… that the Great New York State Fair started in Syracuse. New York’s very first fair (September 29-30, 1841) was located in a square bounded today by North Salina, Division, Townsend & Ash Streets with the old Onondaga County Court House serving as an exhibit hall. It was deemed a tremendous success & attracted between 10,000 & 15,000 spectators many traveling by railroad. The NYS Legislature budgeted $8,000 for the “promotion of agriculture & household manufactures in the state” through the annual fair.

……that jazz great Mark Murphy was born in Syracuse in 1932 and grew up in Central New York as part of a musical family. He developed his own jazz style with scatting and improvisations on the poetry of Jack Kerouac and others using songs that were not always part of the standard jazz repertory.

Attached, please find this week’s edition of the Friday Facts. For details on any of these events or others down the road, take a gander at our website at www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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Starts:  8/27/2008  Ends: 8/27/2008
Event:     NYS Fair Concert Series: Vanessa Hudgens and Corbin Bleu
Location:  Empire Expo Center/NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse
For More Info:  315-487-7711      Website:  www.nysfair.org/fair

Starts:  8/28/2008  Ends: 8/28/2008
Event:     Inner Harbor Block Party
Location:  Syracuse Inner Harbor, W Kirkpatrick St & Van Rensselaer St, Syracuse
For More Info:  315-475-2500      Website:  www.theinnerharbor.com

Starts:  8/28/2008  Ends: 8/28/2008
Event:     NYS Fair Chevy Court Presents: Ted Nugent
Location:  Empire Expo Center/NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse
For More Info:  315-487-7711      Website:  www.nysfair.org/fair

Starts:  8/28/2008  Ends: 8/28/2008
Event:     NYS Fair Concert Series: Toby Keith
Location:  Empire Expo Center/NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse
For More Info:  315-487-7711      Website:  www.nysfair.org/fair

Starts:  8/29/2008  Ends: 8/29/2008
Event:     NYS Fair Chevy Court Presents: The Royal Crown Revue
Location:  Empire Expo Center/NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse
For More Info:  315-487-7711      Website:  www.nysfair.org/fair
 

Starts:  8/29/2008  Ends: 8/29/2008
Event:     NYS Fair Concert Series: The Jonas Brothers with Demi Lovato
Location:  Empire Expo Center/NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse
For More Info:  315-487-7711      Website:  www.nysfair.org/fair

Starts:  7/18/2008  Ends: 7/20/2008
Event:     Great American Antiquefest
Location:  Onondaga Lake Park – Longbranch, Longbranch Road, Liverpool
For More Info:  315-686-5789      Website:  www.GreatAmericanAntiquefest.com

The annual three day GREAT AMERICAN ANTIQUEFEST routinely attracts 200 dealers from across the United States and Canada and 8,000 to 10,000 customers.

Held in a beautiful lake shore park eight miles west of Syracuse, the Antiquefest occurs in the geographic center of Upstate New York – still one of the most productive regions for good quality antiques anywhere in the country.

With acres of quality antiques, abundant and delectable foods, amenities that make shopping easy including bulky item pickup services and free directories, anticipate delightful antiquing at the Great American Antiquefest.

 
About The Antiquefest 
   DATE
24th Annual Great American Antiquefest – July 18,19,20, 2008

Location
Onondaga Lake Park
Longbranch Rd., Liverpool, Ny
8 miles west of Syracuse

TIME/COST
• FRI 9am-12pm $20
“Set-up Shopper” While dealers unpack; includes
re-entry on Saturday & Sunday
General Admission from 12pm-4pm $6