Hi Friends,
Happy October! There are FIVE weekends to enjoy plus an extra hour of the Hudson Valley’s best month. No better time than right now to release our first bonus issue to help you make the very most of it.
Friday, October 2
VERBATIM Text Sound Expo at Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest: Small presses and experimental music take over a 100 year old church in Big Hollow, with vendors out on the lawn between two ridges. Runs Oct 2 and 3, and the evening performances are by donation. If this is your think you’vve probably sent fan mail to our music writer, Mr. Gunks..
Saturday, October 3
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PFP's Harvest Fest at Poughkeepsie Farm Project in Poughkeepsie: Pulso de Barro headlines two stages of live music at the Poughkeepsie Farm Project, plus food and drink vendors, a makers market, kids activities and pick-your-own flowers. $10 suggested, pay what you choose, rain or shine.
Hudson Oktoberfest presented by Upper Depot Brewing in Hudson: Upper Depot turns Saturday into an eight-hour Oktoberfest, noon to 8pm, with beer and bites.
Belleayre Fall Festival at Belleayre Mountain in Highmount: Free admission and free parking, with live music on the Subaru Stage, craft vendors, and stein-holding and pie-eating contests plus gondola rides for views of flaming foliage. Maybe gondola first, pie eating after. Runs Oct 3, 4, 10 and 11, 10am to 5pm.
Catskill Food Festival at Dutchman's Landing Park in Catskill: Food trucks, local food vendors, live music and artisan shopping set up on the Catskill waterfront, noon to 6pm, rain or shine.
Oktettafest at Tetta's Market in Olivebridge: Tetta's Market throws a small-batch Oktoberfest with brats, beer and pretzels around the fire pit. I’m only letting them get away with this shitty AI flier because they’ve saved my friends’ asses during ice storms.
Sunday, October 4
For The Girls Market at Eastdale Village in Poughkeepsie: All women owned vendors: vintage and Y2K clothes, tooth gems, hair tinsel and permanent jewelry, 10 to 4, right next to the Eastdale farmers market. Free entry.
Lil Deb's Oasis Block Party in Hudson: This is the end, my friends! Lil Deb's concludes ten years in Hudson with a block party. Catch this tropical-comfort-food fixture before it closes its doors for good.
Friday, October 9
O+ Festival Kingston in Kingston: Artists here get paid partly in health care at the O+ clinic, which is the whole beautiful idea. Three days of music, art, comedy and wellness across town, Oct 9 to 11, with Lara Hope programming the music this year.
Saturday, October 10
Left Bank Ciders Harvest Party at Heather Ridge Farm in Preston Hollow: Left Bank pours cider at the Preston Hollow farm where it gathers wild apples, while Chef Jo grills lamb and chicken raised right there. Sam Lisbeth plays, kids get stuff to do, and it should be peak leaf. Noon to 4.
Friday, October 16
An Autumnal Banquet at The Spark of Hudson in Hudson: Fancy Feast Supper Club cooks a Libra season banquet on her own birthday, 6:30 to 10, capped at 44 guests. Every dollar goes to the Spark of Hudson's Youth Apprenticeship Program.
An Evening with Ravensbeard Wildlife Center at Rose Hill Farm in Red Hook: Ravensbeard brings its ambassador birds of prey to the farm at 6pm. Expect stories about its rescue and rehab work, a Q&A, and time to meet each bird up close. Tickets are on the flyer's QR code.
Saturday, October 17
Kingston Design Showhouse in Saugerties: Tickets are on sale for the eighth annual Kingston Design Showhouse, a midcentury stone house in Saugerties open Oct 17 through Nov 1. Find inspiration for every room of your home before you're trapped inside it by snow. It's $38, and the money goes to Circulary, which keeps building materials out of landfills.
Feast for Our Future: Rock Steady Farm's 2nd Annual Fundraising Dinner in Millerton: A farm tour leads into Filipino dishes from Harana Market's Chef Chris Mauricio, built on the farm's own produce, with a YesFolk Kombucha elixir tasting and DJ BKP closing out the dance floor. 2 to 5:30pm, sliding scale $50 to $375.
Sunday, October 18
Your Sister's Closet: Donation Day at Beacon Farmers Market in Beacon: Drop off the jeans that deserve a new life and the dress that was never your color, 10 to 2, ahead of the Nov 1 free swap. Face the pile. Release the pants.
Sunday, October 25
Hudson Valley Cider Symposium at Westwind Orchard in Accord: Slow Food Hudson Valley's sixth annual symposium closes out the apple harvest at Westwind Orchard, noon to 4pm. Taste ciders from Aaron Burr, Brooklyn Cider House, Left Bank and a dozen more makers, take an orchard and cidery tour, and hit Pomona's Gifts, a traveling pomological exhibit. Westwind's wood-fired pizza is for sale. $25.
Cheers,
Amy
A Maker and Lover