High Peaks Harvest Festival

The 2nd Annual High Peaks Harvest Festival brings art, music, and local flavors together in a celebration of the season. Wander through artisan vendors, savor farm-fresh bites, sip seasonal craft drinks, and enjoy live performances in the crisp autumn air. With hands-on activities and a vibrant community spirit, it’s everything you love about fall—just a little decidedly different.

Date: Returning October 18, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Berkley Green, Saranac Lake, NY

Check back for more information in 2025!

Festival Highlights:

• 10:00 AM - Farmer’s Market
  • Location: Hotel Saranac
  • Explore fresh produce, local crafts, and more from regional vendors inside the Hotel Saranac.

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM at Berkley Green:

• Local Libations
  • Sip on craft beverages from regional breweries and distilleries.
• Food Trucks
  • A delicious selection of eats from local food trucks.
• Kids Activities
  • Fun, family-friendly activities for the little ones will be available throughout the afternoon.
• Live Music
  • Enjoy a variety of local performances from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM.

Celebrate the fall season with live entertainment, tasty food, and fun for all ages!

For more information on vendors or to view an event map, see the "more information" section for PDF attachments.

Don Giovanni

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Sung in Italian with projected English supertitles
July 17, 18, 20 at 7:30 pm, July 19 at 2:00 pm

One of the most celebrated and produced operas in the canon finds its way back to the Seagle Festival stage for 2024. With glorious music, a dramatic story, and a lead character everyone loves to hate, this is an opera not to be missed.

Tickets: Adults - $40, Children 12 and under $30

Open Mic Night at Paradox Brewery starting at 4:30 p.m.!

Hosted by Anne & Robert of Snake Oil, guests will be able to sign up the day of and perform at our tasting room in North Hudson, NY. 

For more information please contact Anne or Robert at (978) 810-7086.

About Paradox Brewery

Paradox Brewery is a certified Veteran owned, independent craft brewery founded in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains brewing innovative beer of the highest quality. Our roots trace 40 years back to when our president and founder, Paul Mrocka, fell in love with beer and brewing in Germany while stationed as an army pilot.

After a few decades of brewing for friends and family, Paul's beer became fairly well known in and around Paradox Lake.  Those lucky enough to know where on the lake to go, could get in their boats and go grab a beer with Paul. At this time, he was was brewing 200 gallons per year in order to keep up with the demand for his tasty (and free) lake beer.

The foundation of our beer is within the water we use which can only be found in the granite 600 feet below the Adirondack Park. Water that is so pure, it needs no filtering or treatment before we brew it with the best malts and hops we can find. We combine these ingredients with our passion for great beer and the result is “Pure Adirondack.”

This 25,000 square feet brewery can produce 50,000 barrels a year using state of the art GEA Craft-Star systems along with a Westfalia centrifuge and a CFT Mfg canning line.

Special Program and Unique Historical Experience!!

Explore  "The Black Woods" with author Amy Godine  3:00PM-5:00PM at Tannery Pond Center 228 Main St., North Creek, NY 12853.

Light refreshments will be available!

Pancake Breakfast 9-11 AM

Hosted at Timberwolf Pub- $5/ Person 

Easter Fun 11 am- 12:30 pm 

• Town Park Pavilion: Face Painting, Balloon Animals, Cotton Candy

• Library: Easter Craft

• Town Park: Inflatable Bounce House

Easter Egg Hunt 11:30 AM Schroon Lake Town Park

• Ages 0-3: 11:30 am

• Ages 4-6: 11:30 am

• Ages 7-10: 11:45 am

FEATURING MARSHMALLOW SYRUP DRINK SPECIAL AT 9MILE COFFEE CO.
*RAIN LOCATION: MOUNTAINSIDE YOUTH CENTER 165 RT 9 SCHROON LAKE

Safely Dispose of Your Household Hazardous Waste This Year in Essex County

Essex County is hosting a series of Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events in 2024. Residents are encouraged to dispose of their household waste safely and responsibly by bringing eligible items to one of the collection sites.

What to Bring

• Paints (oil & latex based)
• Hobby Supplies
• Rubber Cement
• Airplane Glue
• Stains
• Varnishes
• Resins
• Rosins
• Adhesives
• Cleaners (for wood, floors, metal, oven)
• Pool Chemicals
• Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Lighter Fluid
• Waste Fuels (kerosene, gasoline)
• Mercury Thermostats
• Mercury Thermometers
• Transmission Fluids
• Car Waxes
• Carburetor Cleaners
• Brake Fluids
• Antifreeze
• Photo Chemicals
• Chemistry Sets
• Fluorescent Light Bulbs
• Batteries (household, camera, NiCD)
• 1lb Single Use Propane Cylinders

What NOT to Bring

• Tires
• Auto Batteries
• Computers & Electronics
• Motor Oil
• Empty Aerosol Cans
• Ammunition
• Fireworks
• Explosives
• Asbestos
• Smoke Detectors
• PCB Capacitors
• Pharmaceuticals
• Controlled Substances
• Unknown Gases
• 20 lb. Propane Tanks

Eligibility: Open to all Essex County residents (sorry, no businesses). Proof of residency is required (drivers license, tax bill, utility bill).

Contact Information: For questions, call (518) 873-3743

Additional Information: The collection is operated by MXI Environmental Services.

Wilmington Mountain Music Fest

Join us for the 4th annual Wilmington Mountain Music Fest! With four bands, fire dancers, family entertainment, food trucks, and local beer and wine, it's a music festival perfect for an Adirondack summer!

Lineup

• Being Petty, the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Experience
• Crash My Party (Luke Bryan tribute band)
• Taylor LaValley (country)
• Mallory's Bush (rock/americana)

Check out the lineup announcement video!

Get your tickets

Tickets are available for purchase online. Tickets provide full day access with the ability to come and go from the venue. Buy a four ticket bundle and save!

• 1 Advanced Ticket: $20.00
• 2 Advanced Tickets: $40.00
• 3 Advanced Tickets: $60.00
• 4 Advanced Tickets: $75.00

Event Details

The following are event details from 2024. Updates will be provided for 2025 as they are announced.

Gates will open at 1:30 p.m. There will be a plethora of local food, beer, wine, and coffee vendors on site for you to enjoy throughout the day.

Back this year, The Smoke Show, presented by Scarlet Foxx Entertainment, will have audiences rapt with their pyrotechnic displays. 

This is a family-friendly and community minded event, so grab your chairs and blankets and get ready for a truly amazing show the Wilmington way: tons of fun with our community members and visitors.

• Umbrellas or pop up tents welcome
• Smoking only permitted in designated areas
• No outside food or beverages please, patron our hardworking vendors!

Tentative Schedule

Check back closer to the event for a full schedule!

2024 Presenting and Organizing Sponsors

• Whiteface Visitors Bureau
• Above Social
• Little Supermarket
• Mountain Valley Federal Credit Union
• O'Neil Contracting
• Lawn & Order

Photo credit A.Kelly Photography

Dive deep into the Gate Lodge at Camp Santanoni

On Saturday, August 3 and October 5, join us for NEW special tours of the entire Gate Lodge Complex. If you’ve ever peeked in the windows of the West Cottage or Gate Lodge, this program is for you. We’ll discuss the layers of history at this gateway to Santanoni and explore its landscape and architecture. After learning more about the Santanoni road’s early history, Art Tummins, who worked at Santanoni for over fifty years, and looking down the Gate Lodge hallways, you’ll never see this area as a simple trailhead again!

Tours meet in the Santanoni Parking lot at 9 am and 1 pm. $15 donation suggested per person. Eight-person tour maximum; advance reservations requested. The tour will require some walking around the landscape and stair climbing within the buildings. Contact Santanoni@aarch.org to reserve a spot on this limited opportunity

Join us for a special Kick Off the Fourth concert with "Get Up Jack"  presenting Irish Music and More!  

Get ready for Putts and Pints!

Searching for the ultimate summer fun for the whole family? Putts & Pints is the place to be! Enjoy free 9-hole mini golf and sip on refreshing drinks from our beer truck, The Trailhead, all summer long.

Join us every Wednesday from 6-9pm and Sunday from 12-3pm.

Whether you're honing your skills on the green or just kicking back with a cold brew, Putts & Pints has something for you.

Come join the fun and make this summer unforgettable!