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BVA Summer Festival

  • Butternuts Beer and Ale 4020 New York 51 Garrattsville, NY, 13342 United States (map)

Part of Butternut Valley Days, the BVA Summer Festival is a free community celebration featuring live music, family-friendly activities, local artisan vendors, food, craft beer, and community organizations. Visitors can enjoy wildlife demonstrations, hands-on activities, a bounce house, kids' tractor pulls, shopping, and more throughout the afternoon.

Festival Highlights:

  • Four live bands

  • Birds of prey and wildlife demonstrations

  • Utica Zoomobile

  • Community mural painting

  • Kids' tractor pulls

  • Bounce house

  • Artisan market

  • Local food trucks

  • Craft beer

  • Free ice cream samples (while supplies last)

Family Attractions:

  • Wildlife Alive! Birds of Prey

  • Utica Zoomobile

  • Here for a Bouncing Time Bounce House

  • Tired Iron Kids' Tractor Pulls

  • Glen Noto's Community Mural Painting

  • Birchwood Archaeology

  • Mike Parsons' Historic Artifacts

Live Music

Killdeer Trio: modern jazz, indie-jazz, folk melodies, and rock grooves with free improvisation

Hard Job: alt-rock

Kathook: punk, metal, funk, and jazz with elements of blues and folk

Barnyard Saints: outlaw country and southern rock

Food

  • Delco Food Dude

  • The Smoke Out BBQ

  • Get the Scoop Ice Cream (free samples while supplies last)

Craft Beer

  • Brewery Ommegang

  • Beer Tree Brew

  • Muddy River Brewery

  • Norwich Brewing Company

  • Northern Eagle Brewing Company

Artisan Market

  • Ambrosia Farms — Ecologically grown plants in certified organic soil

  • Charmed I’m Sure — Upcycled vintage silverplate jewelry, wind chimes, and other unique items made from silverware and platters

  • Cuatro Milpas Artesania Mexicana — Mexican-style hand-embroidered clothing, handbags, pottery, jewelry, and hand-painted hats

  • Fantastical Knits and Stitches by a Smart Aleck Mom! — Handmade whimsical knit creations, autumn items, hats, and DIY knitting kits

  • Lea Huntsman Photography — Wildlife photography prints and gifts

  • MagicalByBooknerd — Handmade crochet plushies, keychains, eReader cases, market bags, and scrunchies

  • Nature’s Canvas Face Painting and Greenhouse — Face painting, hair tinsel, glitter tattoos, and houseplants

  • Sugar Shack Maple — Maple syrup produced in the Butternut Valley

  • The Summer Sip — Thai iced tea, Vietnamese iced coffee, raspberry hibiscus tea, and a limited-edition Summer Harvest Festival linocut postcard

  • Two Hearts and a Hug — Handmade crochet and 3D-printed items

  • UpCycling4aCause — Art, sculptures, jewelry, accessories, and other creations handmade from upcycled bicycle parts

  • Vegabum Fiber Works — Knitwear, fiber-inspired jewelry, knit toys and plants, plant hangers, hand-dyed yarn, and handwoven towels

  • Where My Rosemary Goes – Antler Art — Jewelry made from deer antlers

Community Organizations

Meet local nonprofits working in conservation, history, community development, and civic engagement, including:

  • Butternut Valley Alliance (BVA)

  • Butternut Valley Indivisible

  • Catskill Invasive Species Partnership

  • Catskill Watershed Steward Program (CWSP)

  • Community Foundation of Otsego County

  • Daughters of the American Revolution Tianderah Chapter

  • Morris Fire Department Auxiliary

  • New Lisbon America 250 Exhibit

  • Otsego County Democratic Committee (OCDC)

  • Otsego County SWCD

  • Otsego Land Trust

  • Project Buena Vista

  • Super Heroes Humane Society

  • Susquehanna Valley Quilters

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