Dio Day 2017: July 9th!

Photo: I-100, WENN


Dio Day Cortland
is back in the saddle with another event to honor Ronnie James Dio!
Sunday, July 9th
11 AM – Easy Street (for motorcycle run)
1 PM – Night Owls (for music)
Route 11, Cortland

Ride for Dio: This year join us for a motorcycle run through the Cortland countryside including a cruise past Dio landmarks. Tickets are $10 per person. Registration (day of) begins at 11 AM at Easy Street in Cortland. Kickstands up at 12:00!

Join us for an afternoon of live rock: 1 PM at Night Owls on Route 11 in Cortland! Not a rider, that’s okay, pay $10 at the door at Night Owl’s, and rock out with us! Money raised goes to the Ronnie James Dio Music Scholarship program awarded to local music students!

More info. available here: DioDayCortland.org

Like Dio Day Cortland on Facebook here: facebook.com/diodaycortland/

Music Provided by:

1 PM: The Essentials

2 PM: Joe Whiting Band

3 PM: Pull

4 PM: The Keith Gruber Band (brother of Craig Gruber: Of Elf & Rainbow)

5PM: Tailor Made

6 PM: Schell/Austin & co.

7 PM: The Cafferty Band

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