Syracuse Inner Harbor Fest

Enjoy the Syracuse Inner Harbor and all it has to offer at this two-day festival featuring dragon boat racing to benefit Clear Path for Veterans and The Baldwin Fund. The festival is family-friendly and includes food trucks, live music, carnival rides, craft vendors, yard games, and a dragon boat eye dotting ceremony, as well as fireworks and dragon boat races on the water.

COR Development and OMF Events present the 2nd annual Inner Harbor Fest at Syracuse's waterfront neighborhood.

Enjoy the Syracuse Inner Harbor and all it has to offer at this two-day festival including dragon boat races to benefit Clear Path for Veterans and The Baldwin Fund.

Clear Path for Veterans is a community-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides support, comfort, and healing to veterans and their families.

The Baldwin Fund is a community-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that supports both new and established researchers investigating the causes, prevention, and treatment of breast cancer.  

This family-friendly event includes:
- Food Trucks and Craft Beers
- Live Musical Entertainment
- Carnival Rides and Games
- Friday Night Dragon Boat Eye Doting Ceremony
- Friday Night Fireworks on the Harbor
- Local Craft and Art Vendors
- Yard Games and More

Dragon boat racing is a fun-filled, adrenaline pumping water sport activity.

Teams compete in Dragon Boats (provided by 22 Dragons), which are large canoe-like vessels crafted with ornately carved dragon's heads and tails.

Crews of 10 to 20 people max and 1 drummer sit in pairs and paddle to compete in races over distances of around 180m (200 yards). Each boat has a drummer beating time to keep the paddlers in unison, and a professional helmsperson in the stern to guide the boat. Minimum age for paddlers is 12, anyone under 16 years of age needs to be with a parent or guardian in the boat.

Each team can participate in a racing how-to seminar and a 1-hour practice during the week leading up to the race. Each team will be assigned a 1-hour practice time on one of the three designated practice days. During this session, you and your fellow paddlers will learn the technique needed for dragon boat racing and prepare you for race day.

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