The Hit List: 15 Things to Do This Weekend (Oct 2–4)

🎵👨‍👩‍👧 Sleepy Hollow Music Festival: Sat 11am–8pm · Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow. Eleven bands on two stages, headlined by Everclear, The Smithereens with Marshall Crenshaw, Fastball and Sophie B. Hawkins. Up to two kids 12 and under get in free with a ticketed adult, and there’s a Kids Zone with a Junior Jam Tent and instrument petting zoo. Tickets from $55. Details →

🎪👨‍👩‍👧 Peekskill Rotary Fall Festival: Sat from 11am · Peekskill Riverfront. Free riverfront festival with live music, food trucks, craft vendors, kids’ activities and a pumpkin patch. Details →

🍔🎵 Country Harvest at Riverwind Vineyard: Sat 4pm · Valley Cottage. BBQ, wine and live music at the vineyard, benefiting Ventures for Good. Country casual dress. Details →

🎵 A Tribute to James Taylor, Carly Simon & Carole King: Fri 8pm · Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. A night of ’70s singer-songwriter classics at the Paramount. Details →

🥕 Piermont Farmers Market: Sun 10am–3pm · Flywheel Park, Piermont. Weekly riverside market with local produce and makers. Weather permitting. Details →

🎪🍔👨‍👩‍👧 36th Annual Warwick Applefest: Sun from 9am · Downtown Warwick. Orange County’s biggest festival is free, with 200+ craft vendors, food, a farmers market, a kids’ carnival and an apple pie baking contest. Arrive early: 30,000+ people come. Details →

🎪🎵 The Country Living Fair: Fri–Sun · Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. 250+ vendors selling antiques, vintage and handmade goods, plus hands-on workshops, guest speakers and a bluegrass music stage. Ticketed. Details →

🎪👨‍👩‍👧 Walden Harvest Fest: Sat 11am–5:30pm · Municipal Square, Walden. Free all-day festival with dozens of food trucks, live music, a petting zoo, bounce houses and contests. Details →

🍔👨‍👩‍👧 East Fishkill Community Day: Sat from 10am · Hopewell Junction. A town-wide community day. Come hungry: Cousins Maine Lobster and Catchin’ Fish & Chips are both on site. Details →

🎵🍎 Good Time Honey at Twin Star Orchards: Sat 1pm · New Paltz. Live music at the orchard. Pair it with apple picking and cider. Details →

🍔🎵👨‍👩‍👧 Hudson Oktoberfest: Sat noon–8pm · Upper Depot Brewing, Hudson. Rain-or-shine Oktoberfest with live music, regional beer, wine and cider, local food, makers and family games. Details →

🎵 Hudson Jazz Festival: Fri–Sun · Hudson Hall, Hudson. Mainstage sets from Grammy-winning drummer Dafnis Prieto, vocalist Vuyo Sotashe with pianist Chris Pattishall, and vocalist Shenel Johns, plus pop-up performances around town. Details →

👨‍👩‍👧 Dalmatian Day: Sat 10am–3pm · FASNY Museum of Firefighting, Hudson. Free and great for kids: meet live Dalmatians, watch a fire truck parade, play games and learn fire safety. Details →

🥕 Copake/Hillsdale Farmers Market: Sat from 9am · Roeliff Jansen Park, Hillsdale. Weekly market with local farms, plus fresh and smoked seafood from Coleman’s Catch this week. Details →

🥕🎵👨‍👩‍👧 Harvest Festival at Bethel Woods: Sun 11am–4pm · Bethel (Sullivan County). Last one of the season! 100+ farmers and makers, live music, a corn maze, hayrides and face painting. Free admission; parking $5 in advance, $7 at the gate. Cashless. Details →