Events

Welcome to the Essex County Arts Council Events page!

If you are an artist or arts organization, and would like to add your event to our listings, please click here.

Please use the search fields below to find arts events in your part of Essex County and the surrounding areas. You can also search our events by date.

ECAC also collaborates with Adirondack A&E to provide you with access to all the wonderful arts, music, literary, and other related events in the Adirondack North Country. Their calendar is separate and does require separate event entry.

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Files:

2022 Celebration of the Arts CAP Projects.pdf

Event Listings

Needle Felting Workshop

September 17, 2025

7626 US-9 7626 US-9 Elizabethtown New York 12932

Get crafty with Lakeside School, Black Kettle Farm at the Elizabethtown Social Center Needle Felting Workshop for Beginners (teens and adults) Learn about wool and how to form it into an art piece at this relaxing workshop. Choose from a smorgasbord of...

Adirondack Harvest Festival

September 20, 2025 to September 16, 2000

Get ready for the 2025 Adirondack Harvest Festival! The 2025 Adirondack Harvest Festival will return to the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport, New York on Saturday, September 20 from 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. This highly anticipated FREE...

Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival

September 27, 2025

The 29th annual Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival! Join us for the scenic and exhilarating Adirondack Marathon & Half Marathon, set amidst the breathtaking beauty of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. This annual event, established in 1997...

Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival

September 28, 2025

Needle Felting Workshop

October 15, 2025

7626 US-9 7626 US-9 Elizabethtown New York 12932

The Haunted Hamlet-Magical Mayhem

October 25, 2025

The Haunted Hamlet - Magical Mayhem Come see Essex transform into the Halloween capital of the Adirondacks as our Town Hall morphs into a terrifying haunted house and a street carnival takes over Main Street, Saturday, October 25, 2025, 2:30- 8:00 pm at the...

Lake Placid Film Festival

October 30, 2025

Adirondack Film presents The Lake Placid Film Festival The Lake Placid Film Festival, presented by Adirondack Film, is a dynamic celebration of cinema, showcasing award-winning shorts, groundbreaking feature films, industry panels, and mixers. Set in the...

Lake Placid Film Festival

October 31, 2025

Lake Placid Film Festival

November 1, 2025

Lake Placid Film Festival

November 2, 2025

Needle Felting Workshop

November 12, 2025

7626 US-9 7626 US-9 Elizabethtown New York 12932

Needle Felting Workshop

December 3, 2025

7626 US-9 7626 US-9 Elizabethtown New York 12932

Christmas in the Forks

December 6, 2025

21st Annual Christmas in the Forks An old fashion Yuletide celebration in downtown Au Sable Forks! Always the first weekend in December, this year's event falls on Saturday, December 6. Schedule of Events 2025 schedule of events is coming soon,...