Batavia's biggest day of the summer arrives tomorrow (Saturday): It's time for the annual Summer in the City, when people from all over the region join in for a day of great food, cool music and hot, classic cars.
And The Batavian will return with a booth this year handing out our free balloons, as well as selling T-shirts for $5 and a limited number of barn-picture prints for $12 (You love our barn pictures, right?).
While the annual event is taking place only on Saturday this year, it will cover a large portion of downtown, stretching from Main and Ellicott to Main and Liberty streets.
The Main Stage will be on Main Street next to the Old County Courthouse, with vendors on Court and Jefferson. Main near City Centre will contain food vendors and a kids' zone, with space set aside for classic cars on the rest of Main as well as Jackson, Bank and Center streets.
All of those streets will be closed to automobile traffic from 8 a.m. until at least 11 p.m.
The festival opens at noon and runs until 10 p.m.
Elvis impersonator Terry Buckwald and the Ghost Riders provide headline entertainment along with Nik and the Nice Guys.
I love this event! We try to
I love this event! We try to attend every year.
I just went through to go
I just went through to go there and an over sized load is parked on Main st. with a few state troopers. I pulled just a 53' trailer and I always checked any small town I was going through for construction or local events that could cause trouble. There are a few states (Penn.,Maryland, Vir...... just to name a few) that will issue tickets if barricades have to be moved to let you through. I just hope they get him on his way before traffic gets worse. Lets hope the weather continues to cooperate.