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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Barenaked Ladies Headlines Oswego Harborfest

For the 24th consecutive year, the Saturday night fireworks spectacular will highlight the annual 4-day admission-free non-profit Harborfest from July 28 to 31 in Oswego, New York, along the shores of southeastern Lake Ontario.
Barenaked Ladies, one of Canada’s most popular alternative rock bands, will headline Harborfest 2011 at the NRG Lakeview Stage in Breitbeck Park on Friday evening, July 29.
Harborfest 2011 will feature plenty of food, fun and entertainment as venues on both Oswego’s east and west sides are used. This year’s festival will feature live music and entertainment on three different stages, also at the Family Park at East Park, featuring the Children’s Musical along with programming and activities for families. Riverwalk East will again feature Harborfest’s Arts and Crafts venue and the Historic Maritime District (West 1st and Lake Streets) will be home to the Go Green Expo.
The Harborfest Midway, presented by Reithoffer Shows, is located along scenic Lake Street in the Oswego Maritime District in the Oswego Marina/Wright’s Landing parking lot. There are carnival rides and games for everyone.
The world famous Entergy Nuclear Harborfest Fireworks by Grucci of New York on Saturday, July 30 at about 9:30pm demonstrates the highest level of pyrotechnic artistry as thousand of shells and “ground effects” are choreographed to a carefully selected music track.
Harborfest Trolleys will be running an east-west side trolley loop this year during Harborfest 2011. The trolley route will begin at the Romney Fieldhouse parking lot off of Route 104W. 
Visit the Harborfest website at www.oswegoharborfest.com for the latest information on this year’s festival.

For more information about top events in New York take a look at the Top Events USA selection of the annual main festivals and events in New York