Register to attend the: Oakwood Cemetery Twilight Tour 

Friend of Oakwood Cemetery docent will guide you on an evening walk through the grounds.  You'll hear fascinating stories at the gravesites of early Troy residents and visit Uncle Sam's grave, a waterfall and the Hudson River overlook.  

Your registration supports Friends of Oakwood Cemetery in caring for the grounds, restoring markers, and keeping this historic resting place welcoming and accessible for all who visit.

Meet at the Gardiner Earl Chapel. 

This event is currently canceled to to impending rain. We are trying to reschedule this event for later in the fall. please check back then.

Set among the trees and historic monuments of Oakwood Cemetery. Enjoy live music in a peaceful setting.  5 bands:  Sham Bow, Deb Zep, Troy Samba, David Morelli and Christina Desmond, and Psycho Mutton Chops will be playing throughout the cemetery at different times and places.

When you arrive stop by the Gardner Earl Chapel and get your map of the band schedules and performance locations.

Your registration supports Friends of Oakwood Cemetery in caring for the grounds, restoring markers, and keeping this historic resting place welcoming and accessible for all who visit. 🌳

 The Rain date for this event will be the following Saturday July 25, 2026.

This event has been cancelled due to rain. Please join us for one or more of the other upcoming events and then join us next year as we host the Colonie Town Band in Owakwood Cemetery.

Click here for additional Colonie Town Band information. Check out the Friends of Oakwood Facebook Page for event updates.

Click to Register your child: Children's Fishing Contest

Cast a line with us on Father’s Day Eve for our Children’s Fishing Contest 🎣. All young anglers! Test your luck at Oakwood’s 1st Fishing Contest. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Fish will be measured, recorded and then released back into the lake.

Watch out for our resident snapping turtles, because they are not friendly!  Meet at the Earl Chapel & Drive to the lake.

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Welcome Summer & Celebrate the Strawberry Moon!

Sound Event at the Earl.

Reserve Your Spot

Come together as a community to welcome and celebrate Summer and the Stawberry Moon, with a peaceful, relaxing, grounding, balancing, renewing and revitalizing Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation.

Celebrate the coming "Strawberry Moon" with complimentary organic strawberries served at the event.

Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation

Register for: Mausoleum Tour

The Family Mausoleums Tour is a walking and driving tour lead by Oakwood Volunteer Terry Rooney.  He will lead our guests on a tour of several of these opulent mausoleums, Tibbits, Tracy, Vail, Mc Conihe Thompson, Cannon, Paine, Sage, Griswold, Hart, Green.  He will showcase their histories, the personalities and the unique architecture of these revered mausoleums. 

Meet at the Gardner Earl Chapel.

On June 6 , 2026 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM as part, of the 06/06 & 06/07 What’s Out There Weekend (WOTW) Friends of Oakwood Cemetery will include a free tour of the Oakwood Cemetery Grounds. Heidi Klinowski will be the expert leading this tour.

If you would like more information about any of the other two dozen tours being held this weekend please check out the WOTW Upper Hudson website.

Registration for all WOTW tours are free, but required. If you would like to register for the Oakwood Cemetery tour, please click the following link, then be prepared to click the orange Reserve a spot button. And finally look for the Oakwood Cemetery | 6/6 10:00am tour to add your information.

The Tour will begin at the at the Gardner Earl Chapel, which can be found at the 186 Oakwood Avenue Troy, NY cemetery entrance.

Unplug & Connect to Inner Peace:  Sound Event at the Earl

Click to Reserve Your Spot for the gift of peace and serenity with a peaceful, relaxing, grounding, balancing, renewing and revitalizing Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation. You are invited to unplug and connect to inner peace & serenity and honor Earth Day with a grounding, peaceful, relaxing, renewing & revitalizing Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation.

Register: Civil War Tour

Step into Oakwood Cemetery’s Civil War history 🎫We are thrilled to welcome back local historian Michael Barrett, so please join our guided Civil War Tour and walk the grounds where soldiers, nurses, and local leaders are laid to rest. Hear their stories and learn how the war shaped our community.

Meet at the Chapel flagpole. This is a A Walking and Driving Tour.

Register: For Spring Bird Walk Tour

Join us for a quiet spring bird walk 🐦🌿 through historic Oakwood Cemetery.  All levels of birders including beginners are welcome on this easy stroll. We’ll listen and look for colorful migrants like orioles and warblers. If you’ve never seen a Bluebird this could be your chance! Bring binoculars & wear sturdy shoes. A few loaner binoculars may be available. Clint Anglin, Naomi Jaffe and Heidi Klinowski will lead this annual rite of Spring.   Meet at the Chapel flagpole.

Sorry this event is currently Sold Out.

Relax with some tea and an assortment of delicious confections in the exquisite ’gorgeous room’ of the Gardner Earl Chapel. You’ll be surrounded by the rich jewel colors of  stained glass windows and intricate marble mosaics.

A mini – history of the chapel will complete the day.                            

Reservations:  Please call (518) 328-0090 to make a reservation.  Register with the number in your party. Each table accommodates 4 people.  $25.00 per person. If you get an answering machine please leave a call back number. 

Resigster at: Troy, Lansingburgh, Oakwood Cemetery Trivia Night

How well do you know Troy, Lansingburgh, and Oakwood Cemetery? Bring a team or come as an individual. Play to win  prizes and enjoy light munchies while volunteer Richard Dauchy tests your knowledge of 175 years of Oakwood.

Cost $20.00. Held in the Historic Earl Gardiner Chapel

Unplug & Connect to

Inner Peace: 

Sound Event at the Earl

Give Yourself the gift of peace and serenity with a peaceful, relaxing, grounding, balancing, renewing and revitalizing Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation. You are invited to unplug and connect to inner peace & serenity and honor Earth Day with a grounding, peaceful, relaxing, renewing & revitalizing Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation.

Register at: Oakwood Cemetery Double Chapel Tour

This 2 - for - 1 tour begins at the Warren Chapel, where Christie Fronhofer will tell you about the generations of  Warrens who helped shape life in Troy from the Revolutionary War to the 1990s. You’ll get a rare glimpse of the interior of this once privately owned mausoleum. Then the tour continues at the breathtaking Earl Chapel with Heidi Klinowski who will tell the story of the young man who inspired this magnificent example of Victorian splendor.

This tour costs $20.00.  This event begins at the Warren Chapel, so please park near the Warren Chapel.

Historian and Oakwood volunteer Joseph Pyle presents: Oakwood Cemetery- A Troy Centric Perspective on the Rural Cemetery Movement.

Register at: Troy Centric Perspective on the Rural Cemetery Movement

Joe Pyle starts by discussing public and family burial grounds in Troy and the US Rural Cemetery movement.  Joe continues by sharing his research on Colonel Derrick Lane, a fighter in the Revolutionary War, who now lies in Oakwood Cemetery.  

This Tour costs $15.00. Meet at the Earl Chapel.

$10pp | Earl Chapel Meetup | Friends of Oakwood Cemetery

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/thanksgiving-weekend-winter-luminary-tour

 Be enchanted by Oakwood under the stars in a winter wonderland. Stroll through a luminary-lit path to a hot chocolate and cookie stop at the beautiful Warren Chapel. This tour starts in the Earl Chapel where you can capture your evening at our photo area. This is a self-guided tour to enjoy at your own pace.

$15pp | Chapel Meetup | Heidi Klinowski

Children under 12 free. | Limited to 30 participants.

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/thanksgiving-weekend-gardner-earl-memorial-chapel-tour

Looking for something different to do on this holiday weekend? Join us for a tour of the breathtaking Gardner Earl Chapel. Hear the story of the young man who inspired this magnificent National Historic Landmark as you marvel at the Victorian grandeur of spectacular stained glass windows, marble mosaics, and stone carvings. You’ll have the option to peek into one of the old cremation retorts.

$20pp | Flagpole Meetup

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/family-mausoleums-of-oakwood

Oakwood volunteers lead you on a combination walking/driving tour to several opulent mausoleums at Oakwood. They will share the stories of the wealthy families that rest here and a rare glimpse inside some of these beautiful memorials.

$20pp | Flagpole Meetup | Heidi Klinowkski

Bring a flashlight. Wear sturdy shoes.

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/twilight-cemetery-tour

Discover the history and beauty of Oakwood as we amble through the darkening cemetery. We’ll visit the graves of a variety of our “residents” and learn how they lived and died. The grave of Uncle Sam, the Overlook at sunset, and a gushing waterfall are highlights. We may see or hear some of Oakwood’s wildlife too!

$25pp | Flagpole Meetup | Bring a flashlight

Tours will leave at:

6pm, 6:20pm, 6:40pm, and 7pm

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/stories-from-the-stones

Back by popular demand! This guided tour goes deep into Oakwood at twilight with the glow of a lantern to light the way. Guides will lead us on a one-mile walk to select gravesites. We will meet with costumed interpreters who will share their amazing stories. NOTE: This is not a “haunted” tour.

Two historic Chapels for the price of one!
Tickets are $20/per person. Children under 12 are free.

Register at: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/double-chapel-tour-twice-as-nice

Start out at the Warren Chapel at 9:00 and hear the rich history of the founding family of Troy, the Warrens.

Then, walk or drive to the Gardner Earl Chapel, where you will tour this beautiful jewel of Troy. Learn about the architecture, the building of the chapel, and the history of this beautiful building while taking in the Tiffany stained glass windows. The tour ends here, but please feel free to walk the beautiful grounds and take in the view from the overlook.

Free | Lawn in Front of Earl Chapel | Bring Chairs

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/family-night-concert-on-the-lawn

Bring the entire family and enjoy free pony rides and the music of the Colonie Town Band. Children will have the opportunity to conduct the band. Snacks will be available for purchase.

Free | Flagpole Meetup

No registration necessary.

Join Oakwood Cemetery and the Veterans of Lansingburgh for our annual wreath-laying ceremony, ringing of the Meneely Bell, and placement of flags at the Soldiers' Plot. Several community organizations will also be represented.

$25pp | Chapel Meetup | Hosted by the Friends of Oakwood Cemetery

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/tea-at-the-earl

Join us for tea in the exquisite Gardner Earl Chapel. Reserve a table in the gorgeous room while bathing in the rich jewel colors of the beautiful stained-glass windows. Enjoy tea or coffee and an assortment of delicious confections. A mini-history of the chapel will complete the day.

May 3, 2025 | 8am-10:30am | $15pp | Flagpole Meetup |Heidi Klinowski

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/spring-bird-walk

 All levels, including beginners, are welcome on this annual Rite of Spring. Led by experienced birder and Oakwood Volunteer Heidi Klinowski, we’ll look for colorful birds like Orioles and Bluebirds and keep an eye (and ear) out for exciting visitors like warblers, vultures, or even a Bald Eagle. Bring binoculars and wear sturdy shoes. A few loaner binoculars may be available.

$10pp | Warren Chapel Meetup | Christie Fronhofer

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/open-house-at-the-warren-chapel

Here is your chance to catch a rare glimpse inside this fascinating structure. The Warren Chapel, once the only privately owned property in the cemetery, opens its doors to visitors. Hear how generations of Warrens shaped the city of Troy from the Revolutionary War up until the 1990s. It contains one of the last remaining operating Meneely Bells in its beautiful bell tower.

We are offering the gift of  Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation  and all of the peace, balance, serenity and health benefits that go with it at Oakwood Cemetery’s Historic Earl Chapel on Saturday January 18, 2025 at 2 p.m.  This Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation is offered on a pro bono basis with donations made on-site at the event; all donations go to supporting the cemetery in its 175th year.

 Space is Limited. Reserve your spot with name and email address, only, by clicking on the link below or registering at www.emeraldmindbody.com

 Sound Meditation for Deep Relaxation 

We hope to see you at Oakwood Cemetery on the 18th!

This is a brand-new tour and we couldn’t be more excited!

Be enchanted by Oakwood under the stars in a winter wonderland. Stroll through a luminary-lit path to the hot chocolate stop at the beautiful Warren Chapel, where we will enjoy festive jingles

We’ll meet at the Earl Chapel.

Register HERE.

Fans of The Gilded Age series will love the castle-like Earl Chapel (complete with gargoyle!)

This National Historic Landmark has an interior of breathtaking Victorian splendor, including spectacular Tiffany and Matland stained-glass windows, marble mosaics, and oak and stone carvings.

Heidi Klinowski will lead two tours, sharing the story of the young man who inspired this gorgeous building.

DON’T DELAY, AS THESE TOURS WILL SELL OUT!

Both tours will be offered Nov. 30.

Register for our 1pm tour HERE.

Register for our 2:30pm tour HERE.

$10pp/children under 12 free. Limited to 30 participants per tour.