16 BUFFALO Coca-ColaCoca-Cola FieldField Saturday, September 2nd • 12 - 9pm Buffalo,Buffalo, NYNY Sunday, September 3rd • 12 - 7pm Labor Day Weekend Like us on Facebook, #Wingfest17 facebook.com/BuffaloWingFestival Check in at National Buffalo #Wingfest17 Wing Festival 2017! Produced by Just Wing It Productions, Inc. Welcome to Buffalo, NY DUFF’S FAMOUS WINGS 2017 INDUCTEES The DUFFS story has roots dating back to 1946, 18 years before our beloved chicken wing was even born, when Louise Duffney Drew Cerza opened a little Gin Mill in Amherst, which “Wing King” would one day become DUFFS Famous Festival Founder Wings. You must fast forward to 1969 though, to get to the real meat of this story. That’s when The National Buffalo Wing Festival celebrates “Buffalo Wings”, which this local tavern began serving wings. About have become a national food icon. Invented in 1964 at the world famous 20 pounds or so each week, a lot in those Anchor Bar by Frank and Teresa Bellissimo, of Buffalo, NY is the official days, but nothing compared to the 70,000 Duff’s still operates that original Amherst “Home of the Chicken Wing”. The popularity of the chicken wing has made pounds that crossed the collective counters location, featuring the same excellence and it America’s #1 appetizer. Last year alone over 13.5 billion wings were con- of all Duff’s Restaurants, during the week tradition that Louise Duffney introduced sumed by Americans, 1.25 billion on Super Bowl Weekend alone. running up to this year’s Super Bowl. back in 1969. But not sitting on their laurels, In 2001, actor Bill Murray playing Frank Detorre starred in one of his Duff’s reputation began building steam in in 2010, the producers of the Travel Channel’s notoriously eclectic movies entitled, “Osmosis Jones.” In this film Murray the 80s, when locals began making it their Food Wars TV program challenged Duffs to played the part of an average Joe addicted to fried food and other artery- destination for “Buffalo’s best” wings. In “take on Buffalo’s long-time arch rival in a clogging fares, who was heading to Buffalo New York for… of all things… 1985, that claim to fame saw DUFF’s man- head-on competition.” One can’t help but ..a chicken wing festival. Well, as we all know, at that time there WAS NO agement modify their branding to Duff’s wonder, if DUFF’S victory in that televised CHICKEN WING FESTIVAL in Buffalo, NY…..at least not yet. “Famous Wings.” 1985, was a memorable event, had something to do with President Buffalo News columnist Donn Esmonde heard about the Murray year in Buffalo history: On January 18th Obama’s visit to their Cheektowaga store, movie, and wondered, “why isn’t there an annual National Wing Fest in Mayor Jimmy Griffin told Buffalonians to just a few weeks later. Yes, the President Buffalo?” Esmonde wrote a column suggesting that there should be “Stay inside, grab a 6-pack and watch a good of the United States came calling, shak- such a festival, as a way of staking a claim to what is rightfully a Buffalo football game,” as more than 33” of snow ing hands, kissing babies and ordering “10 creation. I read that article and called Donn the very next day, agreeing pounded the Queen City, that day. A few to go.” More expansion followed in 2014, with the columnist’s theory. Donn then wrote about my Wing Fest plan months later, remarkable winds whipped when Duff’s partnered with the Buffalo Bills, in a subsequent column, asking the community for its support. That was through the Queen City, when 43 tornados bringing a version of Duff’s Famous Wings to 16 years ago since then we have had 930,000 attendees, almost 4.5 mil- kicked things up, in and about WNY. Three Ralph Wilson Stadium. Today, DUFF’S boasts lion wings weighing more than 172 tons, we have had 220 participating or four of those peaked as F3s or F4s, with 5 Buffalo-area locations, one in Rochester, restaurants, $345,000 in charitable contributions and yes, even a wedding winds topping 250 MPH. another in suburban Dallas, 3 locations oper- ceremony. How appropriate then, that 1985, also be a ating in Toronto and their most recent fran- The Wingfest has drawn the attention of media throughout the world, year that recorded record heat. Not summer chised location blazing a trail in the Atlanta including many appearances on CNN, The Travel Channel, The View and heat, but rather the heat emanating from suburb of Newnan, GA. Like it’s sauce, so too, Regis and Kelly, NBC’S Today Show, and was also the subject for a PBS DUFF’S growing reputation, for serving the is this true, for the brand. Congratulations to Documentary. hottest wings in town. Ron and Joe Duff and to Jeff and Kirk Feather, The festival also drew the attention of the Food Network as Food Icon The Anchor Bar forever lays claim to start- proud owners of Duff’s Famous Wings and Bobby Flay came to Buffalo for a chicken wing throwdown and Emeril ing it all, but by the mid-80s, DUFF’S was this year’s inductees into the National Buffalo Lagasse filmed the festival for a show on Buffalo Wings. already getting credit for perfecting what the Wing Hall of Flame. The National Buffalo Wing Festival has become one of the best culi- Anchor Bar began. Duffs was already estab- Stan Friedman, Chairman nary road trips in America. Last year we tracked visitors from all 50 states lishing itself far and wide, not just amongst National Buffalo Wing Hall of Flame and 34 different countries. All for the love of the “Buffalo Wing”. Buffalonians, as the destination for “best in September 1, 2017 Thanks for joining us this Labor Day Weekend as we celebrate the 16th class” traditional hot chicken wings. annual National Buffalo Wing Festival. “Keep Wingin’ It” DREW CERZA Admission $5. The “Wing King” Children 8 and under FREE courtesy of Keybank. 2 National Buffalo Wing Festival FESTIVAL SPONSORS Hot Sponsors Event Sponsors Buffalo Boosters Media Sponsors 2017 Benefiting Charities The National Buffalo Wing Festival has raised over $345,000 for local charities. Thank you for your support! National Buffalo Wing Festival 3 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Main Stage Schedule Main Stage Schedule Saturday, September 2, 2017 SUNDAY, September 3, 2017 12:00PM Festival Opens 12:30PM 5k awards ceremony 12:30PM Miss Buffalo Wing 1:00PM Baby Wing Competition 1:30PM Amateur Creative Sauce-Off 1:30PM Dennis George - Quiz Master 2:00PM Amateur Traditional Sauce-Off 2:00PM Heavenly Chilbillies Blues Band 3:00PM Bobbing for Wings 2:30PM College Wing Eating Competition 4:00PM Dennis George - Quiz Master Show 3:00PM Bobbing for Wings 4:30PM Amateur Wing Eating Championship 3:30PM Heavenly Chilbillies Blues Band 5:00PM Restaurant Awards Ceremony 4:00PM XXX Hot Wing Eating Contest 5:30PM Buffalo Buffet Competitive Eating Contest 4:30PM Heavenly Chilbillies Blues Band 6:30PM Live Country Music: Ransomville 5:00PM United States Chicken Wing Eating Championship 7:30PM Live Country Music: Eric Van Houten 5:45PM Dennis George - Quiz Master 8:00PM Dennis George - Quiz Master Show 6:00PM Heavenly Chilbillies Blues Band 9:00PM Closing Ceremonies 6:30PM Heavenly Chilbillies Blues Band 7:00PM Closing Ceremonies Main Stage House Bands “Official Festival “Official Festival Supplier” Sat., September 2 SUN., September 3 Fry Oil” Ransomville Heavenly Chilbillies 6:30 Blues Band Eric Van Houten 4:30, 6:00, 6:30 7:30 “Official Festival Hot Sauce” Special thanks to and all of the volunteers for making the Wing Festival possible! 4 National Buffalo Wing Festival There’s still time to grab a spot at the Located in ( 2 HOURS) RightPARTY Field Bleachers • Festival Admission / PERSON Also Includes: • First $Beverage (Wine, Beer or Cocktail) • Free beverage tasting • Commemorative Wingfest Cup • PrivateDECK VIP cash bar • Commemorative • Private seating “Wingfest Great Plate” • Wingfest VIP Badge • $5 off festival T-Shirt 30 * Must be 21 and over to enter. 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French Rd, Suite 114 Amherst, NY 14228 716-636-0484 6 National Buffalo Wing Festival Exchange St. Festival Entrance T-Mobile sponsors Marie’s Great Plate and vendors Direct TV Entertainment Filter Leaf in entertainment Tickets area Zone Admission Barefoot Wine Tent Visitor’s I Love NY Media Center Check-In Covered seating Consumer’s for eating “Official Festival Pub at the Park Check-In Wine” Volunteer Northeast Mechanical Restrooms Cooling Zone Misting Tent National Buffalo Wing Festival 7 RESTAURANT MENU Anchor Bar Danny’s South Hard Rock Cafe Perry’s Ice Cream Buffalo, NY Orchard Park, NY Niagara Falls, NY Akron, NY Medium ( Original ) Chicken Wing Soup Classic Rock Wing Sauce Ice Cream Novelties Hotter Peanut Butter Pie Hickory BBQ Sauce Charbroiled Chipotle BBQ Tailgator Wings (Spicy Cajun) Tangy BBQ Sauce Pop In Bob’s Kettle Corn Spicy Garlic Parmesan General TSO’s Heavy Metal Sauce Clarence, NY Habanero Ranch (NEW dry rub) Honey Kettle Corn Dirty Buffalo Krista’s Kitchen Bocce Club Pizza Buffalo NY Scallywags Grub & Spirits Amherst, NY Doc Sullivan’s Carribean Sauces Derby, NY Buffalo, NY BBQ Wings Watermelon Captain’s Candy Apple Smitty Style Medium Wings Gator Hot Garlic Cajun Wings Millie’s