A summer weekend in New York City can be as big or as low-key as you want. Here are three family-friendly ways to spend a Saturday that lean into the season. 1. Spend the day at a county fair It sounds unlikely, but New York City has real county fairs, and they’re a blast for […]
Here’s something a lot of New Yorkers don’t realize: you don’t have to leave the five boroughs to find a real county fair. The city and its edges have a handful of old-fashioned fairs with livestock, rides, and pie-eating contests, no upstate road trip required. Here are the ones still ahead of us this summer. […]
The Capital Region packs a lot into a summer Saturday, and plenty of it is free or close to it. Here are three ways to spend a weekend day with the family that everyone will actually enjoy. 1. Spend the day at a county fair Nothing says Capital Region summer like a county fair, and […]
Buffalo summers are short and glorious, and the good weekends fill up fast. If you’ve got a Saturday to spend with the family and you want it to actually count, here are three ways to fill it that everyone from the toddlers to the grandparents will enjoy. Bonus: none of them will empty your wallet. […]
The Capital Region does fair season right. From the middle of August straight through Labor Day weekend, the fairgrounds around Albany fill up with midway lights, livestock barns, grandstand pulls, and enough fried dough to get you through winter. Best of all, you don’t have to go far. Here are the fairs coming later this […]
The Elmira area has a great mix of history, glass, and good old-fashioned fun packed into a small radius. Here are three ways to spend a summer Saturday with the family. 1. Spend the day at a county fair Fair season is the highlight of a Twin Tiers summer, and you’ve got a real bucket-list […]
There’s a stretch of August in Western New York when it feels like every other town has a Ferris wheel going up and a barn filling with 4-H kids and their animals. County fair season is one of the best things about summer around here, and you’re honestly never far from one. Whether you want […]
Down in the Twin Tiers, fair season is a summer institution, and the fairs around Elmira range from your friendly small-town gathering to the oldest continuously running fair in the entire country. Here are the ones still ahead of us this summer, all a short drive away. Chemung County Fair (Horseheads): August 4 to 8 […]
A Syracuse summer weekend has a little of everything: classic county fairs, a great zoo, and hands-on science, all easy to reach. Here are three ways to spend a Saturday with the family. 1. Spend the day at a county fair Central New York’s county fairs mostly run earlier in the summer, but the Chenango […]
Up in the North Country, county fairs are a summer highlight, and a couple of great ones are still ahead of us this season. Expect midway rides, harness racing, demolition derbies, and that friendly small-town welcome the region is known for. Here’s what’s coming up. Gouverneur & St. Lawrence County Fair (Gouverneur): August 4 to […]
