Pictures from the Columbia County Fair

The Columbia County Fair is in full swing.

The Columbia County Fair is in full swing. Sue Sperl-Knights stopped by the fair on Friday, and sent in these great pictures.

 

If you have some Fair photos that you’d like to share, email them to jeff@columbiacountycurrent.com

Columbia County Fair 2018 Info:

DATES/TIMES:
August 29 through Labor Day, September 3, 2018: 10am-11pm

ADMISSION:
Single Admission (excluding Sunday) $10.00
Sunday Admission $15.00
Senior Citizens 62 & over (Thursday 10am to 4pm) $5.00
Active Military Individual Personnel, with ID or uniform FREE (not a family discount)

LOCATION:
Columbia County Fair Grounds
182 Hudson Avenue
Chatham, NY 12037

MORE:
www.columbiafair.com
facebook.com/Columbia-County-Fair

 

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Columbia County Fair 2018 Starts Wednesday, Aug 29

The Columbia County Fair is six days of fun with all your fair favorites as well as new entertainment that will fill the stages, exhibit buildings, barns, midway and grandstand.

The Columbia County Fair is six days of fun with all your fair favorites as well as new entertainment that will fill the stages, exhibit buildings, barns, midway and grandstand. Headlining the Fair this year is Country Band Parmalee, known for their hit singles, “Carolina,” “Close Your Eyes,” and “Already Callin’ You Mine.”

Two nights of Demolition Derby.

Truck Pulling circuit rolling into our Grandstand for one exciting night of diesel, 4WD modified and enhanced gas competitors, produced by Shootout Productions.

Professional cowboys throughout the country competing for cash prizes and a chance at the year-end trophy buckle at the Painted Pony Rodeo. Team roping, calf roping, steer wrestling and ladies barrel racing contest fill out the event.

Monster Tractors will once again pull their heavy loads past the grandstand crowd, testing fairgoers eardrums while earning points towards the circuit championship.

DATES/TIMES:
August 29 through Labor Day, September 3, 2018
Wednesday NOON to 11pm
Thursday-Monday 10am-11pm

ADMISSION:
Single Admission (excluding Sunday) $10.00
Sunday Admission $15.00
Senior Citizens 62 & over (Thursday 10am to 4pm) $5.00
Youth Day 18 & under (Thursday 10am to 4pm) FREE
Active Military Individual Personnel, with ID or uniform FREE (not a family discount)

LOCATION:
Columbia County Fair Grounds
182 Hudson Avenue
Chatham, NY 12037

MORE:
www.columbiafair.com
facebook.com/Columbia-County-Fair

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Gallery @ Chatham Farm To Bar Fund Raiser Event, Aug 18

The Gallery@Chatham, a non-profit Arts Organization, is hosting a fund raiser event titled, Farm To Bar.

The Gallery@Chatham, a non-profit Arts Organization, is hosting a fund raiser event titled, Farm To Bar.

The event will will feature food and drinks from local farms, wineries, breweries and distilleries.

In addition to the great food and drinks, there will also be raffles to win gift certificates from Golden Harvest and Vanderbilt Lakeside Inn. Music by Sandy McKnight’s Pop-Clique.


DATE/TIME
:
Saturday, August 18, 2018: 5pm

COST:
$30 entrance fee, which includes food and drinks.
Tickets can be purchased at the door, or reserved in advance by emailing info@gallerychatham.org.

LOCATION:
34 Main Street
Chatham NY

MORE:
The Gallery@Chatham is a non profit gallery taking no commissions from artists; the fundraiser offsets gallery costs and artist promotion.
gallerychatham.org
info@gallerychatham.org
(p) 845.876.1655

 

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Columbia Land Conservancy’s Sip & Stroll Series: Sip & Snap at Ooms, Jul 19

The Columbia Land Conservancy continues their summer Sip and Stroll series with Sip & Snap at Ooms


The Columbia Land Conservancy continues their summer Sip and Stroll series with Sip & Snap at Ooms, a first-ever Instagram Meetup. Local refreshments and drinks provided!

DATE/TIME:
Thursday, July 19 2018: 5:30pm – 7pm

LOCATION:
Ooms Conservation Area
480 Rock City Road
Chatham, NY 12037

COST/REGISTRATION:
Free!
Registration is required so that the CLC can be in touch in the event of a cancellation. Visit http://clctrust.org/event/sip-snap-herons-hefeweizen/ to register.

MORE:
http://clctrust.org
facebook.com/ColumbiaLandConservancy
Columbia Land Conservancy Inc.
49 Main Street Chatham, NY
info@clctrust.org
518.392.5252

 

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Chatham Summerfest 2018 is July 7!

Chatham Summerfest 2018 is July 7!


EVENTS:
10:00am-Noon WDST Live Remote Live broadcast with free giveaways.

10:00-11:45am Mural activity for kids and families age 3 and up Art School of Columbia County at the gazebo.

10:00am-3:00pm Tours of the Tracy Memorial. Enter the free raffle to win a basket of local Gift Certificates by Friends of the Tracy

10:00am-4:00pm Newburyport artist Annalee Johnson Gallery Exhibit Landscapes in Oil at the Chatham Bookstore in a show entitled “New Horizons.”

10:00am-4:00pm Scavenger Hunt Forms can be picked up at the info booth in front of the Chatham Bookstore

10:00am-4:00pm Farmer’s Market at the Gazebo

10:30am-3:00pm Face Painting by Melissa King at The Morris

11:00am-Noon Eric the Illusionist A very funny and interactive show for children and families where the magic happens in the hand. On the Chatham Brewing Stage.

11:00am A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS! Columbia County Youth Theater presents A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS, adapted from the three-time-Tony-nominated Broadway hit and based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books. Part vaudeville, part make-believe, and all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. This whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog, and the rather grumpy Toad – through four seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and, along the way, learn valuable life lessons. At the Crandell Theatre.

11:00am-4:00pm Dunking Booth In front of the Morris Memorial

11:00am-4:00pm Kids Corner Crafts and Activities At the Morris Memorial

11:45am Author and illustrator Amy Deweerd will read two trues stories from Kinderhook Farm In the Chatham Bookstore’s Reading Tent on Main Street
Noon Big Head Parade Kicks off from the Chatham Brewing

12:30-3:30pm Live Music at the Gazebo The Kirks (Christine & James), Abbey Lappen, and 2 Blue (Amy Ryan and Richard Green)

1:00pm A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS! Columbia County Youth Theater presents A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS, adapted from the three-time-Tony-nominated Broadway hit and based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books. Part vaudeville, part make-believe, and all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. This whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog, and the rather grumpy Toad – through four seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and, along the way, learn valuable life lessons. At the Crandell Theatre.

1:00-3:00pm Reverberators Chatham Brewing Stage

1:45pm Jacqueline Rogers will read from her latest picture book In the Chatham Bookstore’s Reading Tent on Main Street

3:00-6:00pm Payne’s Grey Sky Chatham Brewing Stage

3:30pm Unveiling of Plaque to mark the Tracy Memorial in the National Register of Historic Places At the Tracy Memorial

4:00pm Andrea Fry Poetry Reading From “The Bottle Diggers” with Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh of The Actors’ Ensemble

6:00-8:00pm Rusticator Brewery After Party at Chatham Brewing

8:00-11:00pm Breezy Grass Brewery After Party at Chatham Brewing

MORE:
For more info, including the list of Vendors, visit VisitChathamny.com/Chatham-Summerfest

 

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