August Events

Learn how to identify edible plants in our area! In this course, at Adirondack Folk School, you can learn how to identify edible plants in our area and the northeast! While the class walks through the woods, you'll learn how plants can be used in our daily lives (and into our meals!)

Sample the Tastes of Hometown USA! Every Wednesday downtown Glens Falls is filled with family fun featuring samplings of small plates from participating restaurants - ranging $1 - $5 ; live music and entertainment; shopping and strolling on a summer's evening. Presented by Glens Falls Collaborative.

Sample the Tastes of Hometown USA! Every Wednesday downtown Glens Falls is filled with family fun featuring samplings of small plates from participating restaurants - ranging $1 - $5 ; live music and entertainment; shopping and strolling on a summer's evening. Presented by Glens Falls Collaborative.

Bring your works in progress and share your experiences with fellow quilters! If you have a project you're in the middle of, and would like some company while you work, then stop by the Adirondack Folk School Sewing Circle! Every month quilters, knitters, and fiber artists are welcome to join us for an afternoon of quilting.

Check back for details in 2021! Join over 100 exhibitors at the free LARAC Arts Festival! The annual Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) Arts Festival in downtown Glens Falls, usually held in June but reschedule for August in 2021, is a juried outdoor art and craft festival featuring about 150 artists and artisans and attracts visitors from a wide-ranging area.

Check back for details in 2021! Join over 100 exhibitors at the free LARAC Arts Festival! The annual Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) Arts Festival in downtown Glens Falls, usually held in June but reschedule for August in 2021, is a juried outdoor art and craft festival featuring about 150 artists and artisans and attracts visitors from a wide-ranging area.

2021 is the 10 year anniversary! Stay tuned for details to be announced at a later date. A premier music arts festival for classical and new music - surrounded by the beautiful Adirondack Mountains This year's event will be held at the Fort William Henry's Carriage House! Stayed tuned for more 2021 details coming soon!

Sample the Tastes of Hometown USA! Every Wednesday downtown Glens Falls is filled with family fun featuring samplings of small plates from participating restaurants - ranging $1 - $5 ; live music and entertainment; shopping and strolling on a summer's evening. Presented by Glens Falls Collaborative.

Come see an expert blacksmith at work! Stop by Open Forge Night to see blacksmith demonstrations by expert blacksmith Steve Gurzler. Watching the demonstartions is free and open to the public. If you'd like try out blacksmithing, there is a $20 fee to cover materials (goggles and gloves). You must have hard closed toed shoes, and long pants.

It's a day to enjoy the Queen of the American Lakes! Registration opens April 24th! Swimmers take to the beautiful water of Lake George in the Southern Adirondacks of Upstate New York. The start is in-water and follows a course of out-and-back style loop. The race schedule:

Take part in the 12th annual CCE Golf Tournament! Join us at Cronin’s Golf Resort for this annual tournament! This is a 4-person scramble; individual players are welcome and will be placed within a team. To honor social distancing, we would like to reduce the registration line as much as possible.

Remember Sunday afternoons at Grandma's? That was the best day of the week. The table was set with a beautiful table cloth, the best dishes and silverware were used and you and your family enjoyed each others company - laughing, sharing memories and stories, the radio was playing, but best of all was Grandma's cooking.

Sample the Tastes of Hometown USA! Every Wednesday downtown Glens Falls is filled with family fun featuring samplings of small plates from participating restaurants - ranging $1 - $5 ; live music and entertainment; shopping and strolling on a summer's evening. Presented by Glens Falls Collaborative.

Come learn the secret tricks to ensure your puzzle is a success. It can make a perfect gift too! Wooden puzzles are a great project whether you are a beginner or experienced woodworker. In this class students will learn the basics of the safe operation of a scroll saw, proper blade selection and installation, pattern transfer, proper cutting techniques and proper body positioning at the saw table.