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Oz-Stravaganza 2023
June 2, 2023 - June 4, 2023
The annual Oz-Stravaganza Festival is the largest and longest-running Wizard of Oz-themed festival in the world. The magic lives on for a weekend every year in Chittenango, NY (just outside Syracuse).
Join us the weekend of the first Saturday in June for a trip down the Yellow Brick Road. There will be new friends to meet, entertainment to amaze, Emerald City shopping at its finest with vendors from near and far, as well as rides, games, a silent auction, and entertainment on the stage. There is also a costume contest, coloring contest, writing contest, and photography contest, and special guests from across the Oz universe!
In addition to the festival; (complete with Friday night fireworks and a Saturday afternoon parade, and evening shows featuring the special guests), Baum’s birthplace features yellow brick road sidewalks that take you to the All Things Oz Museum, a Creek-walk along Chittenango Creek, and the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum. Visit the shops and eateries throughout the village and take some extra time for nearby attractions like the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center (where Baum was married), the WILD Animal Park, Chittenango Falls State Park, and the YBR Casino.
Whether your slippers are silver or ruby red, take three steps, or click your heels three times and remember…there’s no place like home!