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[Hawthorne Valley’s](https://hawthornevalley.org/) Annual Fall Festival celebration takes place on Sunday, October 13.
Every autumn, Hawthorne Valley offers the Fall Festival as a free public event to thank donors, customers, volunteers, community members, and local vendors for their support and partnership. The Festival is the perfect opportunity to get to know Hawthorne Valley’s diverse initiatives and experience the beauty of autumn in Columbia County. Over the years, the Festival has grown into a seasonal favorite with over 3,000 people attending from the Hudson Valley, New York City, and beyond.
The Fall Festival features many local artisans and vendors, live music, local food, children’s crafts and activities, hay rides, cider pressing, horse rides, pumpkin decorating, a school open house and more!
#### New for 2019:
Silent Wings Birds of Prey with The Wildlife Institute of Eastern New York
Pie Baking Contest with local celebrity judges including Christopher Knable of Pieconic!
#### Vendors:
BRCH
Corner-Copia
Craftspring
Crimson Leaf Alpaca
Flowering Heart Homestead
Free Range Seamstress
Galleria Cecelia
Haydenville Broomworks
Hudson Valley Candle Co
Karhu Moon
Martin Silvan, Honey & Such
Mitten Maven
Peglets
Root & Tuber Beeswax Candles
Stitch Farm Shop
Turose Craft & Gift Shop
Stone Corner
Wee Things Fiber Arts
#### Exhibitors:
Alkion Center for Adult Education
Biodynamic Association
Chronogram
Farmscape Ecology Program
SunCommon
Voter Registration
#### Food Artisans:
Alima Cuisine
Fortunes Ice Cream
Justamere Tree Farm
Maple Leaf Sugaring
Old Friends Farm
Papa’s Best Batch
Yummy Kitchen
**DATE/TIMES**:
Sunday, October 13, 2018 / 10am – 4pm (Rain or Shine)
**ADMISSION**:
Free
**LOCATION**:
Hawthorne Valley School Hall
330 County Route 21C
Ghent, NY 12075
**MORE**:
[hawthornevalley.org](https://hawthornevalley.org/)
[facebook.com/hvalleyfarm](https://www.facebook.com/hvalleyfarm)
[instagram.com/hawthornevalley](https://www.instagram.com/hawthornevalley/)
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