Events

[ARTS & MUSIC FESTIVAL] Sometimes it takes a little reminder to visit Griffis Sculpture Park at least once before summer ends. (Or, for that matter, at least once each season.) That’s what annual Griffis Sculpture Park Summer Festival, which takes place on Sunday, August 19, is meant to be: a reminder. It will remind you of how glorious this season is, how beautiful the hills and forests of Ashford Hollow and surroundings. It will remind you that a life spent in pursuit of and appreciation for art and music is a life well spent. It will remind you to forget, for just one lovely afternoon, that the nights are growing chilly. The featured musical act is the roots rock band Driftwood. Performances by the Probables, Kaleidoscope Sky, and (as ever) the Slyboots School of Music, plus poet Autumn Echo. Their will be plenty of food, beer, and wine for sale on site. And then, of course, there are the abundant walking paths and the sculptures of Larry W. Griffis, Jr., who created the 425-acre park in 1966. Proceeds benefit the Ashford Hollow Foundation, run by Griffis’s children and grandchildren, which maintians and operates the scultpure park and the Essex Arts Center in Buffalo, and provides arts education programs for kids. Tie a string around your finger: Don’t forget. The weather is supposed to be perfect.