Celebrate Winter in Buffalo
February 27-28, downtown Buffalo will be transformed into a festive winter celebration. Coinciding with the Labatt Blue Pond Hockey Tournament, the festival will feature a variety of family-friendly events and promises to become an exciting annual tradition.
It’s the stuff of winter dreams, for adults and kids alike: Gathering with friends and family to enjoy hot food and refreshments, ice skating, broom ball, snowshoeing, carriage rides, and the polar bear swim; and unique and offbeat attractions like the World’s Largest Ice Maze, igloo building, a snowshoveling contest, and snow tubing down the Skyway Seneca Street ramp.
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Events
- New Era Cap Bubble Hockey Tournament – Sign Up!
- Snowman building Competition – Sign Up!
- Snow Sculpture Building Contest – Sign Up!
- Little Tike Scavenger Hunt
- Broomball
- Snow Tennis – Sunday from 10am – 2pm in the Allpro parking lot at Pearl St. and Seneca
- Kan Jam Tourney
- Couples Rescue Sled Relay Races
- Police vs. Fire Athletic Contest
- Hashing Event – Hash Hound Harriers
- Saint Bernard Parade – Sign Up!
- Pancake Breakfast – Pearl Street Grille and Brewery
- Buffalo Historical Hike – Buffalo Hike Club
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Attractions
- Guinness Book Ice Maze – Roaming Buffaloes & Arctic Glacier Ice – Volunteer to Build!
- Skyway Seneca St. Ramp Tubing Hill
- Two Public Skating Rinks
- Kids Tent – Featuring Young Audiences of Western New York
- Pearl Street Brewery Beer Tent with Live Music featuring Ron Hawkins
- Powder Keg Beer – Pearl Street Brew Pub
- Outdoor Grill Station
- Best of Buffalo Market – Register Your Company!
- Snowshoe Rentals – Tifft Nature Preserve
- X-country ski Rentals – Campus Wheelworks
- Hot Pretzel Carts
- Hot Cider Press
- Horse and Carriage Rides – Eden Carriage Company
- Igloos Building
- Ice Sculptures
- Bike taxi
Where
Festival activities will take place in and around the southern end of downtown Buffalo, including the plaza surrounding HSBC Tower, multiple levels of the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery, neighboring parking lots, and various sites within the encompassing street grid, which will be closed to traffic during the festival. Download Map
We recommend taking the Metro Rail to benefit the environment, minimize traffic downtown, and relieve available parking.
When
The weekend of February 27th and 28th, 2010.
Who
The festival is free and open to the public, welcoming families and groups of all sizes. Some activities do require purchase or registration.
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