Games

Hosting a game at Niska Day can connect you with the community, raise funds, and promote your organization. You bring the game and supplies, we can help with tables and chairs.  

Previous years' events have included activities such as penny toss, sand art, and balloon burst, among others.

All game vendors are required to execute the Indemnification Agreement and provide through their insurer an insurance certificate (Accord 25) naming N-CAP as an additional insured for the day of the event. Please visit our forms page to review and complete the game form. 

Questions, concerns, comments, ideas? Contact Emily Sosnow at esos51489@gmail.com  

  • Join Afrim’s Sports at their soccer obstacle course.

  • Come play corn hole or take a run on the obstacle course with The National Guard!

  • Niskayuna Rowing will be there to test your rowing skills

  • Join Mathnasium with a variety of activities from shape building, tan grams, math card game, and a math trivia wheel. 

  • Test out your ultimate frisbee skills with Niskayuna Ultimate.

  • NCS German club will let you test your skills with gnome ring toss.

  • Niskayuna Girls wrestling will be onsite with a demo mat.

  • Beestera is ready to test your soccer skills.

  • Learn to use a robot with NHS Robotics Club.

  • Come see how fast you can throw with Niskayuna Baseball League.

Entertainment

  • The Magnet Man

    Pick your destination and attire and strike an awesome pose to get your free photo magnet. The magnet man will be available from 12:00 – 4:00 in the Community/Business Tent.

  • Caricatures with Phil Singer

    Personalized caricatures in the fabulous Phil Singer style. Phil will be drawing free caricatures from 12:00 – 5:00 outside the Community/Business Tent. Sign up early as sittings go fast.

  • Pony Rides

    This year Niska-Day will again feature free pony rides and a petting zoo by Ponies for Hire. There will also be grain available to purchase for feeding the goats, chicks and bunny. This event will run from 12:00 to 5:00 on the grounds.

  • Reptile Adventure

    Snakes! Lizards! Tortoises and turtles!  Would you want to touch them?!?  You can, with the supervision by the educators of Reptile Adventure. This event will run from 12:00 to 5:00 on the grounds.

  • Face Painting by Bon Bon

    Be amazed as faces are transformed in front of your eyes, as styled by the brilliant Bon Bon. Face painting will be free of charge from 1:00 – 3:00 in the Community/Business Tent.

  • Sparkles the Tall Juggler

    Look… up in the sky… it’s a bird… it’s a plane… No, it’s Sparkles the Tall Juggler performing her juggling skills on stilts. She’s LITERALLY 8 feet tall! The little ones will love to watch Sparkles show off her juggling skills wandering the crowd from 12:00 – 2:00.

  • Merdwin the Mediocre

    We’re so happy that Merdwin will be joining us again this year! Who doesn’t love watching a wizard do his magic, even if his tricks sometimes do not go exactly as planned? Merdwin will be performing on stage in the Entertainment Tent at 1:00.

  • Niskayuna High School Studio Singers

    You will be delighted by the polished and gleeful a capella sounds of the NHS Studio Singers in the Entertainment Tent from 12-12:30.

  • Mr. Twisty

    Dive into the heart of fun with Mr. Twisty, the region's premier entertainer for kids and families! Whether it's a burst of laughter or a burst of color, Mr. Twisty's shows are packed with moments that turn any day into a celebration. 3:00-4:00 in the Entertainment Tent.

  • Dance & Karaoke Hour - Competition with Prizes – hosted by Deejay Smoke

    Come shake it down for an hour and let us hear your best singing! Ryan has Hot 100 hits, old school hip hop and clean tik-toks for all of you who have the heart of a teenager.  $100 in prizes of food vendor vouchers to the top performers! 3:00-4:00 in the Entertainment Tent.

  • Face Painting with Premo Designs

    Coming back for the fireworks and looking to add a bit of “flair “for the evening? Look for the tent out on the soccer field from 5:00-7:00 to get transformed into a puppy, tiger or butterfly. 

  • The Cribtet

    New at Niska Day in 2025, jazz in the afternoon!  Come out to the big lawn and enjoy the sounds!  The Cribtet is a six-piece band with roots in hard bop jazz, formed from the Hartt School in Connecticut.  Local connection Dan Jantson brings you the beats and rhythms on the drums and is joined by five other young players who come from across the country.  The Cribtet play original tunes and do classics too.  4:00-6:00 on the Main Stage.

  • The Schmooze

    The Schmooze has remained one of the area’s top Dance Party Bands for over 15 years!  Playing a wide variety of the most popular rock, pop, dance and country songs, they will set up the evening and usher in the fireworks finale properly.  Da Schmooze play all the songs that made a lot of other bands really famous!  Taking the Main Stage at 7:00.

Fireworks

Our celebration culminates with a spectacular fireworks display sponsored by the Town of Niskayuna at 9:15 p.m. Come early to enjoy food, rides, entertainment and glowies. The fireworks are best viewed from the Zenner Road Soccer fields. Please see our navigation page for information regarding parking at Craig.

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