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The Hudson Valley's Top Festivals and Fairs



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Top Festival and Fairs in the Hudson Valley, NY
2019 Festivals and Fairs
From fair food to rides the Hudson Valley is bustling with family-friendly festivals and fairs starting in the early spring straight through the fall. We are rounding up the best festivals and fairs for 2019 and updating often so make sure you bookmark this page and check back often!

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July 3 Summer Film Festival 2019, Newburgh
July 5-7 Town of Wappinger Community Day, Wappingers Falls
July 6-7 Great American Weekend 2019, Goshen
July 6 Young Mavericks Festival, Woodstock
July 11 Summer Film Festival 2019, Newburgh
July 12-13 Festival in the Suburbs, Newburgh
July 13 Beatles Festival, Highland Mills
July 14 Antique Tractor Pull, Montgomery
July 14 Antique and Classic Car Show, Poughkeepsie
July 18-19 Warwick Food Truck Festival, Warwick
July 18-28 Orange County Fair, Middletown
July 18 Summer Film Festival 2019, Newburgh
July 20-21 Rosendale Street Festival, Rosendale
July 20 Taste of Montgomery, Montgomery
July 20 Young Mavericks Festival, Woodstock
July 21 Washingtonville Artisans Extravaganza, Washingtonville
July 25 Summer Film Festival 2019, Newburgh
July 26-28 48th Annual Putnam County 4-H Fair, Carmel Hamlet
July 27-28 Hudson Valley Brassroots Festival, Kingston
July 27 Butterfly Festival, Wappingers Falls
July 27 Grape Jam Music Festival, Highland Mills
July 27 Freedom Fest Fireworks Show, Montgomery
July 27 Beacon's Annual Cookout, Beacon
July 28 29th Annual Riverfest, Narrowsburg
July 30-August 4 Ulster County Fair, New Paltz


August 1-4 Ulster County Fair, New Paltz
August 2 Village of Goshen Art Walk, Goshen
August 3-4 Bear Mountain Pow Wow, Bear Mountain
August 3 Young Mavericks Festival, Woodstock
August 6-11 143rd Schoharie County Sunshine Fair, Cobleskill
August 6 National Night Out, Poughkeepsie
August 8-11 Otisville Country Fair, Otisville
August 10 Newburgh Latin American Fest, Newburgh
August 10 The Blueberry Festival, Ellenville
August 11 Florida Family Fun Fest, Florida
August 11 Bagel Festival, Monticello
August 12-17 Delaware County Fair, Walton
August 13-18 The Altamont Fair, Altamont
August 16-18 Hudson Valley Ribfest, New Paltz
August 16-18 Grahamsville Little World's Fair, Grahamsville
August 17-Oct 6 New York Renaissance Faire, Tuxedo
August 17-18 Butterfly Weekend, Cornwall
August 17-18 Hope Rocks Festival, Saugerties
August 17 Peachtopia, Hopewell Junction
August 20-25 Dutchess County Fair, Rhinebeck
August 23-23 Summer Hoot, Olivebridge
August 24-25 NY Air Show, Newburgh
August 24 New Windsor Community Day, New Windsor
August 28-Sept 2 179th Columbia County Fair, Chatham
August 28-Sept 2 The Great Schaghticoke Fair, Schaghticoke
August 31-Sept 2 Honey Crisp Hysteria Festival, Highland 
August 31 CelebrateWomXN845, Kingston


Sept 1 Iroquois Festival. Howes Cave
Sept 1 Fair Oaks Fright Fest. Middletown
Sept 1-2 Civil War Weekend. Monroe
Sept 7-9 Oktoberfest 2018. Poughkeepsie
Sept 8 Family Fun Festival. Poughquag
Sept 8 Honey Festival. Wappingers Falls
Sept 9 NY Metro Reptile Expo. White Plains
Sept 2-30 Harvest Festival. Bethel
Sept 13-16 Fall Greek Festival. Poughkeepsie
Sept 15 Grape Stomping Festival. Marlboro
Sept 16 TheTaste of New Paltz. New Paltz
Sept 21-23 Fall Greek Fest 2018. Newburgh
Sept 22 Kids' Trial STEAM Event. Poughkeepsie
Sept 22 Grape Stomp Festival. New Paltz
Sept 22 Touch a Truck. Fishkill
Sept 23 Fall Foliage Festival. Port Jervis
Sept 23 Union Vale Oktoberfest 2018. Lagrangeville
Sept 29 Hudson Valley Irish Fest. Peekskill
Sept 29-30 Pumpkin Festival. Poughquag
Sept 29-30 Hudson Valley Garlic Festival. Saugerties
Sept 29-30 In the MKNG. Bethel

OCTOBER 2019
Oct 5 Pumpkin Festival. Campbell Hall
Oct 5 Disability Awareness Fair. Poughkeepsie
Oct 6 Fall Harvest Festival. Lagrange
Oct 6 Mum Festival. Saugerties
Oct 12 Pumpkin Fest. Barryville
Oct 12 Sugar Loaf Fall Festival. Chester
Oct 12 Annual Hackett's Fall Festival. Clinton Corners
Oct 12 Harvest Fest. Newburgh
Oct 13 Forsyth Nature Center Fall Festival. Kingston
Oct 13 Italian Festival. Kingston
Oct 13, 14, 20, 21 Fall Festival and Pumpkin Bombing Weekend. Rhinebeck
Oct 14 Harvest Fest. Kingston
Oct 14 Pumpkin Fest. Pine Island
Oct 19 44th Annual Apple Time Fair. Cornwall-on-Hudson
Oct 19 Fall Festival.  New Paltz
Oct 19, 20 Soukop Harvest Festival. Dover Plains
Oct 19 Hudson Valley VegFest. Poughkeepsie
Oct 20 Harvest Fest. Poughkeepsie
Oct 20 Pumpkin Festival. Beacon
Oct 20 Witchingtonville 2019. Washingtonville

NOVEMBER 2019
Nov 3 Woofingtonville Dog Parade. Washingtonville
Nov 3 Taste of the Hudson Valley. Poughkeepsie
Nov 11 47th Annual Train and Hobby Show. Poughkeepsie
Nov 15-Dec 28 Polar Express Expedition. Kingston
Nov 17 Family Day. New Paltz
Nov 23 Hudson Valley Hullabaloo. Kingston
Nov 23-12/23 Frosty Fest. Ulster Park
Nov 23 Skydiving Santa. Modena
Nov 23-24 Hudson Valley Hullaballoo. Kingston
Nov 30 Sinterklass! Send-Off Celebration. Rhinebeck
Nov 29 - Dec 28 Holiday Spirit Festival. Wappingers Falls
Nov 30 Sinterklaas Celebration. Kingston


Dec 1 Sinterklaas Festival. Rhinebeck
Dec 7-8 Winterfest and Holiday Market. Port Jervis
Dec 4 Annual Chanukah Festival. Wappingers
Dec 7 Decemberfest. Pawling
Dec 7 Snowflake Festival. Kingston
Dec 8-9 Christmas Festival Fair. Lagrangeville
Dec 8 Frozendale in Rosendale. Rosendale

January 2019
Jan 12 Hudson Valley Rail Trail Winterfest. Highland
Jan 19 Hudson Valley Wing Wars. Middletown
Jan 19 Tu B'Shevat: Festival of Trees. Rhinebeck
Jan 25-28 Catskill Ice Festival. New Paltz
Jan 26 4-H Poultry Palooza. Liberty

February 2019
Feb 2-3 Annual Winter Hoot. Olivebridge
Feb 2 Winter Festival. Kent Lakes
Feb 6 Sam's Point Snowshoe Festival. Cragsmoor
Feb 16 Rail Jam. Highmount
Feb 18 Winter Fest. Newburgh

March 2019
March 2 Dutchess County St. Patrick's Day Parade. Wappingers Falls
March 2 Hudson Valley Craft Brew Festival. Middletown
March 9 Annual Rock Hill St. Patrick's Day. Rock Hill
March 9 Hudson Valley Chowder Fest. Poughkeepsie
March 9 Annual Maple Fest. Wappingers Falls
March 10 Annual Kingston St. Patrick's Day. Kingston
March 10 Annual "Challenge Your Colon" Chili Festival. Wappingers Falls
March 20 International Day of Happiness. Newburgh
March 23 Annual Sugar Maple Celebration. Fishkill
March 23 Purim Carnival. Kingston
March 24 Ashokan Maple Fest. Olivebridge
March 24 Camp-a-Palooza. Poughkeepsie

April 2019
April 12-29 Rockland Free Fair. West Nyack
April 13 Kids Read: A Book Festival. Poughkeepsie
April 20 Spring Festival. Poughkeepsie
April 20 Springtime Farm Festival. Kerhonkson April 27 Beacon Barks. Beacon
April 27 Earth Day Celebration. Cornwall
April 27-28 Hudson Valley KidVenture. Poughkeepsie
April 27 Myple Syrup Festival. Long Eddy
April 27 Spring Artisans Fair. Blooming Grove

May 2019
May 3-5  Spring Crafts at Lyndhurst, Tarrytown
May 4 Cupcake Festival, Stormville
May 4 Farm Fest & Plant Sale, Poughkeepsie
May 4 Spring Faire, Rhinebeck
May 5 New Paltz Regatta, New Paltz
May 5-19 Warwick Winters Farmers' Market, Pine Island
May 9-13  International Family Festival, Port Jervis
May 10 Fiesta Latina, Stone Ridge
May 11 Apple Blossom Day, Red Hook
May 11 Farm Fest and Spring Plant Sale, Poughkeepsie
May 11-12 Hudson Valley Comic Con 2019, Poughkeepsie
May 16 Wildflower Festival, Kerhonkson
May 18 BluePath Walkathon, Yorktown Heights
May 18 Community Day, Saugerties
May 18 Gardiner Cupcake Festival, Gardiner
May 18-May 19 Northeast Outdoor Show, Rhinebeck
May 18 Pine Bush UFO Fair, Pine Bush
May 23-27 Annual Carnival, Washingtonville
May 24-27 7th Annual Ashokan Uke Fest, Oliverbridge
May 25-27 Spring Festival, Sugarloaf
May 30- June 2 Parish Festival, Poughkeepsie
May 30- June 2 St. Columba Carnival, Chester
May 31- June 2 Country Living Fair, Rhinebeck

June 1-2 Country Living Fair, Rhinebeck
June 1-2 Parish Festival, Poughkeepsie
June 1 Family Fun Day, Hopewell Junction
June 1 Food Truck Mash-Up, Bear Mountain
June 2 RiverFest, Cornwall on Hudson
June 2 East Fishkill Strawberry Festival, Hopewell Junction
June 6 Taste of Arlington, Arlington
June 7-9 Spring Greek Fest, Newburgh
June 8 4-H Animal Fun Day, Otisville
June 8 Kingston Kayak Festival, Kingston
June 8 Greenwood Lake Street Fair, Greenwood Lake
June 8 Trout Parade, Livingston Manor
June 9 Strawberry Festival, Beacon
June 9 Fairy Festival, Montgomery
June 13-14 Greek Festival, Poughkeepsie
June 13-23 Newburgh Mall Carnival, Newburgh
June 15 Water Lantern Festival, Montgomery
June 15 NFLXPO19, Newburgh
June 15 Strawberry Festival, Ulster Park
June 15 Strawberry Jammin' Festival, Hopewell Junction
June 16-17 Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, Croton-on-Hudson
June 22-23 Rhinebeck Crafts Festival, Rhinebeck
June 22 Taco Fest 3, Beacon
June 22 Strawberry Festival, Accord
June 22 June Jamboree, High Falls
June 22 Lilla's Wiffleball Tournament, Montgomery
June 22 Maritime Festival, Kingston
June 22 Family Fun Day, Hyde Park
June 22 Summer Solstice Celebration, New Windsor
June 26-29 Knights of Colombus Family Carnival, Lagrangeville
June 29 Tail Winds Music Festival, Wappingers Falls
June 28-30 Meals on Wheels Food Truck Festival, Palisades Center
June 29 International Mud Day, Cornwall
June 29 Tail Winds Music Fest 2019, Wappingers Falls
June 29 Young Mavericks Festival, Woodstock

Updated 10/1/2019


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