New York State Food Festival

August 12 | 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Ground Rules

Chart Topping Hits from the 1980s Starship featuring Mickey Thomas

Six members of the band Starship stand, looking at the camera, with a faded black background.

with Slingshot Funk Band and Whiskey Highway

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. | FREE

Over 40 food trucks and vendors all day on the Plaza

Concert Line Up

12:00 p.m.	Slingshot Funk Band
5:00 p.m.	DJ Mr. CEO
5:30 p.m.	Whiskey Highway
6:30 p.m.	Sound Minds
7:45 p.m.	Starship featuring Mickey Thomas

Come Hungry for Lunch & Stay for Dinner

All the Food & Retail Vendors

Food

A & S Spice on Wheels

Alima's Cuisine

Annabel's Pizza Co.

Big D's Meats BBQ

Big John's Hotdogs

Dazzler Inc.

Eat at Niel's

Emack & Bolio's Ice Cream

Euro Delicacies

Flavors of Lebanon

Given to Fry

Good Finds Lemonade

Greek on the Run

Grill Express

Guido's Frozen Desserts

It's A Utica Thing

Jus KickBack Rentals

Krupa Brothers Pierogi Co.

L.A. Dawgz

La Empanada Llama

Latin Flavor

Food

Maharaja Restaurant

Mi Casa

PDT Catering Food Truck

Plated Palette

PMF Concessions

Ram's Valley

Ray's Grill

Reggae Boy Café

Robles Catering

Roy's Caribbean Jerk Center

Simply Caribbean Cuisine

Sunshine & Smoke

Taste of Korea

Ted's Fish Fry on Wheels

The Frisky Fork

The Reel Hot Stuff N Butta

The Skinny Pancake

This Guy Bites

Times Square Catering

Tony's Concessions

Retail & Information

Bath Fitter

Cannabicity

Crumble + Melt Delivered

Elder Sisters Apothecary

Healthy Capital District

HOTWORX Delmar

Kechua World

Lisa A. NeJame

Mighty Sweet Baking Co.

New Scotland Spirits

Nine Steps Away to Africa

Nothing Bundt Cakes

NYS Department of Motor Vehicles

Palace Theatre

Pretty Bake Shop

Silver Journey

Stickerkin & Co.

The Jerky Hut

Thousand Islands Winery

One of Rock Music’s Most Recognizable Bands

Starship featuring Mickey Thomas

Mickey Thomas is the owner of the soaring voice that propelled STARSHIP through the decade of the 80’s. With his soulful and compelling vocals, Mickey has established himself as one of Rock Music’s most recognizable stars. In 1979, Mickey joined Jefferson Starship as the lead vocalist after the departures of Grace Slick and Marty Balin, and recorded a string of hits, including “Jane”, “No Way Out”, “Find Your Way Back”, “Stranger”, and “Layin’ It on the Line."

The group was renamed STARSHIP in 1985 and went on to record three #1 hit songs, including “We Built This City”, “Sara”, and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”, from the film Mannequin. Mickey’s stellar voice and video charisma on STARSHIP’s video classics such as “We Built This City” and “Sara” became staples on MTV and VH1.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Sponsor logos including Miller Lite, I Love NY, Pyx 106, Renaissance Albany, Reimer, B95.5 and Metroland Now, and Maharaja.

Parking

Free parking is available in the East Parking Garage and Grand Street parking lot after 2:00 p.m. Paid parking is available in the visitor lot underneath the Plaza.

Visitor Parking