Annual Events

(see calendar for current dates)

  • Summer picnic on school grounds. Garden tour around village.

  • Winter pot-luck dinner at fire hall. Guest speaker and slide show afterward. Children’s activities before dinner.

  • Harvest Festival in the fall at church and school on a Saturday afternoon. Children’s parade, yard sale, bake sale, local arts and crafts for sale. Music, chicken barbeque, ice cream.

  • Community Thanksgiving dinner at, and hosted by, the Methodist Church.

  • Summer recreation program (full- and partial-day) for Dryden-area kids, ages 5 to 12. July – August (6 – 8 weeks). Sponsored by Tompkins County Youth Services and the Freeville Community Council. Contact Stephanie McConnell at Freeville Village Hall (844-8301; e-mail: villagefreeville@frontiernet.net).

  • Saturday chicken barbeques next to the Post Office, spring to fall.


Intermittent Events

  • Dedications and openings

  • Open houses and historical displays at village hall

  • Centennial and bi-centennial celebrations

  • Community information meetings