Boxwood at Night will showcase historic Medina cemetery in new light

Press Release, Friends of Boxwood Cemetery

Provided photo: The L’Hommedieu gravestone is shown during Boxwood at Night in 2023.

MEDINA – The Friends of Boxwood Cemetery, in Medina, are excited to announce the third annual, “Boxwood at Night: See the Cemetery in a New Light.”

This year’s event will be on Oct. 5. Tickets cost $15 and there will be two time slots – 7 to 8 p.m. or 8 to 9 p.m. The time slots are when you can enter. Once you are checked in, you are welcome to stay until the event ends at 9:30 p.m. Guests will stroll through the cemetery at their own pace in a relaxing, family-friendly atmosphere.

Robby Klino, the president of the Friends of Boxwood Cemetery, stated “Our overall goal for ‘Bigger, Better, and Brighter’ Boxwood at Night 2024 is to continue our fundraising efforts to complete the chapel renovations and to raise funds for a marker to honor those buried in the Potter’s Field.” He also announced, “We are adding an educational element this year by partnering with the Medina Historical Society to feature an exhibit of Victorian funerary art in the chapel.”

Tickets are limited to the first 300 people so you will want to get your tickets before they sell out.

Event co-chair, Nicole Bensley, “New and returning guests will enjoy a stroll through a ‘Bigger, Better, Brighter’ Boxwood at Night. It will feature several local visual, musical, and performing artists.” She added, “We are excited to partner once again with GO Art! to make this a special event for the community.”

Tickets are available during business hours at the English Rose Tea Shoppe and Thistle Ridge Décor and Gifts – both places are on Main Street in Medina. Tickets will also be available at the Canal Village Farmers Market in Medina on Sept. 28. As an added convenience, you may also purchase tickets online using a credit card. Click here for more information.

Raffle tickets will also be available to purchase at the Farmers Market booth and again at the event. Light concessions and glow-in-the-dark accessories will be available for purchase at the event to enhance your enjoyment.

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO Art! (the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council).