What A Hoot!
Brought to you by the Village of Coxsackie
What a Hoot! Festival 2024
We're Back 2024!
Click here for tickets to this year's auction!
Click to Purchase Auction Tickets.
Or you can purchase tickets in town at the West Coxsackie branch of The National Bank of Coxsackie, the Village Office, Coxsackie Town Hall, Bank of Greene County (West Coxsackie Branch), Country Armory, and every Wednesday at the Farmer's Market (see Eileen Goble.)
Are you ready for a fresh new What a Hoot! Festival this year? We are! Sponsors have been chosen, artists have been selected, and work is underway in artists' studios across the county and multiple states! The owls will be perched around Coxsackie starting around Memorial Day weekend, and will stay on their perches until a few days before our owl auction at The Wire Event Center on Sunday, September 29 from 1-4pm. Keep your eyes out for news of the owls on our Facebook and Instagram pages, and of course here on the website. We look forward to having you post photos of yourselves with your favorite owls! Be sure to see them all!
We also have miniature owls for you to order and decorate for yourselves! A part of the proceeds from the sale of these owls goes to the What a Hoot! committee to be used toward expenses for the festival. The miniature owls are approximately 7" tall, by about 4" wide at the base. We've shown a sample here with Ellen De Lucia's owl "Liberty" from 2018. They are $39 each plus shipping. Order mini owl here!
Raffle Drawing
What is What A Hoot!?
Who created it?
Who are the sponsors?
Who are the artists?
Why owls?
Timeline
Below is our timeline of events for our 2024 What a Hoot! Festival.
Artist and Sponsor Packets Available
See the downloads tab.
Sponsor Packet and Payment Deadline
All individuals and businesses interested in being an owl sponsor must return packets and payment by November 1st.
Artist Sketch Deadline
The deadline for artists to submit an owl sketch with all accompanying paperwork.
Selection Reception date
Sponsors will choose their owl/artists at this reception open to artists and sponsors only.
Notification of Artists Selected Date
Artists will be notified that they have been selected by a sponsor, and will pick up their owl to begin work. This date is approximate.
Completed Owls Deadline
This is the firm deadline for artists to return their finished owls. They will then be sent for clear-coating.
2024 Owls Out on Perches
We hope to get all owls on their perches by Memorial Day Weekend.
Gala and Auction 1-4pm
Our auction will take place at The Wire Event Center, downtown Coxsackie
Artists
Our artists hail from right here in Coxsackie, to neighboring towns in the Capital Region. Keep an eye out in 2024 when we'll be looking for artists to submit their sketches!
Sponsors
Our sponsors donate $500 each for the honor of sponsoring one of our beautiful owls. With that tax-deductible donation comes credit on the owl's name plaque. The money covers the cost of a primed owl, its mounting brackets, shipping, weather protection, artists supply fee, and promotion of the festival. Our owls wouldn't be possible without our very generous sponsors!
Supporters
The Hoot of the Owl Committee is inviting you to be part of the celebration, too. Won’t you please become a What a Hoot! Supporter? Your donation will help Coxsackie’s festival soar by providing much needed funding for promotion, thereby ensuring success. While promoting What a Hoot!, the committee will also give you and your business recognition through social media and extensive advertising. We do hope that you will join us.
- What a Hoot
PO Box 148
Coxsackie, New York 12051 - (518) 731-2718