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”If you’ve ever dreamed of flying up, up and away in a hot air balloon, the New York State Festival of Balloons offers a great opportunity to indulge your desires.”
—The Finger Lakes Travel Maven
Area Event Highlights 2011
The bountiful and captivating Finger Lakes region offers a variety of perfect venues for seasonal festivals, shows, and events. Click on event name for more details. View our Events Calendar for all Little Lakes Inn and area events.
January Events
January 14 Bead Earrings Workshop for Beginners
Ganondagan State Historic Site offers a hands-on workshop for beginners wanting to learn how to make beaded earrings, thanks to Friends of Ganondagan. Interpreter Tonia Galban-Loran (Mohawk) will teach participants how to make a pair of pierced cone earrings with dangle beads. Each participant will take home a finished pair. The workshop is recommended for ages 10 and up and is perfect for families. Space is limited, so pre-registration is encouraged.
January 13, 20 Chef’s Table: Ultimate Couples Class
These classes at New York Wine & Culinary Center are designed to be fun, relaxing and an escape from the daily grind. They are great way to learn some basic cooking techniques while enjoying your family and friends in our Hands-On Kitchen. The Chefs will have the dessert pre-made and demonstrate and prepare the salad course for the class, then Chef Eric will lead the class through the preparation of appetizer, side dishes and three entrées. The main menu items will be prepared by participants working together at each of the cooking islands in the teaching kitchen. Participants will be served a tasting portion of all the entrées and a New York State wine will be served with the meal. No one will leave hungry! These classes are very popular and a great way to meet new friends. Register early!!
February Events
February 3, 4 ISOC International Series of Champions
The NASCAR of snowmobile racing at Finger Lakes Casino and Racetrack! Spectators are welcome at this professional snowmobile racing event. The Eastern Nationals of the Amsoil Championship Snocross Series brings riders from all over the United State and Canada, with races for every class from novice to pro. Finger Lakes Casino and Racetrack is transformed by mountains of snow for this event. While there, dine in the elaborate Vineyard Buffet, featuring international cuisine, American and regional favorites and carving stations, and try your hand at gaming on more than 1,000 video machines.
February 4 Full Moon Nordic Ski
Join Bristol Mountain Ski Resort for the magic of moonlight Nordic skiing. Pre-ski yoga and a cookout are included. Bristol Mountain has a Nordic snowsports experience unlike any other in the region. Snowmaking, lighting, and grooming on 1.2 km of gentle rolling hills equates to fun for the whole family. Plus there’s an additional 1.8 km loop that when open, weather permitting, provides a total of 3 km of exciting outdoor Nordic fun.
March Events
March 2, 3, 4 Annual Orchid Show
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park , located at 151 Charlotte Street in Canandaigua, NY, is one of America’s longest surviving estates from the Victorian Era. The elegant Queen Anne-style mansion was built in 1887 by New York City financier Frederick Ferris Thompson, and his wife, Mary Clark Thompson, as a summer home. Between 1901-1920, the widowed Mrs. Thompson and her staff created the nine formal gardens seen today.
March 17 & 18, Wohlschlegels Naples Maple Farm Pancake Breakfast
24 & 25
Wohlschlegels Naples Maple Farm host’s a pancake breakfast along with their pure maple syrup. Breakfast features “all you can eat” buttermilk pancakes with sausage, coffee, milk or juice. Also enjoy samples of maple syrup, maple cream spread and free activities for your family, including: tours of the maple syrup process and woods walks through the sugarbush.
July Events
July 8–10 Geneseo Air Show
The 1941 Historical Aircraft Group (HAG) is a living museum group dedicated to preserving and teaching aviation history. Their primary focus is on aircraft of the World War II and Korean War eras, as well as the recognition of all United States Military personnel for their service and sacrifice. The Geneseo Show is an event that brings the history of aviation alive. Displayed aircraft are accessible, most with pilots and owners standing by to talk about their planes. Re-enactors are mixed throughout the display area, adding to the excitement and thrill of “The Greatest Show on Turf” experience.
July 8, 9, 12–16 Hill Cumorah Pageant
Experience one of the world's great outdoor theatrical productions. Each July, seven evening performances are presented on the beautiful Cumorah hillside next to the Hill Cumorah Visitors' Center. A beautiful story on an enormous 10-level stage, twelve-tower lighting, state-of-the-art sound system, Hollywood special effects,and a costumed cast of over 650 provide a truly spectacular show.
July 15–17 Wine Country Antique Boat Show & Regatta
Wine Country Classic Boats, Inc. celebrates and promotes education about, and preservation of, the history and culture of historic, antique, and classic boats through events and communication. Join us for our annual Antique Boat Show & Regatta, and enjoy a display of antique and classic boats, boat rides, parade, and our regatta featuring classic wood and fiberglass boats. Free Admission.
July 15–17 Canandaigua Art & Music Festival
On the streets of historic downtown Canandaigua. Over 100 artists and craftspeople, some of the best food and music in the region, a Kids Korridor, and lots of affordable family fun.
July 23-24 Native American Dance & Music Festival at Ganondagan State Historic Site
The Native American Dance & Music Festival is Ganondagan's annual summer event that features a wide range of Native American traditional dancers, musicians, storytellers, and artists sharing their cultural heritage, crafts and arts with festival goers. Attend our festival’s ever-popular children and adult workshops such as cornhusk doll making, native foods such as fry-bread, interpreted programs in the Visitor's Center and Bark Longhouse, guided trail walks, and the family drum jam.
July 30–31 Waterfront Art Festival at Kershaw Park
The Waterfront Art Festival is a juried fine art and crafts festival. It's held in Kershaw Park on Lake Shore Drive in Canandaigua New York. This puts the festival right on the north shore of beautiful Canandaigua Lake. Come join us for a beautiful day in the park with your friends and family ! Art and craft exhibits, demonstrations, food, and entertainment.
August Events
August 10–13 Pageant of Steam
Display of antique farm equipment dating back to early 1900's, parades, tractor pulls, live music, displays, demonstrations, food. The New York Steam Engine Association (NYSEA) was formed in Canandaigua, New York in 1960 to promote and encourage interest in the operation, ownership, and preservation of antique vehicles powered by steam or otherwise. “Demonstrating the past to educate the future.”
August 13–14 Finger Lakes Riesling Festival
Area wineries, restaurants, artists, and musicians join together for a weekend-long celebration of all things that make the Finger Lakes region amazing. Featuring wine tasting, live music, locally grown foods, unique artwork and hand crafts, family activities, and more—so much that it’s literally “a mile of family fun” in the Finger Lakes! Free admission.
September Events
Labor Day Weekend
September 2–4
Captain Redbeard's Feast
Captain Redbeard and his hungry rouge pirates will return Labor Day weekend to Honeoye Lake. They have traveled for centuries looking for Pirate Cove and once found, they have charted its location as a port of call when sailing these seas. He and his krewe will enjoy live music with a reggae/Caribbean and folk music flair, a marketplace where starving pirates and vendors sell and trade their wares, services, vittles, and grog. Don't forget Parrot Bay for the wee buccaneers, plus plenty of pirate games and entertainment.
Labor Day Weekend
September 1–5
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. The goal of the festival is to provide entertainment and enjoyment to our spectators, bring visitors to our community, and share our profits with local charities. Even though we are one of the largest events of this type, The New York Festival of Balloons, is a great deal more than hot air balloons. Take a look at our SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for this coming Labor Day Weekend and you will agree that there is something for everyone all weekend long at the N.Y.S.F.O.B.
September 24-25 Naples Grape Festival
Since 1961, the grape festival is held every September in our valley to celebrate the areas grape harvest, talented artisans, wine makers, plus local and regional music and cuisine. Enjoy wine, food, arts, crafts, and live music. Bake a pie for the World's Greatest Grape Pie Contest and sample every thing "grape" that our valley has to offer.
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