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.
Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards' harvest celebration on Seneca Lake: live music, food trucks, craft vendors, lawn games and wine specials, with an optional winemaker tasting ($10) and helicopter rides.
174 acts on 109 porches in Fall Creek and Northside. Free, noon to six, rain or shine. Five hours is a long way to go for a porch. These are good porches.
Craft beer, five bands and a raffle on Beacon's Main Street. Free to get in. Every pour helps Mid Hudson Animal Aid's cats.
More than 7,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns at Van Cortlandt Manor, running evenings through Nov 8. Advance tickets only.
Downtown Ithaca's 44th apple festival: growers, cider, baked goods, crafts and live music on the Commons.
A Friday-night concert at the Roxbury Arts Group's Vega Mountain Road arts center.
