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Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest
2017-08-26 11:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Fleischmanns, Fleischmanns, NY, 12430, United States
The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest in Fleischmanns isa Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned professional bbq competition and festival.
This BBQ festival provides a professional competition with a designated a “State Championship”. Winner receives cash prizes and trophies. The BBQ competition provides the backdrop for an all-day event that also includes an amateur BBQ competition, The Fire Company Throw-Down (local volunteer fire companies BBQ for bragging rights), live music, a craft beer tent, vendors falore, kid’s activities, and all things associated with outdoor food, cooking, entertainment and lots of people who love great BBQ!

EscapeMaker's Farms & Foliage Tasting Showcase
2017-09-07 17:00 - 20:30 | Fulton Stall Market, 91 South Street, New York, NY, 10038, United States
Don’t miss EscapeMaker’s Farms & Foliage FREE outdoor tasting showcase on Thursday, September 7th at the Seaport District from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. This evening event, which is sponsored by New York Apple Association , will include free samples of local food, craft beverages, and information on planning a farm escape or weekend getaway this fall!
Collect ideas and information from agritourism, food and farm ambassadors such as Dutchess Tourism, Inc. in the Hudson Valley, Edible Manhattan, Visit Luzerne County, MTA Metro-North Railroad, and much more! Grab a taste of local mead from Fulton Stall Market‘s MYSTO MEAD, local spirits from Sullivan Catskills Prohibition Distillery, fresh apples from NY State and more!
Make a night of it and enjoy live music from The Alpaca Gnomes, stick around for dinner and explore the local shops and chefs down at the Seaport this season!
Visit our EscapeMaker.com pop-up shop inside Fulton Stall Market seven days a week! Visitors can pick up FREE info on green travel, farm escapes, apple picking and local getaway packages to inspire couples, friends and families to start planning their vacations. Plan your trip to Westchester County Tourism, NY, Dutchess Tourism, Inc., Ithaca is Gorges (Ithaca & Tompkins County Tourism), Great Western Catskills of Delaware County, Sullivan Catskills, Visit Luzerne County, Visit Central New York and Amtrak!

Hudson Valley Wine & Food Festival
2017-09-09 11:00 - 2017-09-10 18:00 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6636 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY, 12572, United States
The Hudson Valley Wine and Food Fest is a celebration of the bounty of New York. Our food and wine festival features hundreds of wines from Hudson Valley wineries and beyond, NY distilled spirits, craft beers and gourmet specialty foods from all over the country. Learn more about wine with our educational seminars and brush up on your culinary skills with cooking demonstrations from regional celebrity chefs throughout the weekend. Satisfy your hunger with delectable treats from our Gourmet Food Truck Corral. A NY Registered Farm Market, you can purchase wines & spirits by the bottle to take home!

Hudson Valley Hoptember HarvestFest
2017-09-09 13:00 - 17:00 | Dutchess Hops, 1167 Noxon Road, Lagrangeville, NY, NY, United States
Celebrating everything hoppy — a true farm to pint experience featuring local beer, local food and local music. 20 brewers, hop-smoked BBQ and other hop-infused delights! Come meet your Hudson Vally brewers, distillers, cideries and farmers!

EscapeMaker.com's Apple Palooza
2017-09-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Union Square Greenmarket, 1 Union Sq, East 17th St., New York, NY, 10003, United States
Dear EscapeMakers — it’s apple season in the Big Apple! Come and get your free apples, apple pie, apple cider, cider donuts and more at our special agritourism event:

Apple Palooza at the GrowNYC Union Square Greenmarket
Friday, September 15th
from 10am-4pm!
FREE! ALL AGES!
Free samples, live music, apples, cider, baked goods and more!
Sponsored by the New York Apple Association!
Plus, pick up free info from our local travel getaway partner agritourism destinations like Sullivan County Catskills, Amtrak, Westchester County Tourism, NY, Dutchess Tourism, Inc., New York Apple Association, Delaware County, Ithaca and Tompkins County, and more!
GrowNYC Greenmarket partners sampling to be announced! Check back for updates in the coming weeks.

Delhi Harvest Fest
2017-09-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Delhi, Delhi, NY, United States
Visit Courthouse Square for Delhi’s Harvest Festival on Saturday to sample its annual selection of local produce vendors, arts and crafts, family-friendly activities and live music.

Downtown Apple Harvest Festival
2017-09-30 - 2017-10-01 | Downtown on the Commons, ithaca, NY, United States
35th Annual Apple Harvest Festival

35th Annual Stowe Foliage Arts Festival
2017-10-06 - 2017-10-08 | Topnotch Field, 3500 Mountain Road, Stowe, VT, 05672, United States
150 juried artists and artisans display and sell original art and contemporary crafts under heated tents. Rain or shine. Craft demos, live music, creative food court, entertainment, and a Specialty Food Tent with spirits tastings. Held annually on Columbus Day Weekend, the foliage is at its absolute zenith. The selection if exhibitors make this an excellent craft show. Many tourists return yearly to see their favorite ones and to add to their collections of handmade work.

2nd Annual Fall Festival at Madava Farms, home of Crown Maple Syrup
2017-10-14 00:00 - 2017-10-15 00:00 | Madava Farms, 47 McCourt Road, Dover Plains, NY, United States

Beacon Sloop Pumpkin Festival
2017-10-15 12:00 - 17:00 | Riverfront Park, 1 Flynn Drive, Beacon, NY, United States
Enjoy fresh, local Hudson Valley pumpkin treats alongside live music, environmental speakers and displays, crafts, and food vendors. An all ages event, there will be plenty of free activities for kids!

NYS Sheep & Wool Family Festival
2017-10-21 09:00 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6636 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY, 12572, United States
Browse colorful vendors and be inspired by cooking demos. Shop for crafts, watch a fashion sow, and eat your favorite food while enjoying entertainment. Learn something new at fascinating workshops. See competitions in knitting, crocheting, hand spinning, and wool combing. Kids love the Mad Science show, Ed the Wizard, and making friends at the Two by Two Petting Zoo.

Red Hook & The Chocolate Festival
2017-11-04 00:00 | NY
Music, tastings, vendors, demonstrations, and lots of chocolate!

Sinterklaas Rhinebeck
2017-12-02 00:00 | Village of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, NY, 12572, United States
A Dutch Christmas tradition; festival & parade. Mounted on a white steed, Sinterklaas is the “predecessor” of Santa Claus, accompanied by the Grumpus, a wild-looking half-man, half-beast. The entire village is filled with entertainment all day with the Children’s Starlight Parade at dusk.

Jane Austen Weekend: Pride and Prejudice
2018-01-19 - 2018-01-21 | NY
A leisurely weekend of literary-inspired diversions for every Jane Austen devotee includes dessert & a talk titled “The Look of Lizzie Bennet’s England” which describes the architecture and art, towns and cities, clothing and furniture and more as a setting for Pride and Prejudice, full English afternoon tea and a talk about taking tea during Jane Austen’s time, a Regency-style dinner party, chance to play a game of whist, Sunday brunch & a quiz with prizes. Optional sleigh ride. Join as many activities as you like. Dress in whichever century suits you. Come for an evening or stay for the weekend. It won’t be good company; it will be the best, and all in a Georgian-style mansion where Jane herself would surely feel at home. Advance reservations essential.
Cost: $395 single, $365 pp double, $300 pp triple includes two nights’ lodging, all meals and activities

Jane Austen Weekend: Sense and Sensibility
2018-01-26 - 2018-01-28 | Governor’s House in Hyde Park, 100 Main St, Hyde Park, VT, 05655, United States
A leisurely weekend of literary-inspired diversions for every Jane Austen devotee includes dessert & a talk titled “Making Sense of Regency England” which explains English money of the time, carriages and traveling, the postal system, and many other details which are important in Sense and Sensibility, full English afternoon tea and a talk about taking tea during Jane Austen’s time, a Regency-style dinner party, chance to play a game of whist, Sunday brunch & a quiz with prizes. Optional sleigh ride. Join as many activities as you like. Dress in whichever century suits you. Come for an evening or stay for the weekend. It won’t be good company; it will be the best, and all in a Georgian-style mansion where Jane herself would surely feel at home. Advance reservations essential.
Cost: $395 single, $365 pp double, $300 pp triple includes two nights’ lodging, all meals and activities

Agstravaganza
2018-04-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Downtown Ithaca, 171 E M.L.K. Jr. St , Ithaca, NY, 14850, United States
Learn about local agriculture at this FREE fun, family event! Many farms will be present, including CSA, maple, honey, cheese, and livestock – see sheep shearing and fiber spinning, lots of products to sample and purchase, plus big farm equipment to climb into and learn about. Lots of farmers and ag organizations will be there to answer questions and provide information. And, the Dairy Princess Court will hand out free ice cream!

Asparaganza
2018-05-26 15:00 - 20:00 | Finger Lakes Cider House, 4017 Hickok Road, Interlaken, NY, 14847, United States
Our annual festival of Asparagus, Spring and Community and the Cider House’s birthday!

EscapeMaker's Annual Apple Palooza
2018-07-06 08:00 - 17:00 | McCarren Park Greenmarket, North 12th St & Union Ave, brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
Dear EscapeMakers — Let’s celebrate the coming of fall foliage, fruiting orchards and autumnal goodness! What better way to celebrate than with all things APPLE! Join us for our annual “Apple Palooza” with GrowNYC at the McCarren Park Greenmarket, sponsored by New York Apples.
Saturday, September 8th from 10am-4pm
FREE! ALL AGES!
Free samples, live music, games and more!

27th Annual Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival
2018-07-06 10:00 - 2018-07-08 20:00 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6636 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY, 12572, United States

Taste of Buffalo
2018-07-07 08:00 - 2018-07-08 22:00 | Downtown Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

Fourth of July Birthday BBQ Bash
2018-07-07 10:00 - 23:00 | Americana Vineyards Winery, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken, NY, 14847, United States

2018 Firefly Festival
2018-07-13 20:00 - 23:00 | Duke Farms, 1112 Dukes Pkwy W, Hillsborough Township, NJ, 08844, United States
Experience the magic of Fireflies! During this family-friendly event you will meander along a self-guided 1.5-mile loop through woodlands and meadows to get a glimpse of fireflies in action.
Stop at over 20 activity stations along the way and learn to communicate with fireflies, discover what a glowworm is, learn what it takes to create a home for fireflies in your backyard, and much more!
We ask that you please register all individuals in your group in advance to help us prepare for the festival.

Pleasantville Music Festival
2018-07-14 08:00 - 22:00 | Parkway Field, 44-98 Marble Ave, Pleasantville, NY, 10570, United States

Sunflower Festival Weekends
2018-07-14 08:00 - 2018-07-15 20:00, 2018-07-21 08:00 - 2018-07-22 20:00 | Garden of Eve, 4558 Sound Ave, Riverhead, NY, 11901, United States

4th Annual Summer Fest
2018-07-28 12:00 - 19:00 | Roscoe Beer Co., 145 Rockland Rd, Roscoe, NY, 12776, United States
Our fourth annual summer fest will take place on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at the Roscoe Beer Co. The last three years were a huge success with plenty of craft beer to sample, local cuisine and dozens of local vendors selling their handmade goods, ranging from soaps to jewelry to hand painted glasses. This is a wonderful event to enjoy a great summer afternoon with live music, new beer releases, food and plenty of outdoor activities with the whole family in the Catskills. With added kids activities, we will make sure everyone has the best time possible, with kids painting and cornhole tournaments all day long.

The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice
2018-08-02 08:00 - 2018-08-05 17:00 | Phoenicia, NY, Phoenicia, NY, 12464, United States

11th Annual Sangria & Jazz Festival
2018-08-11 11:00 - 18:00 | Hudson-Chatham Winery, 1900 State Rt. 66, Ghent, NY, 12075, United States

Rosehaven Alpacas at Adirondack Fiber Festival
2018-09-22 - 2018-09-23 | NY

Rosehaven Alpacas at Bethel Woods Harvest Festival
2018-09-23 11:00 - 16:00 | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, 200 Hurd Rd, Bethel, NY, 12720, United States
Rosehaven is part of the 20th Harvest Festival. We are in a tent by the Corn maze – and depending on weather will have a few alpacas with us!
