Tag: Summer Cultural Festivals Archive
thursday april 12th 2007
BUFFALO OLD HOME WEEK CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY
Get ready gang. The press release for the 100 Year Anniversary of Buffalo Old Home Week news conference is below. That means that Buffalonians will be gearing up for a ton of incredible activities leading up to the actual dates. And of course the city will be swinging throughout this very special week in July. It all starts at The Church tomorrow. After that we'll keep you posted on upcoming events.
WHAT: Organizers of Buffalo Old Home Week 2007 will host a brief news conference to announce the line-up of Signature Events slated to take place July 1-8 at multiple locations throughout the City. Celebrating the “American Urban Ideal,” the spotlight will be on Buffalo’s rich history over the past 100 years, and on ways to help the City prosper over the next 100 years.
BOHW organizers and event sponsors will share details of more than a dozen Signature Events, including six neighborhood tours, Career Fair & Entrepreneur Summit, Kids Day at the Zoo, Sunday Brunch on t…
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sunday august 20th 2006
A Buffalo Old Home Week Theme Song
monday july 17th 2006
A Visit to the Grease Pole Festival
The 37th Annual Grease Pole Festival wrapped up yesterday with one of the most unusual contests that I have ever seen. A spirited display of bravado culminated in a fiery final race where one team managed to …
friday june 30th 2006
Friendship Festival Celebrates 20 Years
Started in 1987, the Friendship Festival has enjoyed 20 years of growth and local impact to both sides of the Niagara River, located at the east end of Lake Erie. The Festival is marking the July 1st, 1867 birth of Canada, the July 4th, 1776, Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, and the W…
saturday july 16th 2005
bocce... not Bocce
Despite the less than perfect weather, this year's Italian Festival proved to be another big hit. One of the most noticeable additions to the venue was the sound coming from center stage. The music was being piped through speakers throughout the festival grounds so you didn't have to be standing next to the band shell to hear the live music. This gave festival goers the ability to roam Hertel in search of some really delicious food and still hear the performances. Good thinking guys and gals.
Councilman Marc Coppola was on hand earlier today to show festival goers that it takes a lot more than a light drizzle to dampen festival spirits. The councilman was busy playing a serious round of bocce (no Buffa…
monday june 27th 2005
Friendship Festival @ Riverside Park
The Friendship Festival is a celebration of the bond between Canada and the United States spanning nearly 200 years of peace. The unique relationship is especially prominent along the "Niagaras", the area of Southern Ontario and Western New York which share an international border. Started in 1987, The Friendship Festival has enjoyed 19 years of growth and local impact to both sides of the Niagara River at the east end of Lake Erie. 2005 marks the 19th year of the Festival and marks the July 1st 1867 birth of Canada, and the July 4th, 1776, Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Or…
saturday june 18th 2005
Juneteenth afternoon
Queenseyes must have teleporting capabilities. It seems it was only a few minutes ago that I ran into him at Juneteenth. I was sure I'd get home and post these shots before he could. But then again, I did make a detour for some yummy ribs.
Juneteenth 2005 was a fun celebration. Don't miss it next year! Enjoy some more photos. These are not as good as Figmo Sr.'s or QE's - but not too shabby considering I was carrying a toddler on my back!
friday june 17th 2005
Celebrate Juneteenth in Buffalo this Weekend
Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Juneteenth Festival this weekend. The Juneteenth Festival of Buffalo was started in 1976 by B.U.I.L.D., a community-based organization, as a culturally relevant alternative to the country's Bicentennial Celebration. The group originally blocked off part of Jefferson Avenue, the "Main Street" of Buffalo's Black community, for a weekend celebration. Murals were painted, vendors set up booths to sell ethnic foods and wares, and entertainment and festivities were abundant. After several years, the Juneteenth Festival outgrew Jefferson Avenue. It is now held in Martin Luther King Jr. Park at the intersection of Be…
sunday june 5th 2005
Buffalo Pride
The first Gay Pride march was on June 28, 1970 to commemorate the Stonewall Rebellion in New York a year earlier--a rebellion resulting from police harassment of the gay community. The Stonewall Rebellion was like a gay Watts, a rallying point which helped end the clandestine gay movement of the 50s and 60s and brought about a much more voc…
