{"id":15096,"date":"2015-08-31T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=15096"},"modified":"2015-08-31T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T14:20:20","slug":"2015-jamestown-labor-day-festival-is-sunday-sept-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/2015-jamestown-labor-day-festival-is-sunday-sept-6\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Jamestown Labor Day Festival is Sunday Sept. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15097\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/2015-jamestown-labor-day-festival-is-sunday-sept-6\/labor_day_2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?fit=800%2C1236&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1236\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;LABOR_DAY_2015&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LABOR_DAY_2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?fit=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?fit=663%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-15097\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?resize=314%2C485&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"LABOR_DAY_2015\" width=\"314\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?resize=663%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-poster.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>JAMESTOWN &#8211; Mayor <strong>Sam Teresi<\/strong> and the <strong>Labor Day Festival Committee<\/strong> have announced that the 36th Annual Greater Jamestown Labor Day Festival will be held Sunday, September 6, 2015, from noon until 9:00 p.m. at <strong>Bergman Park<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Greater Jamestown Labor Day Festival<\/strong> is a community celebration designed to honor the labor force of the city and surrounding area. All money raised is used to directly fund festival activities and support the host of non-profit community service agencies who participate.<\/p>\n<p>Committee organizers are recommending that festival participants get to the park early enough to reserve a prime location on the lawn in front of the main stage in order to be in the middle of the fireworks extravaganza by <strong>Zambelli Fireworks Internationale<\/strong>, which begins when the final band, <strong>Two For Flinching<\/strong>, finishes its performance around 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet to Bergman Park early Sunday, September 6th. Pick your spot on the lawn in front of the main stage. Get some food. Visit the vendors and crafters. Take the kids to play some games. Then enjoy the biggest fireworks display the region has to offer. The only way is to be right in the middle of all the action,\u201d said Mayor Teresi.<\/p>\n<p>People parking their cars at Bergman Park will receive a ticket to enter into a drawing at the Information Booth for a chance to win a $100 Visa Gift card that is being sponsored by <strong>Ahlstrom Schaeffer Electric Corporation<\/strong>. Ahlstrom Schaeffer provides electrical services for industrial, commercial, institutional and construction businesses. There will also be two chances to win a season ticket for the <strong>Southern Tier Xpress Hockey League<\/strong> games. Parking is $5.00. The prize drawing will take place at on the Main Stage just prior to the fireworks show.<\/p>\n<p>Live music begins at noon and will be featured on two stages. The lineup includes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Stage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12:30 \u2013 2:00 p.m. The Bogarts<\/li>\n<li>2:30 \u2013 4:00 p.m. Teachers, Preachers &amp; Trent<\/li>\n<li>5:00 \u2013 6:30 p.m. We Speak Canadian<\/li>\n<li>7:00 \u2013 8:30 p.m. Two For Flinching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second Stage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12:00 \u2013 1:00 p.m. Jamestown Harmony Express<\/li>\n<li>1:30 \u2013 2:30 p.m. Razz &amp; the JCC Band, featuring Victoria McIlvain on vocals<\/li>\n<li>3:00 \u2013 4:00 p.m. Davis &amp; Eng<\/li>\n<li>5:00 \u2013 6:00 p.m. No Limit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Food Court opens at noon with all profits from the concessions benefitting not-for-profit organizations in the Greater Jamestown Area. All organizations will be selling Pepsi products. In addition, there will be a wine and beer dining tent sponsored by Game Time Sports Bar &amp; Grill for attendees 21 and older.<\/p>\n<p>Chautauqua Striders will hold the annual <strong>Dan Feather Memorial 5k Run\/Walk<\/strong> at 9:30 a.m. with registration starting at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Arts &amp; Crafts fair begins at 11 a.m. and will feature over 20 vendors from all over Western New York and some vendors from Pennsylvania. All vendors are required to sell hand-made items.<\/p>\n<p>Free Pepsi Bingo games will take place in the main pavilion starting at noon. Free kids carnival games including a bounce house by Eventz by Scott will start at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Jamestown Area Central Labor Council AFL-CIO<\/strong> will present a deserving member of the area workforce the <strong>George Ritzer Labor Award<\/strong> at 4 p.m. on the main stage.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsors of the Labor Day Festival include the City of Jamestown, Media One Group, Ahlstrom-Schaeffer, Pepsi of Jamestown, IBEW Local 106, and Jamestown Area Central Labor Council AFL-CIO.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on Festival events, visit the City\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/jamestownny.net\">jamestownny.net<\/a> or call the Parks Department at 483-7523.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; Mayor Sam Teresi and the Labor Day Festival Committee have announced that the 36th Annual Greater Jamestown Labor Day Festival will be held Sunday, September 6, 2015, from noon until 9:00 p.m. at Bergman Park. The Greater Jamestown Labor Day Festival is a community celebration designed to honor the labor force of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":15098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"2015 Jamestown Labor Day Festival is Sunday Sept. 6","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[4266,2654,5623,942,4206,2656,1145,5621,1984,5622,2658,2206,2291,3133,4205],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-Labor-Day-Fest-banner.jpg?fit=1122%2C575&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-3Vu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19382,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/2016-jamestown-labor-day-festival-is-sunday-sept-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":15096,"position":0},"title":"2016 Jamestown Labor Day Festival is Sunday, Sept. 4","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi and the Labor Day Festival Committee have announced that the 37th Annual Greater Jamestown Labor Day Festival. 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