Days of
Summer!
and local blues and jazz entertainment
in a beautiful outdoor, family-friendly
setting. Visit the website for more
information.
CelebrateErie
Dates: Aug. 15-18
Address: Downtown Erie
Contact: celebrateerie.com
Downtown Erie will come alive with
this four-day summer street festival! The
event features free access to local art
museums, displays and demonstrations
from local artists, street vendors, and
entertainment and activities designed
to encourage the arts. It also includes
musical performances from a wide variety
of local and nationally renowned artists
across the multiple genres. The event is
divided into multiple “zones” to include
Celebrate Diversity, Kids Zone, Kids
Construction Zone, Chalk Walk, Taste
of Erie, Artist Colony and more. Visit the
website for more information.
Dan Rice Days Festival
Dates: Aug. 1-3
Address: Downtown Girard
Contact: danricedays.com, facebook.
com/Dan-Rice-Days, or 814.774.9683
Dan Rice is remembered by the town
he once considered his home through a
yearly festival. Dan Rice Days is held the
first full weekend of August each year to
honor his memory and contributions
to Girard. The festival features artisans,
craft sellers, community booths and live
entertainment—all free of charge. Be sure
to check out the schedule of events for
the latest information on the Facebook
page.
Discover Presque Isle Days
Dates: July 26-28
Address: Presque Isle State Park,
301 Peninsula Drive, Erie
Contact: discoverpi.com, or
814.838.5138
Don’t miss this annual three-day
celebration of Presque Isle State Park
hosted by the Presque Isle Partnership,
a nonprofit organization working to
enhance the visitor experience by
developing, funding and implementing
projects and programs at the park while
protecting the natural environment. This
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event serves as its largest annual fundraiser
and has resulted in a variety of park
improvement projects!
Erie County Fair
Dates: Aug. 26-31
Address: 13993 PA-8, Wattsburg
Contact: wattsburgfair.com, or
814.739.2232
“Erie County’s oldest and largest fair!”
Top entertainers, amusement rides, truck
and tractor pulls, horse pulls and lots of
fun. Visit the website for the schedule of
events.
Erie’s Own Downtown Food
Truck Festival
Dates: June 22 & 23
Address: 12th & State to 14th & State,
Downtown Erie
Contact: facebook.com/
events/bourbon-barrel/eries-
own-downtown-food-truck-
festival/310718419569871
This event is fun for the whole family!
Featuring local food trucks, bands,
businesses, charities and much more.
Proceeds from the festival will benefit
Erie’s own Voices for Independence and
the Police Athletic League. Visit the
Facebook page for more information.
Galapazooza 2019 – Fantastic
Fiesta at the Erie Zoo
Date: June 22
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 423 West 38th Street, Erie
Contact: eriezoo.org/events/
galapazooza-2019-fantastic-fiesta
An exclusive, adults-only, after-hours
fundraiser held each year in June on
the zoo grounds! Throughout the zoo
there will be live bands, grazing stations,
watering holes (open bars), exclusive
animal encounters, a silent auction, and so
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