BVA Gravel Grinder, Summer Harvest Fest Move to Garrattsville

GARRATTSVILLE—The Butternut Valley Alliance Summer Harvest Festival and Gravel Grinder will take place on Saturday, August 23 at Butternuts Beer and Ale, 4021 State Highway 51, Garrettsville. The free community event will feature hot air balloon rides, face painting, a bounce house, petting zoo, live music, food trucks, craft beer, cider and more. In planning the two events, BVA has attempted to support local businesses as much as possible with regard to food, restaurants and breweries.

“We try to support the neighborhood we’re in,” said Peter Martin, one of the principal organizers.
For the first time, BVA is combining the Summer Harvest Festival and the Gravel Grinder at the Garratsville location. Now in its fifth year, the Gravel Grinder—organized in partnership with Central New York Cycling Club and the Bassett Cancer Institute—will begin at 11 a.m. and will end when the last rider in either of the two routes returns to the brewery. The Summer Harvest Festival will run from 1-6 p.m.