LIBBY’S BEST BETS
What A Weekend
Of Festivals, Picnics,
Music, Drama, Art!
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
Festivals for music, for beer, for Classical music abound this weekend around Otsego County!
Start at the first annual Summer Fest as the Red Shed Brewery celebrates good weather, good friends and, most importantly, good beer! Cornhole tournaments, food trucks, karaoke and beer marionette planned. 12 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Aug. 2-4, 709 County Highway 33, Cooperstown. Info, redshedbrewing.com
Oneonta is alive as the annual City of the Hills Art & Music Festival fills downtown with artisans, live performances and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.cityofthehillsartsfestival.com
The Cooperstown Summer music festival opens with the Bill Charlap Trio, one of the country’s premier jazz ensembles. Tickets, $25/adult. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Info, (877) 666-7421
Celebrate natural world and Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) culture with song, dance, & storytelling by Kay Olan and the Ahkwesahsne Women Singers. Listen to traditional stories of Native peoples, participate in dance, music, kids make Iroquois-themed take-home craft. 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1472
Enjoy an afternoon in one of Otsego County’s hidden gems as the Otsego Land Trust hosts a picnic at Brookwood Point. Tours, boat rentals, food and a concert by the Glimmerglass Young Artists ($30/person). 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, Brookwood Point, 6000 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-2366 ext. 108
It’s two plays – and a picnic! – for the price of one! First, Shakespeare in the Valley presents an evening of theater featuring original play “Monster Mic” followed by community picnic, then teen theater performance of Macbeth. Cost, $12/adult. 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-3, West Kortright Centre, 49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5454.
Celebrate our great local bands with the annual Music Festival, supporting the Gary Johnson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund. 1-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, Maple Street Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-1001.