Four days of authors and panels across downtown Saratoga, nearly all of it free.
Nearly all sessions free
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Upstate Weekends
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7 events,Warrensburg turns its whole town into one sprawling sale for three days, sunup to sundown.
Free admission; rain or shine
New England's largest fair closes a 17-day run: state buildings, concerts and fair food worth the drive.
$12 – $20
World-level cross-country at Mt Van Hoevenberg and downhill at Whiteface, three days in peak color.
$10 – $20
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Three days of makers and antique dealers at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, with two music stages and parking included.
$28
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More than 7,000 hand-carved pumpkins on a longer path than past years, every night in October. Advance tickets only.
$34
A haunted hayride plus six walk-through attractions, in its 36th season. Saturday is the kid-friendly day.
$15 – $64.95
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Free admission and free parking on the mountain, with a stein holding contest at 1 and pie eating at 1:30.
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Pig races, magic shows, a petting zoo, live music and the orchard's own craft hard cider, both days 10 to 6.
$22 – $37
The 29th Pumpkinfest fills Courthouse Park with pumpkin everything, a craft show, hayrides and the Pumpkin Pub. The 30th Showcase opens new homes across Saratoga County — this weekend and again October 10–11.
$25
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Hunter's fall festival opens with the Scenic Skyride over the first color, live music both days and a VIP tasting option.
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Oxen demonstrations, a farmers' market, wagon rides and a six-acre corn maze at Fort Ticonderoga.
Included with daily admission (buy one day, get the next free)
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Montour Falls' 19th harvest festival on Main Street, with She-Qua-Ga Falls behind it.
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Warwick closes the village for the day: 150+ craft vendors, 75+ food stands and an apple pie baking contest.
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The museum on Blue Mountain Lake closes the weekend with a fall festival, 10 to 5.
Included with admission; Adirondack Park residents free with ID
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2 events,250+ makers, artisans and designers on the Kingston riverfront at Hutton Brickyards, with live music and local food. Kingston's music, art, comedy and wellness weekend, headlined by Lucero, with a free Saturday block party uptown. |
28 events,Windham's Main Street fair, 32 years running: 50+ vendors, live music, hay wagon rides, axe throwing and chainsaw carving. Apple picking, wagon rides and a corn maze, with live music, cider donuts and the Treasury Cider Bar. Costumed witches paddle the Hudson on stand-up paddleboards, with music, vendors and contests on shore. The 56th year of the airfield flea: hundreds of vendors with antiques, collectibles, crafts and food. Workshops, an open jam and a square dance on Saturday, then the headline concert Sunday at Roxbury Arts Center. The 30th Showcase: a self-guided tour of 13 new homes from 12 builders, benefiting Habitat for Humanity. The 10th year: scenic chairlift rides, brewery tastings, food trucks, an artisan market and live music. The Berkshires' oldest fall festival: 90+ artisan vendors, live music, a hay maze, hayrides and a petting zoo. Thousands of jack-o'-lanterns lit across Naumkeag's historic gardens. Timed tickets, bought in advance. A 25-year farm tradition: fresh-pressed cider, hayrides, a silk marionette show, live music and a pie contest. A candlelit ghost tour through 200-year-old Hyde Hall, about an hour long. Reservations required. The year-round Saturday market: 30+ vendors with produce, cheese and maple, plus live music 10 am–noon. The 55th running of the nonprofit Lake Placid races through the High Peaks in fall color. A foliage drive with stops: town-wide yard sales, farm visits and a Saturday quilt show. 36 artists open their studios 11 am–5 pm on a self-guided drive through the hills around Ithaca. Ivy League football at Schoellkopf Field: Cornell hosts 18th-ranked Harvard. Sky Rides over Finger Lakes foliage, live music on three stages, and artisan and food vendors. Craft studio demos, cider pressing, alpaca visits, a farmhouse lunch and live music.
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Lake Placid’s Flaming Leaves weekend: live music, crafts, food trucks, and US Ski Jumping / Nordic Combined championships against peak foliage.
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Second weekend of Belleayre’s free Fall Festival: gondola foliage rides, craft vendors, food, and live music noon–4 both days.
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Columbus Day weekend craft festival at the Chatham Fairgrounds with local makers, food, and live music both days.
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Two-day harvest gathering on a Delhi farm: local farms, artisans, food, beer, spirits, music, and family activities 10am–5pm.
$15
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Hunter Mountain’s second October weekend: Bavarian food, craft drinks, SkyRide foliage and live entertainment Saturday 11–6 and Sunday 11–5. Live music, a craft brew garden, 30+ makers, pedal boats and fall food at Bear Mountain State Park.
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The 3rd harvest party on the Cayuga Wine Trail: live music, BBQ, local vendors and tastings. Pets welcome. |
23 events,450+ classic cars on Front Street in Ballston Spa, with live music, vendors and a kids' zone.
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The Sunday market on Water Street: produce and local goods, open through the last Sunday of October.
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A fall afternoon at Lucas Vineyards with a Witches of the Water's Edge performance and live music. |
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Oktoberfest weekend at Subversive Malting & Brewing: bratwurst, spaetzle and pretzels, and the Mountain Märzen release on Saturday. |
18 events,A candlelit ghost tour through 200-year-old Hyde Hall, about an hour long. Reservations required.
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Fiber artisans, sheep shows, herding demos and workshops at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds. Kids 11 and under free.
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Kingston's Revolutionary War weekend: colonial camps, reenactments and talks across the uptown Stockade District. Thousands of hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns along an evening trail at Van Cortlandt Manor. Tickets from $24, advance only. Night hayrides and haunted attractions in Ulster Park, open Friday through Sunday this weekend. Apple and pumpkin picking, a corn maze, food trucks and live music on the cider porch.
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Thousands of jack-o'-lanterns lit across Naumkeag's historic gardens. Timed tickets, $32 adults. The last weekend of Hunter Mountain's fall festival: live bands, steinholding and a costume contest and parade both days. Free admission and parking.
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The Hudson Valley Renegades' fall fest at the ballpark: live music, seasonal beers, games, inflatables and apples.
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A farmers market followed by an afternoon of live music, food and fall activities in downtown Saranac Lake.
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Apple pies and crisps, a cake wheel, a quilt raffle, live music and the Easy as Pie 5K. |
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A free riverside festival with two solar-powered music stages, food and craft vendors, and free sails on the sloop Woody Guthrie. Polka from the Krazy Firemen Band, German food and games at a winery on Lake Ontario.
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The Sunday market on Water Street: produce and local goods, open through the last Sunday of October.
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Gypsy jazz in the spirit of Django Reinhardt from the New England acoustic quartet, at Fenimore Farm. |
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Hundreds of booths of gothic crafts, oddities and steampunk wares, live performances, trick-or-treating and a haunted house. 2026 tickets are free. 50-plus vendors of oddities, antiques and gothic jewelry in the Pavilion, plus a roam-on-your-own mansion tour. |
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Candlelit tours of the Central House, a 19th-century inn in Palenville, at 8 pm and 10 pm. Period-instrument Mozart and Haydn in Hunter, the night before the program plays Lincoln Center.
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A 90-minute, eight-mile round trip with a stop where each rider picks a pumpkin to take home. The hayride, six haunted houses, a corn maze and a circus sideshow: 13 attractions on one ticket. Čapek's 1921 play, the one that gave English the word "robot", in the LUMA Theater at Bard. A corn maze, live music noon–4 and the cider bar 11–6. Pick-your-own by reservation.
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Lit jack-o'-lanterns on the Woodstock festival grounds, with haunted wagon rides Friday and Saturday.
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More than 7,000 hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns across 23 displays at Van Cortlandt Manor. From $24, advance only.
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Thousands of jack-o'-lanterns lit across Naumkeag's historic gardens. Timed tickets, $32 adults. Schroon Lake's car show and harvest farmers market, moved to October 24 because of weather. The last weekend for the six giant troll sculptures at the Wild Center; the exhibit closes October 31. Fall family programs at the Corning Museum of Glass, including make-your-own glass pumpkins (extra fee). A full moon ceremony with Alex Grey and Allyson Grey, then a masquerade ball with live painting, fire performers and a bonfire.
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Beacon's free Halloween parade on Main Street, with trunk-or-treat, a scavenger hunt and a family costume contest.
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A noon-to-midnight cannabis-culture festival, with the Sam Grisman Project and Skeleton Crewe after 6 pm. |
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Subversive Oktoberfest Weekend
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Subversive Oktoberfest Weekend
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New York State Sheep & Wool Festival
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The Burning of Kingston
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Naumkeag Pumpkin Show
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Subversive Oktoberfest Weekend
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Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Festival
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New York State Sheep & Wool Festival
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The Burning of Kingston
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Naumkeag Pumpkin Show
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Palenville Ghost Tours
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Peace, Love & Pumpkins
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The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
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Naumkeag Pumpkin Show
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Peace, Love & Pumpkins
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The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
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