This Weekend in the Valley

Five-pour flight with a charcuterie board built from Hudson Valley meats and cheeses.

Eagle-spotting boat rides, makers market, and the famous duck race on the upper Delaware.

Six-course family-style dinner in a wildflower field. Bring a blanket; everything else is taken care of.

Operating model railroads, vintage tin toys, and the Roosevelt Lions Club's famous pancake breakfast.

Five days of demolition derby, 4-H livestock, fried-everything midway, and a country headliner each night.

Twenty acres of sunflowers in bloom with cut-your-own bouquets, photo paths, and weekend food trucks.

Forty regional breweries pouring at Bowdoin Park with bluegrass, BBQ, and river views.

Walk-in dinner at the keeper's house with the tide rising under the deck. Seafood-forward and tiny.

Solar-powered estate winery hosts a trio on the cliffside terrace with five-pour flights.

Eight-mile guided walk along the restored rail trail with breakfast stops at three farms.

Community potluck on the dam at the Ashokan Reservoir with sack races and a fiddle circle.

Souvlaki, baklava, and live bouzouki on the grounds of St. Mary's. Outdoor dining tent.

Wood-fired pies and natural cider in the apple orchard. First-come, first-served.

Sixty curated dealers inside the cathedral-scale industrial space + record swap in the back hall.

Summer edition of the big juried fair: 200 artisans, three stages, full-on food court.

Catskill Mountain Foundation hosts a touring string quartet in their renovated movie-house auditorium.

Two stages of free music up and down Main Street — punk, brass, funk, all afternoon both days.

Opera, jazz, sacred chant, and tubing on the Esopus between acts. Headline concerts on Saturday night.

200 dealers, three buildings, the most serious antique weekend on the East Coast.

Pop-up cocktail bar in the distillery garden with a guest bartender from NYC each week.

Shucking contests, sweet-corn ice cream, and a hayride from the Rondout Creek up to Snyder Farm.

Forty artists transform Broadway into a chalked-pavement gallery from sunrise to sunset.

Top-of-the-mountain cider competition with thirty regional pressers and a brass-band parade.

Murals in progress around the city with the artists themselves on hand. Free wristband at the Pike Plan.

150 makers at Henry Hudson Riverfront Park. Curated, juried, beautiful.

Pop-up market in the brewery yard with vintage clothing, plants, and four IPAs on cask.

Carnival rides, fireman's BBQ, and ten bands across two stages on the village green.

Cult classic under the stars on the Hutton Brickyards lawn with picnic baskets from Lekker Foods.

Eight Americana acts on a working farm with the cliffs of the Gunks as a backdrop.

Forty dealers at the Kerhonkson Lions Club with the best $20 vintage finds in the valley.

Pot-luck under the maples, kids' games, and a screen-printed t-shirt as a take-home.

Two-day juried show on Long Dock Park with 120 artists and the best park view in the county.

Build it in the morning, race it at noon, sink with dignity. Free entry, all welcome.

Self-paced ticket to six estate cideries with food pairings and live music at each stop.

Sunset wine flight + a six-piece soul band on the vineyard lawn. Picnic encouraged.

Murals, music, and trade-art-for-healthcare events around the Stockade District.

Pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides, a corn maze, and the world's second-largest garden gnome.

Two days of garlic — braided, smoked, ice-creamed, and judged. The valley's stinkiest weekend, in the best way.