Fleas come to Roscoe for a day of music, food, fun

By Manor Ink Staff

Roscoe, NY – This hamlet’s Firemen’s Field was the site of an outdoor gathering that featured music, food and fine crafted items on Saturday, Aug. 16. The weather cooperated, and the day-long event was attended by hundreds.

Called the Flea Valley Festival, the event was organized by Maria Muller, a Roscoe native. She was inspired by spirit of the original Woodstock festival to bring creative people together to collaborate after many months of distancing and isolation.

“I just always wished that I could have been there,” Muller told WJFF of the 1969 event. “So I said to some of my musician friends, ‘What if you guys come to Roscoe and play some music in my field?’ And then it just kind of snowballed from there.”

Among those musicians were Sarah Gross, Nude Party, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Brother Moses and others. Thirty-plus vendors, including Livingston Manor’s Jitterbug, Taylor & Ace and The Long Weekend, offered handcrafted items and curios. Food and refreshment were provided by the Catskill Food Truck, Sunshine Colony Wine and Forthright Cyder, among others.

At the close of the festival, many attendees expressed the hope that it will become an annual Sullivan County event.

Flea Gallery

Here are a few scenes from from Roscoe’s first-ever Flea Valley Festival, held on Aug. 16.