, 10-5, Waterport, NY. www.brownsberrypatch.com. 585-682-5569

10/14-19 Zoo Boo! “Scary but not too scary! Halloween event w/trick or treating, displays, Erie Zoo, Erie, PA. www.eriezoo.org. 814-864-4091

November 2005

11/5-6, 12-13 Holiday Wine Weekend: sample food paired w/select wines at each of 12 wineries along Lake Erie, Chautauqua-Lake Erie Wine Trail: Silver Creek, NY to Northeast, PA, book tickets early: www.chautauquawinetrail.org.

11/9-13 High Falls Film Festival: international festival of women in film & video, Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House & The Little Theatre, Rochester, NY. www.highfallsfilmfestival.com. 585-279-8307

11/13 Wayne County Bed and Breakfast Tour: noon-5pm self-guided tour of B&Bs decked out for holidays throughout Wayne County, NY. 800-527-6510 for map/info.

December 2005

12/2 Cascade of Lights 2005: downtown Erie comes alive w/lights for the holiday season, 6 pm: official lighting & bell ringing, Erie, PA. www.cityoferiepa.com. 814-870-1593 

12/11 Holiday Traditions: free admission to historic & cultural sites, entertainment, exhibition tours, programs, refreshments, Auburn, NY. www.TourAuburnNY.com. 315-255-1658

12/31 First Night Buffalo: music, rides, games, fireworks celebrate countdown to New Year! Buffalo, NY. www.firstnightbuffalo.com. 716-635-4959

March 2006

3/18-19 Seaway Trail Quilt Exhibit & Festival: Seaway Trail theme quilt show, demos, vendors, Seaway Trail Discovery Center, Sackets Harbor, NY. www.seawaytrail.com. 315-646-1000, 800-SEAWAY-T

Note: These events, selected by the Seaway Traill’s 11 county tourism directors, are a sample of exciting events Trailwide. For expanded lists, call county tourism offices-see JOURNEY’s membership list for contact information. Though every effort was made to confirm listing information, please call ahead to check dates and details. Happy Trails!