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Adirondack Fall Festivals 2024: Your Must-Attend Events This Season

Details for Adirondack fall festivals for 2024 have been announced! Get all the info you need below to experience the best events of the season.

Otis Mountain Get Down

music performance

Photo provided by Otis Mountain, credit to Jenny Alice Watts

September 6- 8, 2024

Otis Mountain Get Down is a full weekend of musical performances in Elizabethtown. The festival centers around diversity rather than popularity; their goal is to enable guests to listen to bands they've never heard of before and find genres they never even knew they liked. 

Lake George Jazz Festival

jazz band on stage
Photo credit: Cheri Bordelon

September 13 - 15, 2024

Jazz enthusiasts can't miss out on Lake George Jazz Weekend! Enjoy free jazz concerts over two days in Lake George's Shepard Park. Bring your own chairs and blankets and sit back and enjoy the tunes.

Inlet's Fall Festival

vendor booth at fall festival
Photo provided by Town of Inlet

September 21 & 22, 2024

Inlet's Fall Festival features dozens of vendors with furniture, clothing, candles, photography, jewelry, and much more. There will be live music, kids entertainment, and food.

Adirondack Balloon Festival

Tasmanian devil hot air balloon and crowd at festival

September 19 - 22, 2024

The highly anticipated Adirondack Balloon Festival is held in Queensbury and Glens Falls. This year marks the 50th anniversary, and there are some new festivities in store!

Ticonderoga FallFest

kids in corn field
Photo provided by Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce

September 28, 2024

Ticonderoga holds its seventh annual FallFest in 2024. There's typically a full schedule of events for the whole family.

Whiteface Oktoberfest

aerial view of fall festival

September 21 & 22, 2024

Whiteface Mountain - it's for more than just skiing! Each year a massive Oktoberfest is put on with a Bavarian-style celebration with authentic German food, beer, music, and dancing. This festival has been rated one of the top five must-visit Oktoberfests in North America by SKI Magazine.

Thurman Fall Farm Tour

wagon ride

October 12, 2024

Fall is a time for pumpkins, beer, and farm animals. Check out tours at various farms in Thurman during the Thurman Farm Tour. See goats and sheep, take wagon rides, check out maple producers, and much more.

Adirondack Brewery Oktoberfest

German folks

October 19, 2024

Who does an Oktoberfest better than a brewery? Adirondack Brewery's Oktoberfest features nonstop polka music, a beer garden, beer sampling, local wine, craft cider, authentic German food, keg tossing, a costume contest, and more. Guest breweries attend, so you can expect a wide variety of great brews in addition to Adirondack Brewery beer.

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