National Buffalo Wing Festival
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National Buffalo Wing Festival is a weekend festival held at Coca-Cola Field in downtown Buffalo
, New York
celebrating the Buffalo style chicken wing
. The festival is held on Labor Day
weekend and culminates with the IFOCE sanctioned Buffalo Wing eating contest.
The first festival was held in 2002. Founder Drew Cerza, called the "Wing King" by The Buffalo News
, was said to have modeled the event on a fictitious festival from the movie Osmosis Jones
. Though it has been claimed that this is the first festival of its kind, WingStock on Main Street in Downtown Buffalo was held annually prior to the first National Buffalo Wing Festival. Drew Cerza paved the way for the Chicken Wing Hall of Fame and made Buffalo the birthplace of the chicken wings.
Jill Greenburg said, "Of local festivals that have come and gone the Wing Fest’s staying power is a result of raising approximately $200,000 for local charities and serving almost 3 million chicken wings with 100 sauce varieties to over half a million hungry visitors over the years."
Read more: http://blogs.artvoice.com/stillbuffalo/2011/09/08/national-buffalo-wing-festival/#ixzz1YmshokVg
It is estimated that a quarter of a million people have attended the event since its inception.
In 2010, the festival was video webcast live to over 84,000 online viewers.
The National Buffalo Wing Festival by the numbers:
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
celebrating the Buffalo style chicken wing
Buffalo wings
A Buffalo wing, hot wing or wing is a chicken wing section that is traditionally fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce...
. The festival is held on Labor Day
Labor Day
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:...
weekend and culminates with the IFOCE sanctioned Buffalo Wing eating contest.
The first festival was held in 2002. Founder Drew Cerza, called the "Wing King" by The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News is the primary newspaper of the Buffalo – Niagara Falls metropolitan area, and the area's only daily newspaper. It is the only newspaper owned by Berkshire Hathaway.-History:...
, was said to have modeled the event on a fictitious festival from the movie Osmosis Jones
Osmosis Jones
Osmosis Jones is a 2001 live-action/animated comedy film directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon for the animated segments and the Farrelly brothers for the live-action segments...
. Though it has been claimed that this is the first festival of its kind, WingStock on Main Street in Downtown Buffalo was held annually prior to the first National Buffalo Wing Festival. Drew Cerza paved the way for the Chicken Wing Hall of Fame and made Buffalo the birthplace of the chicken wings.
Jill Greenburg said, "Of local festivals that have come and gone the Wing Fest’s staying power is a result of raising approximately $200,000 for local charities and serving almost 3 million chicken wings with 100 sauce varieties to over half a million hungry visitors over the years."
Read more: http://blogs.artvoice.com/stillbuffalo/2011/09/08/national-buffalo-wing-festival/#ixzz1YmshokVg
It is estimated that a quarter of a million people have attended the event since its inception.
In 2010, the festival was video webcast live to over 84,000 online viewers.
The National Buffalo Wing Festival by the numbers:
- 407,000 people
- 2.4 Million Wings Consumed
- 137 Tons of Wings In Weight
- 191 Restaurants Participated
- $125,000 in Charitable Contributions
- 1 Wedding