An eight day, event filled, outdoor festival the whole family can enjoy!

Canal Fest has a little something for everyone! We pride ourselves in the variety of food, music and nightly events our festival has to offer. Our parade is one of the largest in all of New York State, and our Bike Cruise draws nearly 3000 motorcycles from Western New York and surrounding states. To cap off our festival, we have a two day Craft Show featuring 250 venders from around the area. We close the event with an up close and personal fireworks display, so close you can feel every snap, crackle and BOOM!

Canal Fest provides 8 days of entertainment for local citizens and visitors from throughout Western New York and farther. Attendance is estimated anywhere from 200,000 - 250,000 for the 8 day run. The reason we can only estimate, is that there is no turnstile charge to just walk into the Fest, to see the attractions, to watch the events, to meet old friends. That in itself attracts people to Canal Fest.

We are the largest event held anywhere along the New York State canal system and considered in the top percentile of events in the State.

See the schedule of events here.