The Glens Falls Collaborative will host its annual Wing Fest event on Saturday, April 29, in downtown Glens Falls.
The event is a competition between restaurants for the best wings. Tasting is from noon to 3 p.m. and an awards ceremony at the bandstand in City Park at 3:30 p.m. will close out the event. There will be multiple categories that restaurants can win.
There will also be entertainment in City Park.
The second annual Michael DuBray Inferno Wing Eating Competition will also takes place at 2 p.m. on Glen Street. Competitors will pay a registration fee of $25 that will go into a Michael DuBray Scholarship Fund and will determine who can eat the most hot wings. The winner will receive a trophy and bragging rights.
The contest honors Michael DuBray, also known as DeeJay DuBray, who helped found the event and served as its chair and champion for many years. Register for the eating contest at www.glensfallscollaborative.com.
The Collaborative is still seeking participating restaurants for the event. Restaurants are invited to apply online at www.glensfallscollaborative.com.
This event will be cash only, a departure from the previous ticket system.
Participating Downtown restaurants will serve from their storefronts, and restaurants from outside the city will serve from locations along Glen, Ridge and Maple streets
Voting will take place online at glensfallscollaborative.com. QR codes for voting will be displayed around town and votes must be cast by 3 p.m.
The Wing Fest is produced by the Glens Falls Collaborative with major support from the City of Glens Falls and the Glens Falls Business Improvement District.
The Collaborative was created in 2012 by a group of dedicated merchants who wanted to cross-promote and increase business flowing to downtown Glens Falls, in cooperation with the City of Glens Falls and the Glens Falls Business Improvement District.
The Collaborative has expanded to put on major Downtown events including Pet Fest, Grandma’s Table, Take A Bite, Boo2You, the ADK Christkindlmarkt and Hometown Holidays.
It also creates a brochure of Glens Falls activities that has a large distribution, joint advertising, and now includes restaurants, arts and nonprofit organizations, health-related businesses, media arts firms, different service providers and other area businesses.