New Netherland Marketplace: Living History Event 2026
Saturday June 13th, 2026 10:00 am to 5:00 pm & Sunday June 14th, 2026 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Historic Huguenot Street is excited to announce the 5th annual "New Netherland Marketplace: Living History Event."
Throughout this event, visitors will discover Lenape Delaware, Black, and European presenters sharing their craftsmanship and culture, and portraying life in mid-17th century New Netherland. This year’s weekend-long event will be taking place on Saturday, June 13th, 2026 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, and on Sunday, June 14th, 2026 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Members of the federally recognized Lenape Delaware communities, which currently reside in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Ontario, will be returning to their sacred homelands to portray the life of their ancestors and their economic relationship with the European settlers. Their camp will have ongoing open fire cooking, cordage making, bow shooting, flintknapping, arrow making, and hide tanning demonstrations throughout the weekend. Each day, representatives will offer a cultural stomp dance demonstration, in which visitor participation is encouraged. North American Dingos, also known as the Carolina dog, will be present and used to discuss Eastern Woodland hunting traditions and more.
Living historians portraying European merchants, performers, and craftspeople will offer demonstrations on woodworking, hearth cooking, tailoring, wampum making, spinning wool, and more. This year’s marketplace will include displays of camp gear and furs, clothing, wooden bowls, children’s toys, and other items for sale. Musicians will regularly perform to crowds and, just like years past, children and adults alike will line up to enjoy a classic Dutch folktale via a raree show, an exhibition of pictures and objects viewed through a small hole in a box. Scheduled programming will include demonstrations on 17th century martial arts and cutlass fighting, a quack show, and a portrayal of Adriaen van der Donck.
Members from the group "Inalienable Rights," the Living History arm of The Slave Dwelling Project, will present the lives and histories of some of the colony’s first enslaved people. Brick making demonstrations, open fire cooking, and dynamic presentations will provide evidence of the incredible contributions, skill, and traditions that the enslaved community brought to the early colony amidst the brutal conditions they faced daily.
This event is free and open to the public.
Historic Huguenot Street is thrilled to have received an Award for Excellence from Greater Hudson Heritage Network for the New Netherland Marketplace: Living History Event.
Guided Historic House Tours
Register for a Guided Historic House Tour during the New Netherland Marketplace event.
Historic House Tours are available at 10:30 AM, 11: 30 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:30 PM, and 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 13th and Sunday, June 14th. Tours last approximately one hour and guide attendees through the Esopus Munsee replica wigwam, the European community's original burying ground, the reconstructed 1717 French Church, and the 1721 Jacob (Jean) Hasbrouck House.
General Admission: $15
Discounted Admission (for HHS members, seniors, students and children under 13): $12
Free Admission for veterans, active military members and their families, SUNY New Paltz Students and Children 6 and under.
Note: This link is for all guided tours throughout the week of June 10th-June 14th. To take a tour during this event, choose a tour time on either June 13th or June 14th.
Schedule of Events
10:00 AM
Event opens to the public
10:45 AM
Bells & Motley Olden Music (45 mins)
Location: TBD
The duo of John and Sondra Bromka will be entertaining with their lively presentations of 17th century music that was played in the Netherlands, featuring their large collection of rare period instruments, including the hurdy gurdy, harp, hammered dulcimer, period fiddles, cittern, early bagpipes, and a rare 5’ tall tromba marina. Program followed by Q&A.
11:45 AM
Meister Clyster’s Marvelous Medical Mysteries (25 mins)
Location: Pine Grove Stage
Come see New Netherland's premier quack doctor and learn how 17th century European colonists looked after their health in this half educational, half quack medical show that is sure to delight and confound.
1:00 PM
Cultural Stomp Dance performed by Lenape Delaware Members
Location: Replica Esopus Munsee Wigwam
The stomp dance is a call and response, sung by a leader and answered by the men, with women “shaking” shells to provide the rhythmic accompaniment. The dancers move around a fire in a counter-clockwise motion dancing to the song. The steps are a “shuffling” or “stomping” motion, similar to that of marching.
The dance originated with Southern tribes as part of their Green Corn Ceremonies. The tradition was shared and spread from community to community, eventually making its way to Northern cultures, like the Lenape. The Lenape stomp dance is a purely social dance with no religious connotations.
1:45 PM
Swords in the Street: Keeping the Peace in 17th century New Netherland (45 mins)
Location: TBD
When European colonists transported their lives and cultures to the Americas, they also brought their fighting traditions with them. Come learn about the martial arts of the 17th century Hudson Valley as De Beverwijck Zvaardfechters demonstrates non-lethal English and Dutch wrestling, knife-fighting, and swordplay techniques of the period used to keep the peace in the face of interpersonal colonial violence.
2:30 PM
Bells & Motley Olden Music (45 mins)
Location: TBD
The duo of John and Sondra Bromka play an encore of their 17th century music performance.
3:15 PM
A Native Sympathizer: The story of Adriaen van der Donck (1 hour Saturday/45mins Sunday)
Location: Pine Grove Stage
Join Rick Vanden Heuvel, living historian, and Justin Wexler, local historian and ethnoecologist, as they delve into the legacy of the 'Jonkier,' his life and his writings on the native peoples of the 'river that flows both ways.’
5:00 PM Saturday/4:00 PM Sunday
Event concludes
Meet the Demonstrators
Click on the image below to read each demonstrator’s biography.
New for 2026! From the Ground Up Food Truck will be serving lunch options made from locally sourced ingredients, hand-crafted to satisfy the whole family!
Click here for their menu!
event Information and Visitor Policies
This event may portray and interpret historical topics such as colonialism, slavery, racial discrimination, weaponry, and martial arts in the 17th century. Parental supervision is required for children under 13.
Please note that live animals will be present and used for interpretive and educational purposes throughout this event.
Live sheep will be fenced and supervised by handlers. Additionally, two North American Dingos, also known as the Carolina dog, will be present and will remain leashed.
Proof of appropriate vaccinations for all animals have been submitted to HHS.
If you intend on bringing your own dog to this event, they must remain leashed at all times.
By attending this event, you agree to be photographed, and possibly filmed, by HHS staff, as well as partnership content creators. Photos and videos taken may be used by HHS and its partners for future marketing and promotional purposes.
Photos and videos taken by attendees must strictly be for personal use only, and not professional marketing.
Filming of the Cultural Stomp Dance by Lenape Delaware Members is strictly prohibited. Photography is accepted.
No flash photography is allowed in the historic structures. Food and beverage are not allowed on tours of the historic houses. Please do not touch, sit, or lean on anything in the historic houses, unless you are explicitly told you may do so.
Event attendees may not consume food prepared by the event’s demonstrators. Please do not touch, sit, or lean on any of the reenactors’ props or personal items unless you are explicitly told you may do so.
Historic Huguenot Street grounds are open from dawn to dusk.
If you have any questions about the event, the historic house tours, or the site's accessibility, please feel free to email info@huguenotstreet.org
HHS Site Map and Parking
Public parking is available in the lots labeled with a "P" on the map above.
IT IS WITH GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE LEARNING, SPEAKING, AND GATHERING ON THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE MUNSEE LENAPE PEOPLE, WHO ARE INDIGENOUS TO THIS LAND. WE PAY HONOR AND RESPECT TO THEIR ANCESTORS, PAST AND PRESENT, AS WE AT HISTORIC HUGUENOT STREET ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE SPACE FOR ALL.
HISTORIC HUGUENOT STREET CONTINUALLY INCREASES ITS EFFORTS TO CONSULT WITH THESE AFFILIATED NATIVE NATIONS AND ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION THROUGH THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS, archival RESEARCH, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE LENAPE PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND THE PRESERVATION WORK taking place IN THEIR SACRED HOMELANDS, PLEASE VISIT THESE ONLINE RESOURCES:
Delaware Nation
Delaware Nation at Moraviantown
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Munsee-Delaware Nation
Six Nations of the Grand River
Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians
“New Netherland Marketplace: Living History Event” has been developed in partnership with Caesar’s Ford Theatre and Wild Hudson Valley.
Historic Huguenot Street’s programs are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
