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Tiger Cub Fun Day at Erie Canal Village. Bring your Tiger Cub Pack for a day of fun and education. Reservations are required for this event.
Contact the Village at (315) 337-3999 for more information.

Student group tours begin by reservation only.

Senior Wednesday. $3.00 off each senior admission ticket purchased for Village entrance.

Report Card Weekend. Show your report card (any year) and receive $3.00 off your admission ticket for Village entrance.

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Red Hat Wednesday. Anyone wearing a red hat will receive $3.00 off your admission ticket for the Village entrance.

Celebrate the Fourth. Free admission for Village entrance. Erie Canal Village is the site of where the first shovelful of earth was turned for the building of the Erie Canal on July 4, 1817. Celebrate the day with a stroll down to the historic site marker and take a horse drawn packet boat ride. Free lemonade at Benett's Tavern. Samples of Erie Canal Village cheese, play 19th century games, see Uncle Sam exhibit.

Boy Scout Wednesday. Any Boy Scout (adult or child) wearing a scout uniform will receive $3.00 off an admission ticket for Village entrance.

Rootin-Tootin Horse Play Weekend. Round up your family, friends, and neighbors, and come joing the excitement at Erie Canal Village, on Saturday, July 12th, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, July 13th, from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. Learn about horses through lectures and clinics, given by professional equine club members. We will have several breeds of horses, from drafts to miniature horses.

Admission is $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors (62+), and $5.00 for children ages 5 to 17 and includes:

• Breed demonstrations
• Live music from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday by the Pine Hill Strings
• Kids Corral, featuring games, stick horse races, piñata drop, coloring pages, riddles, puppet making and more
• Horeshoeing and Blacksmith demonstrations
• Informational tables
• Wagon rides
• Mounted shooting demonstrations by the New York Peacemakers
• Vaulting demonstration and clinic by the Root Farm
• Pony rides from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• 13 Historic buildings and 3 museums open for visitors
• Steve Richards, Equine Dentist demonstration

Also available:

• Chicken Bar-B-Q
• Many horse related items in the Canal Store
• Horse drawn boat rides
• Refreshments at Bennetts 1850's Tavern
• Souvenirs and much more at the Museum Shop and Canal Store
• 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. - Square & Round Dancing, music by Kenny Youngs and the Rhythm Riders at Sykes Pavilion. Admission $5.00 per person.

Girl Scount Wednesday. Any Girl Scout (adult or child), wearing a Girl Scout uniform, will receive $3.00 off an admission ticket for Village entrance.

Generational Wednesday. Visitors with two or more generations receive $3 off each admission ticket purchased for entrance into the Village.

Discover Fort Bull. Erie Canal Village will offer FREE ADMISSION to the historic buildings, video and blacksmith demonstration. There will be a $6.00 charge per person for the boat ride (ages 5 and up). Chicken Bar-B-Q available.

Book Signing from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. with several local authors.

Events also include:

• Victorian Whisper Olde Time Photographs
• Tavern serving food and refreshments
• Bob Bearer, author, will present "The Seige at Fort Bull"
• Josh Cupp, local historian will give tours of the Fort Bull site and Historic Oak Tree

Family Wednesday. All families receive $3 off each admission ticket purchased for entrance into the Village.

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Civil War Encampment. The 12th Regiment US Infantry will be at Erie Canal Village for the weekend. Walk through the soldier's camps, shop at the sutler's tents, watch army scenarios throughout the day and stay for the battle at 2:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. Sunday. Chicken Bar-B-Q available.

Senior Wednesday. All seniors (age 62 and up) receive $3 off each admission ticket purchased for entrance into the Village.

Dairy Festival. Meet the Oneida County Dairy princess, tour the New York State museum of cheese, make and sample homemade butter and ice cream. Many children's activities, petting area for goats and cows. Wine and cheese tasting provided by Thirsty Owl Winery and Erie Canal Village.

Children's Wednesday. All children, ages 5 to 17, will receive $3.00 off admission ticket for Village entrance and a free old fashioned stick candy.

Out of State Wednesday. Show your ID and all visitors from outside New York State receive $3 off each admission ticket purchased for admission into the Village.

Holistic and Psychic Fair Weekend. Erie Canal Village staff and members from the Spirit Way have met several times to investigate the historic buildings and grounds. Through seances and photography sessions we have found orbs and strong energy throughout the historic site.

During the day explore the 19th century buildings, blacksmith demonstrations, and orientation film, along with access to our fair vendors. Vendors include:

• Dennis Cole, Psychic Intuitive Astrologer
• Kris and Judy Faso, Stone Reader, Seer
• Sandy Argus, Tarot Reading and Numerology
• Kathryn Hapton, Seer, Spirit Reader
• Dawn Lynn, Medium and Spiritual Healer

The Basett St. Hounds, Central New York's finest mixed border morris team, will perform on Sunday.

Our event will reopen Saturday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. for an Erie Canal Most Haunted session. This will include background information of our investigations in 2006 and 2008.

Presention by Central New York Ghost Seekers, with our photos, stories about ghosts along the famous Erie Canal, and the event will conclude with a candlelight tour and photo session. The Central New York Ghost Seekers are a professional group of paranormal investigators, specializing in ghost photography and research.

Bring your own camera and see what you can find on this historic site.

New York Wednesday. Show your ID and all visitors from New York State receive $3 off each admission ticket purchased for admission into the Village.

Harvest Festival. This is a celebration of 19th century life at the end of the farming season featuring various demonstrations held throughout the event including quilting, old fashioned rug hooking, blacksmithing, haying, open hearth cooking, and baking. Visitors are invited to help make and sample cider squeezed in our 19th century press. Bennett's Tavern will be serving refreshments and snacks.

Witness operation of 1880 vintage Keystone threshing machine, powered by circa 1900 Leffel portable steam engine. View various antique farm machinery and engines. Follow the process of grain from sheaves in the field to homemade bread baked in an 1850’s brick oven. (Samples of the bread are available in Bennett’s Tavern.)

Antique Farm Machinery Exhibit. Mike Milewski, blacksmith and farrier, will present an exhibit on antique farm machinery, including an 1880 thrashing machine as well as several other implements dating through the 1930's.

Quilt Show. Open 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Elsa Kiepert and Sarah Warner will exhibit 25 various style quilts dating from 1909 -2006.

Saturday: Entertainment by Yesterday's News and Friends.

Sunday: John Secor, from Back of the Barn Antiques, will evaluate items and give an estimate of their worth. Limit two (2) items per person.

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September 27 -
October 26

Fall Festival

Join us as the Village is transformed into a typical 20th century Halloween event featuring:

• Pony Rides
• Jack-O-Lantern express train to the pumpkin patch - receive a free pumpkin or gourd
• Horse drawn hayride out and around the Village - receive a Halloween souvenir
• Child friendly Trick or Treat Street - bag of candy
• Tillie the talking pumpkin
• Play area for children
• Friendly ghost Halloween shops
• Food and seasonal treats available at the Scarecrow Tavern
• Evening campfires Friday's & Saturday's
• Visit the animals in the barn
• Erie Canal Village cheese, locally made honey & maple products
• Children's corn maze at the Pumpkin Patch

Pony Ride, Train, Hayride,
Trick or Treat Street – $2.75 each
Ages 3 and Up

Educators: Make your reservations early. $5.00 per person includes train ride, wagon ride, donut hole, cider, free pumpkin and all exhibits.

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