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DUE TO OUR GLOBAL CRISIS, THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED IN 2020 & 2021.  

THE ONLY WAY THIS EVENT WILL RESUME IS WITH A SINGLE STAKEHOLDER'S SUPPORT.  
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GREATER UTICA'S BIGGEST LITTLE BLOCK PARTY

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Stage Setup
ENTERTAINMENT
Eating Out
FOOD
Beer Tap
BEER & WINE GARDEN

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VENDING

TWO YEARS OF HIGHLIGHTS

FREE

MUSIC


​​Utica Summer Fest launched its inaugural year in 2018; 

a long awaited community event.  

In 2019, we turned up the heat at the start of summer

with top notch entertainment.  We extended the hours to run

Thursday and Friday, 11am-9pm. 

 

Although the weather posed a public safety concern on our

opening day with high winds and relentless rain,

Utica Summer Fest proved to be an event

that the community wants!!  The storm broke just in time for

hundreds to pour into the street on Friday night for the

incredible opportunity to see Motown

Artists RARE EARTH!  The sun was shining, the beer was

flowing and our finish was strong!! 

 

The Utica Summer Fest team proved to have incredible tenacity with a track record of very stong numbers on lead in promotion, satisfying our partner support with continued commitment and success.

Utica Summer Fest 2020 has been moved to coincide with the excitement centered around Boilermaker Weekend!!  Our town will explode with an influx of people from all around the world coming to Boilermaker Weekend that Friday and Saturday.  In addition, the Utica Arts Council will host a multi week, community wide summer event, and Utica Summer Fest will kick it off!!!  Utica Summer Fest 2020 will be the largest growth yet, for this 3rd annual FREE summertime celebration.

 

 

 

 

2020 ENTERTAINMENT

THURSDAY

11:30AM-12:45PM     JOE LAPAGLIA

 

4:00-5:30     THE PAUL CASE BAND

5:45-7:15     GRIT N GRACE   

7:30-9PM     LES BRERS CELEBRATING A VERY SPECIAL50TH ALBUM ANNIVERSARY IN IT'S ENTIRETY

FRIDAY

11:30AM-12:45PM     JOE LAPAGLIA

 

4:00-5:30     THE FABULOUS MOJOS

5:45-7:15     STROKE   

7:30-9PM    ATLAS

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2018/2019 ENTERTAINMENT

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED:



JIMMY VIVINO, National Recording Artist also of Conan O'Brien's Late Show Band.

MONK ROWE, Regional Favorite

THE BOAT DRUNKS, National Artists

TWO OF US, Local Favorites, and opener for National Artists, AMERICA, at The Stanley Theater

RARE EARTH, National Motown Recording Artists

Many more local & regional musical favorites, visual artists, international atmospheric, street performers, and local dance company, DANCENTER performers.










 

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Music Roster
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Food & Beverages
 
Utica is home to many wonderful restaurants, including many with no fixed address.  Utica Summer Fest will feature great eats from several of the region's finest Food.  The Utica Summer Fest Beer & Wine Garden offers an array of excellent Adult beverages and dispensed by volunteers from The American Cancer Society.  The ACS will receive partial proceeds from all adult beverages sold during Utica Summer Fest.
 

Veteran's Outreach Center

Through it's Utica Food Pantry, the Bunker Cafe, the New2You Thrift Store at the Parkway Center, the Public Use Gym and the James V. Luvera Memorial Chapel, and its Youth Boxing Program, The Central New York Veteran's Center provides a wide range of services and opportunities for the men and women who make our armed services branches the best in the world.  Volunteers from the center are stepping up to help with the logistics of Utica Summer Fest. 
In appreciation of their service to our country and our community, we ask that people attending Utica Summer Fest bring personal hygiene products that the center can make available through its nearby Center to drop off at their Utica Summer Fest outpost.  

 

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past corporate support

 

JAY-K LUMBER

FREEMAN & FOOTE JEWELERS

HUMPF SANITAION

UTICA PUBLIC LIBRARY

THE UTICA COMETS

THE UTICA ZOO

D'ARCANGELO & CO llp

BIG APPLE MUSIC

APPLE BOX VIDEO PRODUCTIONS

THE BOILERMAKER ROAD RACE
 

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**NOTE:  KENNEDY ST PARKING GARAGE CLOSES AT 6PM.  ONCE THE GARAGE IS CLOSED YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT.  WE SUGGEST ALTERNATIVE PARKING.

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ROAD CLOSURES

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