A tourist's guide to Sleepy Hollow
A Night on Fire brings fire juggling and comedy troupe extraordinare A Different Spin to Sleepy Hollow for the first time in a fully choreographed, live display of fire arts features four flame-wielding, fire-eating performers twisting and turning, juggling and dancing, spinning and sword fighting, and much more. The rousing, vaudeville-meets-funk sounds of Emperor Norton’s [...]
June concerts: Calexico, Kris Kristofferson, The Outlaws, Happy Together. Also $5 movie night! Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main Street, Tarrytown, NY 10591, 914-631-3390. Purchase tickets through the Tarrytown Music Hall online box office, the physical box office at 13 Main Street, or through the Music Hall’s ticket agent, TicketForce, at 877-840-0457. The landmark structure is a [...]
A trip to Sleepy Hollow isn’t complete without a visit to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and its famous residents, including Elizabeth Arden, Brooke Astor, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Chrysler, Samuel Gompers, Washington Irving, and William Rockefeller. Author Doug Keister sums it up: “Sleepy Hollow has it all; spooky lilting 18th century death’s head tombstones, twisting narrow roads, [...]
Rotary’s annual Rubber Duck Derby splashes down from 11 am to 3 pm on Saturday, April 27. Racing starts at noon. Waddle on down to Patriots’ Park for an afternoon of food, soft drinks, live music, and organization booths. Grand Prize is a $1,000 AmEx Gift Card! To adopt a rubber duck to race in the [...]
Sleepy Hollow’s and Tarrytown’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade starts at 1:30 pm on Sunday, March 10 at Main Street in Tarrytown. The parade proceeds north on Route 9 to Beekman Avenue to Kendall Avenue. Bagpipes, school bands and many community groups will march, led by 100-year old Grand Marshal Kitty Geisler.
Are you ready to be scared out of your mind? Adapting “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” to dark extremes, Horseman’s Hollow returns for a third year of highly entertaining haunted mayhem, now expanded by popular demand to ELEVEN evenings. The 17th Century Dutch colony of Philipsburg Manor transforms into a terrifying landscape ruled by the [...]
Discover the legends behind the legend! Join master storyteller Jonathan Kruk, as he digs into his research behind Sleepy Hollow’s famous headless horseman. Don’t miss this chances to hear a master storyteller share his research on a classic American tale! He will also be signing copies of his new book, Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and [...]
Before your front steps are overrun by trick-or-treaters, get away for a little grown-up fun at the Tarrytown YMCA’s 4th Annual Masquerade Ball. Come as your favorite fairy tale character! It’s all for a good cause: proceeds provide daycare, after school & summer camp for underserved kids. Friday, October 19, 2012 from 7:30 pm to [...]
Village of Sleepy Hollow Oktoberfest at the Kathryn Davis Bathhouse in Kingsland Point Park. Local eateries Bridgeview Tavern and Finalmente will sell German food and beverages, including a variety of beers, the traditional drink of Oktoberfest celebrations. Cider and hot chocolate will be on sale for the under-21 crowd. Souvenir items will also be on [...]
Guided kayak tours on the Hudson River have resumed at Sleepy Hollow’s Kingsland Point Park. Beginning and skilled paddlers will enjoy views of Hook Mountain, The Palisades, Croton Point, and the broad expanse of the river known as the Tappan Zee. You may also cruise past the Sleepy Hollow lighthouse and Kidd Rock, the reputed [...]
