Wine tasting, food truck rodeo, top entertainers and traditional festival fun – all at Spencerport Canal Days July 25-26

This year’s Spencerport Canal Days celebrates its 34th year with new and old festival favorites. The party starts Friday night with the band Shine playing on the Union St. stage at 7 p.m. Other entertainers on tap for the weekend include WARM 101.3 Tony Infantino’s band, Keys to the Caddy, along with 8-days-a-Week and The Coupe D’Villes.

This is the second year for the Wine Tasting Tent, which has been expanded to include six New York wineries. The tent will be located in the Firemen’s Field adjacent to the new Farmer’s Market area and will be open both days from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This is the 25th year for the Canal Days Car Show, a popular event that draws close to 300 cars that have dated from 1919 to the present. The show takes place on Saturday at the Ferris Goodridge American Legion Post 330 at 691 Trimmer Rd., rain or shine with registration from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration is $15 per car. A shuttle bus picks up and drops off from Terry Taylor Elementary School.

Food trucks will line up along the entrance to the Firemen’s Field and will be offering everything from custom grilled cheese sandwiches to gourmet macaroni and cheese. That doesn’t mean that festival favorites like Kettle Korn and fresh squeezed lemonade won’t be available. The food trucks just add even more variety to the smorgasbord of flavors available at the festival. Several community service organizations also offer favorite fare with proceeds being used to support area projects.

One of the events that makes Spencerport Canal Days unique is the Canaligator Race. Where else can you see 1,000 rubber alligators launched off a bridge into the Erie Canal? This year’s Canaligator Race is the culminating event and will take place on Sunday, July 26 at 4:30 p.m. at the Erie Canal bridge on Union Street. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20 and available for purchase at the Information Booths on the festival site. This year’s prizes are worth hundreds of dollars and awarded to the first five and last five gators to cross the finish line.

And, shoppers will delight in visiting the over 40 crafters set up at the Firemen’s Field and numerous sidewalk sales along South Union St.

Festival-goers can make their visit easy by parking their vehicle and taking the bus. Shuttle buses will be picking up and dropping off at Terry Taylor Elementary School, 399 Ogden Parma Townline Rd., and Spencerport High School, 2707 Spencerport Rd. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26.

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