Thursday, July 31, 2008 – Saturday, August 2, 2008
Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Festival
Outstanding bluegrass music featuring local, regional & national pickers! Food, music & fun for all!

Ticket prices vary
Lafayette Apple Fairgrounds, Lafayette , NY
Visit www.cnyba.com for more information

Saturday, August 2, 2008
Cortland Arts and Wine Festival
The festival will feature wines from many of New York 's finest wineries, a juried art show with
well known local and regional artists, a full day of music and plenty of food.

Visit www.cortlandartsandwine.com or call 607.753.1188 for more information

Saturday, August 2, 2008
Wheat Harvest Festival & Parade
Join the Genoa Historical Association for a community parade, horse drawn rides, agricultural
museum, schoolhouse museum, crafts, vendors, wheat harvest demonstration, and much more.

920 State Route 34B, King Ferry, NY
Visit www.cayuganet.org/genoa.rural.life.museum or call 315.364.8202 for more information

Saturday, August 2, 2008 – Sunday, August 3, 2008
Thirsty Owl Wine Company, Wine and All That Jazz!
Great wine, food and music along with Edition III of our 2008 Artist Series.

6799 Elm Beach Road , Ovid , NY
Visit www.thirstyowl.com or call 607.869.5805 for more information

Thursday, August 7, 2008 – Saturday, August 30, 2008
Skaneateles Festival
“There's nothing quite like the sound of an oboe amidst the crickets, or a piano concerto floating over
lake water. Nestled in the heart of the Finger Lakes region, the Skaneateles Festival brings the
magnificence of chamber music in all its forms to summer nights”

Ticket prices vary
Skaneateles , NY
Visit http://www.skanfest.org or call 315.685.7418 for more information

Friday, August 8, 2008 – Sunday, August 10, 2008
Palmyra ’s Pirate Weekend
The Pirates of the Erie Canal invade the Port of Palmyra Marina bearing a boatload of fun for all ages. 
A full weekend of adventure and action is planned, including: Pirate Regatta Bed Race, Pirate & Kazoo Band Parade, Pirate Window Painting Contest, museum quality R/C boat armada, canal boat rides,
a free movie in the park, museum and walking tours, pirate tales, live music, food, children’s games,
and much more.”

Free Admission
Port of Palmyra Marina , Palmyra , NY
Visit http://www.palmyrany.com/pirates_2008.htm for more information

Saturday, August 9, 2008
Central NY Scottish Games and Celtic Festival
Solo bag piping, dancing and drumming competitions, massed bagpipe bands and competitions; Irish
and Highland dance demonstrations, children's events, Scottish and Irish vendors, and music groups.

Ticket prices vary
Long Branch Park , Liverpool , NY
Visit http://www.cnyscots.com/frame.html for more information

Saturday, July 12 – Sunday, August 17 (Saturdays and Sundays only)
Sterling Renaissance Festival
“Meet more than 200 professional actors and stagehands who recreate an authentic  English
Renaissance Village for you to experience.  You will revel in the raucous doings at every corner
you turn. Join the merriment at the pub sing, jousting match, wench auction, and trial & dunk.”

Ticket prices vary
15385 Farden Rd , Sterling , NY
Visit http://www.sterlingfestival.com or call 800.879.4446 for more information

August 21, 2008 – September 1, 2008
Great New York State Fair
“The longest running and one of the largest state fairs in the U.S. , the Great NYS Fair boosts around
1 million visitors each year. There is food, rides, games, agricultural events, nationally famous musical artists, a Native American village, and so much more!”

Tickets $10
Empire Expo Center , Syracuse , NY
Visit www.nysfair.org or call 800.475.FAIR for more information

Merry Go-Round Playhouse
July 23 – August 15 - The Producers
August 20 – September 6 - Little Shop of Horrors
Known as Broadway in the Finger Lakes , The Merry Go-Round Playhouse will open its 37th season
of performances in the Historic Carousel building at Emerson Park on Owasco Lake .

Ticket prices vary
Emerson Park , Auburn , NY
Visit http://www.merry-go-round.com or call 315.255.1785 for more information

Sunday, August 31, 2008
Fillmore Auto Show & Flea Market
Join us from 10am to 4pm at our annual show and competition for cars, motorcycles and trucks with
over 450 vehicles there is an auto for everybody. Don’t miss the flea market, raffles and concessions.

Fillmore Glen State Park , Moravia , NY
Visit www.moraviany.com/carshow for more information

Thursday, August 28, 2008 – Monday, September 1, 2008
New York State Festival of Balloons
The beauty of an early morning flight is breathtaking as balloons gracefully float over our valley. The
thrill of a mass evening launch is a real crowd pleaser. For those passengers taking their first flight, wonderful thoughts and memories will long endure

Admission $5
Dansville , New York
Visit http://www.nysfob.com for more information