The Gardiner Cupcake Festival will take place this year on May 19 from noon to 6 p.m. at Wright’s Farm in Gardiner. The festival features a variety of cupcake vendors who combined will bring over 30,000 cupcakes. New to the festival this year is a cupcake-eating contest, in addition to the ever-popular amateur cupcake contest. Amateur cupcake makers from around the Hudson Valley will be judged in such categories as: best decorated, best tasting, best tasting vegan, best gluten free, best cocktail/beer inspired, best Hudson Valley themed and most creative cupcake.