What's Happening
Browse highlights of events happening in Columbia County. For full events listings, visit the calendar.
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Columbia County Farmer’s MarketsChatham Farmer’s Market Clermont Country Farmer’s Market Copake Farmer’s Market Hillsdale Farmer’s Market Hudson Farmer’s Market Kinderhook Farmer’s Market Lebanon Valley Farmer’s Market Philmont Farmer’s Market Stuyvesant Farmer’s Market |
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A Summer of Free MoviesTime & Space Limited announces its third season of FREE outdoor movies produced by TSL in assoication with the PARC Foundation and the City of Hudson. The movies will be projected at dark on Friday evenings or 8pm whichever is earlier. July 16 - Where the Wild Things Are For further information visit http://www.timeandspace.org or call 518-822-8448. |
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Hudson Harbor FestThe Harbor Fest takes place on 4 Saturdays beginning on July 31, and continuing on August 7, 21, and 28 from 6:30 to 9:30 at the newly restored Henry Hudson Riverfront Park in beautiful downtown Hudson (located behind the train station, across the tracks from the Amtrak Train Station on Front Street, in Hudson NY). TSL’s Harbor Fest brings live concerts performed by a wide variety of artists from as far away as Iceland, California, and Japan as well as popular groups from the Hudson Valley, NYC, and Western Massachusetts. The music includes an eclectic sampling of rock, folk, dance, honky tonk, and world music. The Hudson River provides a beautiful backdrop to the evening’s entertainment. It is a great way to spend the midsummer evenings. July 31: Bella’s Bartok - Solo guitarist Yukari Rosa from Japan and Ryder Cooley’s Wreck of the Steamboat Swallow, accompanied by the incredible fusion belly dance group Bleeding Hearts, will share opening spots for Bella’s Bartok, Western Massachusetts’s premier Gypsy Balkan Rockabilly Fusion Party in a Box. August 7: Hellvar - In town from California, the hardcore band Cosmopolitan will open for the melodic electro-rock Hellvar, all the way from Iceland. August 21: Paprika - Hudson’s favorite Bongo Roots will open for the talented Brooklyn world music all female band, Paprika, playing dance music that will bring everyone to their feet! August 28: Girl Howdy - Hudson’s indie sweetheart, Liv Carrow, opens for Western Massachusetts’ fun and fabulous Girl Howdy playing classic honky-tonk tunes from the era spanning the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Steepletop” House and Garden ToursThe Millay Society has scheduled this partial opening of the house to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Millay’s death. |
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Hudson Valley Wine Country Summer PassportThe Hudson Valley is America’s oldest wine making and grape-growing region. Less than an hour and a half from New York City, a visit to to the Hudson Valley Wineries and wine trails offers hospitable winery tasting rooms, where you can often meet the owners and taste award-winning wines made from classic European varieties, regional hybrids and even delicious fruit wines. Beyond the Hudson Valley wineries and wine trails, the Hudson River Valley contains a wealth of natural beauty rich with hiking and biking trails, the most famous historic sites, and a culinary treasure of farms and restaurants. |
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Free Admission Days @ Martin Van Buren National Historic SiteVisitors who come to the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site “Lindenwald” in Kinderhook during the following days June 5 and 6, August 14 & 15, September 25, and November 11, 2010 will not have to pay the usual $5.00 entrance fee to the park, during this special promotion by the National Park Service to reinforce that our national parks are places for everyone to have fun, reconnect with nature and history, and build a sense of ownership and stewardship toward parks and the environment. |
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Hudson Berkshire Beverage TrailComing in Spring 2010 the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail features Brookview Station, Harvest Spirits, Chatham Brewing and Hudson Chatham Winery. Look for details at http://hudsonberkshireexperience.com/ |