PAUL SMITHS — Paul Smith’s College will host several events next month, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 6, with the Paul Smith’s Music Festival, featuring Annie in the Water, Run With It, and the Seth Yacovone Band.

The festival, which will run from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the college’s Great Lawn, is free and open to the public, and will include a beer tent, a variety of games, as well as food and beverages for sale.

Later in the month, the second biennial Adirondack Fungi Fest (Saturday, Sept. 23) and sixth annual Adirondack Rural Skills and Homesteading Festival (Saturday, Sept. 30) will be held at the Paul Smith’s College VIC. The latter will also coincide with Family and Homecoming Weekend, which begins Friday, Sept. 29.

Adirondack Fungi Fest will feature several presentations, displays, mushroom forays, a juried art show and more. Keynote speaker Gary Lincoff will present “Magical Mushroom Stories: The Healing Power of Holotropic Fungi” and will be available for an afternoon book signing and social.

Lincoff is the author of several books, including “The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms,” leads mushroom study trips worldwide, and teaches courses at the New York Botanical Garden.

The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 and free for the Paul Smith’s College community and Friends of the VIC.

For a full schedule and registration for workshops, visit www.paulsmiths.edu/fungifest.