Erie Life's Fairs, Festivals, and More!
This July Erie Life Magazine is taking you to the fair! In our first Fairs, Festivals, and More Issue, you will travel the tristate region, visiting the biggest, best, and most bizarre fairs and festivals. Take a look at the best foods at the fair, learn tips on how to survive the day on your feet, and read our warning guide on fair competitions. Be sure to check out our guide to the best wineries along the Lake Erie-Chautauqua Wine Trail, find the best hiking trails in the region, and read our new monthly jazz feature by noted jazz writer Bob Protzman. All this and more, including our 100 Things to do at the Fair, can be found in the newest issue of Erie Life Magazine, on sale now at over 340 retail locations.
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Warm weather and hot wings
Warm weather and hot wings attracted a record 91,861 people from 49 states and more than 20 countries over the weekend to the Buffalo Wing Festival at the downtown home of the Buffalo Bisons debt help.
“It was a great, great weekend,” said festival organizer Drew Cerza.
And a gut-busting one, too. The festival sold 40 tons of chicken wings, up from 27 tons last year, due in large part to a big increase in attendance over last year’s two-day total of 78,000.
A large map with pins near the festival’s entrance noting where attendees hail from told the story of the festival’s growing appeal. While pins were clustered in the Northeast investment property, they touched on every state but Arkansas. Post-it notes listed other countries, from as far away as Kenya, China and New Zealand.
Cerza said the festival is a good calling card for the region, saying the many out-of-town visitors “are leaving with a good impression term life insurance.”
Buffalo firefighters spent the weekend collecting money for the families of Lt. Charles “Chip” McCarthy and Firefighter Jonathan Croom. Daniel Cunningham, president of the Buffalo Professional Firefighters Union, said festival-goers contributed $10,000 on Saturday, and then an anonymous donor pledged $30,000. No figure was available for donations made Sunday stock market.