What are some top annual festivals and events in Chautauqua & Lake Erie NY?
Some of Chautauqua County's top annual festivals and events include:
- The Chautauqua Institution nine-week summer season, which features hundreds of individual events, from popular entertainment, to lectures, theater, opera, and much more.
- The Lily Dale Assembly season also takes place during the summer with a full schedule of workshops and seminars highlighted by special events featuring some of the leading names in spirituality.
- The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival in Jamestown boasts over 50 live events and attracts more than 15,000 attendees each August.
- More summer festival and event highlights are the Art Trail Hub Crawl Weekends, Merritt Winery's Strawberry Festival, Dunkirk's Music on the Pier, the Great Blue Heron Music Festival, Wild America Nature Festival at Panama Rocks, the Gerry Rodeo, Chautauqua County Fair, Findley Lake Harvest Festival, and numerous others.
- The Peek'n Peak Fall Festival takes place over two weekends in October and headlines the fall lineup. Other top fall events include the Festival of Grapes in Silver Creek, Red White & Blues Festival in Fredonia, Bemus Point Fall Festival, Busti Apple Festival, Panama Rocks Foliage Festival, and Lake Erie Wine Country Harvest Weekends.
- Top winter festivals include the Mayville Winterfest featuring the famous Chautauqua Lake Ice Castle, the Fire and Ice Celebration at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel, Wine & Chocolate Weekends in Lake Erie Wine Country, and many others. Regular winter events such as public skating and ice bumper cars at Northwest Arena, and Sleigh and Wagon Rides at Chautauqua Institution provide opportunities for family fun throughout much of the winter.
- Top spring festivals and events include Audubon Lights, Maple Weekends, Peek'n Peak Spring Fest, the BANFF Mountain Film Festival, Bemus is Blooming, plus many others.