We need to get on the same page with scheduling to ensure that next year and in the future, we don’t have competition amongst large city-wide festivals. I’m fairly confident we have enough weekends to accommodate all of our big city events. Multiple large events strains our city services and dilutes the focus and attention that each festival so rightly deserves. It was also discouraging to see that Juneteenth barely got a mention in the Saturday, Buffalo News, while Allentown was above the fold on the front page. We can grow our City and our impact by being more thoughtful and strategic about festival planning and so much more!

Onward!