Saturday, Sept. 18: Festivals galore in CNY today

Festa Italiana is just one of numerous festivals taking place this weekend (Photo JMW73 Flickr)

This weekend offers music lovers a wide variety of festivals featuring live music, great food, and much more. Here's a list of all the great events taking place this last weekend of summer.

• Festa Italiana in downtown Syracuse in front of City Hall - featuring Augie Collacchi (2 p.m.), Dance Centre North (3:15 p.m.), Bill Ali with Kathy Santangelo (4:30 p.m.), Jimmy Cavallo (6 p.m.), Rinaldo Toglia (8 p.m.), and Prime Time (9 p.m.)
• Tipperary Hill Music Festival with Joe Driscoll, The Z-Bones, Tim Herron, The Tom Dooley Choraliers, Dusty Pas’Cal, Sirsy and others at Pass Aboretum, Syracuse (noon to 7 p.m.)
• Utica Music and Arts Fest at various venues in downtown Utica
• Dark Hollow, Donna the Buffalo, Soul Risin', Master Thieves, and the Salt City Ramblers at Ski Caz Jam Cazenovia Ski Club, Cazenovia - 2 to 11 p.m.
• 3rd Annual Last Daze of Summer Festival with Hot Day At The Zoo, U-Melt, The Breakfast, MAAZE, Interstellar Funkateers, Lucid, The Found, The Townies, Dutch Bucket System and Tim Palmieri  at Sterling Stage Kampitheater, Sterling
• 64th Annual Jordan Fall Festival with The Flyin’ Column and the Jordan-Elbridge Marching Eagles on Beaver Street Stage, Jordan (4 to 9 p.m.)
• Fritz's Polka Band at Salmon River Festival - 9:45 a.m. and later at Federweisser Festival at Anthony Road Wine Company (1 p.m)

Also today

• Golf Tournament Post-Party with Soul Traders at The Cascade Grill On Owasco Lake, Moravia (7 p.m.)
• 3rd Annual Sacred Heart Parish Family Picnic & Pig Roast with Anne Adessa, Robin Munn & Sue Alexander at Owasco Fire Department Pavilion, Auburn (3:30 p.m.)
• High School Marching Band Competition with Auburn Vanguard, Phoenix Firebirds, Cicero-North Syracuse Northstars and others at Cicero North Syracuse High School, Syracuse (7 p.m.)
• Scott Dixon Presents His 2,000th Show with The Flashing Astonishers, The Scaret Ending, Bad Cops, Stay Six and Mike Roy at  Lost Horizon, Syracuse
•  Colleen Kattau & Some Guys at Kellish Farm Music Barn, Manlius
• Musical Homage to Theodore Roosevelt at Smith Opera House (82 Seneca St., Geneva). Starts at 7:30 p.m., general admission $15.
• Merrill Amos at the Red House (201 S. West St.) - 8 p.m., admission $5.
• Colleen Kattau and Some Guys at Kellish Hill Farm (3192 Pompey Center Road, Manlius) - 8 p.m., admission $10.
• Johannes Linstead at Center for the Arts (72 S. Main St., Homer) - 8 p.m., general admisssion $25.
• Same Blood Folk at Earlville Opera House (18 E. Main St., Earlville) - 8 p.m., general admission $10.

At the Clubs

• The Beginnings II (6897 Manlius Center Rd., East Syracuse) – About Time Band featuring Sheela Tucker
• Buffalo’s (2119 Downer St., Baldwinsville) – Headin’ South, 9 p.m.
• Buttonwood Grove Winery (5986 Route 89, Romulus) - Donna Colton, 1 p.m.
• CJ's Pub (8902 South Seneca St., Weedsport) - Tiger and Mike Place, 9 p.m.
• Candlelight Bar and Restaurant (380 S. Railroad St., Parish) - Brian McArdell and Mark Westers, 10 p.m.
• The Cascades Grill (2846 Firelane One, Moravia) – Soul Traders, 7 p.m.
• Cedar House Bowling Lanes (813 West Genesee St., Skaneateles) - Molly Shea Band, 9 p.m.
• Club 48 (266 Route 48, Fulton) – F5, 10 p.m.
• Cornerstone Restaurant and Bar (6805 Main St., Redcreek) – Johnny Rage, 9:30 p.m.
• Creekside Books and Coffee (25 Fennell St., Skaneateles) - The Sloppy Joes, 7:30 p.m.
• Cross Lake Marina Restaurant (Jordan Rd., Cato) - Gary Dunes Band, 9 p.m.
• Dilaj’s (Route 34, Auburn) – Timeline, 8 p.m.
• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (246 W. Willow St.) – Teagan & The Tweeds
• The Dog House (500 Columbia St., Utica) – Catastrophe Me, 6 p.m.; Augustine, 8 p.m.
• Edgewater, 2 Oswego St., Baldwinsville) – Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook, 10 p.m.
• Fireside Inn (2345 W. Genesee Rd., Baldwinsville) – Smokin’, 6 p.m.
• Fusion Room (3705 Brewerton Rd., North Syracuse) – Stone Albatross, 10 p.m.
• Gas Pump Tavern (1931 Fayette St.) - Tommy Barr, 8 p.m.
• Hotch’s Sports Bar ( 8081 Brewerton Rd., Cicero) - Smokin’ Worm, 9:30 p.m.
• Jake’s Grub and Grog (7 E. River Rd., Brewerton) – Decree, 9 p.m.
• King Arthur's Pub (7 W. Bridge St., Oswego) – Damdog, 8 p.m.
• Knoxie’s Pub (Route 20, Pompey) – Fully Loaded Band, 9 p.m.
• LWB'S Camillus Grill (72 Main St., Camillus) - S.O.S., 9 p.m.
• Limp Lizards (4628 Onondaga Blvd., Geddes) – Frank Malfa and Mike Burns, 9 p.m.
• Mac’s Bad Art Bar (1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale) – Trial By Fire, 10 p.m.
• Matt’s Draft House (172 Route 28, Inlet) – Jimmy Wolf, 5 p.m.
• Milk Plant Tavern (1006 Route 26, West Leyden) - Fulton Chain Gang, 9 p.m.
• Monirae’s (688 County Route 10, Pennellville) – Kiss Alive, 10 p.m.
• O’Donnell’s Pub and Grill (715 Varick St., Utica) - 2 Hour Delay, 9:30 p.m.
• Old Forge Fire Department (116 Fulton St., Old Forge) - Chris Taylor and the Custom Taylor Band, 8 p.m.
• Pfohl’s Beachhouse (310 Park Ave., Sylvan Beach) – The Wannabees, 2 p.m.; Cato and Lavancher, 7 p.m.
• Pizza Man's Pub (50 Oswego St., Baldwinsville) - Kim Fetters and Andy Rudy, 9:30 p.m.
• Pricker Bush (3642 County Route 57, Oswego) - Small Majority, 9 p.m.
• River Rock Bar and Grill (8 Bridge St., Phoenix) – Hendry, 9 p.m.
• Rylie J’s (38 Seneca St., Geneva) – The Funky Blu Roots, 9:30 p.m.
• Shifty’s (1401 Burnet Ave.) – Carolyn Kelly Blues Band, 9 p.m.
• Suzy’s Tavern - Johnny Bender, 6 p.m.
• Village Tavern (6 E. Main St., Marcellus) – Joey Belladonna’s Big Way, 8 p.m.
• Wayside Irish Pub (101 East Main St Elbridge) - Mark Zane and Friends, 8 p.m.
• Yesterday’s Royal (13 Canal St., Sylvan Beach) – Dan Elliott and the Monterays, 9:30 p.m.