GARNER Arts Festival
GARNERVILLE, NY – GARNER Arts Center is thrilled to announce 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 & 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 Flash Sketch Mob, a regional high school student art show, and hands-on children’s art workshops.
Paralleling the nation’s “America 250” celebration of Independence, the Festival is proud to showcase historical exhibits. Featured is a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Exhibit exploring how design, government, and community came together to create some of the most iconic public art in America; demonstrations from both modern Makers as well as time-honored, traditional artisanal handworkers, such as glassblowing, soapmaking, metal, leather, and woodworking, wool spinning, and more. As a tribute to the Festival’s 25th Anniversary and the former print works storied history and significance within the textile industry in the mid-19th century, there will be a historical exhibit on view.
At Creekside, Strawtown Studio will be leading hands-on art projects with children of all ages. [Along the Minisceongo Creek will be a woodland installation featuring portraits of Ramapough Munsee Lenape women by Lisa Levart entitled “Still Here”] accompanied by drum circles open to the public to participate.
Up in the picturesque DyeWorks Gallery, enjoy a curated Affordable Arts & Artisanal Market and the Wine, Cheese, Chocolate & Coffee Bar [brought to you by the Tree of Chocolate and Scott & Joe NY] [Adding to the ambiance will be live cello performances by Jody Redhage Ferber.
In Building 2SO, commemorative limited edition, WPA-style GARNER merchandise, including posters, t-shirts, and tote bags, will be made to order and screen printed live by Bushwick Print Lab, Bang Puangpakdee, and Ennis Carter and available for sale.
There will be lots of activity all day at the [LaFayette Theater] Live Music Stage and the DyeWorks Food Court featuring Tacos Marianitas, La Talaye Caribbean cuisine, [TFS Burger Works], beer, wine, hard cider, ice cream, and fresh fruit ices. Adjacent are La Redonda Tavern at Round Table Brewery and Hudson’s Mill Tavern on site, 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 is inviting the public to be eco-friendly-minded and take advantage of ride-sharing opportunities, public transportation, and the [Hilton Pearl River] 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.
Taking place Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17, 2026, from 12 to 6 pm each day. The Festival is rain or shine and admissions will be located at the GARNER Historic District’s Bridge Street entrance in Garnerville, New York. Tickets are available at a discount in advance online at www.garnersrtscenter.org. Cash, credit/debit cards and Venmo accepted ATD.
Haverstraw residents are FREE.
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.
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.
GARNER Arts Center is a tax-deductible 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
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