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A Weekend-Long Field Day with These Events

Get out and enjoy weekend events such as the Valley Field Days, St. Patrick’s Festival, new and current productions, plenty of live music and more.

Keep the summer fun going with more CNY events to help your weekend fly by faster. Annual favorites Valley Field Days, Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival, Curbstone Festival and St. Patrick’s Irish Festival all return this weekend. Enjoy new art installments at Lipe Art Park or a film under the stars. This is also the opening weekend for local productions of American Idiot and Spring Awakening. Enjoy some treats under the stars and even a barn dance. Of course, there is a plethora of music. Whatever you choose to do, have a great weekend!

Family Fun

Stars, Stories, S’mores and More Where: Baltimore Woods Nature Center, 4007 Bishop Hill Rd, Marcellus | (315) 673-1350 When: Friday, July 21 | 7 p.m. Cost: $6/members, $9/nonmembers ARISE & Ride at the Farm Where: ARISE at the Farm, 1972 New Boston Road, Chittenango | (315) 671-2909 When: Saturday, July 22 | 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cost: $50/cyclists, $10/Walk & Wheel-A-Thon participants, $5/lunch for non-participants Ole Fashioned Barn Dance & Bonfire Where: Critz Farms, 3232 Rippleton Road, Cazenovia | (315) 662-3355 When: Saturday, July 22| 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cost: $8/adults, $5/ages 6-12, free/ages 5 and under, $25/family

Festivals

Skaneateles Curbstone Festival Thursday | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday | 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Where: Village of Skaneateles When: Thursday, July 20 – Saturday, July 22 Cost: Free admission Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival Thursday | 1 p.m. – 2 a.m. Friday | 9 a.m. –  3 a.m. Saturday | 9 a.m. –  3 a.m. Sunday | 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. Where: Trumansburg Fairgrounds, 2150 Trumansburg Road, Trumansburg | (818) 212-9489 When: Thursday, July 13 – Sunday, July 16 Cost: $57/Thursday, $60/Friday, $65/Saturday, $45/Sunday, $150/festival pass, $75/festival pass ages 13-15, free/ages 12 & under Valley Field Days Thursday | 3 p.m. – 10 p.m. Friday | 3 p.m. – 10 p.m. Saturday | 1 p.m. – 10 p.m. Where: Meachem Field, 711 W. Seneca Tpke. When: Thursday, July 20 – Saturday, July 22 Cost: Free admission, $20/day-long ride pass St. Patrick’s Festival Friday | 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. Saturday | noon – 11 p.m. Where: St. Patrick’s Church, 216 N. Lowell Ave. | (315) 475-2186 When: Friday, July 21 – Saturday, July 22 Cost: Free admission

Music: Local Noisemakers

Fringe Rock Pary Vol. 2 Feat. Heretofore and The Magnetic Pull Where: Otro Cinco, 206 S. Warren St.| (315) 422-6876 When: Saturday, July 20 | 10 p.m. Cost: Free Concert on the Hill Feat. Kevin Barrigar, Mike MacDonald, Dusty Pas’cal, Shane Pas’cal and Mike Powell  Where: Kellish Hill Farm, 3191 Pompey Center Road, Manlius | (315) 682-1578 When: Saturday, July 22 | 2 p.m. Cost: $12 Legends of Rock Feat. Dangerous Type (The Cars), Born to Run Band (Bruce Springsteen) and Hard Promises (Tom Petty)  Where: Sharkey’s Bar & Grill, 7240 Oswego Road, Liverpool | (315) 214-4116 When: Saturday, July 22 | 7 p.m. Cost: $10/advance, $15/DOS

Music: National Acts

Shenandoah Where: Clayton Opera House, 405 Riverside Dr., Clayton | (315) 686-2200 When: Thursday, July 20 | 7:30 p.m. Cost: $40, $50, $55 Shinedown Where: The Vine, del Lago Resort & Casino, 1133 Route 414, Waterloo | (315) 946-1777 When: Friday, July 21 | 8 p.m. Cost: $75, $115, $130, $150/VIP Marissa Mulder Plus Novak Nanni Duo  Where: Armory Square, 500 S. Franklin St. When: Saturday, July 22 | 7 p.m. Cost: Free

Sports

Syracuse Chiefs All games are played at NBT Stadium, 1 Tex Simone Dr. | (315) 474-7833 On the road again…       Auburn Doubledays All games are played at Falcon Park, 30 N. Division St., Auburn. | (315) 255-2489 Promotion: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Night Opponent: Mahoning Valley Scrappers When: Thursday, July 20 | 7:05 p.m. Cost: $6-$9 Promotion: H.E.A.L. Night Opponent: Mahoning Valley Scrappers When: Friday, July 21 | 7:05 p.m. Cost: $6-$9 Promotion: Domestic Violence Awareness Night Opponent: Mahoning Valley Scrappers When: Saturday, July 22 | 6:05 p.m. Cost: $6-$9  

Stage

Footloose Thursday | 7:30 p.m. Friday | 7:30 p.m. Saturday | 7:30 p.m. Sunday | 2 p.m. Where: Cortland Repertory Theatre, 6799 Little York Road, Preble | (607) 756-2627, (800) 427-6160 When: Thursday, July 20 – Sunday, July 23 Cost: $29-$31/evenings, $24-$26/matinees American Idiot Friday | 8 p.m. Saturday | 8 p.m. Sunday | 2 p.m. Where: Central New York Playhouse, Shoppingtown Mall, 3649 Erie Blvd. E. | (315) 793-7593 When: Friday, July 21 – Sunday, July 23 Cost: $28/evenings, $25/matinees Spring Awakening Friday | 8 p.m. Saturday | 8 p.m. Where: BeVard Studio, Mulroy Civic Center, 411 Montgomery St. | (315) 435-2121 When: Friday, July 21 – Saturday, July 22 Cost: $30

Editor’s Picks

Pink Fund Benefit Show Feat. Trench, Native Tongue, Idle Threat, Goodnight Forever and All Poets & Heroes Where: Spark Contemporary Art Space, 1005 E. Fayette St. When: Thursday, July 20 | 6 p.m. Cost: $7/advance, $10/DOS Film Under the Stars: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  Where: Everson Museum of Art Plaza, 401 Harrison St. | (315) 443-1369 When: Thursday, July 20 | 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free admission Ron White Where: The Event Center at Turning Stone Casino, Thruway Exit 33, Verona | (877) 833-SHOW When: Friday, July 21 | 8 p.m. Cost: $45, $50, $60 Blinded by the Lipe Where: Lipe Art Park, 1003 W. Fayette St. When: Saturday, July 22 | 2-5 p.m. Cost: Free admission

Weather Forecast

(Subject to change, of course.) THURSDAY Temperature: 85 degrees / 68 degrees Conditions: Evening thunderstorms. FRIDAY Temperature: 82 degrees / 64 degrees Conditions: All the clouds. SATURDAY Temperature: 80 degrees / 65 degrees Conditions: Some showers. SUNDAY  Temperature: 80 degrees / 66 degrees Conditions: Varying weather. Pssst. Hey, you. Would you like to receive this event listing in advance? It costs you nothing, and there are sometimes exclusive giveaways. Sign up to our Inside/Out newsletter here:
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