hudsonvalleyhappenings, Hudson, NY (2026)

06/01/2026

June in New York is not a suggestion. From the Finger Lakes to the Adirondacks, the Catskills to the Capital Region, the Lower Hudson Valley to the Hudson Valley, this is your full guide to everything happening all month long. Festivals, pride celebrations, concerts, markets, farm events, food trucks, art, jazz, Shakespeare, and a tractor parade. Yes, a tractor parade.

Tap the link in bio for the full regional breakdown at hvhappenings.com.

05/31/2026

☀️🌿Longest day of the year, cold plunges, yoga in the fields, sound baths, live music, rescue animals, wellness vendors, food, and one of the most unexpectedly wild farm properties in the Hudson Valley all packed into a single day. 🌿☀️

Hudson Valley’s Summer Solstice Celebration takes over Blue Arrow Farm on June 21, turning the entire property into an all day gathering built around wellness, movement, music, healing, and the energy that comes with the start of summer itself. From morning into the afternoon, yoga classes, pilates, sound baths, holistic healing sessions, readers, ritual practitioners, cold plunges, live music, artisan vendors, and family activities spread across the farm while people move between open fields, forest paths, animal encounters, and gathering spaces tucked throughout the property.

Blue Arrow Farm already operates on its own frequency, rescue animals, hidden forest paths, open fields, bonfire spaces, oversized art installations, and little corners of the property that feel completely disconnected from normal life once. When you add people flowing between wellness sessions, live music, food, and healing experiences spread across the property, the entire thing starts feeling like the unofficial kickoff to Hudson Valley summer.

There’s also a full family side built into the day. Pony rides, gem mining, train rides, face painting, scavenger hunts, and animal encounters keep kids busy all day, while everyone else bounces between yoga sessions, shopping, live music, and cold plunges.

And because it falls on Father’s Day weekend, dads and kids get in free.

📍 Blue Arrow Farm
📅 June 21, 2026
⏰ 8AM–5PM

🎟️ Tickets are live now through the link in ’s bio
🎟️ linktr.ee/anandapriti

All yoga passes include general admission.

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05/29/2026

May 29 through 31 is shaping up to be one of the biggest weekends we’ve had all year across the Hudson Valley and Upstate NY. ☀️🍻🎶

HUDSON VALLEY 🌈
takes over the Walkway Over the Hudson with Pride In The Sky, is throwing the Soulshine Summer Faire, are doing Star Wars Night and fireworks, and brings full fantasy-festival chaos back to Carmel all weekend long. You’ve also got hosting Warwick Vintage & Flea, rolling strong Saturday morning, performances at and , plus Pride storytelling at .

CATSKILLS 🌲
completely takes over Hutton Brickyards all weekend with one of the biggest maker markets in the Northeast while brings major concert energy to the Catskills. Woodstock is stacked with , , and , while , , , .stoneridge, and keep the region moving all weekend.

LOWER HUDSON VALLEY 🍸
has comedy and recital programming all weekend, keeps the jazz flowing late into the night, and brings waterfront music and cocktail energy straight into sunset. Saturday also packs in both the and farmers markets.

CAPITAL REGION 🎭
Summer energy fully kicks in with SPACtacular at , live music at , the massive and , plus bringing cosplay, collectibles, and convention chaos to Albany all weekend.

ADIRONDACKS 🏍️
completely takes over Lake George while leads the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration across the region. You’ve also got the opening weekend of , scenic rides from , cruises from , and nonstop Adirondack summer energy from , , , and .

Honestly, this might be one of the strongest weekends we’ve had all year.

05/29/2026

May 29 through 31 is stacking up to be one of the strongest weekends of the year across the Hudson Valley and Upstate NY. ☀️🍻🎶

HUDSON VALLEY takes over the Walkway with Pride In The Sky, is hosting Soulshine Summer Faire, are doing Star Wars Night and fireworks, and is fully back in Carmel with fantasy-festival chaos all weekend long. You've also got , , , , , , , , , and all bringing huge energy into the weekend.

CATSKILLS completely takes over Hutton Brickyards all weekend while brings massive concert energy to the Catskills. Woodstock is stacked with , , and , while , , , , , and keep the region moving all weekend.

LOWER HUDSON VALLEY brings back one of the biggest street fairs in Rockland County while , , , , , and keep the region packed all weekend.

CAPITAL REGION Summer energy fully kicks in with , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .

ADIRONDACKS completely takes over Lake George while , , , , , , , , and keep the entire Adirondack region moving with music, nightlife, and nonstop lake energy.

Honestly, this might be one of the strongest weekends we've had all year.

Tag your crew and start figuring out how you're fitting all of this into one weekend. 🚗🌲🍹

05/20/2026

🚨Upstate Getaway, Shopping, Dining, Golfing, Boating Giveaway Alert!

A $500 shopping spree at one of the Northeast’s biggest craft festivals June 6th-7th. A lakehouse stay on Copake Lake. Boat rental. Golf for four. Incredible food at two restaurants. Yeah… this giveaway escalated quickly.

One winner is getting:

• $500 Rhinebeck Crafts Festival shopping spree from
• Two night stay at The Copake Lakehouse from
• Boat rental
• Golf for four at
• Dinner for two at
• Brunch for two at

The Rhinebeck Crafts Festival completely takes over the Dutchess County Fairgrounds June 6–7 with hundreds of artists, makers, designers, specialty food vendors, handmade goods, live demos, and enough incredible work to destroy your budget in under an hour. Ceramics, furniture, jewelry, prints, woodworking, leather goods, specialty foods, candles, home décor, the kind of shopping that starts with “we’re just looking” and somehow ends with your trunk completely full.

Then the weekend keeps going.

is giving the winner a two night mid-week stay at The Copake Lakehouse, a waterfront property with mountain views, dock access, kayaks, paddleboards, and fire pit nights that stretch way later than planned. Then they added a boat rental and golf for four at because apparently they understood the assignment perfectly.

Dinner is covered at in Hudson, where the cocktails are excellent, the room always has energy, and the wood-fired cooking, fresh pasta, seafood, and seasonal plates make it really hard not to order “one more thing.”

Then the next morning starts at with croissants that shatter properly, serious espresso, fresh baked bread, pastries that disappear fast, and the kind of brunch that turns into a two hour conversation without anybody noticing.

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05/17/2026

👋Meet the Makers Bringing Rhinebeck Crafts Festival to Life This June.

One of the best parts of the Rhinebeck Crafts Festival has always been the people behind the booths. Not mass production, not trend-chasing, actual makers who’ve spent years refining a process, a material, or a technique until the work becomes unmistakably their own.

This year’s festival brings more than 165 artists and artisans to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds for a weekend packed with handmade jewelry, ceramics, furniture, fashion, leatherwork, glassblowing, home décor, specialty foods, live demonstrations, and the kind of objects people end up talking about long after they leave.

Inside this carousel:

• — Precision jewelry where organic textures and stonework reveal more detail the longer you study them.

• — Furniture driven by mathematics, geometry, and interference patterns translated directly into wood.

• — Nature-rooted woodwork and wall art built around texture, landscape, and restraint.

• — Molten glass transformed into colorful sculptural work that changes completely in the light.

• — Handmade leather bags and accessories with bold silhouettes and months-long custom craftsmanship.

• — Sculptural clothing with bold silhouettes, texture, and a point of view that instantly stands apart.

• — Handmade fine jewelry in 18k and 22k gold, built with heirloom-level craftsmanship and modern form.

• — Hand-shaped hats that feel architectural, elegant, and deeply personal once they’re on.

• — Traditional hand-bound brooms and brushes built using techniques most people have never seen in person.

For a deeper dive into the makers, the festival, and why this weekend has become one of our favorite Hudson Valley traditions, check out the full feature now on HVHappenings.com.

June 6–7
Saturday, from 10-5
Sunday, from 10-4

Dutchess County Fairgrounds
6636 Spring Brook Ave
Rhinebeck, NY

Come hungry. Come curious. Leave with something you didn’t expect to fall in love with.

05/14/2026

Save this Post - Your Hudson Valley weekend is packed 🌿
Beltane Festival returns to New Paltz for year 35 — giant puppets, fairy wings, and spring magic at Stone Mountain Farm. Storm King opens three major new outdoor sculptures Sunday. 240 artists open their studios across the Hudson Valley and Catskills. There’s a Fairy House Festival in the woods of Sullivan County. A free Afro-Dutch spring celebration at Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers. An art book fair on Main Street in Beacon. A car show on the oldest harness racing track in America in Goshen. Car-free bike riding on the Bronx River Parkway. And a free Shakespeare community day in Garrison.
Whether you’re a local or driving up from the city — this is the weekend to be in the Hudson Valley.
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05/13/2026

🥕🍒Kingston Farmers Market: The Saturday Morning Ritual That Actually Delivers

There's something about Saturday morning in Kingston that just works.

The has been the heartbeat of Uptown Kingston since 2000, and after 25 years, it hasn't lost a step. Every Saturday from May through November, over 50 vendors and local farmers take over the County Courthouse parking lot at 285 Wall Street with the kind of produce, dairy, baked goods, and handmade goods that make you wonder why you ever shopped anywhere else.

This isn't a farmers market where half the vendors are selling things that came from somewhere else. These are people who grew it, made it, baked it, or crafted it themselves. You can actually taste the difference. Seasonal asparagus in May. Strawberries and cherries that taste like someone bottled summer in June. Stone fruit so good in July you'll question every peach you've ever eaten. Tomatoes in August that reset your entire baseline for what a tomato should be. Apples in September. Squash and root vegetables as October rolls in. The star of the show changes every few weeks, which means coming back weekly actually feels exciting instead of repetitive.

The food vendors are incredible, but don't sleep on the prepared foods, fresh bakery, and ready-to-eat options. Come hungry. Grab breakfast, lunch, or snacks without leaving the market. Everything is made fresh, everything is local, and the samples alone will convince you to buy things you didn't plan on buying.

Beyond the produce and food, local artisans and crafters set up every week. Handmade soap, wool products, bee products, crafts, and one-of-a-kind finds you won't see anywhere else. The market is as much about supporting makers as it is about supporting farmers.

The market runs rain or shine. Free parking, free entry, no reservation needed. WIC and SNAP are accepted, which means the market actually exists to feed Kingston, not just the people who can already afford fresh food.

Kingston Farmers Market:
📆May through November
Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m
🌦Rain or shine.
📍County Courthouse Parking Lot
285 Wall Street, Kingston, NY

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