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5/22/25 - By Katherine Dhurandhar

Summer fairs and festivals in the Hudson Valley are a great–and usually inexpensive–way to entertain the family on those long summer days. And they're a great way to enjoy the scenic views and rich cultural bounty the Hudson Valley has to offer.

We've rounded up the top festivals in the region, many of which are FREE to attend. From county fairs to local food festivals, there is fun to be had for kids of all ages.

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Summer Fairs and Festivals in the Hudson Valley in June 2025

Nanuet Street Fair

Nanuet–FREE
Sunday, June 1, 2025
The Nanuet Street Fair features more than 170 vendors plus live music, kids' activities, food, and a car and Jeep show.  READ MORE

RiverFest in Cornwall's Donahue Park

Cornwall-on-Hudson–FREE
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Held on the scenic shores of the Hudson River in Donahue Park in Cornwall-on-Hudson, this annual festival features assorted entertainers as well as live music, food, vendors, kids' crafts, and activities.  READ MORE

West Nyack Greek Festival

Nyack
Thursday, June 5-Sunday, June 8, 2025
The annual West Nyack Greek Festival features Greek foods and desserts, live music and dancing, rides and games, and shopping. READ MORE

Poughkeepsie Greek Festival

Poughkeepsie–FREE
Friday, June 6-Sunday, June 8, 2025
Expect feasting, entertainment, and insights into Greek culture at this multi-day festival. Immerse your family in Greek culture with Greek music, food, performances, and dancing. Children's activities are also on the agenda, including a bouncy house, and vendors sell their wares. READ MORE

Beacon Strawberry Festival at Pete and Toshi Seeger and Riverfront Park

Beacon–FREE
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Enjoy an old-fashioned strawberry festival to celebrate the arrival of spring, with live music on two stages, strawberry shortcake, arts and crafts vendors, children's activities, and more fun in Pete and Toshi Seeger and Riverfront Park on the Hudson River.  READ MORE

Rockland Pride Sunday Festival in Downtown Nyack

Nyack–FREE
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Rockland Pride Sunday is back for a day filled with music, dancing, and pride. This free family-friendly event in downtown Nyack features live music, drag queens, outdoor dining, shopping, vendors, and more. Free children's activities include bounce houses, face painting, and an arts and crafts tent. READ MORE

Hudson Valley Food Truck Festival at Barton Orchards

Poughquag–FREE
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Sample a range of dishes from diverse food trucks and vendors with live music and a farm market at Barton Orchards in Poughquag. Activities for kids include a petting zoo, gem stone mining, a dog park, and playgrounds. The tap room and restaurant are also open.  READ MORE

Summer Fairs and Festivals in the Hudson Valley in July 2025

Red, White, and Boom 4th of July at Legoland

Goshen
July 4, 2025
Celebrate July 4th at Legoland New York Resort’s Red, White & BOOM! event featuring a unique fireworks extravaganza in which the fireworks transform into Lego bricks. All-day festivities include live music, Lego building, live entertainment including fire dancers and stilt walkers, and meet & greet photos with Lego Lady Liberty. READ MORE

Goshen Annual Great American Weekend

Goshen
Saturday & Sunday, July 5 & 6, 2025
This two-day annual tradition, organized by the Goshen Chamber of Commerce, features some 150 craft booths, live entertainment, children's activities, and extensive food choices. Kids' activities include a carnival, pony rides, and TumbleBus. READ MORE

Warwick Food Truck Festival

Warwick
Thursdays, June 5 and July 3, 2025
The Warwick Food Truck Festival takes place each summer in Warwick's Mountain Lake Park. Get ready for food-truck fare, desserts and sweets, locally crafted brews, live music, and more!  READ MORE

Bear Mountain Native American Heritage Celebration and Pow Wow

Pleasantville
Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13, 2025
Check out a real teepee, play with Native American instruments, try some foods popular in Native American cultures, and take in a dance performance by Native American groups from throughout the Americas. Dancers make their grand entrance for shows at 1pm and 5pm.  READ MORE

Orange County Fair

Middletown
Thursday, July 17-Sunday, July 27, 2025
The annual Orange County Fair returns, featuring new carnival rides, a performance by the Anastasini Circus, monster truck shows, a petting zoo, fireworks, and more. READ MORE

Sangria Festival at Benmarl Winery

Marlboro
Saturday & Sunday, July 19 & 20, 2025
Enjoy live music, sangria tasting, food, and dancing all day at Benmarl Winery's Sangria Festival. There will be live music by Ola Flamenca and flamenco dancing lessons for the whole family. READ MORE

Otisville Country Fair

Otisville
Thursday, July 24 - Sunday, July 27, 2025
This good old-fashioned country fair has a hay-bale toss, a chainsaw competition, horseshoe tournament, car show, tractor pull, cast-iron frying-pan toss, hayrides, antique machinery, storybook princess parties, animal tent, and food.  READ MORE

Summer Fairs and Festivals in the Hudson Valley in August-September 2025

Ulster County Fair

New Paltz
Tuesday, July 29-Sunday, August 3, 2025
This 6-day fair–steeped in more than 130 years of history–offers rides, food, entertainment, exhibits, and games in traditional county-fair style. Listed attractions include racing pigs, fireworks, a baby contest, horse shows, stilt walkers, a petting zoo, and other assorted fun. READ MORE

Beacon Corn Festival

Beacon–FREE
Sunday, August 10, 2025
This festival, hosted by the Beacon Sloop Club, celebrates all things corn at the Beacon Riverfront Park. Expect live music, food, craft vendors, and free kids’ activities. READ MORE

Hudson Valley Caribbean Festival

Kingston–FREE
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Experience the festive culture of the Caribbean at this fun, family-friendly carnival with face painting, a costume contest, DJ, arts & crafts, food vendors, and more, plus a colorful parade. READ MORE

New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo

Tuxedo
Weekends from Saturday, August 16-Sunday, October 5, 2025
Also on Labor Day
Travel back in time for an amusing romp through 30 acres of Elizabethan England, with games, rides, food, fairies, performances, and roving actors jovially interacting with the crowd. Of course, wearing period attire adds to the fun and can be rented or purchased on-site. READ MORE

Dutchess County Fair

Rhinebeck
Tuesday, August 19-Sunday, August 24, 2025
This large-scale fair features Midway carnival rides, games, livestock exhibits, competitions, and a slew of entertainment that ranges from racing pigs and dock-diving dogs to chainsaw carving and a tractor pull. The fair features a petting zoo, kids' fun zone, acrobats, concerts, and much more. READ MORE

Sunflower Festival at Barton Orchards

Poughquag
Friday-Sunday, August 22-31, 2025 and also on Labor Day
Roam through 5 acres filled with 100,000 sunflowers of various sizes and colors for a sunshiny family photo-op and mood lifter. Admission includes transportation to the field via hayride and access to the Fun Park. Live music and refreshments are available for purchase.  READ MORE

Hudson Valley Hot Air Balloon Festival in Tymore Park

Union Vale
Friday-Sunday, August 29-31, 2025
Plan your next photo-op as some 75 hot-air balloons paint the sky in a rainbow of colors—or schedule a tethered or full flight of your own. Fireworks, helicopter rides, live music, food trucks, and family activities add to the fun at Tymore Park. READ MORE

Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair at Ulster County Fairgrounds

New Paltz
Saturday, August 30-Monday, September 1, 2025
Held twice yearly—Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends—this fair showcases the work of more than 200 artists from across the United States at the Ulster County Fairgrounds. The children's tent features demonstrations and supervised arts and crafts projects. Live entertainment and activities are planned. READ MORE

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Katherine Dhurandhar
Katherine Dhurandhar is a Community Publisher for Mommy Poppins, representing the Westchester and Hudson Valley region of New York, and a freelance copyeditor for Westchester Publishing Company. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, camping, and traveling with her husband and son.
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