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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 14 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ icmags.com 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 Continued on page 16 >