THE HUDSON VALLEY HIT LIST · WEEKEND EDITION
☀️ Happy Thursday, Hudson Valley
Weekend plans, right to your inbox. Here are 15 things to do this weekend (Nov 6–8), five in each corner of the valley: farmers markets, a craft fair, a kite festival, live music and plenty for the kids.
🥕 Farmers Market · 🍔 Food Festival · 🎪 Festival · 🎵 Music · 👨👩👧 Kid Friendly
Can’t-miss pick: Tusten Jazz in Narrowsburg, Saturday and Sunday. Brazilian jazz with trombonist Ryan Keberle, a Fay Victor double bill and a Sunday jazz brunch, all on the banks of the Delaware.
Jump to your region: Lower · Mid · Upper
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Westchester · Rockland · Putnam
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🎵 Cindy Cashdollar: Two Many Guitars: Fri 7:30pm · Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. The Grammy-winning steel guitar and dobro great teams up with guitarist Jack Petruzzelli and a full band in a cozy community hall. $30. Details →
🥕 Pleasantville Farmers Market: Sat 8:30am–1pm · Metro-North lot, Memorial Plaza, Pleasantville. One of Westchester's biggest markets, with local farms, bakers and prepared-food vendors, outdoors all year. Free to browse. Details →
🎪👨👩👧 Palisades Fall Craft Fair: Sat 10am–4pm · Palisades Community Center, Palisades. The 17th annual fair fills the center with Hudson Valley pottery, woodwork, knitwear and Waldorf toys, plus specialty food vendors, a kids' make-it table and fish and chips for lunch. Free to attend. Details →
👨👩👧 Westchester Children's Museum Pop-Up: Sat 10am–2pm · Hilltop Hanover Farm, Yorktown Heights. The museum brings hands-on STEM and art activities to the county's working farm, so you can pair it with a visit to the farm stand. Free. Details →
🎵👨👩👧 Shadows of the 60s: A Motown Tribute: Sun 3pm · Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. A 1964-style Motown revue with sharp choreography, costumes and a live band, covering the Temptations, Four Tops, Supremes and more. An easy Sunday matinee for the whole family. Details →
MID-HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Dutchess · Orange · Ulster
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🎵 Willie Nile: Fri 7:30pm · The Falcon, Marlboro. The veteran New York rocker brings his big-hearted, street-poet rock and roll to the Falcon's main stage. No reservations; dinner from 5:30pm. Details →
🥕 Newburgh Farmers' Market: Sat 10am–3pm · Safe Harbors Green, Broadway, Newburgh. Local farms, bakers and makers on the green in the heart of Broadway, with just a few weeks left in the outdoor season (through Nov 21). Free. Details →
🎪👨👩👧 Knapp's View Kite Festival: Sat 11am–1pm · Knapp's View, Chester. The Town of Chester's kite day in the fall foliage: bring your own kite or grab a free one for kids 10 and under, with light snacks and drinks. Free. Details →
🎵 Orleans: Final Tour: Sat 7:30pm · UPAC, Kingston. The band behind "Still the One" and "Dance With Me" plays one of its last shows ever. $39–$79. Details →
🥕 Rhinebeck Farmers Market: Sun 10am–2pm · Municipal lot, East Market St, Rhinebeck. Dutchess County's favorite Sunday market, with farms, bakers and prepared food, rain or shine through Dec 27. Free. Details →
UPPER HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Columbia · Greene · Sullivan
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🎵 Buffalo Stack: Fri 8pm · Park Theater, Hudson. Former NYC sideman Andy Stack leads his Hudson Valley roots band through originals and deep cuts in lively, unpredictable sets. $20.50–$53.50. Details →
🥕 Copake Hillsdale Farmers Market: Sat 9am–1pm · Roeliff Jansen Park, Hillsdale. Produce, meat, cheese and baked goods from Copake and Hillsdale-area farms in one of the last weeks of the season. Free. Details →
🎪🎵👨👩👧 Fall Fest at Cavalli Hudson Valley: Sat 2–7pm · Cavalli Hudson Valley, Coxsackie. Beer, food, vendors, fall activities, bonfires, music and the farm's Cavalli horses. Wear your flannel. Details →
🎪🎵 Tusten Jazz: Sat 2pm & 7pm, Sun 11am · Tusten Theatre & DVAA, Narrowsburg. A weekend of jazz on the Delaware: Brazil's Urbem with trombonist Ryan Keberle Saturday afternoon, a Fay Victor double bill Saturday night and a Sunday jazz brunch. Kids 12 and under free. Details →
🍔 Klocke Estate Tasting & Release Party: Sun noon–4pm · Klocke Estate, Hudson. The farm distillery's first release party: free tastings of this year's brandies, eaux de vie, vermouths and liqueurs, with warm crepes and free apple cider. Details →
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