FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2006
MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Festival on the Erie Cruises the Mohawk Valley Region This Week
Daily Concerts Planned in Communities Along the Erie Canal
The “Festival on the Erie”, a 10-day traveling Irish Music Festival will cruise through the Mohawk Valley this week performing in Herkimer, Marcy, Rome, and Sylvan Beach before concluding in Syracuse this weekend.
The Festival is being organized by the Boys of Wexford, LLC, in conjunction with the New York State Canal Corporation and features more than a dozen regional and international Irish and folk musicians.
Date - Location - Time
June 5 - Little Falls Canal Harbor - Show: 6 – 7:30 p.m; Seisiun: 8 p.m. –
late
June 6 - Herkimer, “Gems Along the Mohawk” - Lunch time
June 6 - Marcy, Lock 20 - Show: 6 – 7:30 p.m; Seisiun: 8 p.m. - late
June 7 - Rome- Bellamy Harbor Park - Show: 6 – 7:30 p.m; Seisiun: 8 p.m. – late
June 8 - Brewerton - Show: 6 – 7:30 p.m; Seisiun: 8-9 p.m.
June 9 - Sylvan Beach- Village Park - Show: 7 – 8:30 p.m; Seisiun: 9 p.m. - late
June 10 - Sylvan Beach- Village Park - Show: 7 – 8:30 p.m; Seisiun: 9 p.m. -
late
June 11 - Syracuse, Coleman’s Pub - Show: 3 – 6:00 p.m
Members of the media, including photographers, are invited to attend.
For more information regarding this event, please call the New York State Canal Corporation at (518) 436-3055 or Mike McGarry with the Boys of Wexford LLC at 860-306-1367 or 860-524-6536.
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