These craft and food vendors participated in last year’s festival. The list is representative of the kinds of vendors who participate.
Falcon Ridge Festival Food
- Angelo’s – Pizza, fried dough, blooming onions, fresh cut French fries, potato chips chicken wings, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chicken fingers, Italian sausage subs, Italian ices, and soda water. New this year: Angelo is grilling hamburgers and hot dogs!
- The Coffee Guys / Pierce Brothers -Get your organic, fair trade Fogbusters here. Plus expresso, latte, mocha freezes, cocoa, sports drinks, snacks and water.
- Crescent Foods -Build your own “Benevolent Burrito.” Quesadillas. Breakfast burritos, French toast and pancakes. All fruit smoothies, organic fresh lemonade, organic iced teas, and gourmet coffee. crescentfoodscatering.com
- Crooked Stick Pops -Handcrafted, tasty and locally sourced ice popsicles, changing flavors every day so festival kids and grown ups can enjoy throughout the weekend. Healthy and delicious treats from Easthampton, MA. crookedstickpops.com
- Lemongrass Grill -Vietnamese fusion! Chicken or Tofu Banh mi, on their own or with salads or mixed with rice. Cilantro, basil and other yummy flavorings.
- MacDonald Farms -All sorts of pickles, plus sauerkraut, garlic kraut, kimchee, mustards, plum products, and organic apple cider vinegar. Naturally fermented and probiotic since theearly 1970s. macdonaldfarms.net
- Maple Valley Ice Cream -Falcon Ridge favorite ice cream is back! Super smooth, premium ice cream from Hadley, MA made with local rbST free cream and milk, all natural and gluten free. maplevalleycreamery.com
- Nyota’s Ting – Breakfast: vegan blueberry pancakes, grits and gravy, scrambled tofu, & vegan french toast, breakfast potatoes. Nyota’s traditional vegan curries, mock goat, chicken & BBQ specialties. Plus vegan sausage in tortilla, stuffed friend veggie plantains, black bean and corn cold rice salads; collard greens. Lots of exotic drinks plus vegan cakes and pies, and more.
- Reggae Boy Café -Jerk chicken, curried goat, pulled pork, jerk kabob, sausage & pepper beef pattie, rice, fried plantains, rice and peas, collard greens, mac-and-cheese.
- Root Juice -Fresh fruit and vegetable juices, apple cider, and fruit smoothies. Frozen creamed banana “soft serve” plus vegan and gluten free desserts – Chia fudge, chocolate mousse.
- Short and Stout Tea – Bubble teas: sweet and creamy tea-based drinks with tapioca pearls. Hot or iced craft teas. Tea popsicles. Specialty strawberry shortcake and honey toast on a stick. shortandstouttea.com
- Skinny Pancake – Full menu of sweet or savory crepes featuring meats, cheeses, veggies, fruits and sauces, sourced as locally as possible. Breakfast to late night. skinnypancake.com
- Taste Budds – Breakfast through late night confections baked on site. Chocolate Cookie bars and BUDDer Meltdowns, crumb cakes, muffins, scones and cinnamon buns. Hot, iced and ice blended cappuccino, lattes, chai, cocoa and more roasted weekly. Cold milk, soy and almond. TasteBudds.com
- Texas Tornado Chips – Hot potato chips! Fresh fried mushrooms, mozerella sticks, curly fries, nachos, fresh fried pickles and lots of toppings, from Windham. NY.
- Traveler’s Kitchen – Potato pancakes with sour cream and applesauce. Gourmet vegetarian wraps and quesadillas. Tempeh Rueben sandwiches. Tuscan Tempress Quesadilla, Wild Cat Wrap. Spudwurst Special: potato pancake topped with currywurst. Mint iced tea, grape spritzer, iced chai latte.
Crafts – Imports – Information – Radio
You can visit with many Falcon Ridge vendors on Facebook.com and Etsy.com
- Acoustic Live – Visit for the booth live jams and a listings guide for the NY tri-state area acousticlive.com
- Andean Creations – Instruments, shawls, sweaters, hats, dream catchers and jewelry imported from Ecuador by Jaime.
- Apsara – Ethically traded organic cotton and bamboo fiber garments, textiles, and tribal jewelry apsarastore.com
- Aquarius Dreams – Experimental graphic art and body painting aquariusdreams.com
- BH Upcycled Designs – Handmade upcycled clothing and accessories and goods for the home bethanyhomecrafts.com
- Black Bear Americana Music Festival – Check out this four day festival at the Goshen, CT Fairgrounds in October 11-13 blackbearmusicfest.com
- Center for Amazon Ecology – Non-profit that helps artisans from the Peruvian Amazon create and market handcrafts from sustainably harvested plants to create sustainable livelihoods for their families, support forest conservation, and strengthen their communities. AmazonEcology.com
- Community Radio WPKN 89.5 FM – Listener-supported, non-commercial, non-profit radio from Bridgeport, CT. wpkn.org
- Donnelly Colt – Progressive resources: sustainably made posters, post cards, buttons, stickers, banners, flags and more. donnellycolt.com
- Doshin’s Awakened Heart – Feeding the hungry in NY’s Ulster, Columbia & Greene counties. doshinsawakenedheart.com
- Eagle Ray Traders – Quality, hand batiked clothing made in Bali and Indonesia. eagleraytraders.com
- Earthwares – Husband and wife team from Florida. He makes scroll saw work pictures, boxes, earrings, and cigar box instruments; she makes aprons, hats, purses and stuffed critters.
- Eat More Kale – Vermont’s original design, hand printed tee shirts. Eatmorekale.com
- Faerie Fyne – Face and body artistry design by Majalehn: henna, face painting, and temporary tattoos, plus hair tinsels, feathers, parasols, garlands and masques.
- General Store – Forget something back home? Drop by the general store for camp necessities.
- Green Mtn. Energy Co. – Info on their 100% pollution free electricity, wind and sun power made in the USA, including NY State. greenmountainenergy.com
- Indigo Moon – Ethically traded clothing, bags, backpacks, hoodies, tapestries and blankets.
- Leslie Gray/Michael Jordan – Clothing and bags designed by the owners, made from recycled and hand processed silks, brocades and other fabrics from India, Thailand and Indonesia. Ethnic style jewelry.
- LightWing Designs – Original hand cut, recycled glass and sterling jewelry made in original designs
- Living Foods by Ben – Ben creates organic raw snacks using local ingredients whenever possible, packaged from camping and festival snacking convenience. Flow ring toys.
- Magic Forest Studio – Hand made in Maine, stained glass wind chimes, sun catchers and jewelry, embellished with wire and beads. Little critters and jewelry made from scrap glass.
- Mexica Crafts – Handmade leather crafts – boots, mocs, purses, hats & hair ties, all reflecting the family’s Aztec culture. Mexicacrafts.com
- Mosiac Paintings by Lennie – Handmade cards, prints, and paintings by your favorite former Metal Magic tin can lights creator.
- New York State Parks – Explore the local Taconic Region of NY! Learn more about safe and enjoyable recreational and interpretive opportunities for NY residents and visitors.
- One Kind Boutique – Upcycled, handmade baby swings, tote bags, neck coolers, and hula hoops. Original artwork, etched glasses, vintage clothing and decor.
- Pacha Mama – Native American (Southern and Northern) arts and crafts, musical instruments and tapestries, dream catchers, Alpaka stone jewelry, clothing and bags brought to you by Cesar, a master weaver, and his sister. Visit their shop in Woodstock, NY. pachamamashop.com
- Peace Soap – Handmade natural vegan soaps, crafted by the owner in Sea Cliff, NY. Bug repellant, lip balm, shea butter, peace catchers, peace warrior bracelets. Knowpeacesoap.com
- Primitive Technologies – Jeff recreates the material culture of prehistoric Native American life. Wood fired pottery and masks, bark and gourd work, flint knapped items, stone, bone, feather, shell and antique trade bead jewelry. primitivetechnologies.com
- Rainbow Kids – Hand dyed clothing and accessories for people of all ages from newborn to adult 3XL, using organic and conventional cotton. rainbowkidstiedye.etsy.com
- RC Sales – Rope and deck chairs, love seats and fold outs. airchair.net
- Rural Literacy Project of North Adams, MA – Works to expand literacy in Latin America. Volunteers make Massai design spiral bead, seed bead and tin cutout jewelry, organic recycled paper mobiles, and re-used belts.
- The Transient Design – East meets west clothing using linen (flax), hemp, cotton and hand dyed and woven textiles. “Ethical production, pay it forward profits.” thetransientdesign.com
- Voices Café – The music of freedom combines with the actions of social justice during folk music performances at the Voices Café in Westport, CT. voicescafe.org
- Wild Ravens – Hand dyed, hand screened art garments and accessories, all with the owner’s original designs. Wildravens.net
- Women’s Peace Collection – Fair trade, high quality crafts made by women in twelve countries around the world, who are paid a fair wage, are treated ethically, using eco-friendly methods that promote environmental sustainability. womenspeacecollection.com
- WFUV Radio 90.7 FM – New York’s source for music discovery has been a noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University for more than 70 years. WFUV has received national recognition for its unique weekday format, music and news. wfuv.org