Festivals
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 - 1:06 am
Pro mountain bikers from around the world are competing on the slopes of Windham Mountain this weekend as part of the Union Cyclist Internationale (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup.
Today, the elite event was the men's and women's Cross Country Eliminator... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 - 12:13 pm
The Delaware County Fair, the Catskills' annual bacchanal of butter statuary, demolition derbies, livestock, and country pride, kicks off Monday, August 11, and runs through Saturday, August 16.
The Delaware County Fair. August 11 - 16. Walton... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2014 - 10:47 pm
The Ulster County Fair opened today for the 127th time, offering fireworks, magic shows, live music, fair food and other festivities.
The fair, held at the county fairgrounds on Libertyville Road in New Paltz begins Tuesday at 4 p.m. and will end on... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Thursday, Jul. 24, 2014 - 10:44 am
The fourth annual Catskill Forest Festival will celebrate the region’s forests this weekend by inviting people to participate in fun that promises to also be educational.
The festival, held in Margaretville Village Park on Saturday, July 26, will provide... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Tuesday, Jul. 22, 2014 - 1:32 pm
Crazies, start your engines!
(Just, no motors, please!)
Purveyors of wacky and wild vehicles are invited to compete on Tannersville’s Main Street on Saturday, July 26 as part of the 8th Annual Tannersville Crazy Race & Festival.
Participants simply... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Friday, Jul. 18, 2014 - 3:04 pm
This weekend, Mike La Casas will create an entire galaxy, complete with stars, planets, rings and meteors. And by Monday, it will most likely be gone.
La Casas, 53, has been composing chalk drawings of galaxies, animals and dinosaurs since he first heard... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2014 - 6:55 pm
Post by The Festive Owl.
Above: A Hudson Project festgoer earns her 15 minutes of Internet fame, as she shrieks at the river of trash and belongings running through her campsite. Source: The Festive Owl's Facebook page.
It was billed as the... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Monday, Jul. 14, 2014 - 10:29 am
Above: Musicians performing at the Catskills Irish Arts Week. Photo by Timothy H. Raab, from the Catskills Irish Arts week Facebook page.
Fervid followers of traditional Irish music and dance descend on East Durham this week for the twentieth annual... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Thursday, Jul. 10, 2014 - 2:48 pm
Locals are gearing up for traffic, crowds and delays this weekend as the Hudson Project, a new music and arts festival in the tradition of Woodstock, kicks off in Saugerties.
Legions of hippies and hipsters — an estimated 20,000 a day — will flood 800-... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Monday, Jul. 7, 2014 - 6:21 pm
Above: As part of Hanford Hills Museum’s Independence Day festivities they had a 3 horsepower Novo engine powering a Dickson’s improved ice cream churn (seen above operated by Amanda Osborn and Cory Young.)
Above: Young entrepreneurs in Phonecia set up... Read more
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