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JULY
July-August…Tiffany Lunchtime Concert Series
Local musicians perform a variety of styles Wednesdays at the Willard Memorial Chapel, Auburn. Bring a bag lunch, noon-1 p.m.
www.WillardChapel.org
315-252-0339
July-August…Outdoor Summer Concert Series Pack a picnic and chairs and enjoy regional musical performances followed by movies at Hoopes Park, Auburn. Dates and times listed online.
www.AuburnNY.VirtualTownHall.net/
Public_Documents/AuburnNY_RecPrograms/bandconcertschedule
315-255-4737
July-August 23…“Made in NY”
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn. Juried exhibition of NYS artists.
www.MyArtCenter.org
315-255-1553
July-August…Buffalo Bills Training Camp
Check out the Buffalo Bills as they get ready for the 2008 season at St. John Fisher College.
www.BuffaloBills.com
800-441-5942
July-October…Farmer’s Co-op Market of Cayuga County
Vegetable, fruit and flower vendors, baked goods and meats are available on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at Genesee Street and Loop Road, Auburn.
315-678-1622
July-October…Moravia Farmer’s Market
Vegetable, fruit and herb vendors, baked goods and crafters are at the Kinney Drug Store Parking Lot in Moravia on Thursday afternoons.
315-497-8375
1-August 31…Palettes of Keuka
2nd Annual art event featuring original “palettes” from local artists showcased at locations throughout the Hammondsport & Keuka Lake area, sponsored by the Hammondsport Chamber of Commerce.
www.Hammondsport.org/events.htm
607-569-2989
2-12…Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap”
Cortland Repertory Theatre, Edward Jones Playhouse at the pavilion on Little York Lake
www.CortlandRep.org
800-427-6160
3…Fireworks & Syracuse Symphony
Emerson Park, Auburn. 8 p.m., music, 9:45 p.m., fireworks display.
www.co.cayuga.ny.us/parks/emerson/events.html
315-253-5611
3-5…Fourth of July Celebration
Band Stand Park & Town Field, Fair Haven. Weekend-long festival with a boat parade, arts & crafts vendors, carnival and fireworks.
www.FairHavenNY.com/calendar.html
315-947-6037
3-5…Montour Falls Bike Rally
Kicks off at Buisch’s Bullpen and Watkins Glen International Raceway. Main Street in Montour Falls is blocked from 1-6 p.m. For more info, contact Dot at
brag@classicharley.com
3-5…Camping World Grand Prix
Cars from the Indianapolis 500, live music, fireworks, behind-the-scenes look at the drivers and their cars at the Watkins Glen International Raceway. Biker discounts offered.
www.SCOPED.biz
607-535-2486 ext. 351
3-5…Hammondsport Fireman’s Carnival
607-569-2602
3-6…Cayuga County Fair
Cayuga County Fair Speedway, Weedsport. Agricultural exhibits, demonstrations, rides, games, food, live entertainment and special events, 10 a.m.-midnight.
www.CayugaCountyFair.org
315-834-9152
3-August 14…Summer Concert Series At Court House Park
Thursday nights at Court House Park, Cortland
www.CortlandEvents.com
4…Red Jacket Fire Department Big Bucks Raffle
Get your tickets now! The drawing will be held at the Town of Seneca Falls 4th of July Celebration at Vince’s Park at 7:30 p.m. The profits from this raffle will support the fire department. Please direct questions to Michael Borys at mbborys@yahoo.com. Tickets are available from any Red Jacket Fire Department member.
www.SenecaFalls.com
315-568-2796
4-5…June Bug Celebration
Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the flight of the June Bug, the first pre-announced, publicly observed flight in America, activities at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum and at Taylor Park, Hammondsport.
www.GlennHCurtissMuseum.org
607-569-2160
4-6 & 25-27…‘100 Years of Boating’ Month-Long Celebration
The 70th Anniversary Lightning Regatta, hosted by the Skaneateles Country Club will be July 4-6, and the 30th Annual Antique and Classic Boat Show, hosted by the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Finger Lakes Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, July 25-27. Educational programs, displays, book-signings and nautical-themed activities, all highlighting Skaneateles’ rich boating heritage will be held in between.
www.Skaneateles.com
315-685-0552
5…AuroraFest
Blessing of the boats, Taste of Aurora, parade, live music, food and fireworks.
www.AuroraNewYork.com
315-364-7610
5-13…Biplane Rally
Hosted by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum at the Geneseo Airport, biplanes gather to participate in a week filled with activities/demonstrations starting July 5th. www.1941HAG.org
585-243-2100
5-August 23…“Kiss Me, Kate”
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown.
www.Glimmerglass.org
607-547-5704
6-26...Wells Book Arts Summer Institute
Waken, explore and unleash the creative forces within you at the Book Arts Summer Institute. Courses will be offered in calligraphy, letterpress, box making and bookbinding, taught by some of the most important contemporary book artists.
www.Wells.edu/bkarts/info.htm
315-364-3420
6-August 23…Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown.
www.Glimmerglass.org
607-547-5704
7-August 2…“Menopause the Musical”
This hilarious musical comedy follows four women as they sing their way through the challenges of “The Change” in celebration of shared experience. GEVA Theatre Center. www.GevaTheatre.org
585-232-4382
9-13…Monroe County Fair
Experience agricultural exhibits, farm animal competitions, technology and space exhibits, concerts, motor sports and amusement park attractions at the Monroe County Fair & Expo Center.
www.MCFair.com
585-334-4000
9 & 19…Syracuse Symphony
Emerson Park, Auburn. 8 p.m. performance, bring a chair and a picnic.
www.co.cayuga.ny.us/parks/emerson/events.html
315-253-5611
10-20…“The Robber Bridegroom”
Bristol Valley Theater in Naples.
www.BVTNaples.org
585-374-6318
10-26…“Oklahoma”
Rodger and Hammerstein’s classic musical at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca.
www.HangarTheatre.org
800-284-8422
11…Twilight Tasting, Traminette & Gewurztraminer
Come to the Rooster Hill tasting room in Penn Yan from 7-9 p.m. Winemaker Barry Tortolon will unveil 10 wines from around the world for evaluation and tasting. Wrap up the evening by enjoying a light buffet on our beautiful creekstone terrace. Chef Steve Owens has promised some new delectable entrees to bring out the best in the wines. Reservations are required.
www.RoosterHill.com
315-536-4773
11…Steely Dan with Special Guests
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
CMACevents.com
Ticketmaster.com
585-232-1900
11-12…Relay for Life Bath-Hammondsport
The American Cancer Society’s annual fundraising event brings together communities to take part in the fight against cancer.
607-566-2604
11-13…Shibori and Vegetable Dyeing Workshop with Sara Burnett
In this three-day workshop at the Rochester Folk Art Guild, the colors of antiquity will be reproduced using natural plants and insect materials. Techniques of pole-wrapped, folded and clamped shibori, hand-stitching and vegetable dyeing will be studied.
www.RFAG.org
11-13…Geneseo Airshow, “The Greatest Show on Turf”
Hosted by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum at the Geneseo Airport, the airshow is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the P-40 with several attending and performing. Friday, July 11th is arrival day for aircraft. Saturday and Sunday each have a six-hour non-stop action show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with the focus on P-40s along with WWI and WWII fighters plus bombers, transports, antiques, classics, military aircraft and aerobatics.
www.1941HAG.org
585-243-2100
11-August 15…Main Street Music Series
Friday nights, downtown Cortland
www.CortlandEvents.com
12…The Planets: Hubble's View with the RPO
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
www.CMACevents.com
www.Ticketmaster.com585-232-1900
12-13…40th Annual Corn Hill Arts Festival
The 2008 Corn Hill Arts Festival, “Forty Years of Art, Fun and Food,” will be held in the heart of Rochester’s historic Corn Hill district. The Festival will run from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday. This event, organized and run by members of the Corn Hill Neighbors Association, consistently ranks among the nation’s top 20 art shows and historically attracts between 200,000 to 300,000 visitors.
www.CornHill.org
585-262-3142
12-13…Art Show
Keuka Lake Art Association presents the 42nd Annual Art Show on the Village Square in Hammondsport.
607-776-7774
12, 23-24…Boater Safety Classes At Bass Pro in Auburn
NY Boater Safety Classes are required for certain boaters such as young people and are even good for adults who are just getting into boating for the first time. Bass Pro Shops will host a series of classes to enable boaters to get the certificate needed. More details and registration are available at Bass Pro Shops customer service counter or by calling and asking for the customer service counter.
315-258-2700
12-August 17…Sterling Renaissance Festival
Elizabethan festival with live theater, music, dancing, hand-crafted wares and games, weekends only from 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
www.SterlingFestival.com
800-879-4446
13…26th Annual Oaks Corners Flea Market
The flea market will be held at the Oaks Corners Community Park on County Road #6 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Exhibitors can arrive to set up at 8 a.m. New exhibitors are welcome. Each site is 15 feet by 15 feet and there will be room for a car or small truck. The event also features a chicken/pork chop barbecue. The flea market is free and open to the public. No alcohol. For information, please contact Jerry Rouland, Oaks Corners Improvement Association, PO Box 176, Oaks Corners, NY 14518. (Rain date is Sunday, July 20).
315-548-9057
13…An Evening with Melissa Etheridge
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
www.CMACevents.com
www.Ticketmaster.com
585-232-1900
13-September 14…3rd Rochester Biennial
The Rochester Biennial is an invitational exhibition of work by six contemporary regional artists working in a variety of media. Largely dedicated to mid-career artists with a demonstrated commitment to their craft, the show also includes one artist selected on the strength of his or her entry in the previous year’s juried Rochester Finger-Lakes Exhibition.
www.MAG.Rochester.edu
585-276-8934
Mid July…Annual Book Bonanza
Fingerlakes Mall, Auburn. Over 100,000 books, videos, CDs and DVDs, bag sale on Sunday.
www.ShopFingerLakesMall.com/index.cfm
315-224-3941
14-18…Experimental Watermedia Workshop with Karen Rosasco
The curriculum will cover layered acrylic, over charcoal, collage, drag, layered mixed media and textured gel medium techniques daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the upstairs workshop at Yates County Arts Center in Penn Yan.
www.KarenRosasco.com or
www.YCAC.org
315-536-8226
15…Stone Temple Pilots with Special Guests
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
www.CMACevents.com
www.Ticketmaster.com
585-232-1900
16-August 2…“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
Cortland Repertory Theatre, Edward Jones Playhouse at the pavilion on Little York Lake
www.CortlandRep.org
800-427-6160
17…Winemaker Dinner at the New York Wine and Culinary Center, Canandaigua
Thomas Laszlo of Heron Hill Winery on Keuka Lake provides instruction during this tasting dinner from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
www.NYWCC.com
585-394-7070
17-19…Taste of Downtown and Sidewalk Festival
Downtown Cortland
www.CortlandEvents.com
17-20…GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance
Over 60 bands on four stages at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds, plus arts and crafts vendors, food and instructional workshops.
www.GrassrootsFest.org/Trumansburg/
607-387-5098
18-August 29…G.C. Myers Show
New work by G.C. Myers is on display with an opening reception July 18, from 5-7:30 p.m., and Myers will give a Gallery Talk on August 7, from noon-1 p.m. Also, a showcase of new work by James Ramsdell is in the Second Floor Gallery of the West End Gallery in Corning.
www.WestEndGallery.net
607-936-2011
18-20…Convention Days
Annual commemoration of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, historical and cultural events, plus food vendors, entertainment and more.
www.ConventionDays.com
18-20…Wine Country Classic Boats Annual Show, Hammondsport
To learn more, contact the Hammondsport Chamber of Commerce.
www.Hammondsport.org/events.htm
607-569-2989
18-20…Finger Lakes Wine Festival
Over 500 wines from more than 75 New York wineries at Watkins Glen International Raceway
www.FLWineFest.com
866-461-7223
19…Draft Horse and Hay Day
Ward O’Hara Agricultural Museum, Auburn. Working hay-making demonstrations, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
www.CayugaNet.org/agmuseum
315-252-7644
19…Golden Benefit Charity Dinner & Pride of New York Wine & Cheese Tasting
The Mark Farruggia 11th Annual Golden Benefit Charity Golf Classic and Dinner & Pride of New York Wine and Cheese Tasting Event will benefit Hunter’s Hope Foundation and Neuromuscular Disease Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center at Conesus Golf Course. Volunteers are needed.
www.GoldenBenefit.org
585-519-1917
19…Mambo! RPO and Guest Artists the Mambo Kings
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
www.CMACevents.com
www.Ticketmaster.com
585-232-1900
19-August 22…Wagner’s Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love)
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown.
www.Glimmerglass.org
607-547-5704
20-26…Bon Ton Roulet
Festival on wheels through the Finger Lakes.
www.BonTonRoulet.com
315-253-5304
22…Kenny Chesney with Special Guest LeAnn Rimes
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
www.CMACevents.com
www.Ticketmaster.com
585-232-1900
23…Love Chocolate??
Back for its second season, the Cheers events focus on the special qualities and craftsmanship in both chocolate and cheese. During the chocolate evening at Rooster Hill from 7-9 p.m., guests will sample 10 types of chocolate with varying percentages of cocoa. Sample artisan chocolates and those from larger producers and discover what all the buzz is about when it comes to antioxidants and healthy reasons to eat more chocolate. Learn about the “snap” in chocolate and what it means. Reservations required.
www.RoosterHill.com
315-536-4773
23-August 15…“The Producers”
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse theater performs Broadway musicals at Emerson Park, Auburn.
www.Merry-Go-Round.com
800-457-8897
24-27…Grapehound Wine Tour
Greyhound lovers from all over America are welcomed at sixteen different Cayuga Lake wineries to enjoy time with their hounds, taste some delicious food and wines and celebrate all that these beautiful dogs have brought to our lives.
www.CayugaWineTrail.com
800-684-5217 or
www.Grapehounds.com
Greyhoundman@peoplepc.com
24-August 3…Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap”
Bristol Valley Theater in Naples.
www.BVTNaples.org
585-374-6318
25…Gary Allan and Sara Evans with Special Guest Luke Bryan
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
www.CMACevents.com
www.Ticketmaster.com
585-232-1900
25…Wildflowers in Art Form at the Seneca Museum
Sponsored by Ludovico Sculpture Trail & Gallery at the Seneca Museum in Seneca Falls.
www.SenecaMuseum.com
315-568-1510
26…From the Earth
An event involving flower gardens, tours of an organic dairy farm, pottery and woodcarving studios, a perennial plant sale, natural dye demonstrations and even a short walk in the woods, two miles from the center of Alfred at 1664 Waterwells Road, and
1444, 1516 and 1530 Randolph Road from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
www.LindaHuey.com/shows.html
607-587-9877
26…Hoe Down! The RPO Goes West! With Guest Artists the Rochester City Ballet
Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua
www.CMACevents.com
www.Ticketmaster.com
585-232-1900
26-27…Fifty-Mile-Long Garage Sale
Sale runs along scenic Route 90 from Montezuma to Homer, with hundreds of sales, antiques, collectibles and BBQs, rain or shine, shop in any direction.
800-499-9615
26-27…2008 ESL International Airshow
Features the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird, U.S. Army Golden Knights, the Canadian Air Force, military displays and much more. Greater Rochester International Airport. www.RochesterAirShow.com
26-27…Festival of Art
A juried two-day summer celebration of the arts, a festival of art, will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Historic Market Street in Corning.
www.GafferDistrict.com
607-937-6292
26-27…Native American Dance & Music Festival
Ganondagan State Historic Site, from 10 a.m-6 p.m.
www.Ganondagan.org
585-924-5848
26-27…35th Annual Waterfront Art Festival
About 200 artists will be on hand to display their hand-made, high quality work at Kershaw Park. Enjoy the shade and cool breezes off Canandaigua Lake from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday.
www.WaterfrontArtFestival.com
26-August 24…Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown.
www.Glimmerglass.org
607-547-5704
27…AACA Antique Car Show
Emerson Park, Auburn. 400+ antique cars, motorcycles and trucks, flea market and food tent.
www.co.cayuga.ny.us/parks/emerson/events.html
315-568-2579
27…Neighbors Arts Festival and SPAAFA Muster in Seneca Falls
This celebration of the arts and artisans of Central New York will be hosted by the Ludovico Sculpture Trail and W Art Gallery. Booths are available for artists to display. All proceeds will benefit the Ludovico Sculpture trail along the Cayuga Seneca Canal.
Also, the Society for the Preservation of Antique American Fire Apparatus will hold a muster and meeting where antique fire equipment including pieces made by the Silsby Company and Goulds Pumps equipment from the 19th and early 20th century will be shown.
Contact Bob Buccieri for more information.
315-568-8107 ext. 15.
www.SenecaFalls.com
30-August 9…“The Playboy of the Western World”
This classic Irish comedy appears at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca.
www.HangarTheatre.org
800-284-8422
31-August 3…42nd Annual Sauerkraut Festival
Family fun in Phelps
www.PhelpsSauerkrautFestival.com
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