Find activities, fall festivals, fun things-to-do and events this weekend in Rochester, Canandaigua and the Finger Lakes…
September is an absolutely beautiful time in the Finger Lakes with plenty of adult activities as well as fun things to do for families and kids. The air is getting cooler and the crops are abundant. There are many harvest festivals to celebrate the beauty and bounty that the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York has to offer. You can enjoy hot air balloon rides, apple picking, pumpkin farms, farmers markets, wine tours, harvest festivals, street fairs, arts & crafts shows, and beer & wine events going on around the Finger Lakes. Fall is a great time to enjoy Autumn weekend activities and events in Canandaigua, Rochester, and fun things-to-do all over the beautiful Finger Lakes. Find out what’s going on this weekend…
2024 September Events – Finger Lakes & Rochester NY
Events may be canceled or postponed. Check websites before heading to event.
Ring of Fire – Canandaigua Lake & Keuka Lake
- August 31, 2024
- Canandaigua Lake and Keuka Lake, NY
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- The Ring of Fire is held on Canandaigua Lake and Keuka Lake the Saturday before Labor Day each year. The celebration starts at 9 p.m. On Canandaigua Lake, in Canandaigua, NY, the first fire is lit at the top of Bare Hill overlooking the lake. Shoreline residents then light flares, creating a glowing ring around the entire lake. There are plenty of private fireworks displays going on around the lake to enhance the celebration.
Watkins Glen Vintage Grand Prix Festival
- September 6, 2024
- Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
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- Check out over 600 sports and classic cars lining the streets of Downtown Watkins Glen at the Vintage Grand Prix Festival. Enjoy live music, wine tasting, food courts, and assorted other family activities and and fun things to do. Shop at vendors of racing items.
Macedon Center Fire Department Lumberjack Festival
- September 7-8, 2024
- Firemen’s Field at 2481 Canandaigua Road, Macedon, NY
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- Macedon Center Fire Department Professional Lumberjack Festival competition event includes lumberjack pros from all over the country and Canada competing in ax throwing, hot saw, two man crosscut, spring board and more. There is also food, a craft and collectables sale, petting zoo, and more.
CNY Tomatofest
- September 7, 2024
- Downtown Auburn, NY
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- Enjoy family activities and music at the CNY Tomatofest. Shop for Hand-crafted soaps, jewelry, maple syrup, wood carvings, jams, hand-woven baskets, alpaca wool clothing, metal sculpture, hand-made doll clothes, and locally grown produce and flowers. Also a duck derby and a silent auction. 11am-7pm
Clothesline Art Festival
- September 7-8, 2024
- Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
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- The Clothesline Art Festival is Rochester’s largest and longest-running fine art and crafts festival. Check out original artwork by more than 300 New York state artists! Enjoy live music, fine food, visit the Memorial Art Gallery, and shop. 10am-5pm
Gaffer District Harvest Festival – Corning, NY
- September 20-21, 2024
- Centerway Square Corning, NY
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- The Gaffer District Harvest Festival features outdoor dining, live music, vending from our small businesses and farmers’ market vendors, and other harvest-themed activities as you explore historic downtown Corning!
Wings and Wheels in Hammondsport
- September 21, 2024
- Depot Park, Hammondsport, NY on Keuka Lake
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- The Curtiss Museum’s Seaplane Homecoming joins forces with the Hammondsport’s Classic & Exotic Car Show to form, WINGS AND WHEELS Hammondsport! Seaplanes, cars, food, vendors, Kid Zone and more! The Seaplane Homecoming features various seaplanes landing and taking off at the lakefront and gathering at Depot Park, where you can get up close to the aircraft and talk with the pilots and owners.
Ionia Fall Festival
- September 21, 2024
- Ionia United Methodist Church- 2120 Elton Road, Bloomfield, NY
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- Ionia Fall Festival event features fun things to do like a tractor parade and displays, cake and dessert wheel, coin toss, displays, games, vendors and crafters, hayrides and more.
Lincoln Hill Farms Oktoberfest
- September 21, 2024
- Lincoln Hill Farms – 3792 NY 247, Canandaigua, NY
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- Lincoln Hill Farms Oktoberfest 5-9pm. Enjoy German-style with food, beer, live music, a stein hoist contest and more at Lincoln Hill Farms.
Purple Foot Festival
- September 15, 2024
- Casa Larga- 2287 Turk Hill Road, Fairport, NY
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- Casa Larga’s Purple Foot Festival is the annual celebration of harvest and one of the largest grape stomping festivals in the Eastern U.S.! Enjoy the old world tradition of stomping grapes – just like our ancestors did back in Italy.
Oktoberfest Rails and Ales
- September 21, 2024 (12pm-3pm)
- Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
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- Oktoberfest Rails & Ales features complimentary tastings from more than a dozen local craft breweries. Ride the train to visit all of the tasting stations. This is a 21-and-over event.
Naples Grape Festival – Naples NY
- September 28-29, 2024
- Naples Grape Festival
- The 2024 Naples Grape Festival event is held at the Naples High School Grounds and across the street at Memorial Town Hall from 10am-5pm, rain or shine. Enjoy wine, food, arts, crafts and local/regional music. Bake a pie for the World’s Greatest Grape Pie Contest and sample every thing “grape” that this September event in Naples Valley has to offer.
Central Square Apple Festival
- September 28-29, 2024
- Brewerton Speedway – 154 US Route 11, Central Square, NY
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- The Hastings Lions Club Central Square Apple Festival features craft vendors, free entertainment and demonstrations, amusement rides, games, food, and fun for the entire family.
Newfane Apple Harvest Festival
- September 29, 2024 (10am-4pm)
- 2685 West Creek Rd. Newfane, NY
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- Enjoy live performances, flea market and craft vendors, historical demos, animal exhibits, car and tractor displays, historical reenactments and hands-on activities.
Appleumpkin Festival – Wyoming, NY
- September 28-29, 2024 – (10am-5pm)
- Village of Wyoming, NY
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- Appleumpkin Festival, a Fall Arts and Crafts Festival event in the Historic Gaslight Village of Wyoming NY, features live entertainment, craft vendors, strolling performers, baking contest and yummy festival treats.
Fairport Oktoberfest – Fairport, NY
- September 26-28, 2024
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- The Fairport Oktoberfest features live music, food and beer vendors.
Fall Festival at Deer Haven Park – Romulus
- September 28, 2024
- Deer Haven Park – 5479 NY 96A, Romulus, NY
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- The Fall Festival at the historic Seneca Army Depot at Deer Haven Park features food, wine tasting, raffles, craft vendors, petting zoo, bounce house, open-wagon tours, military vehicles and equipment, and a live civil war campsite with re-enactors.
Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival
- September 27-29, 2024
- The Ithaca Commons – Ithaca, NY
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- Ithaca’s Apple Harvest Festival is a three day celebration of food, fun, and apples. The 2024 Apple Harvest Festival hosts plenty of apples, local produce, fresh baked goods, family entertainment, craft fair, games, rides, prizes and live performances.
Hilton Apple Fest
- October 5-6, 2024
- Hilton, NY
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- Hilton Apple Fest celebrates the apple harvest season with a weekend of free family entertainment including a craft show, an auto show, craft booths and food booths at this weekend event.
Hunt Country Vineyard Harvest Festival – Branchport
- October 5, 2024
- Hunt Country Vineyards – 4021 Italy Hill Rd, Branchport, NY
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- Harvest Festival at Hunt Country Vineyards (10am-5pm) features special tastings and tours, food and drink, ax throwing, grape stomping, lawn games, and live music all day. Outdoor bar offering wine, local beer, and non alcoholic beverages. Take a guided trolley tour through the vineyards. Pick your own grapes. See a raptor up close. Harvest Day happens rain or shine.
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