By Isabella Susino | Adirondack Harvest Program Lead
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 1, 2026
Contact: Isabella Susino, Adirondack Harvest Program Lead, ihs27@cornell.edu
WESTPORT, NY – Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Adirondack Harvest Festival at the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport, NY. Enjoy the harvest season and learn about Adirondack agriculture on Saturday, September 19th from 12 PM to 5 PM.
This family-friendly event is free to enter, features a large farmers’ market, live music, demonstrations, lectures, local food trucks, “Local Libations” tent, hands-on workshops, kids’ activities, farm animal petting zoo, draft horse wagon rides and much more.
The theme of the 10th annual Adirondack Harvest Festival is “Bees and Honey,” showcasing the robust community of beekeepers in our region and the agricultural importance of these pollinators for many farms in the area. Free demonstrations and kids’ activities will offer insights into the myriad ways that attendees can use honey or other honeybee related byproducts in their everyday lives. For an additional charge, attendees can participate in hands-on workshops such as making salves and balms, beeswax wraps and candles, and more.
The Adirondack Harvest Festival is unique in that it specifically highlights locally grown food and products from the region. The festival farmers’ market will feature 30+ vendors, all members of Adirondack Harvest who are committed to the mission of protecting agriculture and increasing market opportunity. Local food and drink will be available for purchase from food trucks, and the Local Libations’ Tent will feature alcoholic beverages for sale to those age 21 or older. Champlain Area Trails (CATS) will be hosting a guided pre-festival hike. Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc. will be hosting a food drive during the festival, visitors are encouraged to bring dry and canned goods to donate.
Three bands will provide visitors live music all-day. The Big Takeover is returning as a smash hit from the 2024 festival. Annie in the Water is a locals’ favorite, with performances throughout the High Peaks region. To see us through the end of the festivities is Ploughman’s Lunch, another local crowd favorite and farmer-based band. Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets, dance, or settle on the grass, and enjoy the music all afternoon.
This event will be hosted rain or shine! Participants are encouraged to bring cash to buy goods and fresh food from the farmers’ market; and to pay for the hands-on workshop drop-in registration. For more information on what you can bring, frequently asked questions, activity and workshop information, band lineup and more, please visit adirondackharvest.com/festival. Pets are not permitted at the fairgrounds due to farm animal presence.
The Adirondack Harvest Festival is organized by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County and is free to attend thanks to our generous sponsors. If you would like to become a sponsor and support our festival, please contact Laurie Davis at lsd22@cornell.edu. Find our sponsor list on our 2026 festival page.
If you would like to volunteer at the Adirondack Harvest Festival, please contact ihs27@cornell.edu.
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Graphic for the 2026 festival theme to come.
About Adirondack Harvest
Adirondack Harvest is a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County and works to increase opportunities for profitable, sustainable production and sale of high-quality food and agricultural products and expand consumer choices for locally produced nutritious food. Adirondack Harvest’s work covers the greater Adirondacks and North Country region. Learn more about the work that we do at adirondackharvest.com.
