Annual Special Events
Healthy Kids Day – The Oswego YMCA holds the FREE community event to inspire more kids to keep their minds and bodies active at the annual YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day®, the Y’s national initiative to improve health and well-being for kids and families. Healthy Kids Day is an opportunity to ignite children’s imaginations so that they can imagine what they’ll accomplish all summer long. The three-hour event features activities such as games, arts and crafts, STEM challenges, and an huge inflatable obstacle course to motivate and teach families how to develop and maintain healthy routines at home throughout the summer months.
Saturday, April 22, 2023 11am-2pm
Contact Kim Manoni for more information kmanoni@oswegoymca.org
Community Golf Tournament – Join us as we get On Course for Our Cause, Saturday, May 27, 2023 at Stone Creek Golf Course. 8am Registration; 9am Shotgun Start. $100 per player/ $400 Team fee includes a snack at turn, beverage and awards dinner. SAVE $50 and sponsor a hole in your family or business name. Call for more details 315-342-6082 option 0
Register at the Oswego YMCA 315.342.6082 asmith@oswegoymca.org
The Annual Oswego YMCA Harborfest 5k Run/Walk and 10k Run Sponsored by Oswego Health Saturday, July 29, 2023 8am Kids Fun Run 8:30am 5k&10k. Families and friends take part in the Oswego YMCA’s Annual Harborfest 5k Walk/Run, 10k Run & Kids Fun Run each July on the Saturday during the community wide Harborfest celebration - a weekend of free music, amusements, historical events, shopping, eating & famous fireworks. Set on beautiful Lake Ontario, walkers and runners enjoy 5k & 10k routes along scenic Oswego waterfronts, festival venues and the State University College at Oswego.
Saturday, July 29, 2023 8am Kids Fun Run 8:30am 5k&10k
CNY Pumpkin Festival - Join us and celebrate everything Fall during Oswego's Pumpkin Festival in Washington Square Park on Saturday, September 30 & Sunday, October 1 from 11am to 5pm daily. This free, two-day Fall festival will feature a variety of live music throughout the weekend in addition to kid’s activities, amusements, food, beverage and marketplace vendors. This year, the festival will also present Royal Promise Productions live theatre with the Sanderson Sisters characters from Hocus Pocus on Saturday at 2pm, and Jack Skellington and Sally of the Nightmare Before Christmas on Sunday at 2pm. All characters will also be available for a meet and greet. In addition, new this year organizers are offering a pumpkin decorating contest. Festival goers interested in entering the contest may choose one of two categories and from three various age groups. Prizes will be awarded, and all entries must be delivered to the festival by 1pm, Sunday, October 1. There is a $5 entry fee.
PUMPKIN FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, September 30
11am – 5pm Craft Vendor Market, Food, Amusements & Activities; Pumpkin Contest Entries accepted (until Sunday, 10/1 at 1pm) $5 entry fee
12-2pm LIVE MUSIC with The PK Experience
2pm-4pm The Sanderson Sisters Performance, Meet & Greet
3pm-5pm LIVE MUSIC with The NY Relics
Sunday, October 1
11am – 5pm Craft Vendor Market, Food, Amusements & Activities; Pumpkin Contest Entries accepted 1pm $5 entry fee
12-2pm LIVE MUSIC with Dirtroad Ruckus
2-4pm Jack Skellington & Sally Character Meet & Greet
3pm-5pm LIVE MUSIC with Seth Rasmussen & the Rail Ramblers
For more information contact pumpkinfest@oswegoymca.org
The Annual Reindeer Run – Runners and walkers celebrate the holiday season by dressing in festive holiday gear for this 5k fun run & walk, as participants jingle all the way for a family-oriented event which follows with warm beverages, snacks and holiday tunes. Saturday, December 2, 2023 9:30am