BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:158060@kingstonhappenings.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T210000 DTSTAMP:20260909T103132Z URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/2026-annual-festival-at-kaatsbaa n/ SUMMARY:2026 Annual Festival at Kaatsbaan DESCRIPTION:Kaatsbaan's Annual Festival Returns with 3 weekends of live mus ic\, dance\, and theater performances\, visual art exhibitions\, all-ages activities\, and more!\nAugust 29: The festival opener is an all-day celeb ration filled with live music and geared towards all ages.\n11:00 AM - 12: 30 PM: Community Free Activities including:\n- Bike Maintenance Workshop w ith Laura Curry\n- Wampum Belt Artmaking with Vickie Ramirez\, Ty Defoe\, and Jeanette Harrison\n- Lacrosse Stick Handling Clinic with Bard College Women’s Lacrosse team.\n1:00 PM: Calpulli Danza Mexicana - "Native Mexic o: Dances of the First Peoples"\n3:00 PM: Ballez - "Travesty Doll Play (af ter Coppelia)"\n5:00 PM: Anna Sperber - "Bow Echo"\n7:00 PM: Valerie June\ n** Food trucks on site all day including Samosa Shack\, Yeah Dawg Vegan\, and VanRoy's Caribbean Grill!\n \;\nSeptember 5: Labor Day weekend pr ogramming centers on storytelling by individual playwrights\, and a musica l double-bill closes out the day!\n1:00 PM: Playwrights' Platform: Program 1\nRachel Jendrzejewski (through collaborators Terry Hempfling and Lauren Lewis)\, Vickie Ramirez\, Ty Defoe\, Jeanette Harrison\, Rose Jarboe\n3:0 0 PM: Playwrights' Platform: Program 2\nSylvan Oswald\, Lori Goldston\, Ch loe Alexandra Thompson\, Jim Fletcher\, Lucy Sexton\, and Adrienne Truscot t.\n7:00 PM: The Bearded Ladies Cabaret sing-along and concert/dance party by CRICKETS (JD Samson\, Roddy Bottum\, and Michael O’Neill)\nSeptember 6: Free art walk with 2026 Exhibition Curator Hillary Greene. Free for al l with an RSVP!\n \;\nSeptember 11: Artist talk with festival choreogr aphers Courtney “Balenciaga” Washington (MasterZ at Work)\, and Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag (EVIDENCE)\, facilitated by choreographer Soul eymane Badolo (Assistant Professor of Dance\, Bard College) around their a rtistic lineages\, dance influences\, and daily inspirations. Free and ope n for everyone to enjoy.\n \;\nSeptember 12: The festival closes with a high-energy summer send-off. Large- ensemble dance performances by EVIDE NCE and MasterZ at Work open the day and Sadonna and the Slutinos give a f arewell evening concert.\n1:00 PM: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE Dance Compan y - "A Light Shines Through" and "Torch"\n2:30 PM: Courtney Balenciaga Was hington and MasterZ at Work - "24/7 Diner" and "ALL INCLUSIVE"\n6:00 PM: S ADONNA: The World Drowned Tour\n \;\nThe 2026 Annual Festival also mar ks the return of Kaatsbaan’s outdoor Mountain Stage with its expansive v iews of the Catskill Mountains and immersion in the natural beauty of the Hudson Valley. Most performances are an hour or less\, are all ages\, and the festival schedule permits an easeful and day-long schedule of art and nature alongside Tivoli’s walkable downtown amenities. Tickets are offer ed on an incentive-based\, affordable structure. Individual tickets and al l-day passes available now at https://kaatsbaan.org/performances-festivals . ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kingstonhappenings.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/08/poster-web-Kaatsbaan.jpg CATEGORIES:@Featured,@Newsletter,Art,Comedy,Community,Dance,Educational classes and lectures,Festivals and major community events,For kids,For seniors,Music,Nightlife and entertainment,Theater LOCATION:Kaatsbaan Cultural Park\, 120 Broadway\, Tivoli\, NY\, United Stat es GEO:42.058652;-73.916093 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=120 Broadway\, Tivoli\, NY\ , United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaatsbaan Cultural Park:geo:42. 058652,-73.916093 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR