The annual Oz-Stravaganza Festival in Chittenango, New York, the birthplace of Oz author L. Frank Baum, is the largest and longest-running Wizard of Oz-themed festival. This year’s special guests include Betty Ann Ka’Ihilani Bruno (The Munchkin Diary/My Own Yellow Brick Road) who was a member of the cast of Munchkinland in the classic MGM film, Gabriel Gale (The Art of Oz: Witches, Wizards, and Wonders Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, Ages of Oz) and Oz-Stravaganza’s own emcee, author and Oz historian John Fricke. Enjoy presentations, entertainment, vendors, rides and more. Friday night fireworks, the 45th Annual Oz-Stravaganza! Parade (2 o’clock Saturday), and the costume contest are all free. Get all the details on their website.