News Story on Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival

News Story on Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival
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News Story on Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival
This story is about the 51st Anniversary Edition of the Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival that started on July 29, 2022 and will continue until the 31st of July. The AmeriCU Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival is taking place at the Columbus Circle, along the intersections of East Onondaga, East Jefferson and Montgomery streets NY, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. This story is newsworthy because the event is recognized as one of the largest and most significant shows of the kind in Central New York. People come to the event to explore various arts and crafts displayed by artists as well as enjoy the festival food and lively atmosphere. Summer activities and refreshments include street performances, Mediterranean specialties, and traditional festival delicacies like wine slushies, sweet treats, Italian Ice, and etcetera. The free, family-friendly festival will have various other events happening at the same venue including the Stay Fresh Chalk Jam on Montgomery Street and the Northeast Wine and Jazz Festival by CNY Jazz at Clinton Square. The headline of this story is: “What You Are Missing as the 51st Annual AmeriCU Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival Kicks Off”.
The AmeriCU Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival is widely hailed as one of the leading events in the northeast, garnering several national accolades in its more than fifty years of history. Artists and crafters have praised the Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival as one of the top 100 shows in America in various polls and trade publications. It is no surprise then that the three-day event, the longest running festival in Downtown Syracuse, manages to attract some of the nation’s most gifted artists and craftspeople from as far away as Florida, California, and Missouri (Urban CNY News, 2022). Stephen, an artist in glass sculptures, said that this was his first time as a vendor at the festival. He was excited by the amount of business he had made from the event: “It is a record-breaking day in salesman. So, it’s fantastic. It is great, it is great”. Matt, a sculptor, stated that “this was one of my biggest festivals last year and so I just made sure I came back. But I did a few other festi...