May 26th
- Music on the Main Stage: Byrdsong and Astral Alert! directed by Nancy Chusid - A local women's a cappella singing group presents an eclectic mix of songs with spirit. Joined in this performance by Astral Alert! a children's chorus for kids ages 6-10, and members of Sonia Ruscoe’s Ukulele Band. Singing along is encouraged! . www.NancysMusicRoom.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Community Group: Woodstock Garden Club - A group of local gardeners that designs and maintains several gardens in the Town of Woodstock including the gardens on Village Green and at the Comeau. The Club hosts and annual plant sale, educational presentations and is developing a Youth Program. Stop by to find out more about becoming a member.
June 2nd
- Recipe Contest: Leafy Greens
- Music on the Main Stage: Spiral Up Kids – Organic free-range children’s music the whole family can groove to. Show starts at 5pm. www.sprialupkids.com Kids, pick up a Woodstock Farm Festival coloring page and a chance to win a CD by Spiral Up Kids.
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Mamalama - Mamalama weaves together both modern and ancient musical culture through the sounds of traditional harp, violin/chincello, hammered dulcimer, cello, hurdy gurdy, native flutes, and other world-folk instrument coloration. A hypnotic song form with sweetly haunting female vocals, Mamalama is a collision of chapel-like ambience within the momentum of African rhythm, all the while tumbling around in ancient Greek modality. Harp (Elizabeth Clark-Jerez), violin/chincello (Charlie Shikowitz), hammered dulcimer (Henry Lowengard)
www.myspace.com/mamalamaband
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
June 9th
- Permaculture and No Till Farming: Discussion with Sarah Williford of Regenration CSA and Jay Armour of Four Winds Farm
- Music on the Main Stage: String Machine - String Machine delivers a distinctive and infectious blend of Bluegrass, Folk, Classic Country and String Band music, tinged with Swing, Irish, Blues, Rockabilly and other ingredients that spice up the rich gumbo of American music. Get a sneak peek right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fjusA3PEV
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Paint a flower pot and plant flowers and herb seeds in them with The Woodstock Garden Club Youth Program. 3:40 – 4:30 on the main stage.
June 16th
- Music on the Main Stage: Perry Beekman – Perry is a guitarist & vocalist deeply rooted in the classic tradition of jazz. His repertoire features tunes from the Great American Songbook, many of which comprised the repertoires of such greats as Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme. The warm sound of Perry's jazz guitar beautifully complements his rich baritone voice. His music is a wonderful combination of sophistication, excitement, and fun. www.perrybeekman.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Mamalama - Mamalama weaves together both modern and ancient musical culture through the sounds of traditional harp, violin/chincello, hammered dulcimer, cello, hurdy gurdy, native flutes, and other world-folk instrument coloration. A hypnotic song form with sweetly haunting female vocals, Mamalama is a collision of chapel-like ambience within the momentum of African rhythm, all the while tumbling around in ancient Greek modality. Harp (Elizabeth Clark-Jerez), violin/chincello (Charlie Shikowitz), hammered dulcimer (Henry Lowengard)
www.myspace.com/mamalamaband
- Kids: Afternoon Poetry for Kids & Kidders with Piper & Phillip Levine plus various invited and surprise guests. Starts at 4pm on the main stage. For more info: pprod@mindspring.com
- Community Group: Woodstock Land Conservancy - Committed to the protection and preservation of the open lands, forests, wetlands, scenic areas and historic sites in Woodstock and the surrounding area. www.woodstocklandconservancy.org
June 23rd
- House and Garden Waste: Learn about Recycling, Composting, Mulch and more.
- Music on the Main Stage: Uncle Rock - An Uncle Rock performance is a joyous, interactive experience that uses music as a means of bringing folks young and old together. www.unclerock.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
- Community Group: Catskill Animal Sanctuary - Catskill Animal Sanctuary provides a safe haven for abused, abandoned, and neglected horses and farm animals while heightening public awareness of the treatment of these animals and its impact on humans, animals, and the planet we share through innovative on and off-site programming, and serving as an educational resource to schools and youth organizations. Stop by to talk to us about volunteer opportunities, providing an adoptive home, and for more information about our educational events. www.CASanctuary.org
June 30th
- Recipe Contest: Strawberries
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Miriam Rose – Miriam Rose is seven years old, and has been playing violin since she was three and a half. Miriam plays a mostly classical repertoire, with a few surprises that show the range of her musical interests.
- Kids: Operation Frontline - Childrens Cooking & Nutrition Series begins. The Queens Galley and Share Our Strength bring Operation Frontline back to the Woodstock Farm Festival for a 6 week Childrens Cooking & Nutrition Series which will take place on Wednesdays from 4:00-6:00pm from June 30th – August 4th. Children ages 8-12 are invited to participate. Participation is free but space is limited and attendance for all 6 weeks is required. For more info or to register, call 845 679-7618 or email info@woodstockfarmfestival.com
www.queensgalley.org
July 7th
- Garden Construction Projects: Learn practical and simple construction projects like how to build a solar food dryer.
- Music on the Main Stage: Cleoma's Ghost - Sweet as a Georgia peach, spicy as a chili pepper. Cleoma's Ghost plays old time Cajun music from the heart. Blending in some of their own original songs, they are a dance party contained in a duo. Sweet vocal harmonies.They will make you want to get up and dance and swoon. Sometimes at the same time!
www.cleomasghost.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Comedy with Magic, Music and Ventriloquism with Steve Charney and "Harry" Steve Charney, the nationally known magician, ventriloquism, musician, children's author, radio personality and all-around nut will be entertaining the multitudes with amazing magic, hilarious songs and goofy comedy.Harry, his dummy, an untamed spirit, will also help out with his verbal mayhem and irreverence to authority. www.stevecharney.com and www.youtube.com/stevecharney Show starts at 6:30pm.
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
- Kids: Cooking & Nutrition Series Continues
The Queens Galley and Share Our Strength bring Operation Frontline to the Woodstock Farm Festival for a Children’s Cooking & Nutrition Series. 4:00-6:00pm . www.queensgalley.org
July 14th
- Music on the Main Stage: Bar Scott leading Woodstock, Sing! A Community Sing-Along Bar Scott is known in these parts as a performing song writer, but in the winter of 2009, she started a monthly sing-along for members of the Woodstock Community. She brought the idea to the farm festival last summer and it was a huge hit. So, we’re doing it again this year. We'll sing all kinds of songs including Rock, Pop, Gospel, Beatles, Show, Folk - it's all good fun, and the un-hip factor is wonderfully high! www.barscott.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Mamalama - Mamalama weaves together both modern and ancient musical culture through the sounds of traditional harp, violin/chincello, hammered dulcimer, cello, hurdy gurdy, native flutes, and other world-folk instrument coloration. A hypnotic song form with sweetly haunting female vocals, Mamalama is a collision of chapel-like ambience within the momentum of African rhythm, all the while tumbling around in ancient Greek modality. Harp (Elizabeth Clark-Jerez), violin/chincello (Charlie Shikowitz), hammered dulcimer (Henry Lowengard)
www.myspace.com/mamalamaband
- Kids: Afternoon Poetry for Kids & Kidders with Piper & Phillip Levine plus various invited and surprise guests. Starts at 4pm on the main stage. For more info: pprod@mindspring.com
- Kids: Cooking & Nutrition Series Continues
The Queens Galley and Share Our Strength bring Operation Frontline to the Woodstock Farm Festival for a Children’s Cooking & Nutrition Series. 4:00-6:00pm. www.queensgalley.org
July 21st
- Herbs & Wild Plants: Learn to identify, forage for and use wild plants, berries and flowers. Also, learn about herbs, their properties, medicinal remedies and use in cooking.
- Music on the Main Stage: The Acoustic Medicine Show - Progressive mountainfolkgrass is what we call it; fine string music done jam style is what you might say. The Acoustic Medicine Show features guitar, fiddle, mandolin, standup bass and 3-part harmonies on original homespun music. AMS has become one of Hudson valley's darlin' bands. Joe Tobin (vocals & guitar) and Bob Cage (fiddle & guitar) are backed up by Davey Frank (mandolin) and Paul Chinelli (doghouse bass). Songs from Appalachia, Memphis and Frisco; original material, traditionals and covers. Come on people, come on, let's gooooo. www.facebook.com/pages/Acoustic-Medicine-Show/179810319675
- www.theacousticmedicineshow.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
- Kids: Cooking & Nutrition Series Continues
The Queens Galley and Share Our Strength bring Operation Frontline to the Woodstock Farm Festival for a Children’s Cooking & Nutrition Series. 4:00-6:00pm . www.queensgalley.org
- Community Group: Watershed Agricultural Council and Pure Catskills - Buy Local from the Pure Catskills, where farmers grow and harvest food in the same pristine mountain region where clean drinking water for New York City originates. www.buypurecatskills.com
July 28th
- Music on the Main Stage: Josh Tyler and the Dust Bowl Band - Americana mix of folk, rock, blues, country, and jazz. www.joshtyler.net
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Richard Prans
- Kids: Cooking Series Continues
The Queens Galley and Share Our Strength bring Operation Frontline to the Woodstock Farm Festival for a Children’s Cooking & Nutrition Series. 5:00-7:00pm www.queensgalley.org
August 4th
- Nutrition and food allergy alternatives: Explore alternative ingredients for gluten free diets and more.
- Music on the Main Stage: Aston Ellis – Award winning steel drummer performing a wide and colorful range of Caribbean music, reggae and American classics. www.robanicreggaeband.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Cooking Series Continues
The Queens Galley and Share Our Strength bring Operation Frontline to the Woodstock Farm Festival for a Children’s Cooking & Nutrition Series. 5:00-7:00pm www.queensgalley.org
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
August 11th
- Annual Corn Roast: Stop by for an ear of farm fresh grilled corn on the cob. All proceeds benefit the Woodstock Farm Festival.
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Richard Prans
August 18th
- Seed Saving and Food Preservation: Wondering what to do with all those tomatoes? Learn about techniques for drying, freezing, canning and seed saving.
- Music on the Main Stage: The Jesse Janes - Soaring vocal harmonies above solid guitars, dobro, & bass. Bonnie Raitt meets the Andrews Sisters. www.myspace.com/thejessejanesride
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: T-Shirt Painting – Paint your own Woodstock Farm Festival T-shirt.
- Kids: Afternoon Poetry for Kids & Kidders with Piper & Phillip Levine plus various invited and surprise guests. Starts at 4pm on the main stage. For more info: pprod@mindspring.com
August 25th
- Recipe Contest: Summer Squash, Eggplant & Peppers
- Music on the Main Stage: Connor Kennedy - "Y'all better watch out for Connor...He's gonna be knocking around the block in a few years."- Alexis P. Suter Before even hitting the age of 16, Connor Kennedy has performed with members of both The Levon Helm Band, and The Gregg Allman Band, and has put his name on the Hudson Valley music scene. Tracing his influences to a handful of musically rich names such as Bob Dylan, The Band, Muddy Waters, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, he performs songs of the past, as well as his own original material which is as diverse as his musical tastes. www.myspace.com/connorkennedyguitarist
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Dave Kearney - Dave got his first guitar, a Sears Silvertone with hula dancers on it, from his father when he was nine years old. Now a singer/songwriter, he writes and performs songs about the human condition. www.myspace.com/davekearneymusic
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
- Zumba Demonstration: with Jessica Bartoletti of Studio One
Dynamic, fun, and simple dance fitness moves set to Latin and International rhythms. Come and shake it with us or just see what it's all about.
Ditch the workout, join the party! 5:45 on the main stage www.woodstockzumba.com
September 1st
- Grains and Sprouting: Learn more about the trend of growing grains in the Northeast. Plus find out about sprouting your own lentils, seeds and grains for winter salads.
- Music on the Main Stage: Kidz Town Rock - fun and educational music for children of all ages. www.kidztownrock.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
- Kids: Kids Yoga in the field with Tamara.
September 8th
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Miriam Rose – Miriam Rose is seven years old, and has been playing violin since she was three and a half. Miriam plays a mostly classical repertoire, with a few surprises that show the range of her musical interests.
- Community Group: Woodstock Land Conservancy - Committed to the protection and preservation of the open lands, forests, wetlands, scenic areas and historic sites in Woodstock and the surrounding area. www.woodstocklandconservancy.org
September 15th
- Probiotics and fermented foods: Learn about probiotics and fermented foods like kefir and more.
- Music on the Main Stage: Steven Michael Pague - Steven's original and collected uplifting songs express the true commonalities of the experience of being human; feeling, dreaming, waking, wanting, needing, hoping, loving, losing, finding oneself, letting go, and being thankful. Voice and guitar. Folk, pop, reggae, country, skiffle. myspace.com/stevenmichaelpague
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Afternoon Poetry for Kids & Kidders with Piper & Phillip Levine plus various invited and surprise guests. Starts at 4pm on the main stage. For more info: pprod@mindspring.com
- Community Group: The Ashokan Center - An outdoor education center and conference/retreat facility located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Since 1967, its 374 acres has provided countless teachable moments for history, science, music, and the arts. www.ashokancenter.org
September 22nd
- Recipe Contest: Apples and Pears
- Music on the Main Stage: Will Smith Jazz Trio
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Mamalama - Mamalama weaves together both modern and ancient musical culture through the sounds of traditional harp, violin/chincello, hammered dulcimer, cello, hurdy gurdy, native flutes, and other world-folk instrument coloration. A hypnotic song form with sweetly haunting female vocals, Mamalama is a collision of chapel-like ambience within the momentum of African rhythm, all the while tumbling around in ancient Greek modality. Harp (Elizabeth Clark-Jerez), violin/chincello (Charlie Shikowitz), hammered dulcimer (Henry Lowengard)
www.myspace.com/mamalamaband
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
- Community Group: Woodstock Film Festival - 11th Annual Festival Sept 29- Oct 3
The annual fall festival services over 15,000 film lovers from NY and throughout the US. SCREENINGS featuring more than 130 of some of today’s best independent films are the anchor. PANELS cover a broad spectrum of current artistic, technical and social issues; CONCERTS present musicians in Folk, Americana, Rock, Blues and other genres and fabulous PARTIES are always a mainstay. www.woodstockfilmfestival.com
September 29th
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music in the Farmers’ Market with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Community Group: Haitian People's Support Project - For the past twenty years, Woodstock's Haitian People's Support Project has been supporting nutritional and educational programs in orphanages, schools, temporary shelters and clinics in Haiti. This year's post earthquake efforts will focus on emergency relief, rebuilding our orphanages and relocating homeless families to the countryside. www.haitiansupportproiect.org
- Kids: Create a Fall terrarium with The Woodstock Garden Club Youth Program. 3:40 – 4:30 on the main stage.
October 6th
- Recipe Contest: Mushrooms
- Music on the Main Stage: The Whoopsy Daisy Clown Band - Silly musical comedy show with fun for both children and adults. They'll be sing-a-longs, magic, puppets and ventriloquism with comedy skits, storytelling and balloons too. www.melodynewcombe.com
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Dave Kearney - Dave got his first guitar, a Sears Silvertone with hula dancers on it, from his father when he was nine years old. Now a singer/songwriter, he writes and performs songs about the human condition. www.myspace.com/davekearneymusic
- Kids: Mountaintop School Puppet Shows with Wendy Weinburd. Fairy tales and folk tales from around the world told with natural woolen table puppets and silk marionettes. www.Mountaintopschool.com Show starts at 4pm.
October 13th
- Hudson Valley Wine Country: “The Roots of American Wine” Learn about America’s oldest wine making and grape-growing region with the Hudson Valley Wine Goddess, Debbie Gioguindo representing the award winning wineries of the Hudson Valley. www.hudsonvalleywinecountry.org
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music with Deb Tankard and Friends
October 20th
- Recipe Contest: Winter Squash
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Mamalama - Mamalama weaves together both modern and ancient musical culture through the sounds of traditional harp, violin/chincello, hammered dulcimer, cello, hurdy gurdy, native flutes, and other world-folk instrument coloration. A hypnotic song form with sweetly haunting female vocals, Mamalama is a collision of chapel-like ambience within the momentum of African rhythm, all the while tumbling around in ancient Greek modality. Harp (Elizabeth Clark-Jerez), violin/chincello (Charlie Shikowitz), hammered dulcimer (Henry Lowengard)
www.myspace.com/mamalamaband
October 27th Closing Day
- Music in the Farmer’s Market: Fiddle Music with Deb Tankard and Friends
- Kids: Pumpkin Painting – Purchase your Halloween pumpkin from one of our vendors and bring it to our Pumpkin Painting booth to decorate it for free.
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