The Edinburg Historical Society is planning our two annual festivals and want to invite vendors and crafters to participate. Please fill out this [2020 EHS events vendor application form]. Forms can be emailed to aponi@frontiernet.net with the subject “EHS Vendor Application” in the title — or mailed to George and Andrea Blackwood, 4 Morris Road, Edinburg, NY 12134. For more information, contact George and Andrea Blackwood, 518 863-6772.

A 10% commission of sales is asked as a donation to help defray costs associated with these events.

HISTORIC EDINBURG DAY – Saturday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is a community-wide event held up the hill from the Great Sacandaga Lake at the Edinburg Four Corners and along North Shore Road. There are free horse and wagon rides, two museums with demonstrations in spinning, knitting, weaving, period exhibits and a maple syrup demonstration, plus an old wood working tool shop. A bake sale is held in the Rural Museum and the Arts and Crafts Show is set up on the grounds outside the Rural Museum. Set up time for vendors starts at 9:00 a.m. There is something for everybody. The only covered bridge in Saratoga County, Copeland Covered Bridge, is just down the road. Edinburg boasts two historic churches built in the 1800s as well. Refreshments will be available.

EDINBURG FALL FESTIVAL – Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Fall Festival also has free horse and wagon rides and demonstrations at the Rural Museum. Homemade soups and chili will be served. The Society is having a bake sale at the Rural Museum and the Arts and Crafts booths are set up outside the Rural Museum. Attendees can visit the Covered Copeland Bridge, 35 feet long and the only NYS queen post truss bridge in Saratoga County. It sits over Beecher’s Creek and is beautiful in the fall. Cross over the Batchellerville Bridge, one of the longest steel bridge spans in upstate NY. Folks can park and walk over the bridge. Vendors can set up at 9:00 a.m.