Santino Castillo Jr.

The central New York tattoo community came together this weekend to celebrate with the traveling “circus,” Villain Arts Santino Castillo Jr. Cruella Morgan performs suspension choreography at the Villain Arts Tattoo Festival hosted at The Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. Entertainers swallowed swords, contortionists fired arrows with their feet and acrobats hung from the ceiling by hooks in their knees. No, this was not the circus.

The 13-day event featuring specialty food, midway rides and live entertainment attracts visitors from all over the state. Kayla Breen People walk in and out of the midway during golden hour at the 2026 New York State Fair on Wednesday evening. Just five miles from campus, the Great New York State Fair has returned, welcoming more than 40 national recording acts, hundreds of attractions and all the fried food one could imagine.

Review: 10 years after canceling as the Juice Jam headliner, the “Trap Queen” rapper brings fan favorites and fresh tracks. Santino Castillo Jr. Fetty Wap performs Friday at the Landmark Theatre — his first Syracuse concert since 2015. More than a decade since Fetty Wap’s last Syracuse appearance, along with a notable last-minute cancellation as the 2016 Juice Jam headliner, the “Trap Queen” rapper made up for lost time and then some Friday night.