Buffalo Powder Keg Festival!!!
November 24, 2009
The fact that Buffalo really doesn’t have a winterfest is kinda bizarre. After all, cities like Quebec and Montreal pride themselves on their winter wonderlands. A couple years back, Labatt took a stab at a pond hockey tournament. Now moving into its third year, the event has captured the imaginations of people who actually want to celebrate winter. This year the pond hockey tournament will be held on two days – February 27th and 28th.
Recently, there has been an additional festival in the works that organizers (myself included) are in the midst of planning. For now, it’s being called the Buffalo Powder Keg Festival – to pay homage to both the snow as well as our history of brewing.
There will be plenty of festivities planned for those two days – some of the ideas being bandied about are: Ice sculptures, snowman building contests, sleigh rides, a snow maze, hot cider booths, hot pretzels and peanuts, sledding hills, live music, snow queen contest, toboggan pulls, festival of lights, a bike race, tubing, a parade, 5k snow run, snow shoveling contest, sorority/fraternity igloo building, fireworks, snow shoeing, pancake breakfasts, curling demonstrations, a festive ball, ice snow globes, chili contest… The festival will be family friendly, with a variety of chalet inspired retreats including the wrap-around decks of the Pearl Street Brew Pub that would mimic ski chalet decks.
At this point we are looking for people who are interested in participating or volunteering for the festival. If you have suggestions we want to hear them. Also, if you have a group of people, such as a business or organization, let us know and we can brainstorm levels of involvement. I can be reached at Newell@BuffaloRising.com.
