2026 GARNER Arts Festival To Take Place May 16th and May 17th

GARNER Arts Center has announced the 25th Anniversary of GARNER Arts Festival, an extraordinary, multi-sensory arts and cultural destination in the Lower Hudson Valley. Step back into the future for contemporary, immersive art experiences on a landmark pre-Civil War textile factory complex turned arts and artisan campus. This beloved, family-friendly festival celebrates creativity in all of its many forms and will feature countless attractions over the weekend, including children’s activities, live music, local food purveyors, and much more!

Enjoy exploring a myriad of unique factory spaces and alleyways throughout the historic arts district’s 14 acres, and discover multimedia exhibits and installations, hands-on screen printing, live marble sculpting, an Affordable Arts & Hand Craft Market, Open Artist Studios, a 250-person invitational Flash Sketch Mob*, a regional high school student art show, and hands-on children’s art workshops. (*Details on how to participate below.)

Paralleling the nation’s “America 250” celebration of Independence, the Festival is proud to showcase several historical exhibits, including Posters of the People, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit, which will explore how design, government, and community came together to create some of the most iconic public art in America. As a tribute to the Festival’s 25th Anniversary and the former printworks' storied history and significance within the 19th-century textile industry, there will also be a historical exhibit on view focused on the GARNER Historic District. Demonstrations from both modern Makers as well as time-honored, traditional artisanal handworkers will be happening throughout the weekend as well.

There will be lots of activity all day at the Live Music Stage & Food Court, and the DyeWorks Wine & Coffee Bar will be featuring a variety of cuisine, beer, wine, hard cider, ice cream, and fresh fruit ices. Adjacent to the Food Court are La Redonda Tavern at Round Table Brewery and Hudson’s Mill Tavern, offering pub fare and craft beer.

All visitors will receive a printed brochure with a map of the complex highlighting the locations of this year’s festival attractions. Contained in the brochure and throughout the campus will be QR codes leading to a Digital Event Guide that offers a deeper dive into the festival and its many happenings.

GARNER invites the public to be eco-friendly-minded and take advantage of ride-sharing opportunities, public transportation, and free Festival Shuttles. There is ample off-site parking in nearby designated Festival lots just a short walk or brief shuttle ride away. On-site parking will be limited to handicap visitors only. VIP Parking is available directly across the street with online pre-paid VIP passes.

IF GOING - Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17, 2026, from 11 to 6 pm each day. Rain or shine. Entrance will be located at the GARNER Historic District’s Bridge Street entrance (by Railroad Ave) in Garnerville, New York. Tickets are available at a discount in advance online at www.garnersrtscenter.org. Cash, credit/debit cards, and Venmo are accepted at the gate. Haverstraw residents and children ages 12 and under are FREE.

IF INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE FLASH SKETCH MOB: Email Bill Batson at: Garnervillesketchmob250@gmail.com -

About GARNER Arts Center

Mission: GARNER Arts Center is an interdisciplinary arts center that advances the creation and presentation of contemporary, experiential art within a repurposed 19th-century textile mill complex. By providing access to a wide range of art forms, the organization strives to enrich, educate, and connect diverse audiences. GARNER Arts Center is committed to igniting and realizing artistic ideas that emerge as a response to societal, economic, historic, and environmental stimuli.

Vision: GARNER Arts Center’s vision is an enduring and inclusive artisan settlement that fosters a thriving arts, business, and cultural district, and encourages collaboration between makers and the creative sector. GARNER seeks to be a catalyst for just and sustainable economic growth in its Hudson Valley host community.

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About the GARNER Historic District of New York

The GARNER Historic District of New York is a collection of landmarked pre-Civil War factory buildings located on 14 acres in the hamlet of Garnerville, Village of West Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York. Built between 1838 and the early 20th century as the Garner Print Works, subsequently known as the Rockland Print Works, the complex has been transformed into a flourishing and vibrant district for mixed use. For its first 125 years, this European-like urban industrial environment, characterized by historic 19th-century architecture including a brick smokestack, alleyways, bridges, and a creek, served textile mills exclusively. Today, the complex is home to more than 50 artist studios, wood and metal workers, sculptors, painters, design centers, music studios, jewelry makers, training facilities Ballet Rockland and Apex Performance gym, Stack Street Coffee Roaster, Hudson’s Mill Tavern, Round Table Brewery, and the non-profit GARNER Arts Center which offers performance, exhibition and event spaces. The GARNER Historic District is listed on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places, under the name Rockland Print Works, for its amalgam of industrial-era architecture, its social significance as a company town, and as one of the first industrial cooperatives in America. Over the past 20 years, through creative thinking and historic preservation, this site has been repurposed into a sprawling complex for art, culture, history, and business. The site now represents a significant economic and cultural asset for the local community and the Hudson Valley and tri-state regions.