Sixty hot air balloons over Glens Falls and Queensbury, with a 6:30 AM mass launch Saturday and Sunday. Set the alarm. It's worth it.
Historic Hudson Valley's nighttime walk through 7,000+ hand-carved, illuminated jack o'lanterns, from dinosaurs to a working carousel.
The Glenn H.
A two-day fiber arts and farm festival with 100+ vendors of wool, yarn, pottery and crafts.
Fifty farm and artisan vendors along Main Street, a beer garden, and live music all weekend in Chalybeate Park. Free, with a shuttle from the school lot.
Lakeside tastings on Lake Pleasant: New York wines, vodkas, meads and ciders, artisan vendors and food trucks, with DEC officers on hand to talk about living with black bears.
Forty-plus local acts on porches and lawns across the village. Free. Rain or shine. Bring a folding chair and no plan.
A day of Irish culture on the Peekskill riverfront: live music from Shilelagh Law, The Amadans and Phineas and the Lonely Leaves, Irish food and drink, a beer garden, Celtic craft vendors, Gaelic football and hurling demonstrations, step dancers and kids' activities.
Four hundred artists, sixty open doors, three Kingston neighborhoods. Grab a paper map uptown and buy one small thing you'll have to explain at home.
The cider house turns ten with live music, food trucks, a mini vendor market (12–5 PM), cider donuts, apple picking, tours and apple pie eating contests at 2 and 4 PM.
Sweet Clover Farm revives its Woodstock Festival tradition: eight hours of Woodstock-era music and style at the farm, home of the Spirits Lab distillery and tasting room.
A 21+ evening fundraiser for Tanglewood Nature Center: local beer and wine tastings, mocktails, the center's bird ambassadors, raffles, live music by Trevor Clark and flameworking demos by Jen Kuhn.
