EVENTS 04/25 - 04/27 : One Bug Fly Fishing Contest Friends of the Upper Delaware River are happy to announce the first annual One Bug fundraiser. The three-day event is being held to celebrate the camaraderie of fly-fishing and draw attention to the challenges our rivers, streams, and all the people that live and work in our watershed. Dinner on Friday, breakfast and inner on Saturday - you'll be taken care of the whole weekend. All the fishing guides are donating there time for the two days of fishing to support the work of FUDR. Contestants are only allowed to use ONE BUG the entire day of fishing and if they loose it they may continue to fish but no additional points may be scored. The guides will serve as judge and jury once they have their fishermen in the boat and will be the official scorekeepers through out the day. The size of the fish determines are how points are scored and points are taken away if a fish is killed. For more information call 607-637-4296 05/10 : Ed Wessels Canoe Regatta Come out and paddle or sit on the shores and watch. the susquehanna River makes for great adventures. Saturday night spaghetti dinner for paddlers. Register online at visit www.sidneychamber.org or call 607-561-2642. 05/25 : Saw It Day at the Mill Watch as sawing & lumber history comes to life,see demonstrations, enjoy music and a variety of family activities at the Hanford Mills Museum from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more info visit www.hanfordmills.org or call 607-278-5744. 05/25 : Rip Van Winkle Dinner Ride Dinner and entertainment aboard the Delaware and Ulster Rail Ride's beautifully restored domed dining car. Departs 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Reservations required. For more info visit www.durr.org or call 800-225-4132. 06/7 : History Happening Hands on demonstrations of historic crafts and artisan workshops for the entire family throughout the day. For more info visit www.dcha-ny.org. 06/7 : John Gorka at RAG John Gorka is an acoustic based singer songwriter and self described "aspiring folksinger." His songs look at the world with a realistic hope, acknowledging the sorrows and celebrating the joys of a modern life.... "the quintessential urban folksinger". $18 tickets. For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org. 06/14 - 06/15 : Meredith Dairy Fest Kick off festival for the summer season. Cow plop bingo, kids rides, petting zoo, dancing and music, and ohhhh the food. Vendors galore. Come support the local volunteer fire department. $5 a carload. No dogs please. For more info visit www.dairyfest.org. 06/20 - 06/22 : Orvis Days at West Branch Angler Orvis Days were born out of a need for a celebration of the Catskills wonderful talents bringing together both advanced and novice hunters and anglers young and old. Everything you wanted to know about fishing as well as sporting clays and sporting dog competitions. All inclusive lodging and meal packages are available. It's a free event, open to the public from 9am to 4pm both days. For more info call 800-201-2557 or visit www.westbranchangler.com. 06/21: Railride Into Yesteryear Roxbury and the Delaware & Ulster team up for a great weekend of time travel. Take the train from Arkville to Roxbury at 11am. Enjoy a local horse drawn carriage ride or stroll the historic village by foot. Docents will lead walking tours. Open-air markets offering local wares and eateries will offer period approprate food. The Roxbury Nine vintage baseball team will take to the field in Kirkside Park complete with entertainment by the Roxbury Brass. Return train at 4pm. For more info visit www.roxburyny.com. 06/28 : Streisand by Brinberg Impersonation is a tricky animal. Steve Brinberg's "Simply Barbra" starts out smart. The piano overture, the darkened empty stage, and then the voice. It's Barbra alright - the intonation, the inflection, the purity. And she makes her entrance - yup, the look is right as well. Any chance the show may take itself too seriously is quickly alleviated with a simply hand gesture to move the hair from her face - the audience howls and we know we're in for a send up. But it's the voice that blows you away. A two time Mac and Bistro award winner, Brinberg has the voice down pat. $15 For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org. 07/04 : Independence Day at the Mill Old fashioned family fun. Sample ice cream made in an ice cream maker powered by the Mill and made with frozen ice stored from the Winter Ice Harvest Festival. Enjoy live music by Hilton Kelly and the Sidekicks. See the steam engine run and explore the working mill. Kids can bring their poles and atry the catch and release fishing derby from 11am - 2:30pm. Families can participate in traditional games and contests, including the frog jumping contest (bring your own frog) and tug of war. Join a medicinal and edible wild plant walk at 2pm. For more info visit www.hanfordmills.org or call 607-278-5744. 7/05: 12th Annual Treadwell Stagecoach Run Art Festival Seventeen open studios - featuring 32 area artists paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, pottery and crafts. Please visit us in Treadwell/Franklin to view the art, meet the artists, and see for yourself what's so special about the Western Catskills. 7/05: Music on the Mountain Featuring the homegrown styling of regional performersfrom George Kilby Jr., Phrog Blues Bank, Jersey Coast, Horseshoe Lounge Playboys and Bovina's own Pispoure. Crafts people from the beautiful Catskill Mountains will be there as well. Dinners and fireworks will be available at night. Held on top of Stamford's Mt. Utsayantha, 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. A $5 donation requested per guest. for more information visit www.musiconthemountain.com or call 607-434-7273. 07/05: Railride Into Yesteryear Roxbury and the Delaware & Ulster team up for a great weekend of time travel. Take the train from Arkville to Roxbury at 11am. Enjoy a local horse drawn carriage ride or stroll the historic village by foot. Docents will lead walking tours. Open-air markets offering local wares and eateries will offer period approprate food. The Roxbury Nine vintage baseball team will take to the field in Kirkside Park complete with entertainment by the Roxbury Brass. Return train at 4pm. For more info visit www.roxburyny.com. 7/05: Belleayre Festival Orchestra Starts at 8pm. Followed by Fireworks. Special guest Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 07/12 : The Great Bear Trio Andrew, Noah and mom Kim have been favorites at our annual Fiddlers! event for years and an evening featuring them is long overdue! "The VanNorstrands plant their feet firmly in the musical traditions of North America, Ireland, and Scandinavia, but their musical imaginations soar, creating melodies and harmonies that are lyrical, exciting, and original. This is music that really makes me sit up and take notice -- and smile".... $10 tickets. For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org. 7/12: Legendary Beach Boy Brian Wilson Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 7/18: John Covelli Unplugged The maestro plays Beethoven to the Blues. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 07/19 : Sidney Arts and Music Festival Up and down main street you'll find live music, crafters, bounce house, magic show, food, dance performances, classic cars and more. 10am - 9:30pm. For more info call 607-561-2642. 07/19 - 07/22 : Deposit Lumberjack Festival Food, music, parade vendors, fireworks, lumberjills, entertainment, and lumberjack competitions. Brown bread and baked bean sale. For more info call 607-467-4422. 07/19 : Lillia! Libby Skala portrays her grandmother, Lilia Skala, who escaped the Nazis to become an Oscar-nominated actress for her role in "Lilies of the Field." Libby's performance continues the lifelong conversation between grandmother and granddaughter, recording the journey of a remarkable spirit. $15 tickets. For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org. 7/19: Bacon Brothers Band Rock-n-roll actor and his brother hit the stage. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 7/25: The Post-Neo Trio featuring Justin Kolb with Abby Newton and Mikhail Horowitz. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 07/26 : Hobart Horseshoe Festival amateur throwing competition. Children games, music, entertainment, food vendors and more. Free to the public. Starts at 10am through 4pm. For more info visit www.hobartbookvillage.com. 07/26 : Ice Cream Run for Kid's Sake Join motorcycling enthusiasts and help raise money for local kids with life threatening illnesses. Ride the beautiful roads starting in Hamden for registration and breakfast. Enjoy great stops and ice cream along the way. For more info visit www.theicecreamrun.com or call 607-746-7244. 07/26 : Electric Junkyard Gamelan The group's music is influenced by everything from Indian classical to klezmer, rock to jazz and is shaped by Dame's unique and humor laced voice. They perform on innovative instruments such as electric rubber band harps, copper pipe horns, clay pot "marimba"s and an arsenal of percussion instruments fashioned from old farm equipment, turntable platters, saw blades, and truck springs. $10 tickets. For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org. 7/26: Bebe Neuwirth Legendary star of stage and TV. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/02 : Annual Antique Fair and Flea Market Come to the Margaretville Village Park for this annual treasure trove of great finds and support the Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center. For more info call 845-586-3844. 08/02 - 08/03 : Art and Soul of the Catskills is a two day event filled with visual and literary art, food, and music all designed to stimulate the soul. Juried programs in food, art and crafts, as well as l iterary arts and childrens activities. This event will be held on the SUNY Delhi campus and up and down main street Delhi. For more info visit www.artandsoulofthecatskills.org. 08/02 : Annual Antique and Flea Market Sponsored by the Auxiliary of Margaretville Memorial Hospital/Mountainside Residential Care Center. Market featuring antiques, crafts, and general merchandise. 9 am to 4 pm, Margaretville Village Park. For information call 845-586-3844. 08/02: Belleayre Festival Opera Presents the Community Chorale of the Catskills performance of Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" as well as Famous Opera Choruses. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/03: Children's Opera Theater presents the Three Bears. Starts at 1pm. Admission is free. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/08: Belleayre Jazz Club presents KJ Denhart, an urban jazz songstress. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/09: Ramsey Lewis Come hear this jazz piano great. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/11 - 08/16 : Delaware County Fair. Annual county fair is always the place to be. Buy anything from a cow print t-shirt to a tractor. See anything from a baby cow to a tractor pull contest. Horse shows, 4-H shows, fire squad parade and so much more every day. Country music concert Saturday night. for more info visit www.delawarecountyfair.org. 08/15: Belleayre Jazz Club Presents Ken Peplowski reknowned clarinetist. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/16: Two Jazz Diamonds 75th Birthday Celebration. David "Fathead" Newman, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Cobb and special guests. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/22 : Bernard Woma Ensemble Led by master Ghanaian musician Bernard Woma. Bernard is joined in the group by his American student Mark Allen Stone and his Ghanaian student Kofi Ameyaw. The group performs traditional Dagara bewaa and binne music as well as Bernard's original compositions. For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org. 08/23: Vince Gill country superstar. Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 08/30-31: Turn of The Century Days Spend the weekend in an authentic 19th century Catskills hamlet, historic Roxbury. On Saturday, August 30, enjoy "Railride into Yesteryear," when you can ride the rails from the Delaware & Ulster Railroad in Arkville to Roxbury's 19th century depo. All weekend long, you can stroll through 19th century village fair, with market carts filled with flower girls, country vendors, savoury eats and streetside barbequie, crafts and authentic provisions. Also enjoy a survey of Roxbury's architectural treasures. All weekend, Roxbury will host the Harry M. Keator Vintage Base Ball Tournament, with vintage teams from all over the Northeast competing for the coveted Keator Cup). Enjoy all the ease, fun and beauty of the Catskills of 100 years ago. Depart 11 a.m., Delaware & Ulster Railroad, Arkville NY. depot (right on Route 28). Arrive Roxbury 11:45 a.m. Depart Roxbury at 3 p.m.. For more info visit www.roxburyny.com. 08/30: Chris Isaak Singer, Songwriter, Film and TV Star Starts at 8pm. Brought to you by the Belleayre Music Festival, at Belleayre Ski Center's Upper Lodge off State Highway 28, Highmount. For more info call (800) 942-6904, ext. 344 or visit www.belleayremusic.org. 09/13 : Antique Engine Jamboree If you love tinkering with old engines and trucks, come to East Meredith for a day of engines, swapping stories and fun learning about the tools of our past. For more info visit www.hanfordmills.org. 09/27 : Cauliflower Festival. Celebrating farming, cooking and culture in the past, present and future of the Catskill Mountains. Believe it or not but cauliflower was a big crop up here in the mountains. With a strong history of dairy farming and fly fishing you may not know this. But the western Catskills are experience a wonderful resurgence in sustainable family farms from organic vegetables to meadow raised meats. For more info visit www.cauliflowerfestival.com. 09/27 : Maureen Fleming Dance "Watching choreographer and performer Maureen Fleming Is like watching a magician. She demands that we suspend our rational beliefs. Ms. Fleming's body is a miracle of change. She is capable of creating form that is abstract and totally sculptural." For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org. 10/12 : Fiddlers 15 Fiddlers! is one of the best-loved autumn traditions in the Catskills. Featuring an outstanding roster of some of the best traditional fiddlers and musicians in the Northeast. A full day of music, friends and good food, culminating in an evening jam session and an old fashioned square dance. $14 adult, $10 senior, $5 12 and under. For more info visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org.