The Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, a popular Western New York tradition featuring nearly 40 vendors selling fresh, seasonal and local produce and products, is open for the 2013 season! Hours at the open-air market, a program of the Elmwood Village Association, are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, rain or shine. 

Chances are you probably won’t be awake at 1:04 a.m. Friday, June 21, when the sun will be directly overhead of the Tropic of Cancer, marking the official start of Summer 2013. But back here in Western New York, Buffalo Citybration will be making a major announcement about our summer season at 5:04 p.m. Thursday, June 20, giving us an eight-hour head start on the season that festival-loving Buffalonians love most!

The Taste of Buffalo presented by Tops Markets, celebrates its 30th birthday this summer and everyone is invited to the two-day culinary party. Expect a birthday party like no other, complete with delicious cupcakes, cookies, chocolate and ice cream, as well as a large smorgasbord of the region’s most scrumptious culinary delights including barbecue, seafood, Asian and vegetarian, that have become favorites of the country’s largest annual two-day food festival. The summer event, which attracts approximately 450,000 hungry folks annually, returns Saturday, July 13 from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Sunday, July 14 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. along Delaware Avenue and Niagara Square in downtown Buffalo. This year’s Taste features 51 restaurants, three food trucks and seven wineries as well as a culinary stage, musical entertainment, and plenty of special offerings from a host of national and local sponsors.