Find activities, fall festivals, fun things-to-do and events this weekend in Rochester, Canandaigua and the Finger Lakes…
September is an absolutely beautiful time in the Finger Lakes with plenty of adult activities as well as fun things to do for families and kids. The air is getting cooler and the crops are abundant. There are many harvest festivals to celebrate the beauty and bounty that the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York has to offer. You can enjoy hot air balloon rides, apple picking, pumpkin farms, farmers markets, wine tours, harvest festivals, street fairs, arts & crafts shows, and beer & wine events going on around the Finger Lakes. Fall is a great time to enjoy Autumn weekend activities and events in Canandaigua, Rochester, and fun things-to-do all over the beautiful Finger Lakes. Find out what’s going on this weekend…
Vintage Grand Prix Festival
- September 6, 2019
- Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
- Check out over 600 classic sports cars of all ages at the Vintage Grand Prix Festival. Enjoy live music, wine tasting, food courts, and assorted other family activities and and fun things to do. Shop at vendors of racing items. Enjoy fireworks at dusk.
Hang Around Victor Day
- September 7, 2019
- Mead Square Park and along Main Street in the village of Victor, NY
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- Hang Around Victor and see more than 130 craft and community vendors, plus kids’ activities, live music, festival food and food trucks.
Macedon Center Fire Department Community Lumberjack Festival
- September 7-8, 2019
- Firemen’s Field at 2481 Canandaigua Road, Macedon, NY
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- Saturday’s amateur Lumberjack Festival competition event includes log rolling, two-man crosscut, buck saw, chain saw, log chop, and fire starting. On Sunday, lumberjack pros from all over the country and Canada compete in ax throwing, hot saw, two man crosscut, spring board and more. There is also a craft and collectables sale, petting zoo, and more.
CNY Tomatofest
- September 7, 2019
- Emerson Park – Auburn, NY
- http://www.cnytomatofest.org/
- Enjoy family activities and music at the CNY Tomatofest. Shop for Hand-crafted soaps, jewelry, maple syrup, wood carvings, jams, hand-woven baskets, alpaca wool clothing, metal sculpture, hand-made doll clothes, and locally grown produce and flowers.
Clothesline Art Festival
- September 7-8, 20189
- Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
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- The Clothesline Art Festival is Rochester’s largest and longest-running fine art and crafts festival. Check out original artwork by more than 400 New York state artists! Enjoy live music all day long, enjoy some of Rochester’s fine food, visit the Memorial Art Gallery, and shop for bargains at the Gallery Store’s Sidewalk Sale and the art library’s used book sale.
Wings and Wheels in Hammondsport
- September 14-15, 2019
- Depot Park, Hammondsport, NY on Keuka Lake
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- Wings and Wheels in Hammondsport, NY event features two days of seaplanes, cars, food, vendors, and more! Free to attend this fun September event in the Finger Lakes.
Palmyra Canaltown Days
- September 14-15, 2019
- Route 31 Park – Palmyra, NY
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- Shop at the 120 craft booths and 70 market vendors at the Palmyra Canaltown Days. Enjoy delicious food, wagon rides, guided tours, village museums, and antique shops.
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Gaffer District Harvest Festival – Corning, NY
- September 21, 2019
- Centerway Square Corning, NY
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- The Gaffer District Harvest Music Festival features the Corning Farmers Market, local food and craft vendors, children’s activities, tractor display, shopping and dining, and a live music in Centerway Square.
Vintage Car Show at Sonnenberg – Canandaigua, NY
- September 22, 2019 (9am – 3pm)
- Sonnenberg Gardens – 151 Charlotte S. Canandaigua, NY
- The Sandman’s Annual Vintage Car Show at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua NY event features dozens of chromed and polished show vehicles that will be displayed, along with food and drink, bouncehouses and entertainment. View Website
2019 Naples Grape Festival – Naples NY
- September 21-22, 2019
- The Naples Grape Festival event is held at the Naples High School Grounds and across the street at Memorial Town Hall from 10am-5pm, rain or shine. Enjoy wine, food, arts, crafts and local/regional music. Bake a pie for the World’s Greatest Grape Pie Contest and sample every thing “grape” that this September event in Naples Valley has to offer.
- naplesgrapefest.org
Ionia Fall Festival
- September 21, 2019
- Ionia United Methodist Church- 2120 Elton Road, Bloomfield, NY
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- Ionia Fall Festival event features fun things to do like a tractor parade and displays, cake and dessert wheel, coin toss, displays, games, vendors and crafters, hayrides and more.
Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival 2019
- September 27-29, 2019
- The Ithaca Commons – Ithaca, NY
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- Ithaca’s Apple Harvest Festival is a three day celebration of food, fun, and apples. The 2019 Apple Harvest Festival hosts plenty of apples, local produce, fresh baked goods, family entertainment, games, rides, prizes and live performances on two stages. Shop from over 60 different handcrafting artisans along Cayuga Street at the fall craft show which includes jewelry, ceramics, home decor, body care, specialty gifts, unique sculpture, clothing and so much more.
2019 Appleumpkin Festival – Wyoming, NY
- September 28-29, 2019 – (10am-5pm)
- Village of Wyoming, NY
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- Appleumpkin Festival, a Fall Arts and Crafts Festival event in the Historic Gaslight Village of Wyoming NY, features live entertainment, craft vendors, strolling performers, baking contest and yummy festival treats.
2019 Hilton Apple Fest
- October 5-6, 2019
- Hilton, NY
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- Hilton Apple Fest celebrates the apple harvest season with a weekend of free family entertainment including a juried craft show, an auto show (Sat), about 125 craft booths and 24 food booths at this weekend event.
Hunt Country Harvest Festival
- October 5-6, 2019
- Hunt Country Vineyards – Branchport, NY
- Enjoy delicious wines, drinks and snacks from Hunt Country Vineyards, Grape Stomping, Hay-wagon rides through the vineyards, pumpkin decorating, live music, and arts & craft vendors at the Hunt Country Harvest Festival. Admission to the event is free, as is standard wine tasting.
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