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 on the 2026 calendar, none starting in August. Four were free, and five pairs overlapped on three weekends.
July 30, 2026 · 3 min read
New York Fall Festivals 2026: Overlaps by Weekend and Region
Twenty-one of the 94 events on the 2026 calendar have September or October start dates. Seven were open on the weekend of September 26 to 27, six are listed as free, and the Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze spans September 18 to November 8.
July 30, 2026 · 3 min read
New York Fair and Festival Dates 2026: A Month-by-Month Calendar
Fifty-eight of the 94 New York events on the 2026 calendar started in July or August. The calendar goes month by month from the winter carnival at Saranac Lake in February to the Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze. The Blaze dates are September 18 to November 8.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Hudson Valley and Catskills Fairs and Festivals 2026
Fifteen events on the 2026 calendar, four of them in Orange County: county fairs in late July and August, then harvest events from the Saugerties garlic festival in late September to Rhinebeck's Sheep & Wool Festival in mid-October.
July 29, 2026 · 3 min read
New York Food Festivals 2026: Apples, Garlic, Grapes and Wings
Seventeen of the 94 events on the 2026 calendar are food festivals, ten of them with start dates from September 12 to October 17. Four apple fests, two garlic festivals, and Buffalo wings in late August, on an unconfirmed date.
July 29, 2026 · 3 min read
New York County Fairs 2026: Dates by Region
Fifty-four agricultural fairs on the 2026 calendar, almost all between the first week of July and Labor Day week. Five opened on July 21 and five more on August 4, and six are named as youth or 4-H fairs.
July 29, 2026 · 5 min read