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Upcoming Events

Indigenous Music & Arts Festival

 two Haudenosaunee dancers on either side of Derek Miller and Gary Farmer
Saturday & Sunday | July 26-27, 2025
10 AM - 6 PM

Experience the 2025 Indigenous Music & Arts Festival, featuring award-winning musician Derek Miller(Mohawk) and actor/blues icon Gary Farmer (Cayuga), alongside Haudenosaunee social dancing, storytelling, and our special guests; artists and performers from the Myaamiaki - Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Enjoy artist demonstrations, a Native American Arts Market, children’s activities, raffles, Indigenous cuisine, live interviews, and guided gallery and walking trail tours. Celebrate culture, creativity, and connection at this unforgettable event!


See the festival event page for full details and schedule.

Price:

Free Admission (donations welcome)

Location:

Ganondagan State Historic Site

Bark Longhouse Closes for the Season

Bark Longhouse at Ganondagan on a sunny summer day
Friday | October 31, 2025
10 AM - 4 PM

Our Seneca Bark Longhouse provides opportunities to educate visitors about Haudenosaunee life and culture, both in the 17th century and the present. It is open seasonaly May-October. October 31st is the last day to visit the Bark Longhouse for the 2025 season, it will re-open on May 1st, 2026.

Price:

Included with admission

Location:

Ganondagan State Historic Site

Wellness Programs

Our partners offer wellness classes located on the beautiful grounds of Ganondagan. 

Yoga at Ganondagan

A group of people practicing yoga outdoors in a field at Ganondagan
Monday, Wednesday, & Fridays | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Classes are located at the Grasslands Yoga Circle off Rt 444 (park in the lot across from the Silverton Glenn development-take a right down the path and then at the fork follow the left path up the hill to the circle). During inclement weather classes will take place indoors at the Seneca Art & Culture Center auditorium. No pre-registration needed. Bring your own mat, props, water bottle.


For questions regarding Alison's classes, call or text (585)-295-3994

Location: 

Grasslands Yoga Circle off Rt 444 


Inclement Weather Location:

Seneca Art & Culture Center

Free/Donation based to help support Friends of Ganondagan with a sliding scale of $5-$20

Autumn Taiji & Qigong at Ganondagan with Dr. Kathy Gill

Close up of three peoples arms as they do Tai Chi outside
Tuesdays | 11 AM - 11:45 AM

Series Dates: August 26 - December 9. No class on: October 21, October 28, and November 11.


Participants should wear comfortable clothing and shoes

The ancient practices of Tai Chi and Qi gong combine slow, deliberate movements, meditation, and breathing exercises bringing relaxation, peace and balance to mind, body and spirit and can also send that same energy out in all directions to all beings. Join us for a series of classes that introduces people to the first several movements of a Yang-style form. Taiji quan and qigong practice is suitable for experienced players and people new to the concepts.


Instructor: Master Kathleen M. Gill, Ph.D. is a retired clinical psychologist with forty years of experience in stress management and health promotion. She was granted the title in 2014 by her Grandmaster William C. C. Chen. She tells her clients and students that the best method of relaxation is the one you practice every day - and taiji quan (Tai Chi) and qigong is that method for her.


Questions - Please contact Kathy kmgillphd@aol.com

Location:

In cold or rain, Taiji will take place indoors - Meet inside front door of Seneca Art & Culture Center, class will take place in the auditorium 


During warmer weather, Taiji will take place outdoors behind the Seneca Art & Culture Center, up the hill, by the apple tree

Free - Sliding scale, suggested donation of $5 - $15 in support of Friends of Ganondagan

Sunset Yoga on the Grassland

A group of people doing yoga in a field
Wednesdays | 7 PM

Sunset Yoga on the Grasslands with Victor Yoga Studio. Parking in small lot "Seneca Trail" parking on Rte 444 across from Silverton Glen. Take a right down the path and then at the fork follow the left path up the hill to the circle. Bring your own mat, props, water bottle.


Pre-registration required through Victor Yoga Studio. https://www.victoryogastudio.com


Location:

Grasslands Yoga Circle off Rt 444

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