Events Calendar

Join us at Rock Stream Vineyard’s for the 15th Anniversary and 12th annual Rock Stock and Barrel Music Festival!

Enjoy live music, food by JR’s Back Alley BBQ, award winning, sines, spirits and beer.

Featuring live music by the Stream Rockers, Seneca Jam and The Sons of a Beach.

Admission is free!

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If you’ve never been to the Glorious Garlic Festival, you’re in for a serious treat! You’ll have the opportunity to explore numerous varieties of freshly harvested garlic, available to taste and for purchase. It’s incredible how different each unique variety can be. We’ll have garlic experts on-hand to offer guidance to the novice grower, and to speak about the health benefits of eating garlic. We’ll also bring in chefs from across the Finger Lakes for cooking demonstrations with garlic-inspired recipes.

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New York’s home for NASCAR makes its annual return to the Finger Lakes region for the Go Bowling at The Glen (August 13-16, 2020) tripleheader weekend. One of the most exciting weekends on the NASCAR calendar, the new 2020 date marks the third to last race before the NASCAR Playoffs as Chase Elliott drives for three consecutive wins at The Glen. In addition to Sunday’s race, don’t miss the Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 ARCA Menards Series race on Friday afternoon, and Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race.

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East Coast Watercross hosts 10 rounds of racing which are held on 5 separate weekends throughout the summer, with each day making up one round of racing. A typical race day will see 10 or more classes of racers composed of different skill levels, ranging from beginners to pro riders, various watercraft types and ages starting as young as 10. Each class will race twice per day 2, once in the morning and once in the afternoon following a short lunch intermiss

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Ferrari Challenge North America (August 28-30, 2020) continues its season with a stop to the 3.4 mile circuit in 2020. The series was established in 1993 and the events are FIA-approved with high safety standards and excellent organization with the Italian manufacturer. The formula for the series, which insists on participants being dealers or authorized race shops, ensures close competition putting the focus on the drivers.

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The featured highlight of the Festival is a tribute to the original Grand Prix races using the original 6.6 mile road course. Always a crowd pleaser, the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Tribute is designed to recreate the ambiance of the 1948-52 Watkins Glen street races. The race tribute is open to selected Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) cars participating in the Hilliard U.S. Vintage Grand Prix races held at the nearby Watkins Glen International race course on the same weekend as the festival.

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The GT World Challenge America (September 17-20, 2020) series is the final racing event for spectators at The Glen and will also play a major role in determining championships as the series’ penultimate round. Boasting one of the sport’s most diverse fields of sportscar manufacturers, the weekend provides a perfect opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with your favorite sportscar teams and drivers as they battle for supremacy.

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The GT World Challenge America (September 17-20, 2020) series is the final racing event for spectators at The Glen and will also play a major role in determining championships as the series’ penultimate round. Boasting one of the sport’s most diverse fields of sportscar manufacturers, the weekend provides a perfect opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with your favorite sportscar teams and drivers as they battle for supremacy.

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The Finger Lakes Beer Festival makes its yearly return to the garages at The Glen. In the spirit of Halloween weekend, the newly popular Boos and Brews kicks off a weekend featuring over 40 New York State breweries, distilleries and cideries. Fans are also treated to a 32-team cornhole tournament and stein holding competition.

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Enjoy a locally sourced dinner at J.R.Dill!

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Fri 12-5pm, Sat/Sun 10am-5pm

Enjoy great deals, special promotions, and discounts during this trail-wide sale. Many of our wineries participate and offer tremendous opportunities to shop and save! We’ll announce deals as we get closer to the event. Stay tuned to our website, social media channels, and monthly emails. $0 – FREE!

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Saturday 12-9pm This is a ticketed event find more information here

Your opportunity to taste and purchase a wide variety of upstate New York wines, beer,spirits,cheese, honey and more in the beautiful corning museum of glass!

Dundoit socials are a special menu night featuring a different theme every week!

Serving the regular menu along side the featured menu from 5:30pm-9:30pm more info.

Every year we debate this Dundoit and every year we keep coming back to home amazing the good is! Seriously. Join us and see why our staff fights for this one every year!

Fri 12-5pm, Sat/Sun 10am-5pm

International flavor comes to Seneca Lake! Enjoy a self-guided tour around Seneca Lake while exploring the unique, delicious pairings of Seneca Lake wines with foods from a variety of nations and cultures at 21 participating Seneca Lake Wine Trail wineries. Tickets are $40 per person. Use the code “20VISIT” for $5 off tickets purchased online.

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Join us for a whimsical night in the woodlands at the Chamber’s Winter Gala presented by Visions Federal Credit Union on Saturday, January 18th 2020 at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel. The event will feature a cocktail hour, dinner, awards ceremony, live and silent auctions, music, dancing and more!

Tickets are $100 per person and advance purchase is requires no later than January 10th.

Tables of ten are available. To Purchase tickets, please contact Liz at (607)535-4300 or liz@watkinsglenchamber.com

Dundoit socials are a special menu night featuring a different theme every week!

Serving the regular menu along side the featured menu from 5:30pm-9:30pm more info.

Dumplings we all love them. Last years amazing lamb dumplings got their very own Dundoit social!

Dundoit socials are a special menu night featuring a different theme every week!

Serving the regular menu along side the featured menu from 5:30pm-9:30pm more info.

Brisket is back! This is the time to get some if you missed out earlier in the year!

Explore the world of wine through a Blind Tasting Series in Boundary Breaks warehouse, at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday throughout the winter.

This blind tastings theme is Comparing Related Varietals

$20 a seat. Three sessions a day. 11am, 1pm, 3pm. 20 seats a session.

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Our 2020 Ice Bar will take place January 30, 31 & February 1, 2020
Tickets go on sale December 1st at 12:01am on brownpapertickets.com

Bundle up and step into a winter wonderland of over 25,000 pounds of ice meticulously carved into breathtaking ice sculptures, martini ice luges, and the coolest bars in town! Each year Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel hosts winter’s hottest party – our signature ICE Bar – to benefit a local charity.

Bringing much needed merriment to winter’s longest stretch, ICE Bar promises thrills and chills as our magnificent grounds are transformed into adult playgrounds punctuated by roaring fire pits. Inside, the fun continues as partygoers revel in great music, their favorite cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres. The evening ends with a blaze of color as fireworks streak across the sky. It’s an amazing and unforgettable night, which is why tickets always sell out quickly.

Dundoit socials are a special menu night featuring a different theme every week!

Serving the regular menu along side the featured menu from 5:30pm-9:30pm more info.

Bunny Chow is back! This South African curry dish is served in a bread load and is seriously so good at combating the winter chill! It also tastes so good with a cold glass of Caperitif.

this years first After hours Mixer will be hosted by Barnstormer Winery at their tasting room!

While an excellent networking opportunity, our generous host will also be providing local meats and cheese for grazing, discounts off both tastings and bottles, and will be giving away a bottle of their popular 2017 Angel’s share (a sparkling Vignoles) to one lucky winner!

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This full-scale production, set to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky and based on German legend, follows a heroic young prince as he works to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell. The Legendary National Ballet Theatre of Odessa with 55 Ukrainian talented and brightest ballet Stars to bring this romantic tale of true love to glorious life!

Fri 12-5pm, Sat/Sun 10am-5pm

A savory and sweet pre-cursor to Valentine’s Day! Enjoy a self-guided tour around beautiful Seneca Lake while exploring the unique, delicious pairings of local wines with foods prepared with chocolate, enabling a larger range of pairing experiences at any of the 23 participating Seneca Lake Wine Trail wineries. Tickets are $40 per person. Use the code “20VISIT” for $5 off tickets purchased online.

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