Erie Canal 200th Birthday Party
Sat, May 17
|Lyons
The Erie Canal is kicking off its season, marking its 200th anniversary this year. We're throwing a birthday bash for this historic waterway!


Time & Location
May 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Lyons, 21 Butternut St, Lyons, NY 14489, USA
Guests
About the event
Come join us for cake, canal music, entertaining games like pin the tail on Sal, enlightening historical talks, museum exhibits, and our main attraction, "Capture the Canal: 200 years in Wayne County".
12pm - An opportunity to "capture" the canal through art, photography, literature, or poetry. Guided walk to the Erie Canal.
1pm - Cake, games, and exhibits.
2pm - 3pm - Don Dwyer and Songs of the Erie Canal.* Don is a musician, singer and songwriter from Buffalo NY.
3:30 pm - Dramatic readings from actual Canal-era diaries.
FREE ADMISSION THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE NELSON B. DELAVAN FOUNDATION, PART A.
(We always appreciate your donations!)
CROSS PROMOTION: Macedon Historical Society - morning event. 11am. https://www.macedonhistoricalsociety.org/may-17th1100-the-canawl-kids/