The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
More than 7,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns at Van Cortlandt Manor, running evenings through Nov 8. Advance tickets only.
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Upstate Weekends
Events for September 26, 2026
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Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association Fall Antique Show
A two-day fall antique show at the historic Schoharie Valley Railroad complex.
Ongoing
Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival
Downtown Ithaca's 44th apple festival: growers, cider, baked goods, crafts and live music on the Commons.
Free
An Intimate Weekend with Laith Al-Saadi at Levon Helm Studios
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
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.
Protect the Path Hike: Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower
A guided 6-mile round trip to a Catskills fire tower, focused on Leave No Trace wildlife ethics. Free, registration required.
Free
Delhi Harvest Festival
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
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
Blacksmithing demonstrations at Cooperstown's living-history farm, the same weekend its first fall scarecrow trail opens.
Naples Grape Festival
The Finger Lakes' long-running grape harvest festival: a beverage garden, music tent, crafts and the famous grape pie contest.
Oktoberfest at Whiteface Mountain
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
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
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
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
Oktoberfest at Ze Wine Bar at Jägerberg — Fest Saturday
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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.
“Flowing Branches” Opening Reception
Opening reception for Richard Barlow's chalk-drawing installations at the Roxbury Arts Center.
Free