JAMESTOWN, NY – The Great American Picnic is back for another year at Southern Tier Brewing Company!

WRFA’s annual summer fundraiser is taking place Sunday, June 11 from Noon to 6 p.m. at STBC’s Empty Pint in Lakewood, NY and will once again feature live music, food, and tasty STBC beverages!

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The theme for this year’s fundraiser is “Women Who Rock” – celebrating the music from female artists and songrwiters from any era or genre.
Musical acts include:

• Miranda Wilcox – 12 p.m.
• Sixpence – 12:30 p.m.
• Catchphrase (Gavin & Sara) – 1 p.m.
• New Outfit – 1:30 p.m.
• Emily Strong & Friends – 2:05 p.m.
• The Assembly – 2:40 p.m.
• Tempus – 3:15 p.m.
• SON – 3:50 p.m.
• Marla Harris & Co. – 4:30 p.m.
• Cindy Haight & Co. – 5:10 p.m.
• Two for Flinching – 5:45 p.m.

To support WRFA, please consider purchasing a $20 ticket, which includes two complimentary STBC beers.

Hot Dogs will also be sold and there will also be a 50/50 raffle!!
(Attendees under 21 get in for free).

Our event is made possible through the generous support of Southern Tier Brewing Company, Save-A-Lot Foods, and the wonderful local musicians who volunteer their time for the performance!

Call the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts box office for Tickets – (716) 484-7070 – or buy them on line at www.RegLenna.com.

All to benefit WRFA!!

JAMESTOWN, NY – The Great American Picnic is back for another year at Southern Tier Brewing Company!

WRFA’s annual summer fundraiser is taking place Tuesday, June 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. at STBC’s Empty Pint in Lakewood, NY and will once again feature live music, food, and tasty STBC beverages!

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The theme for this year’s fundraiser is “hAll Fired Up!” – celebrating the artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame!
Musical acts include:

• Juda H. Priest (Chris Lee & Friends)
• Backlog
• Cold Lazarus
• Cindy Love & Her All Star Band
• Porcelain Bus Drivers
• Gary Peters Jr.
• Matthew Larson

To support WRFA, please consider purchasing a $20 ticket, which includes two complimentary STBC beers. Anyone with a ticket will also receive one complimentary ticket for the WRFA Gift Basket Giveaway (additional tickets can be purchased for $1 each).

The Gift Basket will include items from a variety of local businesses!

Hot Dogs will also be sold and there will also be a 50/50 raffle!!
(Attendees under 21 get in for free).

Call the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts box office for Tickets – (716) 484-7070 – or buy them on line at www.RegLenna.com.
All to benefit WRFA!!

LAKEWOOD, NY – The 2021 WRFA Great American Picnic, taking place on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at Southern Tier Brewing Company. An annual fundraiser for Community Radio in Jamestown!  This year’s fundraiser focused on music from the 90s, and featured performances from Sixpence, Bill Ward and Friends, Cindy Love, Gary Peters and Friends, Cold Lazarus, Feverhawk, and Black Tooth Grin!  Over $2600 was raised as part of the fundraising effort. Thank you to all who supported the cause!

The fifth annual WRFA Great American Picnic is set to take place at Southern Tier Brewing Co. with a theme of Music from the American South. Hosted by Ken Hardley of Rolling Hills Radio, the event will feature three hours of live music running from noon to 3 p.m.

Performers include:

• John Merino (Noon-12:20)
• Bill Ward (12:25-12:45)
• Bumpy Peterson (12:50-1:10)
• The Short Bus (1:15-1:35)
• Elektra Kings (1:40-2:00)
• Bogarts (2:05-2:25)
• Cindy Love and Ken Hardley and the Moose Club (2:30-2:50)

The performances will also be recorded and broadcast on WRFA in the coming weeks.

There is no cost to attend. Instead, a portion of all proceeds collected by Southern Tier Brewing Co. between Noon and 3 p.m. will go directly toward WRFA.

The WRFA advisory board will also be on hand selling hot dogs, WRFA T-Shirts, and 50/50 tickets. Donations will also be accepted. All ages are welcome.

It’s the Great American Picnic: Songs from the American South – happening this Sunday, June 5 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Southern Tier Brewing Co.

It will be recorded Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. in front of a live audience in the Back Room at Trinity Guitars, 800 West 3rd Street in Jamestown.

For free tickets call (716) 665 – 4490.

Cross has served as the music director for the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival since it began in 1992. He is the founder and conductor of the Chautauqua Concert Band from 1994 and is the band leader/arranger for the Chautauqua Lake Idol/Voices competition.

Cross has performed more than 5,000 concerts and musicals, has performed with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and has been a featured soloist and arranger with the Bemus Bay Pops Orchestra and the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cross was co-founder of the Jazz Vespers series and was an artist in residence for five years at Chautauqua Institution. He has been featured with guitarist/vocalist, Bill Ward in “Jazz Contribution to Christian Praise” and as a jazz soloist for several 8 p.m. sacred song services. The Chautauqua Amphitheater highlights include opening for national recording acts Waylon Jennings, Diamond Rio, Loretta Lynn, the Gatlin Brothers and Bob Newhart.

Mark Alpaugh is the General Music and Vocal instructor for George Washington Middle School. He graduated from Jamestown Community College with an Associates Degree in Applied Arts, Berklee College of Music with a Bachelors in Music Education, and SUNY Fredonia with a Masters in Music Education. Mark has also been an adjuct Ensemble Instructor for Jamestown Community College in the past. He formerly served as the pianist at Emmanual Baptist church, and has been involved in many local bands including Rhythm Express, the Babalu Band & the Bill Ward Band.

In 2009, Cindy Haight (Cindy Love) released her first, all-original CD titled “Songs of Love and Haight.” The style of the music lends to a mixture of blues – soul – folk and country, and the topics are mostly of love and the inevitable heartbreak that follows. In live performance, Cindy blends a mix of her beautiful original songs with classic country, blues and rock covers that really showcase her talent. Cindy has performed at the Great Blue Heron Music Festival for several years, with bands, solo and as part of the singer/songwriter circle. .

Featured Service Organization is Allegany Region Missions, which provides a multi-denominational Christian mission ministry to the needy of the world, through a focus on mission projects and programs in medical care, surgery, construction and education.

Hosted by Chautauqua County musician Bill Ward and presented on select Thursdays at 7:00 pm from October to May at Trinity Guitars, 800 West Third Street. Each show features the live performances of two independent artists from the Chautauqua region. Each show will also highlight a community, regional or world service organization.

For more information or to reserve seats for the “Trinity Guitars’ Back Room Radio Hour” call Trinity Guitars at (716) 665 – 4490 or email info@trinityguitars.com.

Reservations may also be made by visiting trinityguitars.com or visiting the event’s Facebook page.

The event will run from noon to 3 pm and feature music from Bill Ward, Bumpy Peterson, Cindy Love, Gary Peters & Jay Peterson, Matt Homan and Tom Swanson.

Proceeds from sales of beer and brats will benefit the organization.