Stay for the Credits: Woodstock Film Festival + Peak Catskills Foliage in Highmount and Shandaken
The Woodstock Film Festival ends Sunday. Your getaway doesn’t have to. 🍁 Hungry for Film, Music, Art…and of Course, Deliciousness?
The Woodstock Film Festival may fill your weekend. The Catskills can fill the rest of your week.
This is one of those rare October moments when everything seems to be happening at once: independent film, live music, seriously good food—and the Catskills are hitting peak fall foliage at exactly the same time.
So our advice?
Don’t rush home Sunday. Stay a few days longer.
Alpine Four Season Lodge has select weekday availability, and once the festival crowds head home, you get something even better:
The Zen of the Catskills.
🎬 Woodstock Film Festival Is ON
The 27th annual Woodstock Film Festival runs through October 18, with films, documentaries, panels and special events across Woodstock, Kingston, Rosendale and Saugerties. Woodstock Film Festival
And this isn't just about sitting in a dark theater.
Music is a big part of this year's festival, including screenings paired with live performances. Sunday's Little Feat: The Documentary, for example, is followed by a special live set at Bearsville Theater. Woodstock Film Festival
Film? Check.
Music? Check.
Now we're getting hungry.
🍴 Eat Your Way Through Woodstock
Woodstock has become almost as much fun for eating as it is for arts and music.
Between screenings, there's everything from coffee and baked goods to sushi, wood-fired cooking, locally sourced American food and cocktails.
Inside + Out Upstate NY put together a handy Woodstock Film Festival dining guide covering restaurants in Woodstock, Saugerties and Rosendale.
Our preferred strategy?
See a movie. Eat something delicious. Repeat.
We never said film festivals had to be difficult.
Witness the breath-taking rolling hills and mountains in the Catskills
🍁 Then Everyone Goes Home…
…and you don't.
That's where this getaway gets really good.
The latest I LOVE NY foliage report says the Catskills are mostly at peak, with peak color expected across much of the region this weekend. I LOVE NY
This is the Catskills scenery we wait all year for.
Mountains glowing orange, red and gold. Route 28 surrounded by color. Crisp mornings. Quiet trails. Waterfalls framed by autumn leaves.
And after a busy weekend of movies, music, restaurants and people?
A quiet Monday morning in the mountains feels pretty fantastic.
🧘 Monday Morning: Do Absolutely Nothing
Seriously. Sleep in. Make coffee. Sit outside. Take a drive with nowhere particularly important to be. Or head out and explore Kaaterskill Falls, wander through Woodstock without the festival crowds, or simply cruise Route 28 and watch the mountains do their thing.
That's the beauty of staying midweek.
The weekend is the party. The weekday is the exhale.
🍂 DON'T LET SUNDAY END YOUR CATSKILLS GETAWAY
You already came for the Woodstock Film Festival.
Why race back home when peak foliage is happening outside your window?
Stay Sunday night. Stay Monday. Heck, make Tuesday your new Monday. Select midweek accommodations are available at Alpine Four Season Lodge in Highmount, minutes from Belleayre Mountain and perfectly positioned for exploring Woodstock, Phoenicia and the Catskills.
And when you book directly with us, you'll always find our best available direct rate without third-party booking fees.
Come hungry for film, music, art and deliciousness. Stay a little longer for the mountains. 🍁
BOOK DIRECT - for the best rates
Highmount - www.AlpineFourSeasonLodge.com
Shandaken - www.AlpineFourSeasonLodgd.com
See’ya
Daniel & The Crew
