New York Peach Festivals in 2024: Where, When and More to Find a Peach Festival Near You!

Looking for a peach festival in New York in 2024? (just scroll down the page)There is no other listing as complete and current as this list, just updated! All the peach festivals in New York we can find are listed on this page! If you love strawberries, look for a festival near you below! And I'm always looking for more peach festivals! Please write me, if you know of any to add! I update the dates as soon as the festivals publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's own website.

Always click on the links to the festival to confirm this year's dates; weather and other conditions could cause a change at the last minute. They may change or cancel at the last minute. . If they don't have a website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

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Peach Festivals in New York in 2024: Where, When and More to Find a Peach Festival Near You!

New York

Peaches typically ripen in July and August in NY. Unlike strawberries, which grow almost anywhere, peaches are grown commercially in half as many states.

There are two general types of peach festivals 1) community festivals, usually organized by a church, school, local Chamber of commerce or a town and 2). Peach festival held at and by a farm. They are different in what they offer, and community festivals tend to be less expensive so they are grouped separately. (of course not all states and areas have both.)
Following the festival listings are links to our easy to follow directions about making peach jam, freezing peaches, peach pies and much more.

Community Peach Festivals

• Niagara County Lewiston Peach Festival - early September (September 10, 2021 to September 12, 2021) -Going for over 60 years, September 8, Thursday & Friday 5 pm to 11 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 11 pm
  Academy park, Lewiston, NY. Friday through Sunday at Academy Park in the Village of Lewiston. An old fashioned Festival complete with a parade, Peach Shortcake, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, carnival rides (North American Midway Entertainment) and 3 days of stage entertainment. The festival's grand opening will be at 5 p.m. Friday, around the same time as the cheerleading competition gets started. On Saturday, a 5K race will begin at 9 a.m. near Key Bank on Center Street, followed by the roughly 2-hour parade at 11 a.m. Terry Buchwald will perform his popular Elvis impersonation at 8 p.m. on Saturday. The peach queen contest will be held from 8 to 9:30 pm on Sunday.

Farm Peach Festivals

In addition to community and church festivals, some private farms have their own peach festivals. See each farm for this year's dates (they often do not announce them until the end of May). They usually have PYO strawberries then, too. Also, scroll down to see the links to recipes, freezing, canning and jam making directions at the bottom of the page.

• Harbes Family Farm and Orchard - Annual Peach Festival, Saturday and Sunday, in mid to late August from 10 am to 7 pm.
  5698 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901. Phone: 631-298-0800. Alternate Phone: 631-298-0700. Fax: 631-298-1332. Email: harbesfamilyfarm@gmail.com. Open: early September to October 31 on weekends from 9 am to 6 pm (Corn Maze open 7 pm to 10 pm). Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Take the LIE (495) east to exit 71. Make a left onto Edwards Avenue and continue north for 4 miles. Make a right on Sound Avenue. Continue East on Sound Avenue for 8.6 miles. The farm is on the north side (left) of the road. The orchard is 1 mile west of Harbes Family Farm and Vineyard. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. You won't want to miss this peachy, fun-filled celebration to cap off your summer! Who will be crowned Harbes Peach King and Queen? Join us for one of our FREE peach eating contests to find out! We will be hosting two competitions daily in our central courtyard area. All ages are welcome to participate. FREE LIVE MUSIC will be available in our courtyard/picnic area to entertain you both days from 1 pm to 5 pm. While you're here you can visit Harbes Barnyard Adventure for hours of family fun! Harbes Barnyard Adventure is an 8-acre, family-friendly experience for all ages. The Barnyard includes a Singing Hayride tour of our 100-acre farm, our famous pig races and hosted children's activities throughout the day. There are also farm animals, our very popular "Jumbo Jumpers" bounce pillows, a Sports Zone with baseball, football and basketball tossing games, "Lil' Farmers PlayLand" filled with lots of fun activities for preschoolers, a trike track, and our musical animatronic chicken show. We will also be debuting some exciting new attractions for 2019! Harbes u- pick orchard also features an evening spooky walk corn maze. (UPDATED: July 11, 2019, JBS)
• Weed Orchard Pick Your Own - See their website for this year's peach festival dates
  43 Mt. Zion Road, Marlboro, NY 12542. Phone: 845-236-2684. Email: weedfarm@msn.com. Click here for a map and directions. Open: Monday to Friday 10-5 Saturday and Sunday 9:30-6 The vegetable garden is open in late July and August. We have 15 varieties of apples from August until October. Our award winning peaches are ready in August and Our Pumpkins are ready in October. For added excitement, our Peach Festival this year will be held Labor Day weekend. Our Apple festival will be held Columbus Day weekend. These festivals are filled with fun for the whole family. From Sand art, face-painting, hay rides, hay mazes, petting zoo, to live entertainment, there is something for everyone! Have home made specialties in our Apple Cafe or enjoy a simple picnic by our lake. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard. Apples, beans, eggplant, grapes, nectarines, pears, peaches, peppers, plums, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, straw or hay bale maze, child-sized haybale maze, and prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, wagon rides, face painting, petting zoo

Related Peach Information: Freezing, Making Jam, Jelly, Canning, Peach Pies, Recipes and More

Also, see our pages on easy illustrated peach directions:

• How to make your own home canned peaches, plums, cherries or nectarines (in a light sugar, regular sugar, natural fruit juice or no calorie sweetener solution)
• How to freeze peaches, plums, nectarines, figs and cherries
• Make amazing and easy peach jam
• Make your own home canned peach pie filling to use in the winter
• Or how about peach salsa?
• How to make canned spiced peaches
• Peach Cobbler
• How to make peach chutney
• You can make peach butter or even
• pickled peaches.

For other fruit and vegetable festivals, see this page!