Salsa Dancing Nights
June 15, June 29, July 13, July 27, 2026 from 6:30 to 7:30pm
Cost of admission: Free
8000 Mall Walk, Yonkers
Feel the rhythm with high-energy Salsa nights at Cross County Center! Learn new moves from live instructors from Ballet Folklorico de las Americas and dance the night away with live Latin music performances on select Mondays. All events are open to the public, most are free to attend, and guests can enjoy complimentary parking in Cross County Center’s convenient open-air setting. Website
The Air We Share: Monitoring Air Quality in the Mid-Hudson Valley
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 from 6 to 6:45pm
Town of Poughkeepsie Town Hall, 1 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie
Presentation by Dr. Eli Dueker of Bard College and Lorraine Farina of the Hudson Valley Air Quality Coalition on air quality and its impact on our health and climate. Q&A to follow.
Music in the Parks
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 7pm
Cost of admission: Free
Vanderbilt Mansion
Featuring Thunder Ridge at Vanderbilt. Continues June 24 with The Crew at Mills, July 1 starting at 5pm with That Guy Larry and 4 Guys in Disguise at Mills, July 8 with Southern Dutchess Concert Band at Vanderbilt, July 15 with Bosco and The Storm at Mills, July 22 with Matt Jordan at Vanderbilt, July 29 with Flirtin’ with Disaster at Mills, August 5 starting at 6:30pm with the Way Behind The Sun at Mills, and August 12 with the West Point Military Band at Vanderbilt. Rain location: Taconic Offices, 9 Old Post Road, Staatsburg. Updates will be posted on the Hyde Park Recreation Facebook page: Website
Juneteenth Lunch & Learn
Thursday, June 18, 2026 from noon to 1pm
Virtual and in-person at the Restorative Justice and Community Empowerment Center, 733 Broadway, Kingston
Learn about the history of Juneteenth and gradual emancipation in Ulster County at the upcoming Lunch & Learn! Weldon McWilliams, PhD, Chair of Black Studies at SUNY New Paltz, and Ulster County Historian Edward Moran will guide you through at original documents that marked the path to freedom here in Ulster County. Zoom link on tZoom link. To attend in-person, please RSVP with Kim Mapes, Youth and Family Engagement Coordinator at the Restorative Justice Center, at (845) 802-7966 or email kmap@ulstercountyny.gov.
Wild Garden Tour at Bellefield with Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley
Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 5pm
Cost of admission: Free
Beatrix Farrand Garden, 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park
Join for a tour provided by the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association of the Bellfield Historic Site’s new Wild Garden. In the spring of 2024, volunteers planted these stimulating new gardens. The association’s volunteers planted hundreds of herbaceous native plant plugs in a new wild garden surrounding the walled site. We’ll hear about the experimental approach their team has been using to keep deer from the plants as they get established and learn about the work the group is doing to save this significant garden. The Garden Association is a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving the work of Beatrix Farrand, a renowned landscape designer who helped shape American gardens in the first half of the 20th century. She championed the use of intriguing and delightful perennial plants in gardens. Registration is required with a limit of 20 people. Register
Powerhouse presents Theater Idiot
Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 7pm
Martel Theater, Vassar College
On December 14, 2025, Patti LuPone attended a performance of Drew Droege’s play, Messy White Gays. It was nearly ruined thanks to the outbursts of a raving drunken lunatic. After the show, LuPone eviscerated this person and told them to “never go back to the theater again.” The New York Post ran the headline “LuPone Blasts Theater Idiot.” Meet the Theater Idiot, written and Performed by Drew Droege with special guests Theo Ciperski and Lulu Fairclough-Stewart. Tickets
Juneteenth Riverfront Festival
Friday, June 19, 2026 from 11am to 5pm
Cost of admission: Free
Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park, 2 Red Flynn Drive, Beacon
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Air Shows
Every Saturday and Sunday from June 20 through October 18, 2026, weather permitting
Rhinebeck
Saturdays: History of Flight, Sundays: WWI Show. Website
Season opening: Kingston Point Beach
Saturday, June 20, 2026, and Wednesday through Sundays, 10am-4:45pm, weather permitting and only when lifeguards are on duty
Hours are subject to change. Please note that, due to the proximity to the swimming area, motorized boat launches from the ramp at Kingston Point Beach are no longer permitted. Website
Roosevelt Reading Festival
Saturday, June 20, 2026 beginning at 9:45am
Cost of admission: Free
FDR Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park
The day-long program will highlight the recently published work of fourteen authors including a special afternoon presentation in honor of America’s Semiquincentennial Celebration with Mary E. Stuckey, author of Remembering Jefferson: Who He Was, Who We Are. Website
“Wild Pollinators: Diversity, Natural History, and Conservation” Part of Beatrix Farrand Garden Series of Garden Talks
Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 10:30-11:30am
Cost of admission: $15, free for members
Beatrix Farrand Garden at FDR National Historic Site, 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park
Kyle Bradford, MS, Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Project will give an overview of some of our pollinating animals and highlight the groups of wild bees, their natural history, and conservation. Pollinator diversity and natural history are spectacular and easily observable wherever you find flowering plants. Space limited. Register
Riverkeeper Fish Migration Celebration
Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 11am to 12:30pm in Yonkers and 5 to 8pm in Newburgh
Live music, puppet performances, food carts, a Parade of the Fish and more. Link
Kim Gordon
Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 7pm
Storm King Art Center
On the heels of her third solo album, Play Me, The Sonic Youth rocker kicks off the 2026 summer concert series outside at the sculpture park. Website
City of Poughkeepsie Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 1-5pm
Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie
Live music, vendors, food and a parade at 12:30pm.
Chasing Daylight 5K
Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 7pm
Walkway Over the Hudson
A sunset 5K shining a light on the Hudson Valley’s non-profits and the communities they serve. Website
Lecture: Enslaved Lives Through Senate House Archives
Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 7pm
Cost of admission: $10
Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston
The Senate House Archives are home to thousands of 18th century documents, where one can catch glimpses into daily life in Kingston, NY. Amongst these letters, accounts and inventories, are brief mentions of the enslaved population, whether they were sent by their enslaver to pick up items, worked on the sloops, or even faced being sold to another family. Combing through these documents, one can start piecing together the lives they were living in Kingston and view with a broader lens on how a new country was shaping their futures. Laura Hertle has been with the Senate House State Historic Site for 6 years as the Senior Interpreter. She plays a lead role in the site’s interpretation, including leading historic house tours, developing education programming, and conducting research. She has a particular interest in the site archives and has worked extensively on assisting with research requests and organizing the site’s holdings. Laura has her Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology from SUNY Potsdam. Website
Summer Solstice: Desert Blues with Nour Harkarti
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Cost of admission: $30+
Opus 40, Saugerties
Summer concert series in collaboration with The Local in Saugerties. Continues July 5 with Afro-Cuba! Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca, July 18 with The Big Takeover, July 25 with Emily King, July 31 with the Rock the Quarry Festival with Cindy Cashdollar, Garil Ann Dorsey and more, August 8 with Sally Bally’s Silver Dollars, August 22 with Euphonia Balkan and Brass Festival, August 29 with Akwesasne Freedom School Benefit, August 30 with Chicha Libre and September 5 with Primal Disco with Michael Vadacchino. Website
Hudson River Music Festival
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Cost of admission: $99+
Croton Point Park
Featuring performances by Jesse Welles, Warren Haynes, Grahame Lesh and Daniel Donato, Margo Price, Toshi Reagon and more. Website
Father's Day Brunch Cruise Aboard the Solaris
Sunday, June 21, 2026 from 11am to 12:15pm
Cost of admission: $43
Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY 12401, United States
Join the Hudson River Maritime Museum and Half Moon Cafe for Brunch Aboard Solaris. Enjoy light, hand-held, brunch treats and scenic Hudson Valley views as you cruise along the water aboard Solaris, a quiet, 100% solar-powered vessel. Brunch offerings are made fresh by local Half Moon Cafe, and include coffee, a variety of sweet and savory pastries, charcuterie style cheese, meat, and fruit spreads, and fresh baked mini baguettes. Food and drink are included in the ticket price for this cruise. Free general admission to the Hudson River Maritime Museum also included. Tickets
Jonathan Kruk Storyteller "Revolutionary Tales of Milan and the Rowes"
Sunday June 21, 2026 at 2pm
Cost of admission: Free
1376 Rt 199 Milan NY 12571, Milan
Rowe United Methodist Church presents this free family REV 250 event. Followed by refreshments. Website
Black Country, New Road with Horsegirl
Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 5pm
Storm King Art Center
Live music outside at the sculpture park. Website
Early Voting for the Primary Election
Continues daily through June 21, 2026. Primary Election Day is June 23, 2026. Find your polling place: Link
