Seagle Festival presents

Music of the Night, Andrew Lloyd Webber Revue

Join the 2025 Seagle Festival Fall Artists for this charming revue of the music of legendary Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. You won’t want to miss tunes from Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sunset Boulevard and more. The show is on tour across the North Country:

Saturday, September 6, 4 pm,  VIEW Arts, Old Forge
Sunday, September 7, 4 pm, Keene Valley Congregational Church, Keene         

    Valley, NY (sponsored by East Branch Friends of the Arts)
Friday, September 12, 7:30 pm, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue           Mountain Lake
Sunday, September 14,  2 pm, Hubbard Hall, Cambridge
Friday, September 26, 7:30 pm, Charles R. Wood Theater, Glens Falls
Thursday, October 2, 7:30 pm, Tannery Pond Community Center, North               Creek

Note the Friday, September 5, show at Oscar Seagle Memorial Theater is sold out.

More info on Seagle Festival is HERE.

The Whallonsburg Grange presents

Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira

Sunday, September 7, 3 pm

This dynamic duo raised the roof at the Grange with their performance in February 2024 and, a few weeks later, they went on to win the Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Traditional Album. With Jocelyn on fiddle and Ellen on cello, they fuse traditional and contemporary music styles to create a powerfully uplifting and soulful performance. For this tour, Jocelyn & Ellen are joined by exceptional guest guitarist, Everest Witman. Together, their instruments weave a rhythmic, textured sound with nuanced fiddle-cello-guitar interplay. 

Complemented with vocal harmonies and lively Canadian stepdancing, the trio bring life and fire into original tunes, and high-energy repertoire from North America, Scotland, Ireland, and Scandinavia. Their new album, Here To Stay will be on sale at the show.

Note: Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira are playing at Tannery Pond Center on saturday, September 6. See ADK A&E e-News #585 

Whallonsburg Grange, 1610 NY Route 22 (corner of Whallons Bay Road), Essex.

Downtown Artist Cellar presents

Emerging Voices

Thru September 13

Downtown Artist Cellar (DAC) proudly presents Emerging Voices, a two-week exhibition spotlighting the dynamic work of artists Laura Timmons and Marie Engels.

Timmons and Engels were awarded second and third place respectively in Art on East Main, DAC’s annual juried exhibition. Their inclusion in Emerging Voices marks the next chapter in their artistic journeys, showcasing work that is both distinct and explorative.

Downtown Artist Cellar, 410 East Main Street, Malone

Essex County Arts

Council 2025 Sunburst Award grants

The 2025 Sunburst Award is a microgrant opportunity for artists of all genres. This program supports creators of art in Essex County by providing a stipend of up to $500 to artists willing to organize and lead a public workshop, teaching others your craft. ECAC will work with you to schedule and organize a workshop that will be made available to the public through Essex County, either for free or for a minimal charge. Through the Sunburst Awards, ECAC has funded projects including musical composition, publishing exhibit catalogs, creating musical instruments, ichthyography, comic books, watercolor exhibits, photography, creative writing workshops and book sculpture.

Application deadline is October 1

A simple, straightforward application is available, as is assistance in preparing a request. The application can be found HERE. 

For more information, please contact us at 518.227.1242 or admin@essexcountyarts.org.

The Meredith Johnston Memorial Award, funded by the Westport Heritage House, will be presented to an artist who best represents the community spirit that Meredith displayed.

Bands Announced For 20th Annual Festival Of Colors

Saturday, September 13, 10 am – 5 pm

We are thrilled to announce that we have THREE amazing local bands this year for the Festival of Colors!
Larry Stone’s The Harbingers, Gwen & Jim Tracy & The Full Movin’ On Band (Gab-N-Dad )

We can’t wait to see you for music, vendors, games, kids activities, food trucks, local beer and more!

Festival of Colors, Preston Field, Wilmington 

Great Camp Sagamore presents

W.W. Durant & How the Great Camps Arose 

with Sagamore’s historian, Dr. Connor Williams

Sunday, September 7, 2025, 7:15 -8:30 pm

In 1850, the Adirondack region was a blank spot on the map, largely unorganized and uncharted. But, by 1900, the Adirondacks hosted elaborate summer estates for the wealthiest families in America: Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Carnegies, Whitneys and Morgans. While certainly not as lavish as their Newport cottages, Adirondack “Great Camps” such as Great Camp Sagamore still had elegant meals, fully stocked bars and dozens of staff to keep them running. The Adirondacks were a destination for escaping the city and recharging in nature, despite the dusty two-day journey. What was the genesis and what circumstances served as catalyst for this phenomenon?

This presentation by Sagamore’s historian, Dr. Connor Williams, will address these questions, and explore how environmentalism, opulence, industry, inequality, architecture and nature all intersected to produce the Adirondack Park (and the Adirondack vacations) we still connect to today.

Additional details, register and learn how to add dinner to your visit, HERE.

Also at Great Camp Sagamore

Traditional Adirondack Songs & Stories with Dan Berggren

Monday, September 8, 2025, 7:15 – 8:30 pm

Spend an evening steeped in traditional Adirondack folk music, regional history, and storytelling with Adirondack original and Sagamore’s Dean of Music, Dan Berggren.

A tradition-based songsmith, Dan Berggren writes with honesty, humor and a strong sense of place, exploring themes of home, hard work and caring for the planet and each other. Rooted in the Adirondacks, with music transcends borders, he has entertained audiences from Kentucky to Zimbabwe.

Learn more and register, including how to add dinner to your visit, HERE.

Great Camp Sagamore, 1105 Sagamore Road, Raquette Lake

In Case You Missed It

“This Hidden Observatory In The Adirondacks Was Just Named One Of The Best Secret Spots To See The Northern Lights”

The online review service Secret NYC highlighted Tupper Lake’s Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory in its recent news as one of the most under-the-radar places in the entire U.S. to spot the aurora borealis thanks to its sprawling dark skies and pristine wilderness.

Read the full piece HERE.

Image: Pexels & Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory

Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory, 68 Park St, Tupper Lake