Home > Arts & Entertainment > Fairs & FestivalsFairs & Festivals in the Finger LakesHistoryCelebrate Memorial DayWhen: 6 days at the end of May Where: various venues around Waterloo, NY 13165 Train rides, arts and crafts show, museum visits, food, children's activities, 5k run. Geneseo Air ShowWhen: 2 days in mid-July Where: Geneseo Airport, 3489 Big Tree Lane, Geneseo, NY 14454 Contact: 585-243-2100 Historical planes on the ground and in the air. Pageant of SteamWhen: 4 days in mid-August Where: Gehan Rd., Canandaigua, NY 14424 Contact: 315-331-4022 Put on by the New York Steam Engine Association. Displays, exhibits, and demonstrations of antique machinery, especially steam-operated farm machinery. Renaissance FestivalWhen: Every weekend from the beginning of July through the middle of August Where: 15385 Farden Rd., Sterling, NY 13156 Contact: 800-879-4446 Be transported back in time to the year 1585 to a small country village in Warwick, England. A variety of events and activities throughout the day. Canal SplashWhen: 2nd weekend in August Where: various venues along the New York State Canal Corridor. Schedule of events and locations Vendors, music, storytelling, parades, boat rides, and much more. Annual Peddler's Heritage FestivalWhen: weekend in mid-August Where: Victor Historical Society, 7300 Valentown Sq., Victor, NY 14564 Contact: 585-924-4170 Pioneer craft demonstractions, craft and antique vendors, food, period entertainment, museum tours. Eight Square Schoolhouse FestivalWhen: last Saturday in August Where: Eight Square Schoolhouse, Upper Hanshaw Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 Contact: 607-273-8284 ext. 3 The Eight Square Schoolhouse is an authentic one-room octagon schoolhouse. The festival is designed to be a family affair to teach children what it was like to go to school in the olden days. Attendees are encouraged to wear clothes like those worn in the l890s. Festival activities often include class à la 1892, storytelling, music, a spinning demonstraction, arts and crafts, outdoor games of a historical nature, quilt raffle. The festival usually begins at noon and is free. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch. Palmyra Canaltown DaysWhen: third weekend in September Where: various locations troughtout the Village of Palmyra A celebration of Palmyra's heritage as a canal town. Rides on the canal, guided canal walks, museum displays, arts, crafts, and food vendors, parade, music.
Updated 21 September 2008
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