Kids get in FREE, please NO PETS!
From the Cuba Garlic Festival, Follow them on Facebook
Help us celebrate 20 years of the Garlic Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 20th & 21st at Empire City Farms, McKinney Stables “Block Barn”, 105 South Street, Cuba, NY, presented by the Cuba Chamber of Commerce. This event will include over 175 vendors, live music & entertainment, children’s activities, food, wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, raffles & give aways, many free & fun educational events. Parking is free. Tickets are $8 at the gate; free admission for children 10 years old and younger. NO PETS will be allowed on the festival grounds.
The popular cooking demonstrations will take place in the Sinking Rose Tent. This year will feature The Radix, Six South Pizza, Lucky Day Homestead, and M&T BBQ on Saturday and Tap-N-Pour & Spring Bottom Farms on Sunday. Also included are free samples and raffles. The Monster Bulb Contest will be held on Saturday, with judging beginning at 12:30 pm. The winners of the Annual Carlos Wood Amateur Wine Contest will be announced on Sunday.
As always, the Garlic Festival will feature a variety of musical entertainment. The Cuba-Rushford Central School Pop Group & Jazz Band will kick things off on Saturday morning at the opening ceremony. Followed by Jack Ellis & “Keeping It Country”, Chillbilly’s & Friends, and The A List Band. Sunday’s line-up will include The Chumps, Miss Hoshi’s Trio, and Lucky Number. You will find bagpiper, Beth Goldsmith wandering the grounds sharing her wonderful music.
The weekend event will also include a foam party for the kids, Goat Yoga, historical presentations, garlic braiding with Michelle Scutt, blacksmith, beekeeper, pony rides, riding demonstrations by the Alfred State Equestrian Team, K9 demos, educational sessions with the Cornell Cooperative Extension – Master Gardener, historic barn tours, and much more including this year’s Garlic Festival’s King & Queen, Scott Wisler & Jill Loree!!
Follow the Cuba Chamber of Commerce & Cuba Garlic Festival Facebook pages and website www.cubagarlicfestival.com for updated information or call the Chamber office at 585-968-5654 with any questions.
