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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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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
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
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
EDDC kickball league returning for summer 2025
(WJET/WFXP)– One of Erie's newest summer staples is returning for another year of fun in the sun with friends. The Erie Downtown Development Corporation is bringing back the summer kickball league as part of their Flagship City Sports & Sips series and registration is now open. New signage seen around Liberty Park, Highmark Amphitheater takes new name The league kicks off the week of June 2 and goes until the week of July 21 with teams made of 7-10 people playing each Monday or Wednesday night, whichever they choose, in Perry Square. Teams will also get special offers from Ippa Pizza with $10 to-go 6-packs of domestic beer and Hazards Mini Golf and Social Pub selling $5 specialty cocktails and happy hour specials Playhouse for All program returns, offering discounted prices for ACCESS card holders 'Kickball is an invitation to experience downtown in a whole new way—with friends, fun, and a little friendly competition,' said Ryan Hoover, Experience Director at the Erie Downtown Development Corporation. 'We're excited to see kickball players return to Perry Square for another great summer of Kickball.' Registration will cost $450 per team and is open until May 31. You can sign up for your spot Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
