Major Events & Annual Festivals In & Near Lake George, NY

The Lake George region is home to many major events and festivals that happen throughout the year. Festival committees spend months planning to ensure an event's success, and many of the region's best-known gatherings are run by nonprofit organizations rather than a single business.

Listed here are a few of these events and organizations. For a complete listing of events and happenings, visit LakeGeorge.com's events calendar.

Music & Theater Festivals

The Sembrich in Bolton Landing runs an annual summer festival of live concerts, film screenings, and children's programming on the shores of Lake George. The festival is tied to the site's history as the former lakeside teaching studio of opera soprano Marcella Sembrich, and the grounds also include a small museum and a 4.5-acre nature preserve open seasonally from late May through October.

In Glens Falls, the Adirondack Theatre Festival is a professional, nonprofit summer theater company now in its 32nd season. Productions run from June through August at the Charles R. Wood Theater in downtown Glens Falls, staged by artists who regularly work on and off Broadway, in film, and on television.

Weekly Community Events

Not every major draw on the calendar is an annual one-time event. The Thursday Market & Food Truck Corral runs weekly from mid-May through mid-September at The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls, bringing together food trucks, live music, and local vendors alongside the building's three floors of shops. It's a reliable weekly gathering for anyone looking for a taste of the local food and drink scene without committing to a single night's event.