💗 Light Up Your Westchester Weekend + Some Wicked Fun

🕯️ How Will I Know… If This Night Will Be Magic?

Fri., Aug 15 & Sat., Aug 16 | The Play Group Theatre, White Plains | Various times and ticket pricing

Candlelight experiences are well known for their magical atmosphere, and over the next couple of days, they’re bringing their signature glow to Westchester:

• Friday @ 6p: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & More

• Friday @ 8.30: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons

• Saturday @ 6p: A Tribute to Whitney Houston (title makes sense now?)

• Saturday @ 8.30p: The Best of The Beatles

With a string quartet under soft, golden light, it’s classical music and classics, reimagined — from “Here Comes The Sun” to “I Will Always Love You.”

🌟 Ready, Set, Glow!

Fri., Aug 15 | Flowers City Park, New Rochelle | 7.30-9.30p | FREE (No registration needed, non residents are welcome)

Become glow worms for the night at New Rochelle’s final Summer Fun Friday Glow in the Dark Party. Open to kids in grades K-8, but we’re really just waiting for the one for us (big kids)!

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🍦 Tastes Even Better When It’s Free

Fri., Aug 15 | Pine Ridge Park, Rye Brook | 6-7.30p | FREE

Who wouldn’t want free Ice Cream on a Friday? Rye Brook Recreation’s fun, free event helps attendees cool off ahead of its outdoor movie night (see movies below).

🎸 Your Little One’s Love of Live Music Starts Here…

Sat., Aug 16 | Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester | 12p | Tickets from $24.15

Nationally-touring The Rock and Roll Playhouse introduces the little ones to the magic of live music through a performance of The Dave Matthews Band catalogue (and more). Tailored for families with children under 10, the show blends sing-alongs, games, stories, and movement, all at kid-friendly volume levels. Turns out not where, but who you're with that really matters.

🥳 Party Like It’s 1799

Sat., Aug 16 | Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow | Timed entries from 10a-3p | Tickets $13-18

Step, or dance, back in time for a colonial-era party at Philipsburg Manor with early-American games, story time, drum circles and arts & crafts activities! Check the link for event schedules and timed ticket entry.

🐝 A Garden Party with Buzz

Sat., Aug 16 | Lasdon Park Conservatory Plaza, Katonah | 11a-3p | Tickets $5 advance, $8 day of event

A “Pollinator Passport” unlocks an afternoon of fun, games, crafts, and hands-on activities for your little one with plenty of food & drink options for the adult spectators.

⚡ Thunderbolt and Lightning…

Sat., Aug 16 & Sun., Aug 17 | Hudson River Museum, Yonkers | 12-4p | FREE with museum admission

…won’t be as frightening after you learn more about why they happen at Hudson River Museum. Drop in for HRM’s Family Science Workshop, get the run down on summer thunderstorms and take home your own “pet thundercloud.”

💚 There’s No Place Like Peekskill

Sat., Aug 16 | Pugsley Park, Peekskill | 1-7p | FREE

The 5th Annual Oz Land Festival returns for a magical, family-friendly day of live entertainment and Oz-themed fun. The day will be filled with music, kids activities, Oz-themed costume & art contests, and outdoor movies (see movies below).

Free Outdoor Movie Nights:

• Despicable Me 4 | Fri., Aug 15 | Leonard Park, Mt. Kisco | 7.45p

• Wizard of Oz | Fri., Aug 15 | Pugsley Park, Peekskill | 8p

• Minecraft | Fri., Aug 15 | Pine Ridge Park, Rye Brook | 8.15p

• Mrs. Doubtfire | Fri., Aug 15 | Old Croton Aqueduct Keeper’s House (east lawn), Dobbs Ferry | 8.30p

• Wicked | Sat., Aug 16 | Pugsley Park, Peekskill | 7p

Bonus Fun:

• Playland Park Fireworks | Fri., Aug 15 | Playland Park, Rye | 9p | FREE

• Jewish Heritage Festival | Sun., Aug 17 | Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla | 12-6p | FREE

🎭 New York Opera Conservatory Brings Cinderella To Croton

Fri., Aug 15 & Sun., Aug 17 | Croton Free Library, Croton-on-Hudson | Fri: 7p, Sun: 3p | FREE

Long before Disney, Rossini turned Cinderella into a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud comedy, complete with ridiculous stepfather, crystal bracelets, and total mischief. The New York Opera Conservatory brings this version, La Cenerentola, to Croton, and you won’t believe it but, it’s FREE!

📖 Meet & Greet with Viral Poet Jennae Cecelia

Sat., Aug 16 | Bedford Books, Bedford | 12-1.30p | FREE Admission, signed book $23.18

Best known for her incredibly popular poem I Met My Younger Self for Coffee, Jennae Cecelia is coming to Bedford to celebrate the release of her newest collection, Deep In My Feels. Meet Jennae in person, get a signed copy, and snap a photo together!

🎤 Broadway in your Backyard with Ali Stroker

Sat., Aug 16 | Arc Stages, Pleasantville | 7p | Tickets $36 (few remain at time of writing)

Catch Neighbors, an unforgettable evening of songs and stories from Pleasantville’s own Tony Award-winning actress and Broadway star, Ali Stroker. Stroker made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway, and can be seen as a series regular on TV shows Echoes and Only Murders in the Building.

🎭 Broadway Unscripted with Seth Rudetsky and Jessie Mueller

Sat., Aug 16 | White Plains Performing Arts Center | 7.30p | Tickets $55 & $75

Tony winner Jessie Mueller joins SiriusXM’s Seth Rudetsky for a one-night-only Broadway concert full of show-stopping vocals and hilarious behind-the-scenes stories. Expect the kind of completely unrehearsed magic the series has become known for.

🧙‍♂️ From Oz to Bedford: A One-Night-Only Musical Showcase

Sun., Aug 17 | Bedford Playhouse, Bedford | 5p | Tickets $60

There’s even more Broadway talent on Sunday as cast members from Wicked, Spider-Man, Bring It On, and more entertain with 90 minutes of musical theatre classics, favorites, and Oz-inspired surprises. Music direction by Dan Micciche, longtime conductor of Wicked on Broadway.

Friday, August 15th

• Concert Series at Ridge Hill: Dueling Pianos | Town Square, Yonkers | 6-8p | FREE

• Yonkers Waterfront Live: People of the Earth | Waterfront Amphitheater, Yonkers | 6.30-8p | FREE

• Ossining Riverjam: Ready Or Not! | Louis Engel Waterfront Park, Ossining | 7p | FREE

• Summer Live Music: Seeing Red | Barley Beach House, Rye | 7-9p | FREE

• The Cary Brown Trio | Jazz on Main, Mount Kisco | 7p | Advance: $25, Door: $30, $25 food & drink minimum per person

• Lisa Messina and John Micalizzi | Tiki Beach Pier Restaurant, Rye | 7p-12a

• New Rochelle Summer Sounds: Reggaelar People & Santa Barbara Jazz Band | Hudson Park, New Rochelle | 7.30p | FREE

Saturday, August 16th

• The Rock and Roll Playhouse: Music of Dave Matthews Band | Garcia’s, Port Chester | 12p | Tickets $17.50 advance / $20 same day

• Armonk Summer Music Series: Green River / CCR | Wampus Brook Park, Armonk | 6-8p | FREE

• Downtown Summer Sizzle: Who’s Bad | Ruby Dee Park, New Rochelle | 6.30-9p | FREE

• Worla Roots | The Boathouse, Ossining | 7-9p

• Big Bang Baby Band | Tiki Beach Pier Restaurant, Rye | 7-11p

• Eddie 9V | Garcia’s, Port Chester | Doors 7p / Show 8p | Tickets $20 advance / $25 same day

• Asleep At The Wheel | Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill | 8p | Tickets from $51.50

• Jaana Narsipur Trio | Jazz on Main, Mount Kisco | 7p | Advance $30, Door $35

Sunday, August 17th

• Sunday Brunch with Ron Drotos | Jazz on Main, Mount Kisco | 12p | No cover, $25 food & drink minimum per person

• Elvis Tribute Band | Tiki Beach Pier Restaurant, Rye | 6-8p

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🚜 Can You Dig It?

Sat., Aug 16 | Oz Farm, Saugerties (Ulster County) | 11a-10p | FREE Admission

The beautiful 82-acre Oz Farm transforms in to an entertainment construction site for the Excavation Games! Highlights include: super soccer demolition derby, excavator soccer & mini golf and a kids zone with pony rides, games and a pet parade! Let us know if taking the drive north - there’s a great chance you’ll see us there!

🍷 Sip, Sing & Splash Your Weekend Away in Putnam

Sat. & Sun., Aug 16 & 17 | Veterans Memorial Park, Carmel | Sat: 11a–6p, Sun: 11a–5p | Tickets: $5, Early bird tasting: $20, 16 & Under: FREE

The 14th Annual Putnam County Wine & Music Fest is a choose-your-own-adventure weekend for wine lovers, music fans, foodies, and families. Kids can bounce, climb, slide and splash while grown-ups enjoy tastings from top producers. There’s even a mechanical bull!

🏰 Bannerman Island Tour & Live Music

Sun., Aug 17 | Departs from Beacon | 11a–1.30p | Adults $45, Children $35

Sail to Bannerman Island for a self-guided tour of the castle ruins and lush gardens, with live music from Darrell Brown & Lil’ Bones, a pop, rock, and R&B band bringing big energy to this tiny, historic gem on the Hudson.