Fox 19 will be broadcasting their morning show live on Fountain Square tomorrow morning from 7am to 8am. The broadcast will be quite similar to the Today Show which is outdoors on Rockefeller Center in New York.
There will also be a band from next week’s MidPoint Music Festival performing live on the Square. If you’re already going to be Downtown you might want to swing by for this fun event. If you’re not already Downtown, then you might want to make it a fun Friday morning by swinging by.
The Bengals will kick off the new season in a few hours when they take on the Denver Broncos downtown at Paul Brown Stadium. If you don’t have tickets and are looking for a great way to watch the game Fountain Square LED Video Board will be showing the game live.
The Hudy Tailgate on the Square will take place every Sunday in September and October, except for Oktoberfest weekend, according to the Fountain Square Management Group. This Sunday’s festivities will include live music from 11am to 1pm by Cover Model with the game at 1pm.
The Fountain Square Parking Garage offers convenient parking directly underneath the square. Fountain Square is also well-served by virtually all Queen City Metro bus routes at the Government Square bus hub located across the street from the eastern edge of Fountain Square. To see which route is most convenient for you, and to plan your trip now, use Metro’s Trip Planner.
Photo from Genius of Water on Flickr.
The Cincinnati Beer Festival takes place this Friday, September 11 at 5pm and will last though the night in the heart of Downtown on Fountain Square. The festival will bring a variety of local distributors and brewers for a beer tasting and sampling event perfect for any beer connoisseur.
Event organizers say that you will be able to drink all of your favorite national and local brews, while also being introduced to some you probably have never heard of (always a fun treat). For those lesser known beers there will be staff on hand to help guests learn about the beers they’re tasting. Food will be provided by Abuelo’s and Washington Platform; and live, “low-key,” music will start at 5pm with the last band taking the stage at 9:40pm.
Guests can purchase tickets for 3-oz tastes in batches of 10 for $10. If you really enjoy one of the beers you taste then you can purchase a full 12-oz pour for 4 tickets.
Fountain Square has long been the gathering and rallying point for Cincinnatians while it has also served as the center point for the 2+ million person metropolitan region, and it’s great to report that the heart of Cincinnati is strong.
According to 3CDC, estimated attendance through August 25 on Fountain Square for this summer’s PNC Summer Music Series is well over 100,000 – more than double the attendance figures for last year’s summer music series. Like last year, the 2009 PNC Summer Music Series featured seven live concerts and one open mic night per week on Fountain Square. And much like last year, “Indie Summer” nights on Friday, and “Salsa on the Square” nights on Thursday were by far the most popular.
There has been much more than music packing the Square throughout the summer as a weekly farmers market, movie nights, family days, cooking demonstrations and other various events have added to summer crowds. With these events an estimated 165,000 people have visited Cincinnati’s primary gathering space for programmed events alone.
“The quality of our programming, including some very well know bands like Bad Veins, The Fiery Furnaces and the Wrens made this year’s PNC Summer Music Series really stand out,” said Bill Donabedian, managing director of Fountain Square.
Labor Day weekend marks the end of this year’s music series, and many of other summer events will be ending soon too, and make way for fall events like the Oyster Festival, Oktoberfest and much more.
Cincinnati’s second annual Guinness Oyster Festival will take place on Saturday, September 5 on Fountain Square. The festival will kick off at noon and run through the evening with live music, Celtic merchandise, oysters and more.
Organizers say that the all day event will “celebrate Irish heritage with an aphrodisiac cuisine.” Downtown seafood restaurant McCormick & Schmick’s will offer a variety of raw and cooked oyster dishes and will also host a Shucking/Eating Contest. Baru’s will also have a “Bloody Mary bar” for those looking to quench their thirst throughout the day.
Oyster photo by Gary Sharp on Flickr