All weather anomalies are welcome this last Syracuse Winterfest weekend, because there are a lot of mid-winter activities in CNY to coax even the most reclusive outside.
Despite not being too wintry, jam to Hammond B-3 tunes, enjoy and vote on specialty cocktails and food, support a few great causes, go see a show, run a marathon or just take in a game.
There is much to do and see, and it’s even a great weekend to detail the interior of your car.
Heathers: The Musical
Thursday | 8 p.m.
Friday | 8 p.m.
Saturday | 2 & 8 p.m.
Where: LeMoyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road
When: Thursday, Feb. 23 – Saturday, Feb. 25
Cost: $15/adults, $10/seniors, $5
Chili Cook-Off
Fundraiser for Victory for Vets
Where: Sharkey’s, 7240 Oswego Road, Liverpool
When: Saturday, Feb. 24 | 2 p.m.
Cost: $10 | 427-0749
Lake Effect Half Marathon
Where: Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 9 a.m.
Cost: $55-$75
Annie & the Hedonists
Where: Oswego Music Hall, McCrobie Bldg., 41 Lake St., Oswego
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $18-$20/adults, $9-$10/seniors and college students, free/ages 5 & under | 342-1733
Marshall Tucker Band
Where: The Showroom, Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Thruway Exit 33, Verona
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $28, $33, $53 | (877) 833-SHOW
Syracuse Women’s Basketball
Opponent: Wake Forest
Where: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave.
When: Thursday, Feb. 25 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $20/courtside, $10/person, $5/seniors, ages 12 & under | Buy Online | 888-DOMETIX
Utica Comets
Opponent: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Where: Utica Memorial Auditorium, 400 Oriskany St. W., Utica
When: Friday, Feb. 24 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $18, $20.50, $22, $24, $28 | Buy Online | 790-9070
Syracuse Silver Knights
Opponent: Baltimore Blast
Where: Onondaga War Memorial, 515 Montgomery St.
When: Friday, Feb. 24 | 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $17.50/adults, $14.50/youth | 303-7261
Opponent: Florida Tropics
Where: Onondaga War Memorial, 515 Montgomery St.
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 4 p.m.
Cost: $17.50/adults, $14.50/youth | 303-7261
Syracuse Crunch
Opponent: Binghamton Senators
Where: Onondaga War Memorial, 515 Montgomery St.
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $16-$20 | Buy Online | 473-4444
Cosmopolitan Mix-Off
Where: Marriott Syracuse Downtown, 100 E. Onondaga St.
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Margarita Mix-Off
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Sandwich Stroll
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Mardi Gras Brunch
Where: SKY Armory, 351 S. Clinton St.
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Cost: $30 | 473-0826
Bloody Mary Mix-Off
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Chowder Cook-Off
Where: Clinton Square, Downtown Syracuse
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Hammond Jammin’
Where: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.
When: Sunday, Feb. 25 | noon – 6 p.m.
Cost: Free
Wing Walk
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $12
Big Takeover
Where: Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St.
When: Friday, Feb. 23 | 10 p.m.
Cost: Free
Where: The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave. Ithaca
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 8 p.m.
Cost: $12/advance, $15/door | (607) 275-3447
Tomkat Project
Where: CNY Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St.
When: Friday, Feb. 24 – Saturday, Feb. 25 | 8 p.m. shows
Cost: $20 | 546-3224
Warm & Fuzzy Fundraisers
CNY SPCA
Where: Rain Lounge, 105 N. Geddes St.
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-5 p.m.
Cost: Free admission, donations appreciated
HumaneCNY
Where: Holiday Inn, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 6-9 p.m.
Cost: $55/person, donations appreciated
FRIDAY
Temperature: 60 degrees / 55 degrees
Conditions: Bring on the humidity.
SATURDAY
Temperature: 65 degrees / 28 degrees
Conditions: 65? Get out! Seriously, get outsite.
SUNDAY
Temperature: 35 degrees / 27 degrees
Conditions: A minor weather hiccup.
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Eclectic Excursions
Heathers: The Musical
Thursday | 8 p.m.
Friday | 8 p.m.
Saturday | 2 & 8 p.m.
Where: LeMoyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road
When: Thursday, Feb. 23 – Saturday, Feb. 25
Cost: $15/adults, $10/seniors, $5
Chili Cook-Off
Fundraiser for Victory for Vets
Where: Sharkey’s, 7240 Oswego Road, Liverpool
When: Saturday, Feb. 24 | 2 p.m.
Cost: $10 | 427-0749
Lake Effect Half Marathon
Where: Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 9 a.m.
Cost: $55-$75
Music
Goatwhore Where: Lost Horizon, 5863 Thompson Road When: Thursday, Feb. 23 | 6 p.m. Cost: $15/advance, $18/doorAnnie & the Hedonists
Where: Oswego Music Hall, McCrobie Bldg., 41 Lake St., Oswego
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $18-$20/adults, $9-$10/seniors and college students, free/ages 5 & under | 342-1733
Marshall Tucker Band
Where: The Showroom, Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Thruway Exit 33, Verona
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $28, $33, $53 | (877) 833-SHOW
Sports
Syracuse Women’s Basketball
Opponent: Wake Forest
Where: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave.
When: Thursday, Feb. 25 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $20/courtside, $10/person, $5/seniors, ages 12 & under | Buy Online | 888-DOMETIX
Utica Comets
Opponent: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Where: Utica Memorial Auditorium, 400 Oriskany St. W., Utica
When: Friday, Feb. 24 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $18, $20.50, $22, $24, $28 | Buy Online | 790-9070
Syracuse Silver Knights
Opponent: Baltimore Blast
Where: Onondaga War Memorial, 515 Montgomery St.
When: Friday, Feb. 24 | 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $17.50/adults, $14.50/youth | 303-7261
Opponent: Florida Tropics
Where: Onondaga War Memorial, 515 Montgomery St.
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 4 p.m.
Cost: $17.50/adults, $14.50/youth | 303-7261
Syracuse Crunch
Opponent: Binghamton Senators
Where: Onondaga War Memorial, 515 Montgomery St.
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 7 p.m.
Cost: $16-$20 | Buy Online | 473-4444
Winterfest Wonders
Chili Cook-Off Where: Clinton Square, Downtown Syracuse When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-4 p.m. Cost: $5Cosmopolitan Mix-Off
Where: Marriott Syracuse Downtown, 100 E. Onondaga St.
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Margarita Mix-Off
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Sandwich Stroll
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Mardi Gras Brunch
Where: SKY Armory, 351 S. Clinton St.
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Cost: $30 | 473-0826
Bloody Mary Mix-Off
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Chowder Cook-Off
Where: Clinton Square, Downtown Syracuse
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $5
Hammond Jammin’
Where: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.
When: Sunday, Feb. 25 | noon – 6 p.m.
Cost: Free
Wing Walk
Where: Various restaurants, Downtown Syracuse
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 | noon-4 p.m.
Cost: $12
Editor’s Picks
Big Takeover
Where: Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St.
When: Friday, Feb. 23 | 10 p.m.
Cost: Free
Where: The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave. Ithaca
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 8 p.m.
Cost: $12/advance, $15/door | (607) 275-3447
Tomkat Project
Where: CNY Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St.
When: Friday, Feb. 24 – Saturday, Feb. 25 | 8 p.m. shows
Cost: $20 | 546-3224
Warm & Fuzzy Fundraisers
CNY SPCA
Where: Rain Lounge, 105 N. Geddes St.
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | noon-5 p.m.
Cost: Free admission, donations appreciated
HumaneCNY
Where: Holiday Inn, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 | 6-9 p.m.
Cost: $55/person, donations appreciated
Weather Forecast
(Subject to change, of course.) THURSDAY Temperature: 66 degrees / 40 degrees Conditions: Break out the shorts.
FRIDAY
Temperature: 60 degrees / 55 degrees
Conditions: Bring on the humidity.
SATURDAY
Temperature: 65 degrees / 28 degrees
Conditions: 65? Get out! Seriously, get outsite.
SUNDAY
Temperature: 35 degrees / 27 degrees
Conditions: A minor weather hiccup.
