Had your fill?
Food is fun in the Finger Lakes region and harvest celebrations are the perfect way for families to indulge as pumpkins, corn, potatoes, grapes and tomatoes compete for attention. A major apple-growing area, the Finger Lakes is appropriately brimming with apple festivals, while more than 90 wineries in the region have made celebrating the grape a year-round attraction. Eat your heart out at one – or more – of these fabulous festivals!
June 6 and 7
Sulphur Springs Festival
Clifton Springs, Ontario County
Visit www.sulphurspringsfestival.com
July 10 to 13
Peppermint Days
Lyons, Wayne County
Call (315) 573-8170 or visit www.villageoflyons.com
June 20 and 21
24th Annual Strawberry Festival
Ovid, Seneca County
Call (607) 869-9512
July 18 to 20
Finger Lakes Wine Festival
Watkins Glen, Schuyler County
Call (607) 535-2481 or visit www.flwinefest.com
Aug. 1 to 3
Spiedie Fest
Binghamton, Broome County
Call (607) 761-2475 or visit www.spiediefest.com
Aug. 2
Wheat Harvest Festival
King Ferry, Cayuga County
Call (315) 364-8202 or visit www.cayuganet.org/genoa.rural.life.museum
Aug. 2 and 3
Phelps Sauerkraut Festival
Phelps, Ontario County
Call (315) 548-5481 or visit www.phelpssauerkrautfestival.com
Potter Park Onion Festival
Potter Park, Yates County
Call (585) 393-2704
16th Annual Garlic Festival
Penn Yan, Ontario County
Call (315) 536-4616 or visit www.foxrunvineyards.com
Sept. 13 and 14
23rd Annual Central New York Tomato Fest
Auburn, Cayuga County
Visit www.cayuganet.com/tomatofest
Sept. 19 to 21
14th Annual Savannah Potato Festival
Savannah, Wayne County
Call (315) 365-3156 or visit www.savannahnychamberofcommerce.com
Sept. 20
Cincinnatus Corn Festival
Cincinnatus, Cortland County
Call (607) 863-3828 or visit www.cincybiz.org
Richford Potato Festival
Richford, Broome County
Call (607) 539-6283
Sept. 27
Applefest
Greene, Chenango County
Call (607) 656-4533 or visit www.greenenys.com
Sept. 27 and 28
Naples Grape Festival
Naples, Ontario County
Visit www.naplesvalleyny.com
Apple Festival
Central Square, Onondaga County
Visit www.centralsquareapplefestival.com
Oct. 4 and 5
Apple Festival
Newark Valley, Broome County
Visit www.nvhistory.org or call (607) 642-9516
Central New York Great Pumpkin Fest
Oswego, Oswego County
Visit www.cnypumpkinfest.com or call (315) 343-7681
Great Cortland Pumpkinfest
Cortland, Cortland County
Visit www.cortland.org/news/pumpkin.htm or call (800) 859-2227
Oct. 11 and 12
LaFayette Apple Festival
LaFayette, Onondaga County
Visit www.lafayetteapplefest.org