Community Calendar

The fair celebrates 207 seasons of family fun with exciting midway rides for all ages, concerts, Saturday night fireworks, Sea Lion Splash show, Circus Murcia Big Top Circus, motorsports, livestock shows, exhibits, demonstrations, a beer garden and fair food for every appetite.

Daily highlights:
• Wednesday - Pickup Truck Pulls (6pm); The Hard Luck Souls (7pm, 8:30pm)
• Thursday - Double Figure 8 Demo Derby (7pm); Beauty & The Beats (7:30pm)
• Friday - Farm Tractor Pulls (11am, 6pm); country music artist Chris Cagle (7:30pm)
• Saturday - Monster Truck Freestyle ($3.75; 2pm, 7pm); country singer Braxton Keith (7:30pm)
• Sunday - NYTPA Tractor Pull ($3.75; noon, 6:30pm); StonesAlive - Rolling Stones Tribute (5pm, 8pm)
• Monday - Demo Derby ($3.75; 1pm, 6pm); America's #1 Boy Band Experience (7:30pm)

Fair admission: $2 Wednesday; $15 Thursday - Monday; $13.89 online pre-sale; free for ages 13 & younger. On Thursday, admission is $5 for ages 62+ and free for active duty military & veterans. Parking is free.

Rides are $2 each on Wednesday (10-ride min. purchase). Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $30 Wednesday - Friday, $35 Saturday - Monday, BOGO on Thursday and discounted online before noon Sept. 2. Ride tickets are also discounted online pre-sale.

Fair hours: 10am - 10pm. Rides open daily at noon.

More information: 518-753-4411 or SchaghticokeFair.org

The Woodstock Farm Festival is a weekly farmers' market with prepared foods, live music and local vendors in the center of Woodstock, NY.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Shaker Heritage Society for our 2026 Harvest Craft Fair!

September 12, 10:00 am to 4:00pm

September 13, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Bring your family for a fun filled weekend featuring a petting zoo, sheep shearing, hands on activities, demonstrations, live music, delicious food, and over 75 vendors!

ADMISSION – Suggested donation of $5.

Thank you for your support of Shaker Heritage Society and our Vendor Community!

The Woodstock Farm Festival is a weekly farmers' market with prepared foods, live music and local vendors in the center of Woodstock, NY.

Join the Town of Lee and the Lee Chamber of Commerce for
Free Family Fun Day as part of Lee Founders Weekend
Saturday, September 19, 2026
11 am - 2 pm
(Immediately following Lee's Founders Parade at 10 am)

At the Lee Athletic Field
120 Housatonic Street, Lee

Performances by: 413 Cheer, Gymnastics Unlimited, Magician Bruce Bowey, and Musician Willy Welch

Featuring:
Free Pony and Donkey Rides
Free Circus Skills Activities
Free Balloon Animals
Free Face Painting
Free Hair Tinsel
Free NinjaFit Obstacle Course Training with Ninja Athletes
Free Bounce Houses
Free Sports, Arts, and Hands on Activities
Pop-up Kid-Led Business Market
Free Ice Cream
Free Cotton Candy and
Additional Food for Sale

Additional details are available at https://leema.gov/Youth-Commission.

The Woodstock Farm Festival is a weekly farmers' market with prepared foods, live music and local vendors in the center of Woodstock, NY.

The NYS Writers Institute's ninth annual Albany Book Festival returns to the University at Albany on Saturday, Sept. 26. Featured guests include:

• Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental writer
• Carol Gilligan, pioneering feminist scholar
• Gish Jen, acclaimed novelist
• Keith McNally, restaurateur and memoirist
• Namwali Serpell, award-winning novelist and critic (On Morrison)
• Arash Azizi, political analyst (What Iranians Want)
• Porochista Khakpour, acclaimed novelist (Tehrangeles: A Novel)
• John Katzenbach, bestselling thriller writer (The Architect)
• Megan Nolan, Irish novelist (Ordinary Human Failings)

Festival discussions will explore topics including climate, memoir, fiction, food, history and contemporary social issues, with additional guests and events to be announced.

Albany Book Festival
10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26
University at Albany Uptown Campus, 1400 Washington Ave.
Free and open to the public. No registration required.

The Woodstock Farm Festival is a weekly farmers' market with prepared foods, live music and local vendors in the center of Woodstock, NY.

🧀 Taste New York Cheese
at the Little Falls
Cheese Festival!

Join us at Rock City Centre during the Little Falls Cheese Festival for one (or all!) of three guided tasting sessions led by proprietor & renowned cheesemonger Mary Rizzo of The Cheese Traveler.

Each 60-minute class features a different selection of artisan cheeses generously donated by New York cheesemakers while you explore the stories, science, and craftsmanship behind every bite.

✨ Choose from three unique sessions:

🧀 New York Cheese: The Basics
🧀 Look at Those Rinds!
🧀 New York Is More Than Cheddar...But It’s Where We Began

🎟️ Early Admission Tickets (available beginning Monday at 12:00 AM)

• $35 per session
• All 3 Sessions for just $90 — save $15!

💙 New York State Cheese Council members receive an additional 10% off!

Each session is limited to 35 guests, so reserve your seat early!

📍 Rock City Centre, Little Falls, NY
🗓️ Saturday, October 3, 2026
🎉 During the Little Falls Cheese Festival

Portion of proceeds benefit the New York State Cheese Council and The Meeting of the Milkmaids, supporting education and the future of New York’s dairy and cheesemaking community.

🎟️ Register Today!
https://TasteNewYorkCheese.eventbrite.com

The Woodstock Farm Festival is a weekly farmers' market with prepared foods, live music and local vendors in the center of Woodstock, NY.