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THE HUDSON VALLEY HIT LIST · WEEKEND EDITION

☀️ Happy Thursday, Hudson Valley

Weekend plans, sorted. Here are 15 things to do this weekend (Oct 16–18), five in each corner of the valley: farmers markets, fall festivals, live music and plenty for the kids.

🥕 Farmers Market · 🍔 Food Festival · 🎪 Festival · 🎵 Music · 👨‍👩‍👧 Kid Friendly

Can’t-miss pick: Big Apples Fest at Heritage Financial Park in Wappingers Falls on Saturday. Free admission, live music, seasonal beers and inflatables at the Renegades’ ballpark.

Jump to your region: Lower · Mid · Upper

LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend

Westchester · Rockland · Putnam

Fresh vegetables on a farmers market stall

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  1. 🎵 ArtsFest Concert: Wayne Tucker Celebrates Miles Davis: Fri 7pm · New Rochelle Public Library, New Rochelle. Trumpeter Wayne Tucker marks 100 years of Miles Davis with a set that runs from bebop to funk. Free; registration required, and doors open at 6:30pm on the Memorial Highway side. Details →

  2. 👨‍👩‍👧 Fall Family Day at Boscobel: Sat 11am–4pm · Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison. Fall crafts, 19th-century games, the heritage orchard, cider donuts and a kids’ scavenger hunt in the house museum, with picnicking on the Great Lawn. $7–$14; under 4 free. Details →

  3. 🎪🎵🥕 Harvest Fest at Tompkins Corners: Sat 1–5pm · Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. Six local bands from Code Green to the Catahoula Cajun Band, farm and artisan vendors, a kids’ craft table, mulled cider and a giant leaf pile. $10; kids free. Details →

  4. 🥕 Muscoot Farm Farmers Market: Sun 9:30am–2:30pm · Muscoot Farm, Katonah. A Sunday market on Westchester’s historic county farm, so you can shop local and then say hi to the animals. Free. Details →

  5. 🎵👨‍👩‍👧 Mariachi Real de México: Sun 2:30pm · Warner Library, Tarrytown. One of the country’s most respected mariachi ensembles plays a library concert, with a children’s craft starting at 2:15pm. Free and open to all. Details →

MID-HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend

Dutchess · Orange · Ulster

Baskets of fresh-picked apples

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  1. 🎵 Easy Sweetheart & Swimmers: Fri, music 8pm · Keegan Ales, Kingston. DIY Kingston brings two hometown bands, dream-grunge Easy Sweetheart and garage rockers Swimmers, to the tent outside the brewpub. Free, no cover. Details →

  2. 🍔🎪👨‍👩‍👧 Big Apples Fest: Sat 10am–4pm · Heritage Financial Park, Wappingers Falls. The Renegades’ second annual apple party at the ballpark, with live music, seasonal beers, games, inflatables, crafts and plenty of apples. Free admission; parking $10 in advance or $15 at the gate. Details →

  3. 🥕 Kingston Farmers Market: Sat 9am–1pm · 285 Wall St., Kingston. Uptown Kingston’s Saturday market of farms, food vendors and makers in the County Courthouse lot. Free. Details →

  4. 🎪🍔👨‍👩‍👧 Goshen Fall Festival: Sat 11am–3pm · Village Green, Goshen. Pumpkin carving and painting, a chili cook-off, live music, local artists, craft vendors and bounce houses on the green. Rain date is Sunday. Details →

  5. 🎪🎵👨‍👩‍👧 Port Jervis Fall Foliage Festival: Sun 10am–5pm · Downtown Port Jervis. Three stages of live music (Felix & The Cats closes the main stage 2–5pm), a classic car show, and a petting zoo and pony rides from noon to 4pm. Details →

UPPER HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend

Columbia · Greene · Sullivan

Pumpkins in a field

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  1. 👨‍👩‍👧 Legends by Candlelight Ghost Tours: Fri & Sat 6–8:30pm · Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. Halloween treats, a jack-o’-lantern-lit walk and a decorated-mansion tour built on the site’s ghost stories, ending with marshmallows at the bonfire. $5–$15; reservations required at (518) 537-4240. Details →

  2. 🥕 Kinderhook Farmers Market: Sat 8:30am–12:30pm · Village Square, Kinderhook. One of the last Saturdays of the season for this village-green market, rain or shine. Free. Details →

  3. 👨‍👩‍👧🎵 Pumpkin Fest at Beaverkill Meadows Farm: Sat 11am–3pm · Beaverkill Meadows Farm, Livingston Manor. Pumpkin decorating, mini goats and a baby donkey, a fiber arts demo, live music, hot cider and pumpkin bread. $15 per party plus $5 per person. Details →

  4. 👨‍👩‍👧 Treats & Trails Halloween Event: Sat 3–6pm · East Mongaup River Park, Monticello. A not-scary costume afternoon with treat stops along the park trail, hayrides and pumpkin painting. Bring a bag. Free; rain date is Sunday. Details →

  5. 🎵 An Evening with David Amram: Sun 5–6pm · Athens Cultural Center, Athens. The composer and multi-instrumentalist, the New York Philharmonic’s first composer-in-residence, plays and swaps stories from a career alongside Kerouac, Monk and Dylan. Free. Details →

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