Founder’s Weekend
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City of Auburn Founder’s Weekend
Founder’s Day Featuring antique and classic car cruise-in, live music, block party with downtown restaurants and merchants!
The City of Auburn is pleased to announce the annual history-themed Founders Day Festival will return to a summer packed with outdoor fun in downtown Auburn and at the City’s historic and cultural sites.
Founders Day events will happen throughout the City with some taking place on Genesee Street, State Street, and Exchange Street in the center of downtown featuring various live band & dance performances, a classic car cruise-in, educational displays, and food & beverage vending. Other events will take place at historic and cultural sites throughout the City making Saturday, August 12, 2023, a day you will want plans to make the City of Auburn be your destination.
Some highlights of the 2023 Founders Day line-up include the following:
- History on Wheels Antique & Classic Auto Cruise-in featuring classic oldies music with Goodtime Charlie’s Mobile Entertainment on Genesee Street.
- Entertainment and activities including shows by Nate the Great from 11am – 1pm and the Witchy Women of the Finger Lakes at 1:30pm.
- Concerts with music acts including Gold Dust Gypsies 2-4pm; Glass Image 4-6pm; and, Dirtroad Ruckus 6-9pm.
- Events and activities at historic and cultural sites including a Summer Arts Festival with Finger Lakes Arts Council at Willard Memorial Chapel; Historic Trolley Rides hosted by the Seward House Museum; and Saturday Market vendors at the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, featuring music by Total Recall from 10am – 1pm, Jeff the Magic Man from 9am – 12pm noon, and the Mega Bubble Man Productions Playground 11:30AM – 1PM on the green space.
- A public art volunteer installation of a mirror mosaic mural will be hosted by the Auburn Downtown BID for installation on the south wall of the Auburn Public Theater from 10AM – 2PM.
- There will be several additional Founders Day details and participants announced between now and closer to the date of the event. Follow the Founders Day facebook page and webpage for details.,
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