Things to do, places to eat, shows to see, places to stay in Madison County, NY      

The headline is 24 hours premature, but you get the point. Say goodbye to April showers and hello to May.  Right on cue the weather for this weekend is supposed to be in the 70's and 80's.  Perfect for getting out and enjoying Central New York.  Here are a few options for fun this weekend in Madison County.  For a full list of events, check out our events page.
1. The Spring Migration Nature Art Festival at the Great Swamp Conservancy in Canastota is a great family and art lover's event this weekend. Madison County's only Nature Center, the Great Swamp, has been hosting this event for 11 years now.
2. The Hamilton Farmer's Market opens this weekend with lots of fresh meats, crafts, baked goods and more.  Make sure to make the farmer's markets a weekly stop and support home grown food and businesses.
3. The Palace Theater in Hamilton will host Simple Gifts on Saturday.  The show starts at 3:00pm Tickets are $10 (public) and $7 (students and seniors) THE CASHORE MARIONETTES are unmatched in artistry, grace and refinement of movement, internationally acclaimed and redefining the art of puppetry. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, beautiful classical music, theatrical illusion, and artistic insight, the original vignettes presented in Simple Gifts provide an entertaining and sensitive vision of what it is to be human.
We will look at two more events after the jump.

4.  The String Quartet from the Syracuse Sympony Orchestra will be performing in Cazenovia this weekend.  Cazenovia College will present the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra String Quartet with John Friedrichs, clarinet, in a program featuring the Mozart Clarinet Quintet (for clarinet and strings), at 2 p.m., in the Catherine Cummings Theatre at Cazenovia College. General admission: $5. Tickets may be purchased at the door or at Cazenovia Jewelry.
5. Looks for the Frogs of Spring in Cazenovia with the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation's nature series on Saturday at 7:30 pm  in Stone Quarry Hill Art Park – Secret Garden parking area.   Peep, trill, snore! What is all that noise at night? Discover the local amphibians that serenade us to sleep. We’ll search for them along the edges of ponds with Colgate biology and environmental studies professor Tim McCay. Wear boots and bring a flashlight.