THE HUDSON VALLEY HIT LIST · WEEKEND EDITION
☀️ Happy Thursday, Hudson Valley
Weekend plans, sorted. Here are 15 things to do this weekend (Oct 23–25), 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: The Hudson Valley Cider Symposium at Westwind Orchard in Accord on Sunday. More than 20 cider makers pouring at the end of apple season, plus an orchard tour and wood-fired pizza, for $25.
Jump to your region: Lower · Mid · Upper
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Westchester · Rockland · Putnam
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🥕 Pleasantville Farmers Market: Sat 8:30am–1pm · Metro-North Parking Lot, Pleasantville. One of Westchester's biggest farmers markets, outdoors every Saturday of the year. Free. Details →
🍔🎵 Sailhouse Oyster Fest: Sun noon–6pm · The Sailhouse, Tarrytown. The last of four October Sunday parties on the river, with oyster specials, slurp-off contests, live music, beer and wine tastings and a Headless Horseman appearance. Free entry; food and drinks extra. Details →
🎪👨👩👧 Autumn Glow Festival: Fri–Sun 6:30–10pm · Glen Island Park, New Rochelle. Hundreds of lit Chinese lanterns line the Long Island Sound shoreline, with food vendors and kids' "kindie rock" sets in the tents. From $16.99; 2 and under free; parking $10. Details →
🎪👨👩👧 Cold Spring Halloween Parade: Sat, line-up 4:30pm, steps off 5pm · St. Mary-in-the-Highlands lawn, Cold Spring. The 33rd annual costume parade heads down Main Street to the riverfront bandstand. Pets welcome. Free. Details →
🎪🎵👨👩👧 Nanuet Fall Festival: Sun from 11am · Lake Nanuet Park, Nanuet. 75+ exhibitors, live music, food and beer trucks, pumpkin decorating, face painting and trunk-or-treat. Free admission. Details →
MID-HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Dutchess · Orange · Ulster
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🥕 Walkway Market: Sat 10am–4pm · Walkway Over the Hudson (Dutchess Welcome Center), Poughkeepsie. About 30 New York makers and growers selling maple syrup, honey, pickles, flowers and crafts, plus family activities. Free. Details →
🍔🎵 Hudson Valley Cider Symposium: Sun noon–4pm · Westwind Orchard, Accord. Slow Food Hudson Valley gathers 20+ cider makers, orchardists and distillers for tastings, an orchard tour, live music and wood-fired pizza. $25 advance. Details →
🎪👨👩👧 Soukup Farms Harvest Festival: Sat 11am–5pm & Sun 11am–4pm · Soukup Farms, Dover Plains. The farm's 12th annual harvest weekend with hayrides, a pumpkin patch, a corn maze and cider donuts. Free admission. Details →
🎪🎵👨👩👧 Echo Fields Season Finale Bash: Sun 11am–6pm · Echo Fields, Westtown. One last day in the fields with Skyward Fall live from 1–4pm, hayrides noon–4pm and pumpkin picking. Adults free; kids $15 or $30 per carload. Details →
🎵 Steve Earle: 51 Years of Songs & Stories: Sat 8pm (doors 7pm) · Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. The songwriter plays and tells stories from five decades on the road, with Joelton Mayfield opening. $61.65–$120.65. Details →
UPPER HUDSON VALLEY
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Columbia · Greene · Sullivan
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🥕 Hudson Farmers Market: Sat 9am–1pm · 6th & Columbia Streets, Hudson. Produce, meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods, flowers and cider from Columbia County farms. Free. Details →
🍔🎵 Holiday Mountain Oktoberfest: Sat 11am–4pm · Holiday Mountain, Monticello. Oktoberfest lagers, pumpkin ales, ciders and spirits from New York breweries, bratwurst and giant pretzels, and live music all day. 21+; tasting tickets from $35, non-taster entry $25. Details →
👨👩👧🎵 Peace, Love & Pumpkins: Fri–Sun 6:30–10pm · Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. Thousands of hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns light the garden trails, with live music from 6:30–8:30pm. Adults $25–$30, ages 3–17 $15–$20, 2 and under free; 20% off Sunday with a Sullivan County ID. Details →
🎪🎵👨👩👧 Catskill Public Library's 125th Birthday: Sat 11am–4pm · Catskill Public Library, Catskill. A free party with the Catskill Mountain String Band, a new painting unveiling, local history talks, lunch bites and kids' activities. Details →
🎵 Hot Shot Hillbillies & The Refrigerators: Sat 12:30–7pm · Woodlife, New Lebanon. A long afternoon of live music at the farm market: the Hot Shot Hillbillies 12:30–3:30pm, then the Refrigerators 4–7pm. $29. Details →
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