Niagara Falls
THE
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER
LOCAL NEWS  •  LOCAL VOICES  •  LOCAL MATTERS
Niagara Falls

SummerFest at the Sal 2020 Canceled in Niagara Falls

N
Niagara Falls Reporter Staff  ·  August 7, 2020
SummerFest at the Sal 2020 Canceled in Niagara Falls
SharefXin✉

Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter

http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9

 

 

By: Reporter Staff

Organizers for SummerFest at the Sal, an all-day concert and car show, announced the 2020 event’s cancellation due to the COVID-19 restrictions on large groups. The 4th annual event was slated to be held on August 23 at Sal Maglie Stadium, Hyde Park, with proceeds to benefit the Niagara Falls Firefighters Christmas Toy Fund.

Kenny Tompkins, Chairman of SummerFest at the Sal, said, “This was a heart-wrenching decision to make. We held off as long as possible, hoping that since this is an outdoor event that naturally lends itself to social distancing, we’d still be able to host it in a modified form. Unfortunately, there were still too many concerns and we felt in the interest of community safety, this was the best option.”

 

Niagara Falls City Councilman Ken Tompkins

 

Tompkins noted that since the concert/car show was launched in 2017, SummerFest at the Sal has raised over $36,000 for the fund, which is used to purchase toys for underserved children here in Niagara Falls. “The main reason we waited to cancel was we kept thinking about the kids,” he said. “It’s fun to listen to the bands and check out the classic cars and bikes. But at the end of the day, what really mattered was we were working towards a worthy cause.”

While Tompkins and the SummerFest at the Sal committee look forward to returning in 2021, they strongly encourage those who would have attended to still donate to the Niagara Falls Firefighters Christmas Toy Fund. “This year, more than ever, we need to do what we can spread joy to kids in need,” he said. “No doubt, there will be more kids on that list. We want to do all that we can to make spirits bright in 2020.”

For more information, please contact Tompkins at [email protected].

 

**attorney advertising**
SharefXin✉

Comments (0)

Leave a comment

More From Niagara Falls Reporter

Craig Bucki Stands Out in Race for Supreme Court, Has All the Tools to Be Strong Judge
Featured

Craig Bucki Stands Out in Race for Supreme Court, Has All the Tools to Be Strong Judge

By tony Farina · September 16, 2026

By Tony Farina I’ve covered many court proceedings and trials in my more than 35 years as a newspaper and television reporter and I want to make the point at the beginning of this story that whether elected or appointed, some judges are fair and honest and many others fall short of the mark. In other words, the word jurist does not convey skill and knowledge of the law; it is just a role that some serve with distinction, and others do not. By definition, a jurist is a person who has expert or thorough knowledge of the law but

Is Niagara Falls Crisis Self-Inflicted? Lots of Questions, Few Answers
Featured

Is Niagara Falls Crisis Self-Inflicted? Lots of Questions, Few Answers

By tony Farina · September 15, 2026

By Tony Farina There are certainly many questions swirling around the mayor’s declaration of a state of emergency in Niagara Falls over trash, blight, and deteriorating streets that was declared back on July 20 and has been extended several times since because, according to Mayor Robert Restaino, the City Council refused to approve contractor agreements. But some observers point to depleted staff at City Hall, like in Public Works and Code Enforcement and other departments, as really self-inflicted wounds that are the underlying reasons work is not getting done in the city. Or is there even more to the story,

NIAGARA FALLS BUILT THE MODERN WORLD ON ITS POWER. IT CAN DO IT AGAIN.
Featured

NIAGARA FALLS BUILT THE MODERN WORLD ON ITS POWER. IT CAN DO IT AGAIN.

By Niagara Reporter- · September 11, 2026

The  Data Center That Answers Hochul’s Objections There was a time when Niagara Falls did not ask Albany whether it was permitted to prosper. The river was here. That was enough. The town had something Albany couldn’t give it. It used what was here. Water. Power. Work. Jobs. Industry. A future. In 1895, the Adams plant took the river and put it into wire. The current went to Buffalo. It changed the industrial world. Tesla supplied the designs. Westinghouse built the machines. Niagara supplied the falling water. Then industries came. Electrochemical. Electrometallurgical. They came because Niagara offered abundant, inexpensive electricity.

Niagara Falls Has Millions of Tourists But Needs to Find a Way to Capture That Wealth
Featured

Niagara Falls Has Millions of Tourists But Needs to Find a Way to Capture That Wealth

By tony Farina · September 8, 2026

By Tony Farina The City of Niagara Falls, N.Y., boasts one of the world’s greatest natural wonders that people from around the world come to see, but despite incredible tourism numbers of more than nine million visitors a year, the city of now less than 50,000 people is still pretty darn poor. Niagara Falls does not have a tourism problem; it has a tourism-capture problem, and the distinction should be a starting point for a serious new discussion about the city’s future. And ladies and gentlemen, that discussion needs to start now. The question is no longer whether Niagara Falls