Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity

ALBANY, NY (06/20/2008)(readMedia)-- The "Festival on the Erie", a traveling music festival, will perform along the Erie Canal beginning Saturday, June 21 at Lock E-20 in Marcy and make its way east to Waterford, New York, to entertain crowds at the Farmer's Market on Sunday, June 29.

The Festival is being organized by the Boys of Wexford, LLC, in conjunction with the New

York State Canal Corporation and will feature more than 20 well-known regional and international Irish and folk musicians. The schedule is as follows:

Date - Location - Time

June 21 - Lock E-20, Marcy - 1:00pm-5:00pm

June 21 - Ilion Marina - 6:00pm

June 22 - Gems Along the Mohawk, Herkimer - 3:00pm

June 22 - North Broadalbin - 7:00pm

June 23 - Utica - 7:00pm

June 24 - Arkell Museum, Canajoharie - 7:00pm

June 25 - Loopies Pub, Tribes Hill - 7:00pm

June 26 - American Legion, Broadalbin - 7:00pm

June 27 - Riverlink Park, Amsterdam - 7:00pm

June 28 - Freedom Park, Scotia - 7:00pm

June 29 - Waterford Visitor Center, Waterford - 11:00am

Members of the media, including photographers, are invited to attend.

For more information regarding this event, please call Mike McGarry with the Boys of Wexford LLC at 860-570-1312.

The New York State Canal System is comprised of four historic waterways, the Erie, the Champlain, the Oswego and the Cayuga-Seneca Canals. Spanning 524 miles across New York State, the waterway links the Hudson River, Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes and the Niagara River with communities rich in history and culture.

The Canal Corporation is a proud supporter of the 2009 Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, a year long celebration designed to commemorate 400 years of progress in the Empire State. For information regarding the Quadricentennial, please visit www.exploreny400.com.

For boating information, vacation opportunities and events along the NYS Canal System, please call 1-800-4CANAL4 or visit www.nyscanals.gov.

The New York State Thruway Authority/Canal Corporation offers a free email service called TRANSalert to its customers via email or text messaging to inform them of major incidents and emergencies that may affect travel on the Thruway or navigation on the Canal System. To sign up for the Canal TRANSalert service, customers can visit the Corporation's website at www.nyscanals.gov/tas/. To sign-up for Thruway TRANSalerts please visit the Authority's website at www.nysthruway.gov/tas/.

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