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Your Best Bets: What to Do This Weekend

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This Week’s Best Bets

1. Labor Day Weekend Caribbean Festival (9/2 – 9/4)

Labor day Caribbean Weekend

Prime Venue presents Peekskill’s first annual Caribbean Festival, happening throughout Labor Day weekend. Festivities kick off on Friday with live music from Lionel Abel & Charlotte Taylor Band. Saturday is headlined by ALL WHITE AFFAIR with a ‘90s Reggae Bash. Sunday features a Caribbean-themed “Paint and Sip,” with two sessions to choose from, instructed by Peekskill”s own ARTLYFE. Tickets $25 and up.
20 Welcher Ave
Peekskill
Click here for more info and tickets.


2. Guided, Family-Friendy Hike at Cranberry Lake Preserve

File:Cranberry Bog Trail (3882252083).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

The whole family is invited to a guided tour of the Cranberry Lake preserve. Dress for hiking; sunscreen and bug spray are recommended. Free
Cranberry Lake Preserve
West Harrison
For more info, click here.


3. Vintage & Artisan Flea Market in Pound Ridge (9/5)

With more than 50 exhibitors. live music, food and drink, the annual Vintage & Artisan Flea Market returns to Pound Ridge on Labor Day from 10 am ‑ 4 pm. Free admission.
Westchester Ave
Pound Ridge
Click here for more info.


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