Happy Day #1 of the Great New York State Fair! (this less than perfect weather will not last we’re told – yay!)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hoppercom/the-ten-best-state-fairs-_b_5492049.html
Ten Best State Fairs in the U.S. – Look who’s #1!!
Food Bank conducting first ever food drive on Opening Day of the NYS Fair
I think this is a FABULOUS idea! In fact maybe in the future it can be done on all days of the Fair. Many volunteers are needed for collection of the items so the days might be limited.
This year volunteers will be stationed at the entrance and in parking lots if you’d like to bring canned goods and non-perishable items to drop off. Per an article on Syracuse.com, Food Bank officials said the best items to bring are:
• canned tuna
• canned beans/legumes
• dried beans/legumes
• peanut butter
• pasta-rice-grains
• cereals
• oatmeal
• soups and stews
• canned/dried fruits
• canned vegetables
Midway Ride Tickets ~ Advance Sale Specials!
SAVE UP TO $10 on Daily UNLIMITED RIDES ARMBANDS – AVAILABLE THROUGH Wednesday AUGUST 26th
Purchase your Advance Sale Daily Unlimited Ride armbands through AUGUST 26th for only $20.00 each! Pre-sale armbands are valid for use on any one day of the NYS Fair from open until close. (Armbands will be available at the Fair for $25 on weekdays or $30 on weekends.)
Advance Sale Unlimited Ride Armbands are available online, and at the locations listed below:
- ACMG FCU: Solvay, Syracuse
- Crouse Hinds Employee FCU: Syracuse
- CORE FCU: East Syracuse, Morrisville, North Syracuse
- Crouse Federal Credit Union: Syracuse
- Destiny USA: Syracuse – At Guest Relations desks on level 1 and level 2 in the canyon
- Empower FCU: Syracuse
- Express Marts: DeWitt, East Syracuse, Elbridge, Fayetteville, Jordan, Liverpool, Manlius, Marcellus, Mattydale, Syracuse
- Focalpoint FCU (NPG): Chittenango, Syracuse
- Geddes Federal Savings & Loan: Geddes
- General Electric Employees FCU: Liverpool, Syracuse
- Green Hills Farms: Syracuse
- Holiday Inn Express: Syracuse
- Kinney Drugs: Baldwinsville, Brewerton, Brideport, Camillus, Cazenovia, Chittenango, Cicero, East Syracuse, Elbridge, Liverpool, North Syracuse, Skaneateles, Syracuse, Tully
- Melissa’s Good News: Syracuse
- Mirabito Convenience Express: Brewerton, Camillus
- MONeY FCU: Syracuse
- New York State Fair Box Office: Syracuse
- Nichols Supermarket: Liverpool
- Nojaim Brothers: Marcellus, Syracuse
- Price Chopper: Cicero, Clay, Syracuse
- Preble Mirabito: Tully
- Quickway Food Stores: Camillus, Syracuse
- St. Joseph’s Hospital Gift Shop: Syracuse
- SECNY FCU: Baldwinsville, Destiny USA, Manlius, North Syracuse, Onondaga Hill, Skaneateles
- Seneca Knolls Big M: Baldwinsville
- Solvay Bank: Camillus, Cicero, DeWitt, Fairmount, Liverpool, North Syracuse, Solvay, Syracuse, Westvale
- Summitt FCU: Syracuse, Cicero, Liverpool
- Syracuse Firefighters Employees FCU: Syracuse
- Syracuse University – Schine Box Office: Syracuse
- Tops Friendly Markets: Baldwinsville, Camillus, Cazenovia, Chittenango, Clay, Cortland, DeWitt, Fayetteville, Manlius, North Syracuse, Pulaski, Syracuse
- Wegmans: Camillus/Fairmount, Cicero, Clay, DeWitt, East Syracsue, Fayetteville, Liverpool, North Syracuse, Syracuse
For the Die-Hard Fair-Goer…
Midway Mega Pass Unlimited Ride Wristband Vouchers are only $70.00 each.
Ride all day, every day!
RIDE THE ENTIRE FAIR WITH A MEGA PASS – ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH Wednesday, AUGUST 26th!
Ride every day of the fair from open to close for just $70! Again, Must purchase on or before August 26th. Available online or at the State Fair Box Office only.
Jason Derulo to play Chevy Court Thursday, 9.3.15
It was announced today by acting fair director Troy Waffner that Jason Derulo, who wowed a large crowd at Chevy Court at last year’s NYS Fair, will perform again on the very same stage on Thursday, September 3rd at 8pm. Derulo’s planned performance is in place of Meghan Trainor, who recently cancelled her entire tour in order to undergo throat surgery.
Wade Shows NYS Fair Midway Ride List 2015!!
Soooo excited! 9 Days until opening day!
Here is the List of the 2015 NYS Fair Midway Rides from Wade Shows website:
Alpine Bobs
Area 51
Area 51
Carousel
Cliff Hanger
Comet II
Crazy Chopper
Crazy Daisy Tea Cups
Crazy Submarine
Cuckoo Haus
Delusion
Dizzy Dragons
Dragon Wagon
Dragstrip Mega Slide
Elephants
Extreme
Flying Bobs
Flying Dutchman
Freak Out
Free Fall
Giant Wheel
Gold Rush Express
Happy Swing
Haunted Mansion
Helicopters
Himalaya
Hollywood Fun House
Jalopy Junction
Jumping Star
Kite Flyer
Lollipop Swings
Mardi Gras
Mega Drop
Mighty Mouse Coaster
Monster Trucks
Orbiter
Orient Express
Patriot Wheel
Pirate
Puppy Love
Rainbow
Rock Star
Scooter
Silly Safari
Silver Streak
Sizzler
Space Roller
Speedway
Star Dancer Observation Tower
Super Himalaya
Super Slide
Tilt-A-Whirl
Tornado
Umbrella Boats
Umbrella Cycles
Umbrella Sports Cars
Up Up & Away
Vertigo
Wacky Worm Coaster
Zero Gravity
Zipper
Zombie Apocalypse
Win 2 Tickets to the NYS Fair!
Fellow Fairgoers ~ We have Two(2) NYS Fair Tickets (daily passes) to give away!
All you have to do is tell us your Favorite AND your Least Favorite Fair Food
There are three ways to enter:
- Comment below this blog post OR
- Click ‘Like us on Facebook’ on this blog and post your picks in comments OR
- Tweet your answers to @nysfairblog with the hashtag #nysfairblogfreetix
Deadline is Thursday, 8/20/15 at midnight. Winner will be announced on Friday, August 21st on the NYSFair Blog, Facebook and Twitter!
The $1 Baked Potato has a new partner!
In addition to the traditional $1 potato with all the toppings (or none) offered in the Horticulture Building, this year the NYS Fair if offering a $1 Sweet Potato as well! YUM! There will be butter and sweet toppings available. If you can’t choose, have one in the morning and the other in the afternoon 🙂
#dollarbakedpotato #sweetpotato #NYSFairtradition
Chevy Court Concert Update – Meghan Trainor Cancels
Advance Sale Tickets – Where to get them
Don’t forget to buy your tickets in advance to save $$$!
Regular price during the Fair is $10 – Advance sale tickets are only $6.00!
According to the nysfair.org web site, you can buy advance sale tickets for entry to the Fair at the following locations:
Syracuse Area:
- ACMG FCU: Solvay, Syracuse
- Crouse Hinds Employee FCU: Syracuse
- CORE FCU: East Syracuse, Morrisville, North Syracuse
- Crouse Federal Credit Union: Syracuse
- Destiny USA: Syracuse – At Guest Relations desks on level 1 and level 2 in the canyon
- Empower FCU: Syracuse
- Express Marts: DeWitt, East Syracuse, Elbridge, Fayetteville, Jordan, Liverpool, Manlius, Marcellus, Mattydale, Syracuse
- Focalpoint FCU (NPG): Chittenango, Syracuse
- Geddes Federal Savings & Loan: Geddes
- General Electric Employees FCU: Liverpool, Syracuse
- Green Hills Farms: Syracuse
- Holiday Inn Express: Syracuse
- Kinney Drugs: Baldwinsville, Brewerton, Brideport, Camillus, Cazenovia, Chittenango, Cicero, East Syracuse, Elbridge, Liverpool, North Syracuse, Skaneateles, Syracuse, Tully
- Melissa’s Good News: Syracuse
- Mirabito Convenience Express: Brewerton, Camillus
- MONeY FCU: Syracuse
- New York State Fair Box Office: Syracuse
- Nichols Supermarket: Liverpool
- Nojaim Brothers: Marcellus, Syracuse
- Price Chopper: Cicero, Clay, Syracuse
- Preble Mirabito: Tully
- Quickway Food Stores: Camillus, Syracuse
- St. Joseph’s Hospital Gift Shop: Syracuse
- SECNY FCU: Baldwinsville, Destiny USA, Manlius, North Syracuse, Onondaga Hill, Skaneateles
- Seneca Knolls Big M: Baldwinsville
- Solvay Bank: Camillus, Cicero, DeWitt, Fairmount, Liverpool, North Syracuse, Solvay, Syracuse, Westvale
- Summitt FCU: Syracuse, Cicero, Liverpool
- Syracuse Firefighters Employees FCU: Syracuse
- Syracuse University – Schine Box Office: Syracuse
- Tops Friendly Markets: Baldwinsville, Camillus, Cazenovia, Chittenango, Clay, Cortland, DeWitt, Fayetteville, Manlius, North Syracuse, Pulaski, Syracuse
- Wegmans: Camillus/Fairmount, Cicero, Clay, DeWitt, E Syracuse, Fayetteville, Liverpool, No Syracuse, Syracuse
Chevy Court Free Concert Schedule Update
Here’s the Chevy Court 2015 Schedule as of August 10th:
- Everclear – Thursday August 27th @ 2pm
- Rick Springfield – Thursday August 27th @ 8pm
- Orleans – Friday, August 28th @ 2pm
- Melissa Etheridge – Friday August 28th @ 8pm
- Dan & Shay – Saturday August 29th @ 2pm
- Buck Cherry -Saturday August 29th @ 8pm
- The Swon Brothers – Sunday August 30th @ 2pm
- Nate Buess (of “fun”) – Sunday August 30th @ 8pm
- Bowzer’s Rock ‘N Roll Party – Monday August 31st @ 2pm
- Cole Swindell – Monday August 31st @ 8pm
- The Oak Ridge Boys – Tuesday September 1st @ 2pm
- Joe Nichols – Tuesday September 1st @ 8pm
- Salt-N-Pepa – Wednesday September 2nd, @ 2pm
- Snoop Dogg – Wednesday September 2nd @ 8pm
- Olivia Somerlyn and Who Is Fancy – Thursday September 3rd @ 2pm–>**CANCELLED**
- Meghan Trainor – Thursday September 3rd @ 8pm–>**CANCELLED**
- Six Nations Dancers – Friday September 4th @ 1pm
- The Ripcords – Friday September 4th @ 2pm
- Fifth Harmony – Friday September 4th @ 8pm
- Sawyer Fredericks w/ Josh Batstone & Amanda Lee Peers – Saturday Sept. 5th @ 2pm
- The Jacksons – Saturday September 5th @ 8pm
- R5 – Sunday September 6th @ 2pm
- Steve Miller Band – Sunday September 6th @ 8pm
- SyracuseJAMS – Monday (Labor Day) September 7th @ 10am
- Nick Jonas – Monday (Labor Day) September 7th @ 6pm
#ChevyCourt
