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| Sponsors | Kids Korridor |
| Commons Stage Music Schedule | Vendors |
| Additional Information | Festival Poster |
| Parking |
The Canandaigua Art & Music Festival would not be possible without its sponsors. A BIG Thank you to our supporters.
Morrell Builders and Lakewood Meadows, Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack, Time Warner, Wegmans, Soft Tub Express, Bath Fitters, Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame, Canandaigua Magazine, Daily Messenger
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Music is in the Air
For over 20 years, visitors have been attracted to Historic Downtown for the annual art festival that takes place on the wide sidewalks of Main Street. In 2007, the festival took it up a notch by adding outstanding musical acts that kept visitors dancing in the streets. The 2008 Canandaigua Art & Music Festival continues to offer the best musical entertainment of any other free festival in the Canandaigua area.
Friday’s sounds begin with jazz and blues and lead into an afternoon of rock finishing with the Dave Matthews Tribute Band – Big Eyed Phish. Saturday features funk, jazz and rock including the new sounds of up and coming artist Juliet Lloyd and ending the day with Hard Logic. A New Orleans Road Show experience with the Zydeco Vacation Band closes out the festival on Sunday.
All performances take place at The Commons Park stage located on the Westside of South Main Street. This great line-up is thanks to the professional staff at Rainbow Talent Agency who takes care of booking the performers and managing the stage during the 3-day festival. |
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Introducing Kids Korridor
The Canandaigua Art & Music Festival features affordable family fun for all ages. Kids Korridor located in the parking lot next to the Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce offers hands on activities for kids and live entertainment on the family stage. New this year is a Bounce House and Obstacle Course provided by Blue Apple Productions. Kids will love these two attractions and they can enjoy them all they want with a $5 unlimited pass. Sand Art and Airbrush Tattoos will be found in the area at an affordable $5 each. A partial entertainment schedule is below. Visit one of the Information Tents on-site for additions to the schedule.
Friday, July 18
11am – 4pm - USA Masters Academy – bean bag toss & ring toss
4pm – 8pm – Obstacle Course & Bounce House - Open for Fun
6pm - Hochstein at Canandaigua Musical Performance
Saturday, July 19
10am-8pm – Obstacle Course & Bounce House – Open for Fun
11am – 4pm - USA Masters Academy – bean bag toss & ring toss
11am – 12:30pm - Hochstein at Canandaigua – Instrument Petting Zoo
12pm - Hochstein at Canandaigua - Ballet Sampler Class
12pm – 1pm: Meet& greet with Spikes from the Rochester Red Wings
1pm – The Dinner Dogs – Hot Tunes for Cool Kids
2pm - Hochstein at Canandaigua- Music Makers Class
3 pm – The Dinner Dogs – Hot Tunes for Cool Kids
Sunday, July 20
12pm-6pm – Obstacle Course & Bounce House – Open for Fun
1pm – Bubble Mania – Bubbling, Juggling & Mime with Doug Rougeux
3pm - Bubble Mania – Bubbling, Juggling & Mime with Doug Rougeux
Over 100 booths will line Main Street in Historic Downtown Canandaigua from July 18 – 20 for the Canandaigua Art & Music Festival. A partial listing of booths is below. Festival Maps will be available at 2 Information Tents on-site.
Amber Forever Amber…Jewelry
American Forging…Other
American Princess & Associates…Jewelry
Aunchman Gallery….Painting
B&B Kettle Korn…Food vendor
Barry Howe Photography…Photography
Bath Fitter…Sponsor
Blossoms Be Jeweled…Jewelry
Bradley Jackson Studio…Painting
Canandaigua Magazine…Sponsor
Caricatures by Sarah Olson…Drawing
Cinnamon Roasted Nuts…Food vendor
Country Shed…Woodworking
Crazy About Glass…Jewelry
Crystal Creations…Jewelry
Daily Messenger….Sponsor
DB Gems…Jewelry
DeRaphael…Jewelry
Design a Tea…Other
Diane’s Concession…Food vendor
Dianne Dengel…Painting
Don Thomas Music…Other
Extreme Hareem Body Art…Other
Enchanted Hearts…Other
Encore Designs…Fiber
Fair Tales on Parade…Fiber
Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame…Sponsor
Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack…Sponsor
Finger Lakes Jewelry Designs…Jewelry
Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy…Non-Profit
Fishhook Frames…Woodworking
Foodlink/Freshlink…Food vendor
For Your Pets Only…Other
Friends of Ganondagan…Non-Profit
Genesee Valley Quilt Club…Non-Profit
Gourmet Creations…Other
Handmade Crafts Thompson…Fiber
Happiness House…Non-Profit
Heal my Sole…Other
Healthy Sisters Soup & Bean Works…Other
Hudson River Inlay…Woodworking
Images by SEM…Photography
InAwe Glassworks…Glass
Ithaca Clay…Pottery
Jim & Lynn Wattach…Woodworking
JP’s The Food Shack…Food vendor
Kelly’s Jellies…Other
Kids Music Box…Other
Len Davidow Photography…Photography
Livine Fine Art Studio…Painting
Living Glass…Glass
Long Hollow Pens…Woodworking
Lorraine Cummings…Other
Lynda’s Occasional’s…Other
Magnetic Connections…Jewelry
Markart…Sculpture
Maui Wowi Coffees & Smoothies…Food vendor
Mediterranean Cuisine…Food vendor
Melissa’s Scented Oils & Incense…Other
Mott Calligraphy and Buttons…Drawing
Morrell Builders…Sponsor
Ms. Sticks…Woodworking
Nancy’s Fried Dough…Food vendor
Naples Valley Brand Products…Other
Natural Reflections…Fiber
Nature Artist Sue Burley…Painting
North Country Craftsman…Woodworking
Pat’s Crystal Glass Nail Files…Other
Pioneer Furniture…Woodworking
Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery…Merchant
Planned Parenthood of Rochester/Syracuse Region…Non-Profit
Playing with Fire Glass…Glass
Pizza Hut…Food vendor
R.A.G. Jewelry…Jewelry
Rochester Eye & Tissue Bank…Non-Profit
Russian Folk Art Sculpture…Other
Rusty’s Canes…Woodworking
RV&E Bike & Skate…Merchant
Sami Bambu…Fiber
Sha-Sha Beeds…Jewelry
Scentestics…Other
SMD Gifts…Woodworking
Smelly Belly Bears…Sculpture
Softub Express…Sponsor
Statue Project…Non-Profit
The Boxery…Woodworking
The Cane Man, LLC…Woodworking
The Gilded Forest…Jewelry
The Salvage Gallery…Sculpture
Time Warner Cable…Sponsor
Watson and Forbes Designs…Painting
Weld Master…Sculpture
2008 Poster Features the Commons Park
The 2008 festival poster features The Commons Park, a popular Downtown gathering place that hosts many events and activities. The park originally known as the Downtown Mini Park was renamed in 2004 when the City of Canandaigua in partnership with the Canandaigua Business Improvement District began the fundraising and design phases for reconstruction. The Commons Park features a performance stage, raised floral beds, benches, a fountain and scattered tables and chairs. Beautiful hanging flower baskets enhance its appeal each summer.
The poster is original oil on canvas and was created by Downtown Canandaigua artist and gallery owner Pat Rini Rohrer. The canvas was primed and then painted a peach tone. The painting was developed in a "direct approach" that many plein air artists employ. This approach uses limited drawing preparation and is built with broad brush strokes and glazes. “This is why the painting looks like an immediate impression," Rini Rohrer states.
Pat Rini Rohrer is a long-time painter of landscapes, florals, and figures in oil on panel. Throughout the years she has experimented with oil base inks on paper, oil pastels, and various methods of printmaking. Her work is the expression of her experience of a place, a person, an event. Her brush and palette present her concepts on canvas or panel. She is in the constant morph of learning about her world, herself, and her art. Creating mood and focus, not just a realistic rendition, is what she strives for in each piece.
Pat Rini Rohrer received a Bachelor of Arts from Notre Dame College in Cleveland, Ohio and a Masters of Art Education from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. She has been painting in studio for 40 years and has been a plein air painter for 20 years. She is a member of the Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters and Ontario County Arts Council. Pat currently organizes and teaches workshops at Studio II Workshops in the back of her gallery located at 71-73 South Main Street in Downtown Canandaigua. She can be reached at 585-394-0030 or www.prrgallery.com.
Canandaigua Farmers Market:
The 2008 Canandaigua Farmers Market season is in full swing with 32 vendors in a new downtown location under a brand new pavilion. The Mill Street Market Pavilion is located in the Mill St parking lot between Phoenix and Beeman Streets, on the east side of Main St., one block south of its former location.
The market has grown in popularity ever since its inception in 2001, with hundreds of residents and visitors attending each Saturday morning. Visitors to the market find fresh produce, flowers, honey, organic vegetables, buckwheat mulch, fruit, maple products, baked goods, onion jelly and much more.
Be sure to stop by the market during the Canandaigua Art & Music Festival on Saturday, July 19th from 8:30am-12:30pm. Canandaigua Farmers Market runs every Saturday through October 25th. Visit www.canandaigua.govoffice.com for more information.
There are several free municipal parking lots located throughout the City of Canandaigua. Areas are designated below.
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