Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair
Dates: August 31 (10:00am-5:30pm), September 1 (10:00am-5:30pm), September 2 (10:00am-4:00pm)
Tickets: quailhollow.com (at gate too)
Price: $12 Adult, $10 Senior, Free under 12
Ulster County Fairgrounds
249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz, NY 12561
The Hudson Valley’s favorite celebration of handmade, The Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair, returns to the Ulster County Fairgrounds Labor Day weekend. This long-standing event is a gathering of hundreds of the country’s most creative small businesses.
Promoted by Quail Hollow Events and consistently voted one of the top 10 contemporary craft shows nationwide by Sunshine Artist Magazine, the fair teems with handmade wares from carefully curated exhibitors. Artists share their processes and work via meaningful one-on-one interactions, and visitors enjoy learning the history of the objects and engaging with the maker of the unique pieces they purchase.
Fairgoers can look forward to discovering uncommon, standout finds for the home, body and beyond – from wearable fiber art, to mixed media wall art, to hand-thrown porcelain table settings, large-scale garden fountains, dining room tables and everything in between.
Visitors will delight in ongoing craft demonstrations, a variety of small-batch artisanal and prepared-on-site foods and, of course, local wine, beer, and spirits. Live musical performances round out this broad celebration of handmade. The youngest attendees (and their parents) will appreciate a complimentary children’s craft tent, filled with a wide range of materials — many supplied by the artists themselves.