SEPTEMBER 3: First Friday Art Walk – Visit over 45 downtown locations including: ALL SUMMER LONG... galleries, studios, restaurants, and shops. Celebrate Binghamton’s growing art community. 6-9pm Downtown Binghamton. (607) 348-0090 https://broomearts.org/in-the-community/first-friday/ Agri-tourism – CNY Fresh Golf TBD: St. Joseph’s Annual Bazaar – A celebration of Czechoslovakian You won’t find it on a shelf in any store. Fresh starts here, in CNY. For impeccably manicured rolling hills and scenic greens heritage. Traditional foods and pastries, along with music and games. Our farm stands, pumpkin patches, nurseries, open air markets, coupled with full-service restaurants and facilities, golf St. Joseph’s Church, 207 Hayes Avenue, Endicott. (607) 748-0442 breweries and wineries are your direct source for all things truly Greater Binghamton! For golf package information check out: www.saintjosephschurch.com fresh, truly local. Be sure to visit the Regional Farmers Market on www.VisitBinghamton.org/golf 10-11: LUMA Projection Arts Festival – Celebrate a bold confluence of Front Street! For a listing of farms check out technology and visual arts. LUMA is a festival founded by artists, for artists, https://www.visitcentralnewyork.com/cny-fresh/ Goodwill Theatre’s Schorr Family Firehouse Stage with the wholehearted embrace of an entire city (rain date September 12). Offering monthly performances ranging from comedy, music, Downtown Binghamton. www.lumafestival.com Animal Adventure theatre, and family entertainment. For more information on 11: Low Sensory Night at Animal Adventure Park – Low Sensory Animal Adventure Park is home to over 300 animals, representing upcoming events call the Box Office at 607-772-2404 x301. Evenings are a special time for individuals with sensory sensitivities and 100 species, and allows up close, hands-on animal experiences www.firehousestage.org other needs, to visit and explore the park without the hustle and bustle of unlike any other in the state! Hand feed many domestic and exotic our crowds. Our Low Sensory evenings still provide access to all aspects animal ambassadors and get within feet of our cute, but less History of the park, animal feedings, a keeper talk, concessions, and attractions. cuddly, carnivores. Bring your camera, but keep one hand open, Visit the exhibits at one of our local museums, shop on Antique The park will close to the public at 5 p.m. and reopen at 5:30 p.m. for Row, or discover the architectural treasures of our area our Low Sensory Evening guests. Animal Adventure, 85 Martin Hill Road, to feed and make friends, with animals from around the world. (607) 760-4429 www.theanimaladventurepark.com ona self-guided Historic Cell Phone Tour. To learn more call Harpursville. (607) 760-4429 www.theanimaladventurepark.com (607) 240-5221 or visit www.pastny.org. For more self-guided 18-20: Twin Tiers International Film Festival – 3-day film festival filled with creative and inspiring films, educational filmmaking workshops, Arts & Culture tours, visit www.visitbinghamton.org/things-to-do. events, a celebrity meet and greet and capped off with a dinner and live music. Experience a vibrant and diverse landscape of artists, galleries, Outdoor Adventure Cinema Saver. 19 Madison Ave, Endicott. www.twintiersfilmfest.com 2021 music, theatre, opera, performing arts, festivals, and much more. Walk, sail, climb or hike through one of our community or county th Visit the Broome County Arts Council at https://BroomeArts.org, 18: Apple Fest – 36 Annual event featuring over 80 vendors, youth parks. To help you discover our many trails and for a complete entertainment from the Avenue – dance, karate, and drum zone – and where the Art Builds Community! fresh New York State apples. 10am-5pm. Washington Avenue, Endicott. listing visit www.GoAllOutBroome.com. (607) 748-9548 https://www.facebook.com/EndicottAppleFest Binghamton Rumble Ponies Batter up! The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, AA affiliate of the Roberson Museum and Science Center 26: Greater Binghamton Bridge Run Half-Marathon & 5K – 10th Cool off at Roberson Museum and Science Center this summer! Annual race showcasing four of the area’s historic bridges. Start/finish NY Mets, play 60 home games each year at NYSEG Stadium at NYSEG Stadium, 211 Henry Street, Binghamton. (607) 772-8860 downtown. Get a seat, grab a hot dog, and enjoy the game. For Roberson is home to a variety of family-friendly exhibitions and www.binghamtonbridgerun.org tickets and schedule information, call (607) 722-3866 or visit activities, featuring the region’s largest Public Model Train Layout TBD: Blues on the Bridge – Annual event held near the Washington www.bingrp.com. and the Historic Roberson Mansion, and more exhibitions exploring Street Bridge with performances from Noon until 10:00pm. Binghamton. science, history, and art. (607) 772-0660 www.roberson.org www.bluesonthebridge.org Carousels (closed Mon & Tues) Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally – 36th Annual As “Carousel Capital of the World” we invite you to take a spin with hot-air balloons, arts, crafts, antique cars, on one or all our six-spectacular wood-carved carousels that are Ross Park Zoo live music, and our local delicacy “Spiedies.” in area parks. With fewer than 150 carousels remaining in the The Ross Park Zoo is Broome County’s non-profit, conservation 1 Otsiningo Park, Binghamton. (607) 765-6604 U.S. and Canada, our remarkable collection is not to be missed. based zoological society. Established in 1875, the zoo is the www.spiediefest.com The admission price for a magic ride: one piece of litter. Please fifth oldest in the country and is home to leopards, red pandas, note that COVID-19 guidelines will impact the operation of wolves, penguins, otters, a Children’s Zoo and much more! Group Calendar of our carousels – please call ahead to confirm if they are open. reservations, pavilions for safe gatherings, and educational virtual www.visitbinghamton.org/things-to-do/carousels/ content is available! (607) 724-5461 www.rossparkzoo.org Chuckster’s Family Fun Park Southern Tier Balloon Tours Visit Binghamton Events Offering Hot Air balloon rides from Otsiningo Park in Binghamton, Get a hole-in-one at Chuckster’s beautifully landscaped mini-golf Five South College Drive, Suite 102 course, home of the world’s longest mini-golf hole. Other attractions NY, and St. Mary’s in Endicott NY. We also offer Hot Air balloon Binghamton, New York 13905 include laser tag, zipline, batting cages, rock climbing wall, mine rides in the surrounding Broome County region year-round. Come Phone: (800) 836-6740 sluice, jumpster, aeroball, shoot-n-shower, and aeroboard. Enjoy a fly with one of our experienced pilots and see the beautiful rolling Website: www.VisitBinghamton.org light meal and homemade gelato, ice cream, or sorbet on a fresh hills of the Southern Tier and Broome County from the air. waffle cone at the Inside Scoop! Free parking and admission. (607) 222-7620 www.stballoon.com @VisitBinghamton @bingthings (607) 748–7888 www.chucksters-vestal.com @VisitBinghamton @GreaterBinghamton Discovery Center of the Southern Tier The events listed are annual events that attract out-of-town Discover and Explore with your children in this hands-on children’s Have a visitors to our area. For a complete calendar museum where a child’s only job is PLAY! See their imaginations run wild as they examine the world around them, all while learning of events, please visit our website. as they play. An appreciation for nature and literature also grows wonderful summer! Since schedules are subject to change, please call the in our outside exhibit space, the Story Garden. (607) 773-8661 numbers provided to confirm events and times. www.thediscoverycenter.org MAY JULY 1: Binghamton Philharmonic – “May the First Be With You” – 8-9: Mother’s Day at Chuckster’s 1-4: Dick’s Sporting Goods Open Golf Tournament – Celebrating over 16-18: 44th Annual Deposit Lumberjack The orchestra is back! In a galaxy far, far away, your Family Fun Park – Mothers play 40 years of professional golf and their 12th anniversary on the Champions Festival – Annual Lumberjack competition, favorite BPO Jedi Masters will trade in their lightsabers mini-golf for free and receive a free Tour, this event attracts fan favorite golfers to our area. En-Joie Golf Course, fireworks, parade, craft fair, music, drink, for some musical instruments...and deliver you from single scoop cone at the Inside Scoop Endicott. (607) 205-1500 www.dsgopen.com midway, raft race and lots more. Free admission. the dark side with more pulse-pounding scores at Chuckster’s, 1915 Vestal Pkwy West, 1-31: Roberson’s Model Train Festival Field, Borden Street, Deposit. from the Star Wars film series. Forum Theatre, 236 Vestal. (607) 748-PUTT. Free parking. Display – The largest display of its (607) 222-9412 Washington Street, Binghamton. (607) 778-2480 www.chucksters-vestal.com kind in the region, Roberson’s model www.depositlumberjack.wixsite. www.binghamtonphilharmonic.org TBA: Broadway in Binghamton train layout depicts the landscape of com/lumberjackfestival 7: First Friday Art Walk – Visit over 45 – “The Buddy Holly Story” – Greater Binghamton and Northeastern 17: Harry Chapin Tribute – American downtown locations including: galleries, The Buddy Holly story tells the Pennsylvania during the 1950’s. singer-songwriter best known for his studios, restaurants, and shops. Celebrate true story of Buddy’s meteoric Roberson Museum and Science folk rock and pop rock songs comes Binghamton’s growing art community. 6-9pm. rise to fame, from the moment in Center, 30 Front Street, Binghamton. (607) 772-0660 www.roberson.org to the Southern Tier or an evening of Downtown Binghamton. (607) 348-0090 1957 when “That’ll Be The Day” (closed Mon & Tues) entertainment. 5pm and 9pm. Schorr https://broomearts.org/in-the-community/first-friday/ hit the airwaves until his tragic 2: First Friday Art Walk – Visit over 45 downtown locations including: Family Firehouse Stage, 48 Willow Street, Johnson City.