SPUD Fest at Tucker Farm’s Great Adirondack Cornmaze

Saturday, October 4, 1 – 8 pm

Celebrate fall in the Adirondacks at SPUD Fest, a family-friendly event at Tucker Farm’s Great Adirondack Cornmaze in Gabriels, NY. 

This all-day festival is packed with fun activities, live music, delicious food, and plenty of potato-themed treats!

Find out more including event highlights HERE.

Tucker Farms Great Adirondack Corn Maze, 2 Hobart Rd., Gabriels

Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet

Sunday, October 5, 2025, 4 pm

Music Director Charles Peltz leads a sweeping showcase that brings the overture, Merry Wives of Windsor—Otto Nicolai’s comedy, which combines elements of Italian opera buffa and early German Romanticism. Music of William Walton from Henry V, along with scenes from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, that evokes a dramatic and rousing finale!

This concert will feature Actor and Skidmore College Professor: Dennis Schebetta.

Tickets are HERE.

Hudson Falls High School, 80 E Labarge St, Hudson Falls

The Wild Center Presents

Wilderness, Art, and Wellness with Artist James Lancel McElhinney

Saturday, October 4, 2025, 11:30 am – 12 pm

Artist and author James Lancel McElhinney unpacks how artists inspired America to embrace the Adirondack wilderness as a healing environment, and why it still matters today.
 

Catch James’ art workshop afterward at 1 pm, Expeditionary PLEIN AIR – Drawing from Observation! Space is limited and registration required. More details and register HERE.

The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake

Fort Ticonderoga presents

Annual Heritage, Harvest, & Horse Festival

Saturday, October 4, 2025, 9:30 am – 5 pm

Each year, the Heritage, Harvest, & Horse Festival gives visitors the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the autumn colors, sample delicious local food & beverages, connect with history, and participate in the many activities we have on site for all ages and interests.

This fall-favorite event, combined with daily Fort Ticonderoga programs, makes for a great annual family tradition. Whether you are looking to experience a horse-drawn wagon ride, indulge in local homemade delights, learn about the important roles of horses and other working animals, participate in hands-on programs, or build family memories of historic proportions, there is something for everyone and all ages when it comes to our annual Heritage, Harvest & Horse Fall Festival!

Find out more, including the schedule of activities, HERE.

Fort Ticonderoga, 102 Fort Ti Road, Ticonderoga

The Adirondack Experience presents

FallFest

Sunday, October 5, 10 – 5 

Free Admission for Year-Round Adirondack Park Residents

Celebrate the colors and traditions of autumn at FallFest, a family-friendly campus-wide festival packed with hands-on activities, demonstrations, and live music. Highlights include: 

• Apple Pressing & Cider Tasting – See how fresh cider is made and enjoy a taste of the season. 
• Pumpkin Painting & Autumnal Crafts – Get creative with fall-themed crafts suitable for all ages. 
• Games & Outdoor Fun – Play lawn games, explore seasonal activities, and enjoy interactive experiences throughout the campus.
• Live Music & Performances – Enjoy performances by local musicians and entertainers celebrating the season. 
• Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides – Take in the beauty of the campus and surrounding forest from a traditional carriage.

This celebration of fall combines art, music, and hands-on experiences to offer fun for the whole family. Learn more about FallFest HERE.

Adirondack Experience, 9097 NY-30, Blue Mountain Lake

Also coming up at the Adirondack Experience

The Adirondack Experience presents In the Adirondack Library

Phil Terrie, Wild Forest Lands

Monday, October 6, 2025 7 pm, virtual via Zoom

In the Adirondack Library returns this fall with cozy evenings of Adirondack stories—opening October 6 with historian Phil Terrie, who explores the meaning of wilderness in his new book, Wild Forest Lands. Register free to join this monthly Zoom series hosted by NCPR’s Mitch Teich.

Register HERE.

The View Arts Center presents

2025 Quilts Unlimited

Saturday, October 4 – Saturday, November 29, 2025

Opening reception Saturday, October 4, 4 – 6 pm

ADK Quilt Conference, Sunday – Tuesday, October 5  – 7, Full schedule (HERE)

Quilts Unlimited Luncheon, Talk & Tour,  Sunday, October 5, 12 – 2 pm (HERE)

This year’s juried exhibition will feature quilts created by some of the country’s finest quilters and fiber artists working today. The quilts on display demonstrate a range of techniques and designs, from traditional quilting to contemporary art quilts. Each stunning quilt reflects the artist’s commitment to design, creativity and skill. The result is an extraordinary exhibition of quilts.

Full details are HERE.

Image: Up Cake Down Cake by Ann Feitelson

View Arts Center, 3273 State Route 28, Old Forge

The Bookstore Plus presents

Book signing with author and local naturalist guide Ed Kanze

Saturday, October 4, 3 – 5 pm

The Bookstore Plus is pleased to host author and local naturalist guide Ed Kanze to autograph copies of his newest book, The Nature of the Place: On the Flora and Fauna of the Adirondacks.

An invitation to slow down, smell the roses, and get to know fellow creatures with more longstanding claims to this landscape than we have. Theirs is the real internet, a web of life that weaves together an almost infinite number of threads into a fabric that’s a wonder to behold and something close to a miracle in a largely hostile universe.

The Nature of the Place is Kanze’s love letter to his home, the Adirondacks. Gathering materials from his decades-long column at the Adirondack Explorer and elsewhere, extensively revised and rewritten for this book, Kanze’s singular meditations on the flora and fauna of his home resonate far beyond his own beautiful, beloved, biologically vibrant neck of the woods.

Ed Kanze is an author, naturalist, guide, and photographer from the Adirondack Mountains. He wrote regular columns for Adirondack Explorer and Bird Watcher’s Digest, and his work has also appeared in Adirondack Life, Audubon, The Conservationist, and many others. Kanze has been called the Adirondack “guide nonpareil” by Forbes Life magazine and was named Birder of the Year in 2017 by Bird Watcher’s Digest Magazine.

The Bookstore Plus, 2491 Main Street, Lake Placid

Upper Jay Art Center and Recovery Lounge presents

A Night of Music + Poetry

Saturday, October 4, 7 pm

Join us for an evening of music + poetry, featuring a split bill of Chris Kowanko with Roger Mitchell, and guest artists Matthew Battles with Michael James. Two unique collaborations, each exploring the intersection of music and poetry in their own way.

Chris Kowanko (musician) and Roger Mitchell (poet) have been blending their unique skills throughout the past few years to create original performances, setting Mitchell’s poetry to Kowanko’s original compositions. This event will also celebrate the release of their new CD album, The Bat.

Guest musicians Matthew Battles and Michael James explore the musicality of Shakespeare’s sonnets, carrying them through the sonic landscape of American string music to find songs that feel both ancient and modern.

Tickets and info HERE.

Upper Jay Art Center and Recovery Lounge, 12198 Rte 9N, Upper Jay

Adirondack Center for Writing presents

What I Want You to Know: A Legacy Writing Workshop

Eight weeks, Tuesdays, October 7 – November 25, 10 am – noon

Join ACW for an 8-week creative writing workshop for adults ages 55+, led by poet, Marilyn McCabe. Legacy writing encompasses what we wish for our loved ones to know about us and how we have navigated our lives. Legacy writing preserves our values, stories, opinions, history, and experiences through a creative lens. Students in this workshop will be introduced to engaging prompts, inspiring texts, and a warm, supportive community dedicated to getting words on the page. No prior experience with creative writing is necessary.

Find out more and register HERE.

Heaven Hill Farm: 304 Bear Cub Rd, Lake Placid