Events

@ Goshen Historic Track

Detailed Times/Hours: Gates open at 11:00 AM and post time is 1:00 PM

Culmination of NYS County Fair harness racing. Gates open at 11:00 AM. Post time 1:00 PM. 8 full fields, very action packed day. Food and drinks available for purchase at concession stand. Auxiliary will be selling merch. Raffle baskets. Tickets $10 pp and kids 12 and under free. FREE parking on the street and at the County Government Building

@ Crystal Lake

Detailed Times/Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Join the Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance, along with other community partners for a day of play along the waterway at the Quassaick Creek Fest at Crystal Lake! Discover the Quassaick Creek and its connection with Crystal Lake and the proposed Quassaick Creek Greenway. Join us at the water's edge to gather materials and observations of the creek, lake, and the surrounding landscape as part of the community Aquablitz and Bioblitz. The activities, suitable for youth and adults alike, are part of the Quassaick Creek Fest at Crystal Lake – offering community art, ecology, food, dancing, music, kayaking, exploration, tours, and more! For more information on the Quassaick Creek Fest at Crystal Lake, visit scenichudson.org/creekfest.

@ Crystal Lake

Detailed Times/Hours: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join in a day of play along the waterway at the Quassaick Creek Fest at Crystal Lake in Newburgh — a celebration with music, dancing, a community meal, kayaking, environmental education, creekside Aquablitz & Bioblitz, nature-based arts & crafts, exploration, a hike up Snake Hill, and more! Visit scenichudson.org/creekfest for details.

@ Jacob T Walden House

Detailed Times/Hours: This will be an indoor slide program in the event of rain.

Join members of the Historical Society of Walden and the Wallkill Valley for The Walden Monument Walking Tour and learn the history of this Hudson Valley village as told through its many monuments. The Tour begins at the Jacob T. Walden House, 34 N. Montgomery St. (Rte 52 W) in Walden with a slide program about the Village monuments.

@ Fort Montgomery State Historic Site

Detailed Times/Hours: Site is opened Wednesday- Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm.

During the 18th century 14 percent of all the world’s wrought iron was being produced in the American colonies. In this Hudson River Ramble event discover the rich history of ironworking and iron production in the Hudson Highlands. Learn how items like the chain that crossed the Hudson were created, see historic pieces/artifacts, and experience a live blacksmithing demonstration. All ages are welcome. FREE PROGRAM. Program will begin with a lecture/tour of some museum pieces and history of local Ironworking history, brief walk to a iron mine, and a 30 minute live blacksmith demonstration.

@ 5 Grand Street

Detailed Times/Hours: Self-guided tour starting at 12noon each day, going until 6pm each day. No rain date. Printed maps available at Newburgh Art Supply, 5 Grand Street, City of Newburgh, NY starting at 10am each day.

The 16th Annual Newburgh Open Studios tour offers a unique opportunity to see the work and meet many of the artists in the City of Newburgh's burgeoning arts community. The studios are located in some amazing historic buildings, most of which are rarely open to the public. This is a self-guided tour, much of it walkable from Newburgh Art Supply. This year's tour is dedicated to its late founder, Gerardo Castro. Maps will be available on both days starting at 10:00am at Newburgh Art Supply, 5 Grand Street.

@ Newburgh Free Library

Detailed Times/Hours: BE A PART OF THE GARDEN SHOWCASE: Are you a gardener or do you know someone who has a beautiful garden space in Newburgh? Gardening is a great way to beautify our city and a great way to connect with neighbors and become a part of a larger community. If this sounds like you please enter the Archotber Newburgh Garden Showcase for a chance to win a $250 gift certificate to Devitt’s Nursery & Garden Supply! WHAT IS A GARDEN: A garden can be in a front-yard, on a streetscape, in a backyard, in pots on a porch, in a public space, by a business, or on a rooftop. EXHIBITION: The Garden Showcase will be exhibited at the Newburgh Free Library from September 25th- October 31st. This is also the second year that we will partner with The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands Garden Tour. If a house appears on the Garden Tour then it will automatically be entered into the Garden Showcase in the autumn. HOW TO ENTER: BEFORE SEPT. 1, 2026, Fill out the form at the bottom. Attach a maximum of two digital photographs and email to: archtobernewburgh@gmail.com NOTES ON PHOTOS: -Please use a high resolution setting for your photographs. -Photos taken in the morning or afternoon will have better light than photos taken at mid-day. -Try not to take a photo looking into the sun. -Focus on what you want to show us and take your time. Perhaps it is a view of the entire garden or just certain parts that you find particularly beautiful. If you would like to nominate a garden now, please fill out the entry form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PPayj-EDWFPo6dAbgB1Frk5zeCld6E3qr7hC6NmAiQc/edit

The Archtober Newburgh Garden Showcase is an exhibition of gardens large and small from around the city of Newburgh. The exhibition will go up in the front lobby of the Newburgh Free Library at the end of September and remain until the end of Archtober. People submit their own gardens or nominate gardens that they appreciate. This exhibit enables people in our city to appreciate the beauty that their neighbors all around the city have created. If you would like to enter a garden into the showcase please click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PPayj-EDWFPo6dAbgB1Frk5zeCld6E3qr7hC6NmAiQc/edit