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41-566: The first festival was a two-day event in 1988, held at a ski slope. In 1991, the festival moved to Long Hill Farm, in Hillsdale, New York , where it was held until 2005. Falcon Ridge (as of the 2016 festival) took place at Dodds Farm, also in Hillsdale, 7 miles from the previous location. As of 2021 Falcon Ridge moved to Goshen Fairgrounds, CT. The festival is held during the first full weekend of August, currently from Friday to Sunday; camping

82-456: A household in the town was $ 40,156, and the median income for a family was $ 46,250. Males had a median income of $ 30,893 versus $ 25,694 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 27,186. About 4.7% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. Falcon Ridge Folk Festival takes place every August on Dodds Farm, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of

123-610: Is a county in the U.S. state of New York . At the 2020 census , the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson . The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the surname of Christopher Columbus , which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal for the name of the United States . The county is part of the Capital District region of the state. At the arrival of European colonists

164-456: Is allowed on the premises with a camping ticket, and—counting both camping and non-camping patrons—festival attendance in past years has approached as much as 15,000 throughout the long weekend. Though musical acts and styles generally vary in scope from older folk artists such as Arlo Guthrie , Richie Havens , and Janis Ian to up-and-coming acts from the fringes of folk and other genres from bluegrass ( Crooked Still ) to polka ( Brave Combo ),

205-590: Is now known as Columbia County and there search for food and supplies. In 1612, the Dutch established trading posts and minor settlements, building New Amsterdam (now New York City ) and Fort Orange (now Albany ). Fort Orange became a center of the fur trade with the Mohawk people . Traders stopped at points along the Hudson River on their travels between New Amsterdam and Fort Orange; small settlements arose along

246-600: Is on the Massachusetts state line, near the summit of Alander Mountain, at approximately 2,110 feet (640 m) above sea level, in the town of Copake. The lowest point is at or near sea level, along the Hudson. Columbia County is accessible by two limited-access highways. The Taconic State Parkway , which is not accessible to trucks or commercial traffic, runs through the center of the county from south to north, ending at an interchange with Interstate 90 and connecting

287-480: Is the only outdoor stage on which music continues after dark. Across the festival grounds, the Workshop Stage features smaller-scale, generally acoustic performances around various themes throughout the day, often with several artists or groups playing "in the round". Family-oriented musical performances and other family-friendly fare, such as puppet shows, clowning and mimes like Hoopoe , also take place on

328-541: Is water. The eastern town line is the New York– Massachusetts border, along the Taghkanic Mountain range . As of the census of 2000, there were 1,744 people, 721 households, and 485 families residing in the town. The population density was 36.6 inhabitants per square mile (14.1/km ). There were 1,133 housing units at an average density of 23.8 per square mile (9.2/km ). The racial makeup of

369-514: The Catskill Mountains . They were promised land for resettlement after completing their terms of indenture. They were refugees from years of religious fighting along the border with France, as well as crop failures from a severe winter. Work camps were established on both sides of the Hudson River. The Germans quickly established Protestant churches at the heart of their community, which recorded their weddings, births and deaths, among

410-589: The Massachusetts border. The western border is the Hudson River . The landscapes of the county were among the scenes depicting by the Hudson River School , a mid-19th century art movement . The terrain is gentle, rolling hills, rising sharply into the Taconic and Berkshire Mountains along the state line. To the west lie the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains . The highest point

451-572: The Reckless Ramblers Archived 2006-11-11 at the Wayback Machine , Big Table Archived 2005-12-10 at the Wayback Machine , Small Tattoo Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine , Brave Combo and many more. Dances are often led by dance callers . Among them have been Ralph Sweet Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine , Beth Molaro , Steve Zakon-Anderson, Lisa Greenleaf, and Kathy Anderson . In

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492-816: The Ancram Creek, Claverack Creek , Copake Creek, Kinderhook Creek , Roeliff-Jansen Kill , and Valatie Kill. The Rossman Falls and Stuyvesant Falls lie on the Kinderhook Creek. Notable lakes and ponds include Copake Lake , Kinderhook Reservoir, Queechy Lake , and Lake Taghkanic . Columbia County is home to many local farms supplying the area with fresh meat, eggs, herbs, and produce, including Holmquest, Ronnybrook, Fix Brothers Fruit Farm, Eger Brothers, Hover Farms, Marsh Meadow Farm, Schober Farm, Millerhurst, Ooms Farm, Churchtown Dairy, Pigasso, Common Hands Farm, Darlin' Doe, Blue Star Farm, Green Mead Farm, Little Ghent Farm, and Ironwood Farm. Other farms include

533-717: The Continentals in the siege of Boston . Two markers are posted in Hillsdale along the Henry Knox Trail . This territory was taken from the town of Claverack in 1782. The Columbia Turnpike was chartered by the state legislature in 1799. The road ran from the Massachusetts state line to the Hudson River port of Hudson as a way to bring farm produce, especially wool, rye, and wheat from the farm communities downriver to New York City. Revenues from tolls covered construction and maintenance. The East Gate tollhouse

574-533: The Family Stage throughout the daylight hours of the festival. There is also a large Dance Tent that features various group and partnered dance styles until 2:00 AM, including Contra Dancing , Swing Dancing , Square Dancing, and Zydeco Dancing. Bands that have played in the dance tent include Nightingale , The Clayfoot Strutters , The Greenfield Dance Band, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys ,

615-534: The Indian title to land about five miles square in the eastern part and called it Nobletown. The Van Resselaers and the Livingstons leased land on their vast estates to tenant farmers, but those who had emigrated from Massachusetts did not recognized the landlords' titles. The dispute was not settled until 1773. In 1776 Henry Knox passed through Hillsdale while transporting cannons from Albany, New York , to aid

656-662: The Iroquois and French (the latter located mostly in Canada.) Columbia County was formed in 1786 after the American Revolutionary War from portions of Albany County , once a vast area until new communities were developed and jurisdictions were organized. In 1799, the southern boundary of Columbia County was moved southward to include that portion of Livingston Manor located in Dutchess County . In

697-542: The Slambovian Circus of Dreams , Mark Elliott , Lowen and Navarro , Christine Lavin and Shawn Colvin . Falcon Ridge Folk Festival performances take place on several stages. The Main Stage features headline acts throughout the festival, including a songwriter "swap" on Friday nights, and a yearly showcase series of between twenty and thirty new or up-and-coming artists from noon to five on Friday afternoon; it

738-429: The age of 18 living with them, 52.20% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.10% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.95. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.10% under

779-467: The age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 26.30% from 45 to 64, and 16.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.30 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 41,915, and the median income for a family was $ 49,357. Males had a median income of $ 34,702 versus $ 25,878 for females. The per capita income for

820-553: The area was inhabited by the indigenous Mohican Indians . To the west of the river were the Mohawk and other four tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy , extending past what is now the border of New York state. The first known European exploration of Columbia County was in 1609, when Henry Hudson , an English explorer sailing for the Dutch, ventured up the Hudson River . An accident to his craft forced him to stop at what

861-518: The colony and purchased two large tracts from the Native Americans. He gained much larger grants from the provincial government, for a total of 160,240 acres. He was made lord of Livingston Manor by the Crown , with all its perquisites, and developed the property with tenant farmers . In 1710, he sold 6,000 acres of his property to Queen Anne of Great Britain for use as work camps and for

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902-509: The county in 1970, followed by James Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1975) and the poet John Ashbery (1978). Voters in Columbia County since the mid-19th century have mostly elected Republicans to office. But from 1996 to 2007, new voter registrations by Democrats have outpaced those by Republicans by a margin of 4 to 1. Democrats have been able to win the county in every presidential election since 1996, with Joe Biden 's 57% of

943-423: The county was $ 22,265. About 6.40% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.80% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 census, the racial makeup of the county was 90.6% White, 4.5% African American, 0.2% Native American and 1.6% Asian. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 3.9% of the population. Interstate 90 runs east–west through

984-538: The county was 92.09% White , 4.52% Black or African American , 0.21% Native American , 0.80% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.90% from other races , and 1.45% from two or more races. 2.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 17.2% were of German , 14.7% Italian , 14.5% Irish , 9.0% English , 6.3% Polish and 6.1% American ancestry according to Census 2000 . 94.0% spoke English and 2.1% Spanish as their first language. There were 24,796 households, out of which 29.90% had children under

1025-682: The county with points south. Columbia County is the last New York county located along eastbound Interstate 90 (and the first county along westbound I-90), which passes through the towns of Canaan and Chatham as the Berkshire Connector portion of the New York Thruway . I-90 has two exits within the county; for the southbound Taconic State Parkway in Chatham, and for NYS Route 22 in Canaan. Depending on precise location within

1066-421: The county, road travel distance to New York City ranges between 96 and 145 miles (154 and 233 km). Several other major routes cross Columbia County including north–south U.S. Route 9 , east–west NYS Route 23 , north–south NYS Route 22 and a short portion of east–west U.S. Route 20 in the county's northeastern corner. The Hudson River forms the western border of the county. Other notable creeks include;

1107-520: The county. The Taconic State Parkway runs from I-90 south towards Westchester County. The main arterial north–south road, U.S. 9 , runs through the larger towns towards the Hudson River. Amtrak passenger trains of the Empire Service corridor, as well as the Adirondack , Ethan Allen Express , Maple Leaf and the seasonal Berkshire Flyer make stops at Hudson station . Into

1148-400: The dominant style of music at the festival is "Folk-Pop". Past festivals have included such artists as Dar Williams , Aiden James , Richard Shindell , Lucy Kaplansky , Ani DiFranco , Tom Paxton , Vance Gilbert , Tracy Grammer , Ellis Paul , John Gorka , Holly Near , Crooked Still , Eddie From Ohio , The Nields , We're About 9, Greg Brown , Richard Thompson , Gandalf Murphy and

1189-459: The evenings after the official performances are over the music continues at informal "campfires" and unofficial performance tents scattered throughout the camping areas. Hillsdale, New York Hillsdale is a town in eastern Columbia County , New York , near the New York - Massachusetts border and Great Barrington, Massachusetts . New York state routes 22 and 23 intersect near

1230-659: The first vital records kept in the colony. After many years, some of the colonists were granted land in the frontier of the central Mohawk Valley west of present-day Little Falls in the 100 lots of the Burnetsfield Patent; in the Schoharie Valley, and other areas, such as Palatine Bridge along the Mohawk River west of Schenectady. They were buffer communities between the British settlements and

1271-477: The intersection of routes 22 and 23. Additionally, the Oldtone Music Festival is held at Cool Whisper Farm on Route 21 in early September. Grass Fed Arts/Oldtone preserves roots music and traditional folkways through artist and audience participation; connecting neighbors, bridging cultures, and sharing insight and wisdom across generations. Columbia County, New York Columbia County

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1312-479: The large, well-known Hawthorne Valley Farm which includes a farm store and training programs, the biodynamic Roxbury Farm, and FarmOn! at Empire Farm, also a teaching farm. As of the census of 2000, there were 63,094 people, 24,796 households, and 16,588 families residing in the county. The population density was 99 inhabitants per square mile (38/km ). There were 30,207 housing units at an average density of 48 units per square mile (19/km ). The racial makeup of

1353-486: The nineteenth century, the Vermont Central Railway was constructed to the area. It provided transportation north towards Rutland and Burlington, Vermont , and south towards the major junction town of Chatham, New York , for travel to points west, south and east. A large number of LGBT artists and writers settled in Columbia County in the late 20th century, including Ellsworth Kelly , who moved to

1394-409: The resettlement of Palatine German refugees. The Crown had supported their passage to New York, and they were to pay off the cost by indentured labor . Some 1,200 Palatine Germans were brought to Livingston Manor (now Germantown ). New York's Governor Hunter had also helped with these arrangements: the workers were to make naval stores ( e.g. , pitch, resin, and turpentine) from the pine trees in

1435-494: The river to supply the traders' ships. Dutch colonists bought land [from whom?] near Claverack in 1649 and 1667. As more Dutch arrived, the region slowly developed. In 1664, the English took over New Netherland and renamed it the " Province of New York "; they also renamed Fort Orange " Albany ". In the late 17th century, Robert Livingston , a Scots immigrant by way of Rotterdam, built on his connections as Indian agent in

1476-578: The town center, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The town has several restaurants and a general store, among other businesses. Hillsdale is known for its hilly landscape and is near Bash Bish Falls , Taconic State Park , and the Catamount Ski Area . The Harlem Valley Rail Trail , a 26-mile bike path in two sections, is located not far from the intersection of routes 22 and 23. Much of what would become

1517-645: The town of Hillsdale was part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck . Due to overlapping boundary lines, portions of the eastern part were claimed by the Province of Massachusetts. Kakeout was established by settlers from New England who raised sheep. Around 1745, Martin Krum is reported to have purchased 800 acres in the western portion of the town from the Van Rensselaer family . Robert Noble and his associates procured

1558-515: The town was 97.88% White , 0.63% African American , 0.46% Asian , 0.52% from other races , and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.61% of the population. There were 721 households, out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who

1599-411: The vote in 2020 being the highest for a Democrat in the county since 1964. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 648 square miles (1,680 km ), of which 635 square miles (1,640 km ) is land and 14 square miles (36 km ) (2.1%) is water. Columbia County is in the southeast south-to-central part of New York State, southeast of Albany and immediately west of

1640-452: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.90. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males. The median income for

1681-570: Was located in Hillsdale. In 2016, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Dr. Joseph P. Dorr House and Pine View Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 47.9 square miles (124.0 km ), of which 47.7 square miles (123.6 km ) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km ), or 0.34%,

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