ANNUAL EVENTS
The Hudson Valley and Catskill Regions abound with fairs and festivals of all sorts. You can plan your visit around one of these special events. This page is updated frequently; bookmark it and revisit later!
Please contact us if you know of an annual event we forgot to include!
May 2013
3-5: Hudson Valley Fair, Fishkill
4: Forest Fest, New Paltz
4-5: Antique Fair, Greenwich
10-12: Hudson Valley Fair, Fishkill
11-12: Albany Tulip Festival
17-19: Hudson Valley Fair, Fishkill
18: Spring Wassail Festival, Staatsburg
18-19: Wildflower Festival, Kerhonkson
25: Bud Break Festival, Milton
25: Windham Chamber Music Festival
25-26: Rhinebeck Antiques Fair
25-26: Hudson Berkshire Wine & Food Festival
25-26: Sugarloaf Spring Festival
25-27: Woodstock-New Paltz Arts & Crafts Fair
June 2013
1: RiverFest, Cornwall-on-Hudson
1: Hudson Valley Brew Festival, Poughkeepsie
1-2 & 8-9: NY Heritage Weekend Festival
2: Hudson Valley LGBTQ Pride March & Festival, New Paltz
6-7: Westchester Wine & Food Weekend, Vahalla
6-9: Radio Woodstock Mountain Jam Fest VIII, Hunter
9: Strawberry Festival, Beacon
11-30: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Garrison
13-15: Taste of Country Music Festival, Hunter Mountain
15-16: Clearwater Festival, Beacon
15-16: Hudson Valley Bach Fest, Cornwall-on-Hudson
28-30: Old Songs Festival, Altamont
July 2013
1-31: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Garrison
5-7: Dutchess County Balloon Festival
6, 13, 20, 27: Belleayre Music Festival, Highmount
6, 13, 20, 26: Piano Festival, New Paltz
6-31: Bard Summescape, Annandale-on-Hudson
12-14: Hudson Valley Chalk Art Festival, New Paltz
12-28: Orange County Fair
13-14: Elting Library Fair, New Paltz
18-21: Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Oak Hill
19-20: Friends of the Farmer Festival, Copake
20: Windham Chamber Music Festival
20-21: Hudson Valley July Sangria Festival, Marlboro
20-21: Rosendale Street Festival
20-21: Shandaken Arts Festival and Studio Tour
24, 28: Shandalee Music Festival, Bethel
26-31: Schoharie County Sunshine Fair
28: Austerlitz Blueberry Festival
30-31: Ulster County Fair, New Paltz
August 2013
1-3: Schoharie County Sunshine Fair
1-4: Ulster County Fair, New Paltz
1-4: MazFest Music Festival, Roscoe
1-4: The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice
1-18: Bard Summescape, Annandale-on-Hudson
1-31: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Garrison
1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17: Shandalee Music Festival, Bethel
1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 17, 23, 24, 31: Belleayre Music Festival
2-11: Kingston Film Festival
3-4: Antique Fair, Greenwich
3-4: Putnam County International Wine & Food Fest
3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 31: New York Renaissance Faire
8-11: Hudson Valley Jazz Fest, Sugar Loaf
9-11: Hudson Music Festival
9-11 & 16-18: Bard Music Festival, Annandale-on-Hudson
10-11: German Alps Festival, Hunter Mountain
10-11: Hudson Valley August Sangria Festival, Marlboro
11: Corn Festival, Beacon
12-17: Delaware County Fair
17: Windham Chamber Music Festival
17-18: Hudson Valley Ribfest, New Paltz
17-18: International Celtic Festival, Hunter Mountain
20-25: Dutchess County Fair, Rhinebeck
24: Old Austerlitz Music Festival
28-31: Columbia County Fair
31: Windham Chamber Music Festival
31: Woodstock-New Paltz Arts & Crafts Fair
September 2013
1: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Garrison
1-2: Woodstock-New Paltz Arts & Crafts Fair
1-2: Columbia County Fair
1-2, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22: New York Renaissance Faire
7-8: Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest, Rhinebeck
20-22: Crafts Fair at Lyndhurst
20-22: Woodstock Comedy Festival
21: Hudson Valley Irish Festival, Peekskill
21: Hudson River Craft Beer Festival, Beacon
28: Cauliflower Festival, Margaretville
28-29: Benmarl's Harvest Grape Stomping Festival,Marlboro
October 2013
4-6: Hudson Valley Arts Festival at Rhinebeck
5: Wine Festival at Bethel Woods
5: Hudson Hop & Harvest Festival
5-6, 12-13: Oktoberfest, Hunter Mountain
11-13: O+ Festival, Kingston
11-14: Hudson Highland Fest
12: Celebration of the Arts Festival, New Paltz
12-13: Rhinebeck Antiques Fair
12-13: Benmarl's Harvest Grape Stomping Festival
13: Pumpkin Festival, Beacon
19: Pumpkin Festival, Campbell Hall
19-20: Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck
19-20: Wine & Brew Festival, Hunter Mountain
23-27: Film Columbia Festival, Chatham
November 2013
3: Taste of the Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsie
30: Windham Chamber Music Festival
PAST EVENTS
June 2012
July 2012
13-15: Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts
14-15: Annual Monastery Vinegar Festival
28-29: Bounty of the Hudson Wine Festival
August 2012
5: New Paltz Bon-Odori Music & Dance Festival
18: Annual Hurley Heritage Corn Festival
September 2012
8: Beacon Chocolate & Arts Festival
15-16, 22-23, 29-30: Bear Mountain Octoberfest
22: Honey Festival
22-23: Hudson Valley Harvest Festival
29-30: Hudson Valley Garlic Festival
29-30: Fall Crafts Festival
October 2012
6: New Paltz Climbing Film Festival
6: Huguenot Street Apple Festival
6: Wine Festival at Bethel Woods
6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28: Bear Mountain Octoberfest
6-8: The Sugar Loaf 40th Annual Fall Festival
7: Autumn in Austerlitz Festival
20-21: Johnny Appleseed Cider Fest
November 2012
3: Hudson Valley Brew Festival
5-18: The Moviehouse's Food Film Festival
18: International Pickle Festival
19-20: Wreath Fineries at the Wineries
December 2012
1-2: Unison Holiday Craft Fair
3-4 & 10-11: Wreath Fineries at the Wineries
15: Frozendale Daze
January 2013
13: Hudson Valley Rail Trail Winterfest
17-19: Albany Chefs' Wine & Food Festival
19: Windham Chamber Music Festival
February 2013
March 2013
2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24: Maple Sugar Festival
11-24: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week
April 2013
19-20: Woodstock Writers' Festival, Hunter Mountain
27: Beltane Festival, Rosendale
27-28: Craft Beer & Fine Food Festival, Hunter Mountain
28: Shandalee Music Festival, Bethel
