Seeing and Doing: Outdoors
Festivals
4th of July Family Festival
Fireworks, music, kiddie rides, food and fun, 3-10pm
Columbia County Fairgrounds - Rt 66, Chatham Village
http://www.columbiafair.com/otherevents.html
Art at Steepletop
Annual Festival at Millay Colony featuring former residents work
454 East Hill Road, Austerlitz
Millay Colony for the Arts
518-392-4144
http://www.millaycolony.org
June
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
last Sunday in July
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
Columbus Day weekend
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
September 2 - 7
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 23-26
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
October 21-24
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
Open House at the Art Omi International Artist Residency
View works of the thirty artists-in-residence
1405 County Route 22 Ghent
518-392-4747
http://www.artomi.org
Late July
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 5, 5-8 pm