Photos: Lake George Winter Carnival 2025 opening day
Lake George Winter Carnival 2025 kicked off Saturday under sunny skies with air temperatures well below freezing. “We are so excited,” said Carnival Committee Co-Chair … Read more
Lake George Winter Carnival
Lake George Winter Carnival’s Week 1 schedule features outhouses and chili
A blast of Arctic air and fresh snowfall has created wintery conditions just in time for the 2025 Lake George Winter Carnival. The Carnival kicks … Read more
Lake George 2024 Winter Carnival to open with ceremony, outhouses, and chili
After an unusually warm start to the year, two back-to-back snowstorms have transformed the Lake George region into a winter wonderland. The forecast going into … Read more
Lake George ‘Lites up’ with music, parade, fireworks and thousands of holiday lights
Thousands of people gathered in Lake George’s Shepard Park Saturday evening for the annual Lite up the Village celebration. The event kicked off at 3 … Read more
Photos: Winter Carnival 2023 closes with ice cream, ponies and karaoke
The 2023 Lake George Winter Carnival opened the first weekend of February with brutally cold temperatures and icy winds. Four weekends later, on closing day, … Read more
Lake George Winter Carnival Paint & Sip packs the house at Blue Thirty-Two
The Lake George Winter Carnival Committee adds something new every year, expanding the roster of activities to engage people with a broad range of interests. … Read more
Lake George Winter Carnival 2023 kicks off with an Arctic blast
Once Friday’s gusty winds calmed, temperatures plunging to 20-below zero froze up the surface of Lake George, and at noon on Saturday, Feb. 4, Lake … Read more
Lake George Ice Castles announces opening date
The Ice Castles attraction at the Festival Commons in Lake George will open for the season Monday, February 6 at 4 p.m., Ice Castles announced … Read more
Photos: Lake George New Year’s Day Polar Plunge 2023
More than 800 people rushed into Lake George and quickly rushed back out this New Year’s Day for Polar Plunge 2023 at Shepard Park Beach. … Read more
The year that was: Lake George 2022 in photos
2022 saw the nation slowly emerge from pandemic shutdowns. Although Lake George and Adirondack tourism remained strong in 2020 and 2021, concerts and festivals were … Read more
Winter Carnival 2022: “We are so excited to be back!”
The Lake George Winter Carnival 2022 kicked off Saturday, February 5, with opening ceremonies in Shepard Park. “I would like to welcome you all out … Read more
Lake George ushers in the holidays with lights, music, fireworks and a parade
The crowd numbered in the thousands Saturday evening in Shepard Park as the Village of Lake George welcomed the 2021 holiday season with the 23rd … Read more
Ice Castles to rise in Lake George this winter
Thousands of icicles, hand-sculpted and arranged by a team of artists, will form a glittering, LED-lit display of caverns, tunnels, slides, fountains and towers reaching … Read more
Photos: Winter Carnival 2020 closes with pond hockey and chicken wings
The 59th Annual Lake George Winter Carnival wraps-up this weekend with two days of on- and off-ice activities. Although the fickle weather forced organizers to … Read more
Photos: Lake George Winter Carnival Presidents Day Weekend
The Lake George Winter Carnival 2020 opened for its third weekend with bitterly cold temperatures that came a little too late to support The Electric … Read more
Lake George Winter Carnival 2020 draws crowd for opening day
The 2020 Lake George Winter Carnival kicked-off Saturday with Opening Ceremonies in Shepard Park. A warm January left only a dusting of snow on the … Read more
Winter Carnival 2020 Snowball Gala to feature music, dancing, food and auctions
Despite the mild temperatures and spring-like winds of this week’s January thaw, the Winter Carnival Committee is moving full speed ahead with plans for the … Read more
4×4 drags, car races and chicken wings bring crowd to Lake George Winter Carnival Finale weekend
The line for the chicken wing cook-off began to form at 11:30 Saturday morning, Feb. 23, starting at the Shepard Park stage and curving up … Read more