Heritage Days Newsletter: June 2025

Dates and deadlines

• Thursday, June 26, 5-8 PM Children’s Entrepreneur Market at Founders Park Sources: Page 2
• Thursday, June 26, 6:30-8 PM Free Children’s Night activities: bounce houses, petting zoo, face painting, balloon artists, and the Black Island Farms Train Sources: Page 2
• Friday, June 27, 5-8 PM Food trucks, booths, and the Inflatable Fun Park at Founders Park Sources: Page 3
• Friday, June 27, 5-9 PM Family Night entertainment lineup Sources: Page 3
• Saturday, June 28, 7:30-9 AM Pancake Breakfast at the Community Center, $6 per person Sources: Page 5
• Saturday, June 28, 9:00 AM Parade, north on 2000 W from the roundabout to Syracuse High School Sources: Page 4-5
• Saturday, June 28, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Auto Show at Founders Park, free registration that morning Sources: Page 5-6
• Saturday, June 28, 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM Cornhole Tournament Sources: Page 4
• Saturday, June 28, 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM Inflatable Fun Park and vendor booths Sources: Page 4Page 6
• Saturday, June 28, 12:00 - 6:00 PM Hands-On History at the Syracuse Regional Museum Sources: Page 4Page 6
• Saturday, June 28, 5:30 PM Syracuse City Arts Council Jazz Band Sources: Page 4
• Saturday, June 28, 6:00 PM Syracuse City Arts Council: The Addams Family Sources: Page 4
• Saturday, June 28, 7:00 PM Happy Hula with Fire Dancers Sources: Page 4
• Saturday, June 28, 8:30 PM Key to the City presentation, then the Checkpoint Charley concert Sources: Page 4Page 7
• Saturday, June 28, 10:00 PM Fireworks at Founders Park Sources: Page 4Page 7

Everything else

Costs and tickets

• Pancake breakfast is $6 per person. You can eat at the Community Center or take it to go to the parade. Extra donations benefit the North Davis Project Illumination. Sources: Page 5
• Inflatable Fun Park same day tickets are $25 per person per day. Buying passes in advance saves $5. Sources: Page 3Page 6
• Auto show registration is free and happens the morning of the show. Dash plaque awards are decided by entrant voting at 3 PM. Sources: Page 5

Fireworks safety

• Fireworks launch from Founders Park. The city asks people to keep their distance from the discharge and fallout zone. Sources: Page 7
• Earplugs are available at Syracuse City Hall during normal business hours for anyone who wants them. Sources: Page 7-8

Food and getting around

• Food trucks are at Children’s Night and Family Night, and food vendors are on site Saturday. Sources: Page 2Page 3Page 8
• A Google Earth map shows parking and where activities are located. Markers can be clicked for details on specific events. Sources: Page 8

Also

• Hands-On History at the Syracuse Regional Museum includes pioneer games, museum tours, and live blacksmith demos. Sources: Page 6-7
• The newsletter does not print street addresses for Founders Park, the Community Center, or the museum. Sources: Page 2-7

Unofficial digest of a city newsletter. The official version is linked below.