Can-Am Festival

Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21, 2024

The Village of Sackets Harbor and the Town of Hounsfield are proud to host the 52nd annual Can-Am Festival this summer. The event commemorates the close relationship between Canada and the United States, and this year’s celebration is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21, 2024.

This year’s festival is packed with free attractions, including a wine garden, food and craft market, an aerial arts performance, kite festival, parade, flyover, speedster challenge, games, fireworks, vintage baseball, and more! We’ve also got a full musical line-up, featuring the bands Chasing Neon, Prime Time, Last Left, ATLAS, and Oceans Below. Here’s the full schedule, which we’ll be adding to as events are announced:

Photo of the Can-Am Festival Flag in downtown Sackets Harbor

Saturday, July 20

  • 10:00 am – Festival Opens
  • 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – Food, craft, beer & wine garden, and a farmers’ market throughout downtown
  • 11:15 am – Aerial arts performance by CirqOvation
  • 12:00 pm – Military Flyover
  • 12:00 pm – Can-Am Festival Parade, beginning at Sackets Harbor Central School and traveling along South Broad and West Main Streets
  • 1:00 pm – 10th Mountain Division Static Display – Helicopters fly in and land at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site, Red Barn Lawn (near the Hill St parking lot)
  • 1:00 pm – 10th Mountain Division Static Display – Military Vehicles, at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site, West Main Street Lawn
  • 1:45 pm – Downbeat Percussion performance after the parade, on West Main Street
  • 2:00 pm – Speedster Challenge – Adult and kids divisions, at the intersection of W Main St and Gen Smith Drive
  • 2:00-4:00 pm – Musical Performance by Chasing Neon on the Main Stage
  • 2:30-7:30 pm – Human Foosball & Bouncy Houses, on West Main Street, near the Visitor Center
  • 4:30-7:30 pm – Musical Performance by Prime Time on the Main Stage
  • 8:00-10:00 pm – Musical Performance by Last Left on the Main Stage
  • 10:00 pm – Fireworks Spectacular over the Harbor (the best place to view it from is the Visitor Center Lawn)

Sunday, July 21

  • 10:00 am – Festival Opens
  • 10:00 am-1:00 pm – Musical Performance by Oceans Below on the Main Stage
  • 10:00 am-3:00 pm – Food, craft, beer & wine garden, and a farmers’ market throughout downtown
  • 10:00 am-3:00 pm – Human Foosball and Bouncy Houses
  • 11:00 am – Frying Pan Toss, on the Visitor Center Lawn
  • 11:30 am – Vintage Baseball, at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site, near the Hill Street parking area
  • 11:30 am-12:30 pm – Aesop’s Fables on Stage, by the REV Theatre Company, at the Sackets Harbor Ballroom
  • 12:30 pm – Cornhole Tournament, on the Visitor Center Lawn
  • 3:00-5:00 pm – Concert on the Waterfront, by ATLAS, at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site (sponsored by the Sackets Harbor Historical Society)

We’ll be updating this page with additional events as they’re announced. You can also find more information on the Can-Am Festival website and on the event’s Facebook page.

We hope you’ll join us to mark this historic binational celebration!