Events

2019 EVENTS CALENDAR

Celebration of Youth July 20th

Come to this annual summer event and bring the kids! There will be children’s art activities (paint a pig and take it home!) and the 19th century games that Almanzo and his friends would have played. The Children’s Art show will be on display in the schoolhouse and this year’s Honorary Laura and Almanzo will be announced, chosen from the essays submitted by children who have studied the Farmer Boy story this year. Food and craft vendors, life skills demonstrators, and self guided tours of the Wilder buildings are all on tap.

Enjoy live bluegrass fiddling by Marjorie Kelting and Terry McGill!

10am-4pm. Admission: $10 for adults, $6 for youth ages 6 to 16. 5 and under are always free. Active military are free with ID and active military families are at half price.

Annual Cultural Festival- Fete du Quebecois August 24th

Our annual cultural festival celebrates the influence of different cultures in rural northern New York in the mid 19th century. This year, listen to traditional French Canadian folk music and lunch on tourtiere and tart au sucre while touring the Wilder buildings. Watch the weaver, spinner, shingle maker demonstrate their crafts. Kids will enjoy a French folk sing along, games, and storytelling (12-2). Crafts and food vendors will be on site. Thompson Tomaszewski,Paul Smiths VIC Lead Naturalist/Environmental Educator, will be at the Wilder Farm to teach us about wildlife in 1800’s Quebec. Entertainment by Nicholfalls and Paul Machabee.

10am-4pm. Admission: $10 for adults, $6 for youth ages 6 to 16. 5 and under are always free. Active military are free with ID and active military families are at half price.