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Oktoberfest
Tue, Sep 15 – Oct 31
Breweries, farms and community groups bring out the German food and beer from mid-September through October.
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The days worth planning around in and around Rhinebeck — and what's already on the calendar for each one.
Breweries, farms and community groups bring out the German food and beer from mid-September through October.
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Rhinebeck's Spooktacular family parade to the Legion Hall, and Red Hook's costume parade with trick-or-treating at village shops. Usually the Saturday before Halloween.
Village trick-or-treating, haunted hayrides at the farms, and costume parades at the schools.
Ceremonies at the village memorials and the American Legion posts.
Turkey trots in the morning, and the farm stands busy all week beforehand.
Rhinebeck lights the village tree on a Saturday in late November; Red Hook runs its Parade of Lights in December.
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Eight nights. Community menorah lightings in the village.
Shortest day — solstice walks and bonfires at a few of the farms.
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Tree lightings through December, and carols at the churches on the green.
Seven days celebrating African American heritage and community.
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Dinners around the village, and fireworks over the river in Poughkeepsie.
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A quiet one locally — a few polar plunges and brunches, and most shops closed.
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Day of service. Libraries and civic groups often host readings and volunteer drives.
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Restaurant week in miniature — book early anywhere on Market Street.
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School break week. The FDR sites in Hyde Park lean into it.
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Corned beef specials and live music at the pubs.
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Maple season ends, the farm stands reopen, and the trails dry out.
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Egg hunts at the farms and parks, and sunrise services. The date moves each year.
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Cleanups along the Hudson and at the land trusts — Winnakee and Scenic Hudson usually organize.
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Red Hook's welcome to spring, run by the Rotary Club: food, music, crafts and live animals on the village green. Always the Saturday before Mother's Day.
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Brunch bookings go fast; the farms open their flower fields.
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Rhinebeck steps off at 10:30 from North Mulberry Street; Red Hook gathers at Memorial Park. The unofficial start of summer here.
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Parades in Rhinebeck and Red Hook, and the unofficial start of the summer season.
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Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome flies vintage aircraft most weekends from June into October — barnstorming, biplane rides and all.
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Commemoration of emancipation. Local observances have grown steadily.
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Breweries and the Aerodrome make a day of it.
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Longest day of the year — good excuse for an evening on the river.
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Fireworks up and down the river; parades in the villages.
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Last weekend of the summer schedule — pools close, school starts.
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Breweries, farms and community groups bring out the German food and beer from mid-September through October.
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Apple picking, cider doughnuts and the start of leaf season.
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Recognition of the Munsee Lenape and Mohican homelands this valley sits on.
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38 celebrations tracked. Dates that move each year are set by hand — tell us if one looks wrong.