Drawing: Tickets for Rest Fest 2014
Drawing's closed! Winners have been emailed!
The annual Restoration Festival will be back at the CAC Woodside in Troy this Friday and Saturday. We have three pairs of weekend passes to the festival, and we're giving them away. Maybe to you.
To enter the drawing, please answer this question in the comments:
What's something in the Capital Region that you'd like to restore?
It could be a building, of course. But it could be all sorts of things -- like an item to a menu at a local restaurant, or an event, or a feeling about a place, whatever. We'll draw three winners at random -- each winner will get two passes.
The Restoration Festival is this Friday and Saturday (August 15 and 16) at the CAC Woodside campus in Troy. It has 20 bands lined up for two stages. A weekend pass is $25 ahead ($30 at the door) / Friday only is $15 ($20 at the door) / Saturday is $20 ($25 at the door).
Important: All comments must be submitted by 5 pm on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 to be entered in the drawing. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by 10 pm on Wednesday and must respond by noon on Thursday, August 14.
AOA is a media sponsor of Rest Fest.
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We'd really like you to take part in the conversation here at All Over Albany. But we do have a few rules here. Don't worry, they're easy. The first: be kind. The second: treat everyone else with the same respect you'd like to see in return. Cool? Great, post away. Comments are moderated so it might take a little while for your comment to show up. Thanks for being patient.
Comments
I'd like to restore gas prices. NY should not be taxing gas that much!
... said Ron on Aug 12, 2014 at 11:41 AM | link
The Victrola box Nipper is longing for.
Pic: http://fxb.worth1000.com/entries/551719/reunited-with-his-master-s-voice
... said D on Aug 12, 2014 at 11:49 AM | link
The DeJohn's cheese platter #RIP
... said Emily on Aug 12, 2014 at 11:51 AM | link
I would like to restore the bustling downtowns of all the cities in the region ala that Friday Nights in Troy article/interview you recently published. That sounds like so much fun!
... said jennifer on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:00 PM | link
I would like to see the sewage system restored! Crossing my fingers for a dry basement during this next upcoming storm. I could really use some music to lift my spirits from the flooding (just saying)
... said Amy on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:05 PM | link
The old cold storage building downtown
... said Patrick on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:11 PM | link
Sanity (sorry, just had to say it, but not a viable candidate for tickets... out of town this week-end) :)
... said Joe on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:11 PM | link
the waterfront
... said Torbs on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:13 PM | link
The waterfront before 787 was built.
... said Alisa on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:22 PM | link
Let's get Valentines (The Low Beat) back to where it used to be!
... said Bryan on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:27 PM | link
I would like to see the complete restoration of Wellington Row. And I strongly second the waterfront comment.
... said Amanda on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:30 PM | link
Restore live music at Revolution Hall in Troy.
... said Jbird on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:38 PM | link
The parking lot at Colonie Center before the mall expansion. It used to be so easy to get in and out.
... said Lisa on Aug 12, 2014 at 12:52 PM | link
Restore Art Night in Sch'dy!
... said Justin Higgins on Aug 12, 2014 at 1:04 PM | link
Proctors Theatre in Troy
... said Rich on Aug 12, 2014 at 1:15 PM | link
I want to restore the Albany waterfront to an accessible public space. People before cars.
... said Eva on Aug 12, 2014 at 1:47 PM | link
Let's restore the upper Hudson river so we can swim in it once again! !!
... said Alene Onion on Aug 12, 2014 at 2:59 PM | link
The downtown Albany restaurant scene! More seasonal, locally-focused menus, please.
... said Jenna on Aug 12, 2014 at 3:09 PM | link
I sadly can't attend so I refuse the right to win, but I had to say I totally agree with Jbird (Music returning to Rev Hall - my favorite local venue) and Patrick (cold storage building restoration)!
... said KGB on Aug 12, 2014 at 4:42 PM | link
I'd like to see a Jillian's type dance club in Albany
... said stebe nover on Aug 12, 2014 at 8:28 PM | link
Schenectady!
... said Amelia on Aug 13, 2014 at 9:48 AM | link
shades of green
... said weeee on Aug 13, 2014 at 10:18 AM | link
Midnight movies at the spectrum should be revived!
... said Caitlin on Aug 13, 2014 at 10:40 AM | link
Clifton Park should be restored to that period just before humans arrived there.
... said Big 'Vic' Proton on Aug 13, 2014 at 12:45 PM | link
Restore the streetcars.
... said Newland on Aug 13, 2014 at 12:52 PM | link
restore Albany's access to the waterfront and continue the restoration of downtown!
... said Kim on Aug 13, 2014 at 12:57 PM | link
Obviously, the flaming runaway bulldozer.
... said Carl on Aug 13, 2014 at 1:16 PM | link
I'd like to restore New Scotland to the way it used to be. Bring back the old Valentine's!
... said Will on Aug 13, 2014 at 2:04 PM | link
I'd like to see a restored State Street in downtown Albany. Big, beautiful, functional, revenue and tax producing properties that lead up to our restored Capital.
... said joe on Aug 13, 2014 at 2:27 PM | link
Downtown area and the waterfront!
... said Adam on Aug 13, 2014 at 3:01 PM | link
Restore the right of citizens to say no to the oil trains and the potential disaster they carry.
... said John Prusinski on Aug 13, 2014 at 3:09 PM | link
I'll agree with the above, restore the rivers to a swimmable condition.
... said matt on Aug 13, 2014 at 3:11 PM | link
A sense of neighborhood and community. My street is now all folks who have retired and reminice with my boyfriend and me often about the days they spent in our basement bar with my boyfriend's grandparents who owned the home years back. They had dinner parties, cocktails and laughs together on a Friday or Saturday night with most residents on the street. I'd love to see that neighborhood feel restored, and not in the "community" sense of festivals, beautification efforts and volunteer work; while those things are an asset to any society, I'm talking a social community where neighbors were friends and enjoyed a drink and a laugh and didn't stay holed up inside their home.
... said Sherri on Aug 13, 2014 at 4:31 PM | link
Monday music in Washington Park. Price Chopper used to host.
... said Andrea on Aug 13, 2014 at 5:48 PM | link