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IGNITE lands grant to kick off Auburn's first Winter Festival

By
February 21, 2012
Winter in Auburn just got a little warmer! From 5 to 10pm March 2, Downtown Auburn will be ablaze with IGNITE the Winter! A community festival guaranteed to shake the winter blues. Music, food, carriage rides, ice sculpture demonstration, street performances and more will light up the night.

Here's what's happening!


Activities on Exchange

  • Chili/Chowder/Soup Cookoff (Vendors, Celebrity Judges) 5:00-8:00pm
  • Wagon Rides (around the Loop) 5:00-8:00pm
  • Live Ice Sculpture Demonstration (Auburn Ice Farm) 4:00-8:00pm
  • Beer & Wine (Auburn Doubledays w/Majorpalooza) 5:00-10:00pm
  • Live Entertainment on the Main Stage 5:00-10:00pm
  • Shogun Martial Arts Crowd Demonstration 6:00-8:00pm

Main Stage (South Exchange Street)

  • Cayuga Chords 5:00-5:30pm
  • Ron Spencer Band 5:30-7:30pm
  • Main Street Goes Blue Kickoff (Cayuga County Cancer Services Program) 6:00pm
  • Merry-Go-Round Youth Theater, excerpt from Jerry Finnegan's Sister 7:30-8:00pm
  • Honky Tonk Hindooz 8:00-10:00pm
  • Cookoff Awards Ceremony 8:30pm

Activities in Genesee Mall

  • Operation Safe Child (Cayuga County Sheriff's Office) 5:00-8:00pm
  • Hot Beverage Sales (Downtown Books & Coffee) 5:00-10:00pm
  • Storytelling (Downtown Books & Coffee) TBD
  • Zumba (YMCA) 5:30-7:30pm
  • Youth Crafts (YMCA) 5:30-7:30pm

Throughout Downtown

  • First Friday Business Discounts (TBD) 5:00-8:00pm
  • Auburn Photography Club Exhibition @ Auburn Public Theater 5:00-8:00pm
  • Alaska-Themed Exhibit @ The Seward House 5:00-8:00pm
  • Auburn Public Theatre House Band @ APT 5:00-6:00pm
  • Nightlite Mary @ Auburn Public Theatre 6:00-7:00pm
  • Televisionaries @ Auburn Public Theatre 7:00-8:00pm
  • Both Ends of the Rainbow exhibit @ Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center
  • Sled dogs @ Seward House

    • IGNITE the Winter will include a chili, soup and chowder cookoff, featuring dishes from some of the area's best restaurants and other organizations, along with celebrity judges and tastings by attendees! The cookoff is sponsored by The Citizen.

    The following have already signed up to participate:

    • Auburn Family Restaurant/Big Kahuna's
    • Aurora Inn
    • BOCES Culinary Arts Program
    • Connie's Deli/Auburn Fire Department
    • Daut's
    • Downtown Deli
    • Lakes Church
    • McMurphy's Irish Pub
    • Mesa Grande Taqueria
    • Oak & Vine
    • Pumpkin Hill Bistro
    • Seward House
    • Wheelhouse
    • Majorpalooza

    For event details visit the IGNITE the Winter! website and follow updates on Facebook. If you are interested in becoming a member or want to volunteer for IGNITE the Winter!, contact IGNITE at [email protected].