Get Ready For One Of The Greatest Annual Art Festivals In Southern Ontario And Western New York

A Brief Forward by Niagara At Large publisher Doug Draper

Fifty-years ago this spring, a small group of residents and business owners in the Allentown Village of Buffalo, New York launched what would eventually become one of the greatest art and craft festivals on the continent.

In the 1950s, Allentown was the Buffalo equivalent of New York City’s Greenwich Village, a bohemian district of coffee cafes where poets and writers gathered, and of folk and jazz clubs – a perfect place to host an art and craft festival as, in its own 21^st century way, it still is today.

This one-of-the-first great festivals of the season is also a great way to celebrate another spring and summer season, and a great opportunity to walk through neighbourhoods in Buffalo featuring some of the best architecture in North America.

Now here are the details for the dates, times and lcocations for the 2014 edition of the Allentown Art Festival for the great organization of volunteers that host it.

Saturday and Sunday June 14^th and 15^th, 2014 | 11am – 6pm

Allentown Art Festival flowing on for blocks and blocks on Buffalo, New York’s Delaware Avenue. File photo by Doug Draper

The Allentown Art Festival takes place in the Allentown Historic Preservation District of Buffalo, New York. Tens of thousands of art patrons visit the festival to enjoy the beauty of Buffalo’s weather in June, the charm and uniqueness of the Allentown area and the quality of the art and crafts presented by the over 400 juried exhibitors.

For a map of festival locations click on https://maps.google.ca/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-ca&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&redir_esc=&gws_rd=ssl&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=ca&q=allentown+art+festival+buffalo+ny+2014&cid=11660255730273995035&sa=X&ei=gbmVU_uvF4aa8QHU5YFw&ved=0CBkQtQMwAA .

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