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HARBORFEST: Oswego, NY is known for its important Great Lakes heritage and its spectacular sunsets. Harborfest takes place in several waterfront parks overlooking the Oswego River, the Oswego Harbor and the historic West Pier lighthouse. Each year an estimated 300,000-500,000 people attend.

For music lovers, Harborfest provides more than 100 choices of admission-free entertainment. From reggae, jazz, Dixie, blues, hip-hop, swing, folk and rock 'n roll, Harborfest offers a diverse menu of entertainment for every possible musical taste.

For serious shoppers, there's plenty to do at Harborfest. Enjoy walking along the scenic park areas flanking the Oswego River as you browse and shop at the Juried Arts and Crafts area. The hand-made items offered for sale meet the highest standards for quality and innovation. Shop at the Harborfest Marketplace where you'll find manufactured merchandise to fit any size budget. While shopping you just ight be entertained by buskers (street entertainers) who add to the festival atmosphere.

For those who enjoy the fun of amusement park rides, the Harborfest Midway offers an exciting array of games and rides from the traditional carousel, bumper cars and Ferris Wheel to the latest technological marvels in a traditional American midway setting.

Getting around Harborfest is easy. The festival prvides several Park and Ride facilities with convenient bus service to and from the parking areas to the festival programming area. Within the programming area, a Harborfest Trolley will take you from one venue to another.

When you come to Harborfest you're going to enjoy one of the premier festivals in the Northeast. Harborfest has earned ten International Festival and Events Association Awards, has been named an American Bus Association Top 100 North American Event for 1996, 1998 and 2005 and was voted as the "Best Festival in Central New York" in a poll conducted by a major regional television broadcast station.
 

Sterling Renaissance Festival: Pirate's Revel Sunday, July 27, 2008     $62 Adult $53 (6-12) $45 (under 6)

Thrill to the excitement of over 80 stage and street performances.  Meet more than 200 professional actors and stagehands who recreate the look and feel of an English Renaissance Village.  You will revel in the raucous doings at every corner you turn.  Join the merriment at the pub sing, wench auction and trail and dunk.  Witness dozens of artisans demonstrating their craftsmanship and selling their unique wares.

Enjoy digging into savory delicacies - from steak-on-a-stake, pita pockets, succulent turkey legs, portabella mushroom sandwiches, mile-high cakes and more!

During your visit, the park is celebrating PIRATES REVEL! “Everybody wants to be a Pirate, everybody wants to go to sea!”  That’s what they will be singing at the Sterling Renaissance Festival’s Pirate Revel on July 26 and 27!

Come in costume (if you choose) and join the Dread Pirate Costume Competition - for children and adults - and win some pirate booty.  Kids can attend a Pirate’s Punch Party with pirate friends, and adult buccaneers can gather at the Festival pubs for a special mug of Grog as they parlay with the Festival’s sea-fairing rogues.

Feast on pirate delicacies stolen from around the world, and fill your sea-chests with exotic finery from Festival shops.  Every pirate can sing, so join in a sea shanty at any of the singing revels that take place throughout the day.  Watch swash-buckling swordplay on stages and in the lanes, bid on a wench of bloke at a Pirate Auction, and jeer at the Pirate Trails.

All things pirate return to port at the Pirate Revel happening at the Sterling Renaissance Festival, so grab your shipmates and prepare to come aboard…..and don’t forget your “Argh!”
 

Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally Saturday, August 2, 2008   $46 pp

SPEDIE FEST AND BALLOON RALLY:  The Spiedie Fest & Balloon Rally is a community festival in Binghamton, NY which features a packed weekend of food, fun, music & entertainment. Everything from concerts and celebrity appearances (Cheetah Girls were there last year!) to the Spiedie Cooking Contest and hot air balloon flights speckle this packed weekend.  More than 100,000 people pack Otsiningo Park each year for the premiere event of the summer.  Celebrities, food vendors, music acts, crafters, non-profit organizations, and balloon crews from all over the globe participate, making this festival one of the most diverse of its kind.

Come see the antique car show which draws over 400 cars and trucks from all over the northeast and the huge craft show with over 200 vendors.

The weekend long music festival has become a cornerstone of the festival.  The “Main” stage (also known as the South Stage) hosts concerts with well known acts of different genres throughout the weekend.  Past festivals have featured diverse acts including Kansas, Deana Carter, O-Town, Lisa Loeb, Little Big Town, Loverboy, Brian McComas, Amber, Jimmy Sturr, Donna Lewis, John Corbett, Mark Wills, and American Idols: Kimberly Locke, Constantine Maroulis, Anthony Federov, Kevin Covais & Nikko Smith.

Each year the Recording Artists Showcase on the North Stage features great music all weekend long from more than 20 of the best local & regional bands around.

Festival events have not yet been finalized.  Call our office as the time gets closer for more details.