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!
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!
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The Great American Picnic is back! WRFA’s annual summer fundraiser is taking place Tuesday, June 22 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, NY and will once again feature live music, food, and tasty STBC beverages!
The theme for this year’s fundraiser is “We Love the 90s!” – celebrating the music and songs from the 1990s. Musical acts include:
- Black Tooth Grin
- Cold Lazarus
- Feverhawk
- Gary & Legit Musicians
- Bill Ward
- Cindy Love
- Sixpence
To support WRFA, please consider purchasing a $20 ticket, which includes two complimentary STBC beers and one complimentary ticket for the WRFA Gift Basket Giveaway, featuring items from a variety of local businesses including National Comedy Center/Lucy-Desi Center, BioDome Project, Brindle Barn, Chautauqua Music, Full Moon Rising Bakery, Jamestown Skate Products, Jamestown Tarp Skunks, Liquid Monkey, Reg Lenna Center for the Arts and WRFA!
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.
ABOUT WRFA: WRFA is a listener supported, non-commercial, low power FM radio station provided as a public service by the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts. It is dedicated to providing access to the arts, cultural and educational programming and a forum for the discourse of both national and local public affairs. Funding for WRFA comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, corporate underwriting, and donations from individuals and groups in the community. It broadcasts at 107.9 FM in Jamestown and also streams worldwide at WRFALP.com.
]]>JAMESTOWN – Reg Lenna Center for the Arts and WRFA radio presents a special holiday program in December.
Home for the Holidays 3: Christmas with The Reg premiered on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. with the full video now available for viewing on the WRFA youtube channel.
Hosted by the Reg Lenna’s Len Barry, the program was produced inside the Reg Multimedia Studio and features musical performances by Gary Peters Jr., The Porcelain Bus Drivers, Bill Ward with Adam McKillip, Cold Lazarus, and Sue Tillotson & Jim Cunningham with Michael Hart.
Enjoy a mix of standards, pop, rock, folk and Celtic songs of the season at your home!
Donations to support the program and Reg Lenna/WRFA Radio are appreciated.
Home for the holidays 3: Christmas with the Reg is made possible through the support of Summit Wealth Management, The Office of Dr. Vejendla, and UPMC Chautauqua.
]]>WRFA’s Great American Picnic at the Southern Tier Brewing Company on June 18, 2019 – celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Featuring music from Bill Ward and Friends, Cold Lazarus, Gary Peters Jr. and Friends, Steve Davis and Friends, Feverhawk, and Astroglide (members of We Speak Canadian, Two for Flinching, and Porcelain Busdrivers).
Cam Glosser’s photo of the Toronto skyline is one of the more than 100 art pieces for sale in this year’s Over 100, Under 100 art show at 3rd on 3rd Gallery.
JAMESTOWN – Over 100 Under 100 holiday art show opens Nov. 10 at 3rd on 3rd Gallery.
The annual Over 100 Under 100 local and regional art exhibit will open Saturday, Nov. 10 with a free public reception at 6 p.m. Each piece of artwork is priced at $100 or lower in order to encourage holiday gift-givers and art lovers to shop locally. The show is scheduled to run through December 22.
Featured artists include: Sandy Pickert, Mandy Gervaise, Stephanie Zwyghuizen, Kathleen Tenpas, Don Hill, Lauren McGrath, Peter Garami, Wendy Bale, Lyn Harris, Debra Eck, Ashley Ordines, Gary Peters Jr., Susan Gutierrez, Karen Glosser, Cam Glosser and Katherine Stuart.
3rd on 3rd Gallery is located at 108 E. 3rd St. and is part of Reg Lenna Center for The Arts. The Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Over 100 Under 100 will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Exhibitions at 3rd on 3rd Gallery are made possible by support from The New York State Council on the Arts. For more information visit RegLenna.com.
]]>Sgt. Peters’ Lonely Hearts Club Band (Gary Peters Jr., Jay Peterson, Dan Witherspoon, Drew Minton, Kyle Gustafson) perform set no. 4 at the 2017 WRFA Great American Picnic at the Southern Tier Brewing Co. in Lakewood, NY – a fundraiser for WRFA LP 107.9 FM in Jamestown NY on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Featuring Music from The Summer of Love.
Sound engineer: Steve Chapel
Recording made possible by Ed Tomassini
Sgt. Peters’ Lonely Hearts Club Band
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LAKEWOOD – WRFA’s biggest fundraiser of the year is happening Tuesday, June 27 in Lakewood!
The sixth annual WRFA Great American Picnic is set to take place at Southern Tier Brewing Co., celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Summer of Love!
The event will feature over three hours of live music running from 5 to 9 p.m.
Participating acts include:
- Cold Lazarus
- Ken Hardley and the Moose Club
- Bill Ward
- John Merino
- Gary Peters Jr.
- and more!
The performances will also be recorded and broadcast on WRFA in the coming weeks.
The cost to attend is $20 and includes two courtesy beers from Southern Tier. Anyone under 21 is admitted free of charge. All proceeds will benefit WRFA.
Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online, at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts box office, or at the brewery the day of the event.
]]>Peterson, Peters, Erickson & Clark performs set no. 5 at the 2015 WRFA Great American Picnic at the Southern Tier Brewing Co. in Lakewood, NY – a fundraiser for WRFA LP 107.9 FM in Jamestown NY.
Featuring a tribute to the Music of Motown with opening remarks by WRFA GM Dennis Drew and hosted by Ken Hardley. Recorded May 31, 2015.
(From left to right): Cindy Love, Jay Peterson, Gary Peters and Jeff Erickson (not shown is drummer Matt Clark) perform as Peters, Peterson, Erickson and Clark as part of the 2015 WRFA Great American Picnic at the Southern Tier Brewing Company. (Photo courtesy of Andy Palermo)
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