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The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze

Van Cortlandt Manor 525 South Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson

More than 7,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns at Van Cortlandt Manor, running evenings through Nov 8. Advance tickets only.

From $; advance tickets only24
Ongoing

Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival

Ithaca Commons Ithaca

Downtown Ithaca's 44th apple festival: growers, cider, baked goods, crafts and live music on the Commons.

Free

Windham Farmers’ Market

Windham Farmers' Market 5399 Main Street, Windham

Windham's Saturday market on Main Street: local growers and makers, with live music each week.

Hunter Mountain Homecoming Weekend & Ski Swap

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Hunter Mountain 64 Klein Avenue, Hunter

Hunter's lead-in to winter: a ski swap, food truck and Tap Bar, and SkyRide lift rides over early fall color.

Delhi Harvest Festival

Main Street & Courthouse Square, Delhi Main Street, Delhi

Delhi's chamber-run harvest festival: local farmers, vendors and artisans around Courthouse Square, with live music.

Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

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Cantine Memorial Complex Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties

The 36th Kiwanis-run garlic harvest festival: a garlic marketplace, a food alley of garlic dishes, and a full weekend in Saugerties.

$8 – $15

Fall Harvest Festival Weekend at Fishkill Farms

Fishkill Farms 9 Fishkill Farm Road, Hopewell Junction

Apple and pumpkin picking, wagon rides and a corn maze, with live music beside the Treasury Cider Bar.

Blacksmith Weekend & Scarecrow Village at Fenimore Farm

Fenimore Farm & Country Village 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown

Blacksmithing demonstrations at Cooperstown's living-history farm, the same weekend its first fall scarecrow trail opens.

Naples Grape Festival

Village of Naples Naples

The Finger Lakes' long-running grape harvest festival: a beverage garden, music tent, crafts and the famous grape pie contest.

Oktoberfest at Whiteface Mountain

Whiteface Mountain Wilmington

A two-day Bavarian festival at Whiteface, with oompah bands, alphorns, dancers, craft vendors and gondola rides into the fall color.

$12 – $45

Hope Rocks Festival at Bearsville Theater

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Bearsville Theater 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock

An annual benefit concert on addiction and isolation, now at Bearsville, with Gail Ann Dorsey, Jim Weider and Mike Farris.

By donation

Canvas and Hemlock: 250th Anniversary Closing Celebration

Mountain Top Historical Society 5132 Route 23A, Haines Falls

A Hudson River School talk by the Greene County Historian at the 1913 Haines Falls train station, then a visit into the landscapes the painters knew.

Free

Grape Stomping Festival at Robibero Winery

Robibero Winery 714 Albany Post Road, New Paltz

Stomp grapes, taste wine and stay for live music, wood-fired pizza and a bonfire at a New Paltz winery. Rain or shine.

$12 – $40

Mountaintop Oktoberfest at Mohonk Mountain House

Mohonk Mountain House 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz

A German buffet and beer hall with an oompah band and alpenhorn on the lake. The day pass includes Mohonk's trails.

Day pass $ + tax113.25

Byrdcliffe Open Studios: Artists-in-Residence Session IV

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Byrdcliffe — Villetta Inn 3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way, Woodstock

The season's last open-studio afternoon on Woodstock's historic Byrdcliffe arts colony, followed by readings and performances.

Free

“Flowing Branches” Opening Reception

Roxbury Arts Center 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury

Opening reception for Richard Barlow's chalk-drawing installations at the Roxbury Arts Center.

Free