5th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival, Sep 5 – 8

The 5th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival features traditional mountain fiddling, bluegrass, hot swing, classic country, brass, cajun and contra music.

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The 5th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival features traditional mountain fiddling, bluegrass, hot swing, classic country, brass, cajun and contra music.

A family-friendly full camping festival with kids activities, dance tent, hands-on instrument workshops led by world-class musicians, instrument and band contests, Hudson Valley farm-to-table food, libations, and exceptional national & regional acts on the main, dance, & workshop stages.

The Festival has three stages offering traditional music performances, dances, workshops, contests, and children’s activities. The festival seeks to preserve American Roots music and dance with an intimate and interactive festival that includes opportunities to engage with main stage artists in workshop settings. Jamming in the campground late into the night is encouraged. In the evenings attendees and artists dance under a tent that perches over the spectacular rolling hills of upstate New York Farm Country.

Full Lineup at oldtonemusicfestival.com/2019

Local craft beer and food vendors are featured as well as handmade and vintage clothing vendors.

DATES:
Thursday, September 5 – Sunday, September 8, 2019
Camp all weekend or go for a day

LOCATION:
Cool Whisper Farm
1011 County Road 21
North Hillsdale, NY 12529

TICKETS:
$15 – $200
Purchase Online at eventbrite.com

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End of Summer Luau at Bartlett House, Sep 1

The Bartlett House in Ghent is hosting an End of Summer Luau on Sunday. 

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The Bartlett House in Ghent is hosting an End of Summer Luau on Sunday.

Enjoy a Hawaiian feast to celebrate the end of another amazing summer. Bartlett House is partnering with Northwind Farms for a vibrant pork roast, and Chef Nicole Craft is creating a family-style buffet incorporating a traditional pu pu platter and dishes from land and sea. Highlights include Manapua, tuna poke, and pinapple upside down cake. Cheers with us with Tiki-style Fizzy Lifters and retro island sounds.

Menu is served family-style and includes: pu pu platter, passed appetizers, buffet, and dessert.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday, September 1, 2019 / 5:30 pm – 9 pm

LOCATION:
Bartlett House
2258 NY-66
Ghent, NY 12075

COST:
$55
*tax and gratuity is not included.

 

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The Hudson Eye, 10-Day Program Focused on Arts & Nightlife

Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation is launching The Hudson Eye between August 23 – September 2, 2019 in partnership with Artists, Venues, Collectors, Communities, Volunteers, Small Businesses – and underground Hudson Nightlife.

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Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation is launching The Hudson Eye between August 23 – September 2, 2019 in partnership with Artists, Venues, Collectors, Communities, Volunteers, Small Businesses – and underground Hudson Nightlife.

In dialogue with local Artists and Partners, this artist-driven program which will be mounted in Hudson to build and strengthen our communities through contemporary performance & art celebrating artists that, like Jonah, have a longstanding commitment to the City of Hudson while also recognizing the next generation of artists who have chosen to call Hudson their home.

The Hudson Eye will be an annual 10-day public program and urban showcase, artist-driven, with a focus on Dance, Music, Performance, Film, Visual Art, Dining Out, and Nightlife during the final week of August, running through Labor Day weekend, as a celebratory close to Hudson’s peak tourism weekend of the summer.

“For nearly 200 years during and since the founding of the Hudson River School, our city and region have been a source of inspiration for artists to live, work, commune, meditate, create, find shelter, renew themselves – and seek a sustainable creative sanctuary. As we go further in depth during our planning phase of The Hudson Eye we remain mindful of this history, and steadfast in our support of the Hudson community: we have plans to expand our commitment to with many artists. Our program features a number of artists both within the Hudson region and abroad, to be curatorially framed in a multi-venue exhibition program, while also featuring a daily 1pm Panel Salon and “Dine Around” in town each evening”.

DATES/TIMES: Friday, August 23 – Monday, September 2, 2019

LOCATION: City of Hudson, Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534

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The 2nd Kinderhook Food Truck Village is This Week, Aug 22

Kinderhook’s popular annual summer food festival returns on Thursday.

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Kinderhook’s popular annual summer food festival returns on Thursday. The Food Truck Village takes place every June and August in the village of Kinderhook, and this Thursday is the second and final event of the summer. Enjoy a variety of cuisines in one spot, with live music. Screen Shot 2019-06-23 at 11.48.35 AM

DATE/TIME:
Thursday, August 22, 2019 / 5pm – 9pm

LOCATION:
Kinderhook Village Square
Intersection of Route 9 & Hudson Street,
Kinderhook, NY

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This event will happen rain or shine.
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Kinderhook Food Truck Village, Jun 27

Kinderhook’s popular Food Truck festival returns this Thursday, June 27th.

Kinderhook’s popular Food Truck festival returns this Thursday, June 27th. Kinderhook Food Truck Village is an annual summer event taking place in the Kinderhook Village Square.  Enjoy a variety of cuisines in one spot, with live music. If you can’t make it this week, look for the second evening on August 22. Screen Shot 2019-06-23 at 11.48.35 AM

DATE/TIME:
Thursday, June 27, 2019 / 5pm – 9pm

LOCATION:
Kinderhook Village Square
Intersection of Route 9 & Hudson Street,
Kinderhook, NY

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