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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Downtown Erie set to host summer full of fun events, get the list here
Downtown Erie is gearing up for an exciting summer of community events. Leaders of the Erie Downtown Partnership and Flagship City District announced a lineup of activities Thursday. National Fuel employees team up with Erie students for Days of Doing They include sunrise yoga sessions and a variety of festivals and celebrations. Among them, the 14th Fest, Juneteenth celebration, and World Refugee Day. The Perry Square Summer Concert Series will feature a pre-party on July 3 before the city's fireworks celebration. Some new events include the first-ever Erie's Masked Singer competition and the Thirsty Thursday concert series. 'Seeds of Hope' event aims to raise awareness on women's health research 'Our Juneteenth celebration is going to be bigger this year. We have music performances, we're gonna have a community meal. Our world refugee celebration is gonna be bigger and better this year,' said Dave Tamulonis, events and marketing manager for the Erie Downtown Partnership. 'Boutique nights is gonna be a great time to get outside, do some shopping, support these local businesses, but most important, get involved with artists and some really creative elements on the street,' said Ryan Hoover, director of events and promotions for the Erie Downtown Development Corporation. For full details including dates and times, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
EMTA, EDP announce plans for 14th Fest 2025
(WJET/WFXP)– The Erie Downtown Partnership and the EMTA are bringing back one of the city's newer summer celebrations to kick off the season. The EDP and EMTA are bringing back 14th Fest as their way of kicking off the summer season in downtown Erie and all it has to offer. Upcoming Rides for the Rise Motor Music Festival aims to raise money for Erie youth The festival is once again free for all members of the community to attend, with festivities running from June 12-14 between French and Holland Streets from 5 to 10 p.m. each night. Festival goers can enjoy food and drinks from local establishments, plenty of kids' activities, and live music from Small Town Revolution at 5:30, followed by The Groove at 8 p.m. Local girl holds fundraiser for St. Jude in hopes of helping kids her age beat cancer 'EMTA is excited to continue 14th Fest for the fourth year in a row,' said EMTA CEO, Jeremy Peterson. 'It has become a tradition and we are honored to bring vibrancy to midcity with local vendors and entertainment as a way to kick off summertime in Erie. This marks the fourth year of 14th Fest. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
EDP, Flagship City District announce downtown summer events
The Erie Downtown Partnership has announced its full summer event series. Sunrise Yoga, Perry Square Summer Concerts, Movie Mondays, Pay-What-You-Can Farmers Market and more are making a comeback. The partnership is also working with the Flagship City District to present Boutique Nights, a kickball league and more special events. Organizers said they start booking talent for their live music months in advance. Grow Erie hosts open house to show off years of work at Savocchio Park 'Part of this collaboration with the downtown partnership is to kind of zoom out and look at downtown erie as a whole and find these different pockets of opportunity to collaborate and enhance each other's events and activities,' said Ryan Hoover, experience director with the Erie Downtown Development Corporation. 'It's important to us to activate our public spaces in downtown with thoughtful and engaging events that really reflect the community here in downtown erie and throughout the city to create space in our public spaces for community to happen is central to our mission,' said Dave Damulonis, events and marketing manager for the Erie Downtown Partnership. Their first summer event is Sunrise Yoga on June 4. If you would like more details on these events, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Downtown Erie goes green for annual St. Patrick's Day parade
Four-leaf clovers, leprechauns and Lucky Lou's were all found in downtown Erie Saturday afternoon as the annual St. Patrick's Day parade marched down State Street. All you could see was a sea of green along State Street and although it was pretty windy, the rain held until the very end of the parade and it was a great turnout. 'Top of the morning to you, darling,' said Michele Wheaton, Lady of Saint Patrick. 'To be Irish is to love the day, to love the land and to love everybody.' The clouds took over the skies but that didn't stop spectators from finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow … Erie's annual St. Patrick's Day parade stepped off in downtown Erie, marking their largest parade since the pandemic. Over 75 groups decked themselves out in every shade of green and showed off their festive floats. 'We have marching bands, we have performers, we have families that just get together and march together. It's a great spot to witness everything that's great about our community. It's for Irish heritage but it also to celebrate everything that's great about Erie,' said Dave Tamulonis, events & marketing manager for the erie downtown partnership. In partnership with the Erie Downtown Partnership, the parade was hosted by the Knights and Ladies of Saint Patrick. 'Its inception was in 1987 and it was meant to bring people to Saint Patrick's and cause a little bit of a family to grow and it has done its job well,' Wheaton said. Wheaton said she was looking forward to having some green beer after the parade but by this time, some spectators already had their fair share. 'We are enjoying ourselves in beautiful downtown Erie on this windy day,' said Claire Baillie, a parade spectator. 'We are celebrating St. Patrick's Day!' 'Having green eggs in the morning it's a tradition now and just hanging out with friends and enjoying the beautiful Erie atmosphere,' said Katie Teschler, a parade spectator. Best friends Claire and Katie were sure to make time for the parade and brought plenty of Irish spirit. 'In these times that we have in sadness, there is happiness on the other side of the rainbow,' Baillie said. And no matter your background, one thing's for sure, everyone is Irish this weekend. 'We got all the green that we had and wore it,' said Emma Henry, another spectator. 'May the road rise to meet you, may the sun always be at your back and may the devil not know that you're dead until you're well on your way to heaven,' Wheaton said. 'Happy Saint Patrick's Day!' A group of high school girls went on to say. Myself and our very own JET 24 crew also made an appearance in the parade. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Families enjoy Disney Day in downtown Erie
Families gathered downtown Sunday afternoon to celebrate all things Disney. The Erie Downtown Partnership (EPD) held two events in an effort to create accessible and family-friendly events for the community. A Frozen watch party was held at the Masonic Temple of Erie where families could enjoy a movie, snacks, and face painting free of charge. A short distance away, there was a Disney-themed skating event at the downtown Erie Community Skating Rink where skaters could listen to their favorite Disney music. 'We have a snowglobe experience. we have free face painting, we have my best friends Ana and Olaf here. the kids all get frozen prizes. we have free popcorn,' said Emily Fetcko, CEO of the EDP. Next weekend, part two of the winter carnival will be held in Perry Square. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
