Festivals/Fairs

500 rubber ducks are launched into Gooseberry Creek on Main Street at 11am.  Cash prizes for the first 3 ducks across the finish line. Finish line is across from Rip Van Winkle Lake where a festival with food, music and crafts will be held all day. Crazy Boat Race on the Lake at 2pm. ...

Build a racer from anything you can imagine and race down Main St. Must be able to steer and stop. (No motors please.) Festival all day with live DJ and vendors lining both sides of the street. RACE TIME 2PM. Free admission. Come join the fun!

Lots of family fun!  German bands, Schuhplattler's, bell ringers, German food, drinks and vendors. Entertainment by:  Alpine Squeeze, Round Top Schuhplattlers, Die Schlauberger, Herbie & his Accord-a-tone, and Gregory and his Band. Hours:  Saturday from 1-10pm, Sunday from 1-8pm...

Riedlbauer's Resort, 57 Ravine Dr, Round Top NY 12473
Annually every Memorial Day Weekend. Presenting new and fresh entertainment direct from Ireland. Please visit website for 2012 schedule.

Festivals/Fairs, Music
Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre, Route 145, East Durham NY
Visit artist studios and mountaintop galleries for a most memorable visual experience sponsored by the Windham Arts Alliance.  Exhibition and special sale of paintings, pottery, jewelry and photography by top local artisans.  Maps are available at the Windham Fine Arts on Main Street in...

Fun-filled family day with something for everyone. Live music on 3 stages, classic car show, rides, lighthouse tours, huge fireworks display. 200+ vendors of all kinds and a demonstration area which includes martial arts, law enforcement and dance. Hours: 10am-11pm.

Athens Riverfront Park, Water Street, Athens NY 12015
Experience the Annual Catskill Mountain Thunder motorcycle rally - the largest motorcycle festival in Upstate New York! Enjoy stunt shows, rodeo games, live music, a vendor expo and bike show with cash prizes. Spaghetti wrestling and aerial burnouts topped the four-day event schedule in 2011....

Blackthorne Resort, 348 Sunside Road, East Durham NY 12423
A day filled with something for all ages.  Craft vendors, entertainment, music all day, kids activities and delicous food and great people!  $2/person, children 5 and under free.  Hours:  11am-10pm. Rain date August 5th.

Balloon festival with hot air balloon rides, tethering, kite flying, field events, face painting, and vendors.  Hot air balloons fly at dusk on Friday, dawn and dusk at on Saturday, and dawn on Sunday, weather permitting. Free admission. Hours: 10am-4pm.

Talented artists from the Windham Arts Alliance join with mountaintop folks of all ages for a plein air art exhibition and sale on location.  Scenery is majestic to paint.  Hours:  10am-3pm.  Free admission.

Mountaintop Arboretum, Route 23C & Maude Rd., Tannersville NY 12485
The tradition continues at the Hunter Mountain German Alps festival which has been entertaining Germans and non-Germans with plenty of food, drink, German music, activities and entertainment for all.

Hunter Mountain, Route 23A, Hunter NY 12442
The Youth Fair offers youth a place to showcase their talents and skills which they have developed through 4H clubs, scouting, FFA, and school projects. There is family entertainment and music offered.  Free parking and admission. Hours: 9am-9pm Thursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm Sunday.

Angelo Canna Park, Mountain Avenue, Cairo NY 12413
Join Santa and Mrs. Claus as they turn the big switch to light the beautiful holiday trees around Greenville Commons.  Cozy up to the bonfire, sing along with the Youth Choir at the gazebo, and follow Santa and Mrs. Claus to the Cultural Center for the children's visit with Santa and all his...

Indoor holiday craft fair featuring beautiful pottery, jewerly, jams & jellies, quilts and more. Hours: 9am-4pm. Free admission. Booth rental spaces for $25/single & $40/double. Please call or visit website for more information.

A perfect blend of beautiful crafts and artwork of pottery, beadwork, and more!   Fun for the kids too!  Vendor space is $30.  Free admission.  Hours: 9am-4pm.

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
The 2012 Grey Fox lineup includes Hot Rize, Del McCoury, David Grisman Quintet, David Bromberg, Mountain Heart, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Gibson Brothers, SteelDrivers, Blue HIghway, Tony Trischka & Territory, The Hillbenders, Bearfoot, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Monroeville, Ann...

Walsh Farm, 1 Poultney Road, Oak Hill NY 12460
Enjoy the sights and sounds of Ireland right here at Hunter Mountain in the Great Northern Catskills. Featuring live Irish-American bands, dancers and bands from Ireland, and traditional cuisine, the International Celtic Festival offers incredible Irish entertainment.Enjoy a bagpipe competition and...

Festivals/Fairs, Music
Hunter Mountain, Route 23A, Hunter NY 12442
Reunite with old friends at our beautiful location in Greenville, NY for a rousing "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans!"  Annual Memorial Service at 12noon on Saturday, July 28, 2012.  Join us as we salute our brother and sister Vietnam Veterans, and pay tribute to our missing and deceased...

Celebrate Oktoberfest at Hunter Mountain in the Great Northern Catskills!For two special fall foliage weekends, celebrate German Heritage and join in an old-world tradition. Enjoy German-American music, Austrian music and local bands and family activities including pumpkin painting and crafts – all...

Festivals/Fairs
Hunter Mountain, Route 23A, Hunter NY 12442
This tented rain or shine festival will have over 30 breweries with tasters enjoying over 65 brews.  Three bands will be performing throughout the day including the Phil Massaro Electric Symphony, SIRSY, with Conehead Buddah headlining.  Food and craft vendors.  Hours:  12noon-...

Join us for Ukrainian folk arts and traditions.  Kids activities, food, entertainment, vendors and more! The Festival will feature Ukrainian folk art (including "pysanky" Ukrainian Easter eggs, ceramics, embroidery and more), tours, exhibits, entertainment, inspiring Ukrainian music, Ukrainian...

A fun-filled family day not to be missed!  Crafts on Main Street. Parade at 3PM. Fireworks at Bear Creek Restaurant at dark. Hours:  12noon-5pm.  Come join the fun!

Festivals/Fairs
 Tannersville Great Pumpkin Walk & Lighting
Tannersville Great Pumpkin Walk and Lighting on Main St. Pumpkins line Main Street and are lit at dark.  Carve your best pumpkin and bring to Main St and enter in our third annual Great Pumpkin Walk & Lighting.  Prizes for People's Choice, Most Creative, Funniest and Scariest pumpkin...

Festivals/Fairs
Swing back to the Prohition Era...the days of Legs Diamond!!!    Antique vehicle exhibit, antique auction, historical displays.  Arts, crafts, gifts, petting zoo, vendors, face painting, food & entertainment. Something for everyone! Hours: 11am-9pm. Free admission.

Don't miss this 4-day festival packed with well known performers. On-site camping and lodging are available and accommodations are offered at nearby Catskills hotels, condos and house rentals. STEVE WINWOOD, GOV'T MULE TO HEADLINE MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD RETURN ALONG WITH FIRST-TIME...

Hunter Mountain, Route 23A, Hunter NY 12442
Leasing local artists of the Windham Arts Alliance hold a Columbus Weekend special Silient Auction Art Salw under large tent.  Oils, watercolors, acrylics and photography.  A treasure to behold and to own can be yours inexpensively.  Hours:  9:30am-4pm.  Free admission.

Zuill Bailey on cello, Robert Koenig on piano.  Franck:  Sonata for Cello and Piano, Debussy:  Sonata for Cello and Piano.  Selected works by Liszt and De Falla.  Hours:  8-9:30pm.  Admission:  General $25, Seniors $20, Contributors $15, Students $5.

Windham Civic & Performing Arts Center, Route 23 (Main St.), Windham NY 12496
From the Opera to Broadway.  Nancy Allen Lundy singing soprano, Philip Cutlip on baritone, and Stephen Gosling on piano.  Arias, Songs & Duets by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Lehar and Bernstein.  Hours:  8-9:30pm.  Admission:  General $25, Seniors $20, Contributors $15...

Windham Civic & Performing Arts Center, Route 23 (Main St.), Windham NY 12496
Lyric Piano Quartet in Concert.  Glenn Dicterow on violin, Karen Dreyfus on violin, Fredrick Zlotkin on cello, and Gerald Robbins on piano.  Faure:  Piano Quartet in C Minor Opus #15.  Brahms:  Piano Quartet in G Minor Opus #25.  Hours:  8-9:40pm.  Admission...

Windham Civic & Performing Arts Center, Route 23 (Main St.), Windham NY 12496
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra Gala Concert.  Robert Manno, Conductor.  Elmar Oliveira on violin.  Haydn:  Symphony #88.  Wagner:  Siegfried Idyll.  Schumann:  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor.  Hours:  8-10pm.   Admission:...

Windham Civic & Performing Arts Center, Route 23 (Main St.), Windham NY 12496
Many varieties of beer and wine will be represented, from more common merlots and pale ales to meads and maibocks, ports and porters.  The wineries will be in Colonel's Hall and the breweries will be throughout the base lodge.  Full drinks are also available at the Main Bar.  This is...

Festivals/Fairs
Hunter Mountain, Route 23A, Hunter NY 12442