Hardscrabble Cider

Out on the farmCider Nights, picking and the lights

The taproom sits in the middle of a working farm with a calendar of its own. Summer Fridays are ours: live bands, wood-fired pizza and cider until 9. The rest of the year belongs to the orchard.

This weekend: apple picking
Pepperoni pizza and a pint at sunset on a Cider Night

The farm yearpick a season

These are run by Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard, the farm the taproom stands on. Dates and tickets are on their site.

This weekend

Last chance to pick apples

Sat & Sun, Nov 7–8 · 10 am – 3 pm

Apples are still on the trees, so the farm squeezes in one more weekend of picking. No admission; bags on sale on site. North Salem residents get one free bag with a state ID showing a North Salem address. Picking pop-up only: no Fall Festival or pumpkin patch.

Harvest Moon

Returning Sept 2027

Fall Festival

Weekends, September & October · 9 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin patch, apple picking (bags sold separately), BBQ, hot cider donuts and live music. The store and taproom are for ticket holders only, 9 am – 6 pm.

Returning fall 2027

Mystic Moon

Returning fall 2027

Wonder instead of fright: a 40-minute moonlit walk where 80-year-old oaks glow under uplighting and an eccentric witch's mischief has transformed the woods.

Fridays · 5 – 9 pm · May to mid-September

Cider
Nights

The way summer weekends start in North Salem: a local band on the patio, pizza out of the wood-fired oven, Hardscrabble on tap and the orchard going gold behind the picnic tables.

  • Live music from local bands
  • Wood-fired pizza
  • Hardscrabble cider, craft beer & specialty drinks
The 2026 season is a wrap. Thank you! Cider Nights return in May 2027.
Picnic tables full on a summer Cider Night
Wood-fired pepperoni pizza and a cider at sunset
Pizza on a barrel under the string lights of the pavilion

Your own partyApril through August

Birthdays, showers, team days: book the outdoor bar, the covered patio and the country-style picnic tables on a 65-acre working farm, an hour from Manhattan and minutes from Metro-North. No events in September and October, when the orchard belongs to apple pickers.

Long tables set for a shower under the covered patio
The greenhouse under string lights, full of guests