BETHANY CLANCY
Staff Writer
For 22 years, a local non-profit group, called Festivals Fredonia, has been putting on the Red, White and Blues festival in downtown Fredonia. It’s a two-day free music festival featuring red and white wines from local wineries along with blues styled music in Barker Commons.
The festivities start on Sept. 8 and continue throughout the day and into the next — starting off with the farmers market that day.
There will be Red, White and Blues cups and shirts available for purchase at the Fredonia Beaver Club on Friday night and all day Saturday in Barker Commons.
Labeled as “the best street party around,” the festival has the whole community involved. Performances take place in the Commons, but also at local establishments such as The White Inn, Coughlan’s Pub, Lil Magills’, EBC West, Valentine’s, DeJohn’s Spaghetti House and many more.
On Sept. 9, there will be special wine tastings along with food trucks in the Commons.
Drink cards are available at any of the venues from now until the end of the festival, which enters you in the “five & 20” drink contest. The drink contest cards allow you to buy the special drink at each venue, rate the drinks and then submit the card to be placed in a drawing for a free Red, White and Blues shirt.
Bands that are playing can be found on their facebook page and will be posted around the day of the festival.