Slideshow: Sandstone Festival fun

Brian Carl, local geologist and teacher, gives a guided tour of Trinity Church on Fall Island as part of the Potsdam Public Museum's Sandstone Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19th. Photo submitted by Potsdam Public Museum.

Brian Carl, local geologist and teacher, gives a guided tour of the interior of Trinity Church on Fall Island as part of the Potsdam Public Museum's Sandstone Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19th. Photo submitted by Potsdam Public Museum.

SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music student, Mia Twyman, and Professor Tim Yip, also of Crane School of Music ,perform in Ives Park as part of the Potsdam Public Museum's Sandstone Festival Sept. 19. Their entertainment included songs for children and story reading. Photo submitted by Potsdam Public Museum.

The newly formed musical group, Athyrium, from SUNY Potsdam, performed at the Potsdam Public Museum's Sandstone Festival in Ives Park Sept. 19.Photo submitted by Potsdam Public Museum.

Two attendees at the Potsdam Sandstone Festival on Saturday , Sept. 19, examine samples of the historic stone. Photo submitted by Potsdam Public Museum.

Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2026 6:24 am

POTSDAM — The Sandstone Festival celebrated Potsdam’s historic stone Saturday, Sept. 19, at Ives Park.

Hosted by Potsdam Public Museum, the event highlighted the colorful stone that has played a big role in shaping Potsdam’s architecture, industry, economy and community for two centuries.

The festival included tours of sandstone buildings, sandstone themed art activities at SLC Arts, and storytime, and live music at Ives Park.

Slideshow: Sandstone Festival fun

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