TWENTY YEARS AT THE DAIRY FEST

A tradition worth keeping — and a weekend worth planning for

There are events you attend and events you return to. The Meredith Dairy Festival is the latter.

Catskill Country Living has been a presence at this festival for more than twenty years. When we first brought our booth to the fairground, Susan and I were raising Suri and Huacaya alpacas ( HaSu Ranch Alpacas) — which made us, if not farmers exactly, at least people with mud on our boots and animals to think about come morning. The festival felt like our world then, and it still does now.

Part of what stays with you about the Meredith site is the land itself. The festival is held atop the East Coast’s continental divide — the ridge where the Susquehanna and Delaware watersheds part ways. Standing in that open Catskill field and looking out over the Ouleout Creek Valley, you understand something about why people chose to settle here, and why dairy farming took root the way it did across Delaware County. The view earns its keep.

About the Festival

The Meredith Dairy Fest is an annual two-day celebration held each June to open Dairy Month and honor the agricultural history that shaped this region. For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Great Western Catskills ran on dairy — the farms, the creameries, the rail lines built to carry milk south to New York City. The festival is a living acknowledgment of that legacy, and of the farmers who are continuing it today.

What you’ll find: live music across both days, farm animals for the kids (and honestly, for everyone), local farm and craft vendors, a kids activity tent, historical demonstrations and displays, and a vintage baseball game that tends to draw a loyal crowd of its own. The food is genuinely good — sample local dairy products, regional fare, and things you won’t find anywhere else. Admission is free; the local fire district asks a modest parking fee per car, which is about as reasonable a civic arrangement as you’ll encounter.

The vendor tent is worth a slow walk. The people behind the tables made what they’re selling. That’s not a small thing.

Come Say Hello

This Saturday and Sunday — June 13th and 14th — you’ll find the Catskill Country Living team at our booth. We’ve been showing up here for two decades because we believe in what this event represents: community, craft, agricultural pride, and the particular character of life in Delaware County. If you’re curious about the area, thinking about a move, or just want to talk about what’s happening in the local market, we’re easy to find. And if you just want to stop by and say hello, that works too.

The Meredith Dairy Fest. Second weekend of June. Atop a hill with a view worth the drive.

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We’ll see you there.