The Goat on a Boat Puppet Truck will be providing super fun children’s activities, puppet shows and crafts Saturday and Sunday at the Old Tone Music Festival. Kids under 12 are free!
Puppets in the Green Mountains is a four day puppet-filled festival. Click to purchase tickets here
Join puppeteer Liz Joyce to make your own hand puppet. Participants will create their own characters and learn techniques to bring their creations to life.
Liz Joyce has spent her career in puppetry. She writes, creates, and performs a growing repertoire of works for young audiences and their adults. Liz believes that puppetry is the gateway to theatre and that this art form breathes beauty and life into storytelling. She was trained as a fine artist and was certified in Art Education K-12. Her artistic approach to puppetry has also been influenced by European puppetry traditons and the eccentric energy of New York's downtown performance artists. Liz's puppet operetta 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' was awarded an UNIMA Citation, the highest award in American puppetry. In 2001, Liz founded the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theater, a non-profit organization which currently makes its home in the Puppet Truck. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Jim Henson Foundation, the Puppetry Guild of Greater New York, and the Puppeteers of America.
Save the date and check back for more information!
The Puppet Truck will be back at Quinnie’s on Sunday, August 23 at 10:00 am for a marionette puppet show of the Three Little Pigs. In this version, BB (a reformed wolf with allergies), sells real estate to the new pigs in town. This puppet show features hand-carved marionettes, musical numbers and lots of laughs.
Find the Puppet Truck at Rose Hill Farm in Red Hook, NY on Saturday, August 22 at 3:00
July 30, 2026
3:30 PM
Explore the history, stories and environment at the Pollock Krasner House with Liz Joyce from Goat on a Boat and create visual stories brought to life with puppets.
Register via the link below. Use code "Free" at checkout for free admission!
This event is made possible thanks to the Historic Artists Homes and Studios Dorothy C. Radgowski Learning Through Women’s Achievement in the Arts Grant Program.
Family Night is one of Duck Creek's favorite summer traditions. On Monday evenings in July and August, families, friends, and neighbors gather on our historic grounds for a free evening of live performances, hands-on art activities, and delicious food generously provided by local restaurants.
Designed for all ages, each evening features local musicians, dancers, storytellers, or puppeteers, celebrating the rich cultural traditions of the East End through partnerships with artists and other community organizations and non-profits. Family Night has become a cornerstone of Duck Creek's mission, welcoming up to 150 guests each week for joyful, multigenerational experiences where everyone is invited to create, connect, and celebrate together.
Join Goat on a Boat’s Puppet Truck under the shade of the black walnut tree Sunday, July 26 at 11:00 am. Different shows every week. Purchase your tickets HERE or show up Sunday.
July 23, 2026
3:30 PM
Join Goat on a Boat Puppet Theater's Liz Joyce for an exploration in ANIMATING LINES. In the spirit of Abstract Expressionists Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, kids ages 4-8 will use puppetry tricks and stop motion animation to bring lines and strings to life.
Register via the link below. Use code "Free" at checkout for free admission!
This event is made possible thanks to the Historic Artists Homes and Studios Dorothy C. Radgowski Learning Through Women’s Achievement in the Arts Grant Program.
Join Goat on a Boat’s Puppet Truck under the shade of the black walnut tree Sunday, July 19 & 26 at 11:00 am. Different shows every week. Purchase your tickets HERE or show up Sunday.
Every Monday night is Family Night at Duck Creek! Find out more HERE!
Join Goat on a Boat’s Puppet Truck under the shade of the black walnut tree Sunday, July 12, 19 & 26 at 11:00 am. Different shows every week. Purchase your tickets HERE or show up Sunday.
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The Puppet Truck will be near the snack bar with bubble fun and a show at 7:00. All are welcome
The Goat on a Boat’s 25th Birthday Bash & Puppet Festival
June 27, 2026 10:00-2:00
Rain date June 28
Mashashimuet Park Playground
Sag Harbor, NY
Goat on a Boat’s Mash Park Puppet Festival is a one-day event for children (8 years and under) and their caregivers featuring free puppet shows, workshops, a parade and of course, birthday cake!
We’ve invited 5 female puppeteers, each with her own puppet company, to present 5 different shows throughout the day, using hand puppets, rod puppets, paper pop-up puppets and more. Each performance is 20-30 minutes in length. Minkie the Monkey will be our MC!
Sarah Frechette of Puppet Kabob Productions will provide walkabout marionettes.
Adelka Polak of Sova Theater presents a butterfly puppet making workshop
Carole D’Agostino will perform The Tiny Bird Show
Liz Joyce and Minkie the Monkey will have a special birthday message puppet show
Sarah Nolen of Puppet Motion will perform Judy Saves the Day!
This interactive day includes ongoing puppet making workshops throughout the day. Using a variety of materials, caregivers and children will have the opportunity to make their own puppets. Small stages will be set up where children can activate their puppets to life during the festival. One of the workshops is a collaborative experience where guests all work together to make a large puppet, which will be used during our parade at the end of the event.
2026 marks Goat on a Boat's 25th Birthday. The festival day will end with cake for all!
The festival will take place at Mashashimuet Park, near the playground. Goat on a Boat's Puppet Truck will be the main stage. It has a solar generator, a sound system and stage where the puppet shows will be performed. Around the area, there will be tables set up for the various puppet making workshops. We will have mats for people to sit on and we will encourage families to bring picnics and their own mats.
In the event of rain, our rain date is Sunday June 28th.
Leading up to our birthday celebration, we will host a series of puppet shows every Saturday in June, in Mashashimuet Park near the playground. The Puppet Truck will be onsite with bubbles, music and FREE puppet shows at 11:00 on June 6, 13 and 20th. We will be joined by community partners Shine Studio, JJML, and YES from SoFo Natural History Museum for fun activities. For more information, go to www.goatonaboat.org.
On Friday, June 26 at 8:00 pm Goat on a Boat will host a Puppet Slam for adults at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor. A puppet slam is an evening of short, naughty, funny or poignant puppet shows for adults featuring a variety of performers and puppetry styles.
June -26 Join Goat on a Boat in Mashashimuet Park for Puppet Fun Pop Up from 9-11:00. For kids 5 years and under. There will be live music, hands-on activities and a short puppet show.
June 29-July 3 Goat on a Boat will also host a week of PUPPET CAMPS for children ages 4-7 from 9:30-1:00 pm at Mashashimuet Park
Goatonaboat.org lists our upcoming events and has links to register for PUPPET CAMP
Mission
Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre is committed to inspiring creativity in young audiences through the art of puppetry, while also supporting emerging and established puppet artists by providing them with opportunities to share their work. We create, produce, and present live puppet shows and creative workshops and work to serve and collaborate with diverse audiences, artists, and community partners.
Goat on a Boat was founded in Long Island’s East End in 2001. In 2022, both in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to address ongoing inequities across our region, we created a mobile venue: our Puppet Truck & Mobile Stage. Rather than relying on audiences to come to a fixed venue, the Puppet Truck allows us to reach diverse communities across Suffolk County (New York) and beyond.
Values
We believe that the arts make life more vibrant; help create, connect, and strengthen communities; and should be accessible to all.
We support and promote the art of puppetry by partnering with local puppeteers as well as regional, national, and international puppet companies. We encourage the development of new work and provide mentorship, accountability, and presentation opportunities for puppet artists to share their work and creative processes with the public.
Join us for music, games, hands-on puppet activities and a puppet show. For ages 5 and under.
9:00am- 11:00am
Join us for music, games, hands-on puppet activities and a puppet show. For ages 5 and under.
9:00am- 11:00am
Join us for music, games, hands-on puppet activities and a puppet show. For ages 5 and under.
9:00am- 11:00am
June 24, 25, 26, 2026
Join Goat on a Boat (sans Puppet Truck this go) for a mini performance of The Tadpole Show followed by a puppet making workshop. Make your own puppets and perform your own show on the stage!
We will invite groups to partake at 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 & 11:30. There will be bubbles and other puppet fun on hand under the shady trees at Quinnie’s in Hudson, NY.
Hope to see you there!!
Join us for free workshops and performances Every Saturday in June at 11:00. There will be community partners, bubbles and a puppet show! For kids ages 8 and under and their families.
Join us for free workshops and performances Every Saturday in June at 11:00. There will be community partners, bubbles and a puppet show! For kids ages 8 and under and their families.
Join us for free workshops and performances Every Saturday in June at 11:00. There will be community partners, bubbles and a puppet show! For kids ages 8 and under and their families.
30 minutes, ages 2-7, hand puppets
Children will squeal with delight throughout this traditional tale with a twist. Find out what happens when Little Red gets mixed up with Porquoi the pig who is in the wrong story. Complete with changing scenery, music and charming hand puppets, this show will have audiences ratting on the wolf and cheering Little Red to safety.
Goat on a Boat’s Puppet Truck is excited to BEEP BEEP up on up to Quinnie’s in Hudson to perform Sunday morning.
30 minutes, ages 2-7, hand puppets
Children squeal with delight throughout this traditional tale with a twist. Find out what happens when Little Red gets mixed up with Porquoi the pig who is in the wrong story. Complete with changing scenery, music and charming hand puppets, this show will have audiences ratting on the wolf and cheering Little Red to safety.
Save the Date!!
https://www.guildhall.org/events/art-social-therapy-sock-puppets/ WITH LIZ JOYCE
Work out your bugaboos by making your very own therapy sock puppet – the perfect companion when you need an objective, non-judgmental ear to talk to. Master puppeteer Liz Joyce will lead you through the process of making an adorably understanding creature. Just bring a large sock – all other materials are included.
Liz Joyce’s artistic approach to puppetry has been influenced by European puppetry traditions and the eccentric energy of New York’s downtown performance artists. She honed her carving skills working with traditional puppet carvers in Prague, Czech Republic, and often collaborates with other puppeteers in the international puppet community.
$50 ($45 for Members)
Admission includes wine and refreshments courtesy of Red Horse Market!
Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.
Sign up/register for the week here Join Liz Joyce and Andy Piver at 44 Meadow Way in East Hampton to build EVERYTHING under the sun, including PUPPETS out of cardboard! For students in grades 3,4,& 5
Puppets in the Hudson Valley? Yes! A Puppet Slam, for ADULTS! Hosted by Liz Joyce!
The 27th Bridgehampton Lions Carving Contest will be held at the Bridgehampton Museum / Corwith House ( across from the Community House ) on Sunday, October 26th, starting @ 5pm. It’s open to ALL AGES, FREE to enter, and FREE to see, but you can’t win unless you bring a carved pumpkin or squash-like life form to enter in the contest – be part of the spectacle!
Don’t forget the categories! If you carve to fit a category, you will be way more likely to win. Pick your favorite, or if you can’t decide, carve 3! You can enter in up to 3 categories. Sometimes, a category has just a few entries, so there may be a guaranteed win in your future if you make the effort.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
– 4 pm: Early drop-off and set up if needed.
– 5-6 pm: Entry set up with snacks and cider by Milk Pail and others.
– 5:30 pm: Music by The Marimbas Club from the Bridgehampton High School.
– 6:15-6:45 pm: Judging starts, please set up by 6 pm.
– 7:30 pm: Announcement of the winners / prizes awarded.
Spectators are welcome any time, but dont miss the music, puppet show, or pumpkins as it gets dark.
All entries should be brought home after the event.
