Glowtide: A Festival at the Edge of Evening is a celebration of light, wonder, and belonging. Set in the golden dusk of the Catskills and unfolding across one enchanted weekend, this is more than a festival—it’s a gathering of the curious, the radiant, and the quietly unusual. We are building a liminal village where the last sunbeams shimmer into lantern glow, and time stretches out just a little longer so we can find each other.

This is a place for those who’ve always felt slightly sideways to the world. A place for costume alchemists, dreamers, clockmakers of the improbable, and anyone who’s ever peered through a sundown mirror and wondered what might be waiting on the other side. You don’t need to be anyone but yourself here—though if you’ve longed to become something a bit more marvelous, that’s welcome too. Bring your brightest wonder. Bring your threadbare stories. Bring your not-quite-logical joy. We’re saving you a seat at the table.

From late afternoon into moonrise, Glowtide hums with color and connection. There will be music and immersive art, peculiar games and shadowlit spectacles; a golden-gradient of vendors offering wares both curious and beautiful; tea-time rituals, mirror-lit walkways, and places to spin into strangeness or rest under stars. Whether you come for the revelry or the quiet corners, the sparkle or the stillness, there will be something here that feels like just right.

Every part of Glowtide is built with intention. We are not a corporate spectacle. We are a handcrafted event sewn together by people who care—by storytellers, builders, and mischief-makers with glitter on their fingers and clocks in their hearts. Our stages are intimate, our performers bring magic you can reach out and touch, and our vendors are chosen not just for their skill, but for the wonder they carry.

We draw inspiration from sundials, prisms, riddles, and impossible timepieces. From Alice’s tea party to the forest paths of stories half-remembered, Glowtide lives in the golden gap between what was and what comes next. We believe in presence over polish. We believe that brightness doesn’t have to shout. And we believe that something truly extraordinary happens when the day leans into the night and no one quite knows the rules.

Come to the Catskills this August and be part of something rare: a festival that feels like falling into a dream just one degree to the left of real. Come glow with us.