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Adirondack Harvest Festival | September 19, 2026

  • Essex County Fairgrounds 3 Sisco Street Westport, New York, 12993 United States (map)

Bees, Honey And The Adirondack Harvest Take Center Stage In Westport

People and vendors gathered for the Adirondack Harvest Festival at the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport, NY.

Adirondack Harvest Festival in Westport, NY.

The Adirondack Harvest Festival returns to Westport, NY, on Saturday, September 19, 2026, bringing one of the Lake Champlain region’s signature agricultural festivals to the Essex County Fairgrounds from 12 – 5 pm.

Now in its 10th year, the festival celebrates the farms, food and people behind the Adirondack harvest — with this year’s theme putting the decidedly industrious honeybee in the spotlight.

“Bees & Honey” will thread through the day’s workshops and demonstrations, including sessions devoted to beekeeping, cooking with honey, making mead, DIY skincare and dipped beeswax candles. But the festival casts a much wider net across Adirondack agriculture, with a large farmers’ market, local food trucks, a Local Libations tent and activities for all ages.

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Celebrating the Adirondack harvest in Westport.

The festival was created in 2016 to connect regional farms, businesses and the communities they feed. That mission makes Westport an especially fitting setting: Essex County is one of the Adirondacks’ most important agricultural areas, where working farms share the landscape with the mountains and communities along Lake Champlain.

Visitors can meet producers, browse the farmers’ market, sample local food and learn more about how products move from Adirondack farms to local tables. The festival is less a passive fall fair than an introduction to the people doing the growing, raising and making.

Admission and parking are free, and many activities are free or low-cost.

Horse-drawn hayride at the Adirondack Harvest Festival in Westport, NY.

Take a horse-drawn carriage ride at the Harvest Festival.

Bees and honey take over the Essex County Fairgrounds.

This year’s workshops give visitors several ways to follow honey from hive to kitchen — and well beyond it. Planned programs include making mead, cooking with honey, DIY skincare and dipped beeswax candles, along with demonstrations on beekeeping and wool weaving, plus an introductory beekeeping lecture.

That combination of tasting, making and learning is part of the Harvest Festival’s appeal. A jar of local honey is lovely; understanding the bees, beekeeper and agricultural ecosystem behind it makes the purchase considerably more interesting.

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Make time for at least one bee-focused workshop or demonstration. The annual theme changes, and these hands-on programs are what make the 2026 festival different from simply spending an afternoon shopping at a farmers’ market.

See what the Adirondack Harvest Festival is like.

The video below, filmed at the 2023 Adirondack Harvest Festival, offers a useful preview of the atmosphere at the Essex County Fairgrounds — from local producers and food to the activities that turn the annual gathering into a full afternoon out.

A look inside the 2023 Adirondack Harvest Festival in Westport, NY, at the Essex County Fairgrounds.

While the theme changes from year to year, the video captures the festival’s larger purpose: celebrating Adirondack agriculture and connecting visitors directly with the people who produce the region’s food.

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Arrive with enough time to browse before heading to a workshop. With five hours of festival time, it is easy to linger over the farmers’ market, grab something from a food truck and still catch a demonstration rather than racing through the fairgrounds.

One important planning note: leave the dog at home. Festival organizers specifically prohibit dogs at the event, and dogs may not be left in vehicles.

For travelers exploring Westport, Essex and the Lake Champlain region, the festival also offers a particularly good excuse to spend a September day on the eastern side of the Adirondacks.

Check the official Adirondack Harvest Festival website before heading out for the latest workshop, demonstration and activity information.

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Agricultural bounty offered at the Adirondack Harvest Festival includes many times of produce.

Adirondack harvest bounty.

Adirondack Harvest Festival FAQ.

When is the 2026 Adirondack Harvest Festival?‍ ‍

Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 12 – 5 pm.

Where is the Adirondack Harvest Festival held?‍ ‍

At the Essex County Fairgrounds, 3 Sisco Street, Westport, NY.

How much does the Adirondack Harvest Festival cost?‍ ‍

Admission and parking are free. Some activities may carry a small fee.

What is the 2026 festival theme?‍ ‍

“Bees & Honey,” with workshops and demonstrations exploring beekeeping, honey, beeswax and related topics alongside the broader Adirondack harvest.

Is the Adirondack Harvest Festival family-friendly?‍ ‍

Yes. The festival includes activities for all ages, along with food, demonstrations, workshops and the farmers’ market.

Can dogs attend the Adirondack Harvest Festival?‍ ‍

No. Festival organizers ask visitors not to bring dogs, and dogs may not be left in parked vehicles.


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