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The 2018 Great American Picnic takes place Tuesday, June 26 at Southern Tier Brewing Co. Here’s an image from the 2015 event.\u00a0 (Photo courtesy of Andy Palermo)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

LAKEWOOD – An annual fundraising event for the only locally owned, non-religious radio station in Chautauqua County will be taking place Tuesday night, June 26 in Lakewood.<\/p>\n

WRFA<\/strong> and the Southern Tier Brewing Co<\/strong>. are teaming up to present the seventh annual Great American Picnic<\/strong> \u2013 an evening of friends, food and live music from a variety of local and regional performers. This year\u2019s theme is “I Love the 80s!”<\/p>\n

The Great American Picnic will begin at 5 p.m. at the home of the Southern Tier Brewing Co. (2072 Stoneman Circle, Lakewood, NY) and will feature a wide variety of musical acts.<\/p>\n

Musical entertainment for this year includes The Porcelain Bus Drivers<\/strong>, We Speak Canadian<\/strong>, Bill Ward<\/strong>, Feverhawk<\/strong>, Steve Davis & Friends<\/strong>, Cheers for Beers<\/strong> (Gary Peters, Jay Peterson, Dan Witherspoon, Steve Davis and more!), and Rebecca McIlvain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Many of the performances will also be recorded and broadcast on WRFA.<\/p>\n

All the music that will be played during the four-hour event will be songs from the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Tickets to this exclusive event are $20 each and include two complimentary beers from Southern Tier. In addition, the WRFA Advisory Board will also be on hand selling hotdogs, raffle tickets, and letting attendees get their photo taken with a vintage 80s convertible.<\/p>\n

The event continues until 9 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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