2024 New York Sweet Corn Festivals: Where, When and More to Find a Sweet Corn Festival Near You!

Looking for a Sweet Corn festival in October 2024? There is no other listing as complete and current as this list, just updated! Sweet Corn festivals are held through the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia and much of the world. All the Sweet Corn festivals we can find are listed on this page! If you love Corn, look for a festival near you below! And I'm looking for more Sweet Corn festivals! Please write me, if you know of any to add!  I update the dates as soon as the festivals publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's own website. 

Especially this year, due to Coronavirus, be sure to click on the links (the blue, underlined name of the each festival) to confirm this year's dates on the website for each festival. If they don't have a website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

Click here for the form to add a festival and have detailed information; or click here if you have general information and are not connected with the event!

2024 New York Sweet Corn Festivals

New York

Corn typically ripens from July to September in New York. July and August dominate throughout most of the U.S.as the months for Corn production (and festivals) .

There are two general types of Corn festivals 1) community festivals, usually organized by a church, school, local Chamber of commerce or a town and 2). Corn festival held at and by a farm. They are different in what they offer, and community festivals tend to be less expensive so they are grouped separately. (of course not all states and areas have both.)
Following the festival listings are links to our easy to follow directions about making freezing corn, canning corn much more.

Community Corn Festivals

• Beacon Sloop Club's Corn Festival - Sunday, mid-October  from 12 noon 5pm
  Riverfront Park, Beacon, NY.  There will be live music throughout and many educational and environmental booths. And of course the Woody, a wooden replica of a gaff-rigged Hudson River ferry sloop, will be on hand for free sails on the Hudson during the festival.
• Eden Corn Festival - early August;  over 3 or 4 days (Thursday: 3 to 11pm | Friday & Saturday: Noon to Midnight | Sunday: Noon to 10pm)
   American Legion Post 880, Legion Drive, Eden, NY. Email: info@edencornfest.com. The festival is held on the American Legion Post 880 grounds on Legion Drive in Eden directly off Route US-62.
  Entertainment of all sorts, am
• usement rides to games of chance, contests to ball games and much more. To satisfy your hunger there is everything from ice cream to fried green tomatoes, hot dogs to, well you name the food and you will probably find it here. But above all else, save room for the best and sweetest corn on the cob in the world! We recommend that you arrive before lunch and stay until after dinner. That way you will be able to try more then one of your favorites. Click on the "Shows" link above for complete details on the "Schedule of Events" so you don't miss any of the special shows the festival has to offer.
• Flemington Corn, Tomato and Beer Festival - Saturday, early August from 12 pm to 8 pm
  Stangl Road , Flemington, NJ. the Corn, Tomato and Beer Festival is back, and moving to Stangl Road. The festival will be Saturday, August 4th (rain date August 5th) from 12 noon to 8pm. Great food, live music, fun and games for the whole family... and of course, New Jersey's finest corn and tomatos! Admission is Free. Foods with New Jersey corn and tomatoes. It's a fundraiser for the Flemington Fire Department.Flemington, NJ. Click here for their Facebook page. 

Farm Corn Festivals

In addition to community and church festivals, some private farms have their own Corn festivals.  See each farm for this year's dates (they often do not announce them until the end of June). Also, scroll down to see the links to recipes, freezing, canning and jam making directions at the bottom of the page.

• Harbes Family Farm and Orchard - Annual Sweet Corn Festival, Saturday typically in mid July and Sunday typically in mid July from 10 am to 7 pm.
  5698 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901. Phone: 631-298-0800. Alternate Phone: 631-298-0700. Fax: 631-298-1332. Email: harbesfamilyfarm@gmail.com. Open: early September to October 31 on weekends from 9 am to 6 pm (Corn Maze open 7 pm to 10 pm). Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Take the LIE (495) east to exit 71. Make a left onto Edwards Avenue and continue north for 4 miles. Make a right on Sound Avenue. Continue East on Sound Avenue for 8.6 miles. The farm is on the north side (left) of the road. The orchard is 1 mile west of Harbes Family Farm and Vineyard. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. There'll be FREE LIVE MUSIC in our courtyard/picnic area both days from 1 pm to 5 pm. Saturday and Sunday.  While you're here you can visit Harbes Barnyard Adventure for hours of family fun! Harbes Barnyard Adventure is an 8-acre, family-friendly experience for all ages. The Barnyard includes a Singing Hayride tour of our 100-acre farm, our famous pig races and hosted children's activities throughout the day. There are also farm animals, our very popular "Jumbo Jumpers" bounce pillows, a Sports Zone with baseball, football and basketball tossing games, "Lil' Farmers PlayLand" filled with lots of fun activities for preschoolers, a trike track, and our musical animatronic chicken show. We will also be debuting some exciting new attractions for 2019! Harbes u- pick orchard also features an evening spooky walk corn maze. (UPDATED: July 11, 2019, JBS)

Related Corn Information:

• Harvesting, storing and cooking corn.

Freezing Corn

You can easily freeze the sweet corn and have that great taste in the dead of winter! 

• Freezing whole ears of corn on the cob
• Freezing corn, cut off the cob

Canning Corn

This too, is easy... but it DOES require a Pressure Canner.  You cannot safely do this with a water bath canner.  Food poisoning is no joke!

• Here is how to can corn!
•  how to make canned creamed corn.
• Southern Chow-Chow (also called Piccalilli)
• Pickled corn relish
• How to make sweet corn ice cream

 

For other fruit and vegetable festivals, see this page!