Seeing and Doing: Outdoors
Festivals
Autumn in Austerlitz
19th C demonstrations, music, silent auction, period dress, kids activities and parade.
Old Austerlitz site, Rt 22, Austerlitz
Austerlitz Historical Society
518-392-0062
http://www.oldausterlitz.org
Oct 7
Blueberry Festival
19th C. craft demonstrations, music, Blueberry pancake breakfast and much more
Old Austerlitz site, Rt 22, Austerlitz
Austerlitz Historical Society
518-392-0062
http://www.oldausterlitz.org
July 29
Cavorting at the Colony
Millay Colony for the Arts annual festival with open Artist studios, live music, food and drink
454 East Hill Road, Austerlitz
Millay Colony for the Arts
518-392-4144
http://www.millaycolony.org
TBA
CCCA ArtsWalk
Showcases the work of Columbia County’s visual artists. Arts Walk attracts over 6000 visitors to see over 120 art exhibits and demonstrations, as well as concerts, dance performances, poetry readings, lectures, and related happenings along Warren Street, Hudson.
Columbia County Council on the Arts
518-671-6213
http://www.artscolumbia.org
TBA
Columbia County Fair
Nightly grandstand entertainment including Demolition Derbies, national rodeo & national country singing stars, volunteer firefighting parade, daily animal shows
10am-11pm
Columbia County Fairgrounds - Rt 66 & 203, Chatham Village
518-392-2121
http://www.columbiafair.com
August 29 - Sept 3
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
A four-day community of Folk music and dance at the foot of the Berkshires
Dodds Farm
44 County Rt 7D, Hillsdale
866-325-2744
http://www.falconridgefolk.com
July 27-29
FilmColumbia Festival
Offers film buffs an exciting weekend of film screenings and meet-the-filmmaker events.
Crandell Theater, Main Street, Chatham
518-392-3445
http://www.filmcolumbia.com
Oct 17-21
Harvest Day
Celebrate the importance of agriculture to our eighth president, Martin Van Buren, and its continued importance to Columbia County, New York. Among this year’s events will be milking, butter making, tinsmithing, broom making, wool dying, sheep shearing, horse shoeing, live music, farm animals, story telling, free horse drawn wagon rides.
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
1013 Old Post Road - Kinderhook NY
518 758-9689
http://www.nps.gov/mava
September 15
Hawthorne Valley Fall Festival
Spend the day on the farm; hay rides, cider pressing, cow parade and more.
Hawthorne Valley, 327 Rt 21C, Ghent (Harlemville), 518-672-4465
http://www.hawthornevalleyassociation.org
October 7
Hudson Children’s Book Festival
85 children’s and young adult authors and illustrators, hundreds of books to browse, author and illustrator presentations, arts & crafts and workshops
Hudson Junior/Senior High School
215 Harry Howard Ave, Hudson
http://www.hudsonchildrensbookfestival.com
May 5
Hudson Music Fest
Four days of music all over Hudson - insdie/outside and daytime/nighttime.
City of Hudson
http://www.hudsonmusicfest.com
August 9-12
Independence Day Celebration
18th century music and entertainment, food and the Saugerties fireworks display. 12-10pm
Clermont State Historic Site
Off Rt 9G, Clermont
518-537-4240
http://www.friendsofclermont.org
July 4, 3-10pm
New York Heritage Weekend
Various attractions throughout the County participate with unique events for the weekend.
http://www.heritageweekend.org
May 19-20
Open Studio Tour at Art Omi International Artist Resdiency
View works of the thirty artists-in-residence
1405 County Route 22 Ghent
518-392-4747
http://www.artomi.org
TBA
Ramp Festival
Chefs from the Hudson Valley and New York City offering an original dish featuring Ramps, a forgeable, spring delicacy abundant in the Hudson Valley. Music, food and drink.
Basilica Hudson, Front St, Hudson
http://www.rampfesthudson.com
May 5
Summer Film Festival
A Food Film Festival celebrating the art of the cuisine and its relationship to the community, children’s showing of Ratatouille
PS21 2980 Rt 66, Chatham
518-392-6121
http://www.ps21chatham.org
August 20-26
Winter Walk on Warren Street
Holiday revelers ride in carriages drawn by teams of horses up and down Warren Street, Hudson’s main thoroughfare. Carolers dressed in Victorian costumes sing songs of the season. Musical ensembles and dancers perform in the many shops that fill the street. The aroma of roasting chestnuts fills the air. It’s a scene evocative of days gone by. But that scene becomes a modern day reality on the evening of the First Saturday of December as the Hudson Opera House presents Winter Walk on Warren Street. This free event from 5pm-8pm is a holiday tradition for area residents with entertainment and activities to please all ages.
Hudson Opera House
518-822-1438
http://www.hudsonoperahouse.org
December 1, 5-8 pm