The New York Fairs & Festivals Blog
Guides to planning your 2026 New York fair and festival season.
New York Craft Fairs 2026: Season Map, Overlaps, and Free Events
Thirteen craft and artisan events run across New York from May to October 2026. Here is how they cluster by month, which are free, and the five weekends where two fairs compete for the same dates.
July 30, 2026 · 5 min read
New York Fall Festivals 2026: The Full Overlap and Region Map
Nineteen fall festivals run across New York in September and October 2026. Here is the busiest weekend of the season, which events are free, and which same-weekend overlaps split the state in half.
July 30, 2026 · 5 min read
New York Fair and Festival Dates 2026: A Month-by-Month Calendar
Ninety-two New York events, and 58 of them start in July or August. Here is the whole 2026 calendar month by month, from Saranac Lake in February to the last night of October in Manhattan.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Hudson Valley and Catskills Fairs and Festivals 2026
Fifteen events, four of them in Orange County alone. The Hudson Valley and Catskills county fairs pack into late July and August, then a harvest and craft wave arrives from Saugerties onward.
July 29, 2026 · 3 min read
New York Food Festivals 2026: Apples, Garlic, Grapes and Wings
Seventeen food festivals, ten of them starting between September 12 and October 17. Four apple fests, two garlic weekends two weeks apart, and Buffalo wings on the last weekend of August.
July 29, 2026 · 5 min read
New York County Fairs 2026: Every Date, Region by Region
Fifty-three agricultural fairs, almost all between the first week of July and Labor Day week. Region by region, with the stacked dates flagged and the six youth and 4-H fairs pulled out separately.
July 29, 2026 · 5 min read