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The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze

September 25 - September 27

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

An Intimate Weekend with Laith Al-Saadi at Levon Helm Studios

September 25 @ 8:00 pm - September 27 @ 8:00 pm

Levon Helm Studios 160 Plochmann Lane, Woodstock

Three nights of blues guitar in the Woodstock barn that is home to the Midnight Ramble. Shows at 8pm Friday through Sunday.

Windham Farmers’ Market

September 26 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

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

Featured September 26 @ 9:00 am - September 27 @ 4:00 pm

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.

Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

Featured September 26 @ 10:00 am - September 27 @ 5:00 pm

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

September 26 @ 10:00 am - September 27 @ 5:00 pm

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.

Hope Rocks Festival at Bearsville Theater

Featured September 26 @ 11:00 am

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

September 26 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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

September 26 @ 11:00 am - September 27 @ 6:00 pm

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

September 26 @ 12:00 pm - September 27 @ 3:00 pm

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

Featured September 26 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Oktoberfest at Ze Wine Bar at Jägerberg — Fest Saturday

Featured September 26 @ 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Ze Wine Bar at Jägerberg 7722 Main Street, Hunter

The first Fest Saturday of Jägerberg's three-weekend Oktoberfest on Hunter's Main Street, with an accordion player on Sunday afternoon.