Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday September 18, 2007
DISCOVER THE FUN SIDE OF AUTUMN ON LONG ISLAND
Contact:
Kristen Matejka
Director of Marketing and Communications
LICVB&SC
631 951-3900 xt.317
HAUPPAUGE, NY –(September 18, 2007)- Visit Long Island for plenty of fall fun, from harvest and seafood festivals to outdoor arts and crafts fairs.
Come see Revolutionary War re-enactors, historic woodworkers, wool spinners, and more at the historical museums in Southampton, or enjoy farm animals, brass band concerts, puppet shows, magic acts, pumpkins, wagon and pony rides, fiddle music, dancing, and jugglers at the village restoration in Bethpage.
Pumpkin-picking, cornfield mazes, music, crafts, hot cider, hayrides, and a Long Island specialty: fresh roasted corn. Visit Long Island’s regional farm stands or sample the latest vintage at one of over 30 wineries.
Tomatoes, peaches, raspberries, melons, grapes, apples, pears, cider, and greens are just some of the fresh produce one can pick (and eat!) from Long Island’s abundant farm stands. Buy some vegetables or enjoy it at a nearby picnic area. Take a bunch and a bushel to bring home to share with friends and family. Grab recipes to learn how to make various pies and cakes with these harvest goodies, or pick up a ready-made freshly baked fruit pie at one of several pie stands.
Grab an ear of roasted corn as you enjoy the scents and sounds of Long Island farm stands. Wash it down with a crisp glass of cider or lemonade.
The third week in September is harvest time for Long Island’s wineries. Check your favorite winery for details on the harvest. There are over 30 wineries on Long island open to the public for tastings and tours.
Visit www.discoverlongisland.com for a complete listing and maps of Long Island Wine Country and Long Island farm stands.
Following are some of the festivities planned on Long Island this fall:
Fall Harvest & Seafood Festival
The Famous Captree Carnival with a few added twists, wine tasting, crab races, activities for children, boat rides, interactive pirate show and more!
Date: 9/15/07
Time: 11-5
Captree State Park Ocean Drive Babylon, NY 11702
Phone: (631) 669-0449
Harvest Fest Olive Oil Tasting
Taste the flavors of Italy with our very own olive oil imported from the family estate in Calabria.
Date: 9/16/07
Castello di Borghese Vineyard and Winery
Route 48 Alvah's Lane (Cross Street) Cutchogue, NY 11935
Phone: (631) 734-5111
Website: www.castellodiborghese.com
Maritime Festival & Parade
Vendors, Music, Traditional Arts & Craft Demonstrations, Captain Kid s Alley, Old Fashioned Games, Kayak Derby, Whaleboat Races, Peconic Radio Club, Pirate Shows, Chowder Contest, Greenport Band, & Dancing in Mitchell Park. Stay tuned for a complete list of events.
Date: 9/21/07 - 9/23/07
Mitchell Park Greenport, Suffolk County
Phone: (631) 477-2100
Website: www.eastendseaport.org
East End Seaport Museum & Maritime Foundation 18th Annual Maritime Festival
Parade, vendors, music, traditional arts & craft demonstrations, Captain Kid's Alley, old fashioned games, Kayak Derby, Whaleboat races, Peconic Radio Club, pirate shows, Chowder Contest, Greenport Band, fireworks & dancing in Mitchell Park.
Date: 9/22/07 - 9/23/07
Long Island Maritime Museum
86 West Avenue West Sayville, NY 11796
Phone: (631) HISTORY
Website: www.limaritime.org
Harvest Day: Southampton
Historic woodworkers, wool spinners, and Revolutionary War re-enactors are just some of the historical participants in this fall festival for all members of the family. Toddlers will have a mini-maze of hay bales. Children can learn to weave baskets. Teens can try beading bracelets. Mom and Dad can dance a polka and grandparents can examine farm fresh produce.
Date: 9/22/07
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
Southampton Historical Museums and Research Center
Rogers Mansion
17 Meeting House Lane Southampton, NY
Phone: (631) 283-2494
Website: www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org
Family Fall Festival
Latin American Art: Myth & Reality and the Flemish paintings currently on view in the Brueghel exhibition are the inspiration for this festival. Join in the art, dance, music and storytelling.
Date: 9/23/07
Time: 12-4:30
Nassau County Museum of Art
One Museum Drive Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576
Phone: (516) 484-9338
Website: www.nassaumuseum.com
Long Island Apple Festival
Activities include: 18th century Sherwood-Jayne House, with original orchard, hosts annual event featuring games, traditional music, demonstrations, hay rides, apple bobbing and apple pie contests.
Date: 9/23/07
Time: 11 am- 4 pm
Sherwood-Jayne House 55 Old Post Road East
Setauket, NY
Phone: (631) 692-4664
Website: www.splia.org/museum_sherwood.html
Long Island Fair
Step back in time to the 19th century and enjoy the flowers, animals, demonstrations, music, and baseball of the time. Enjoy mimes, jugglers, puppet shows, magicians along with the interactive farm exhibit. Children will also enjoy pony rides, wagon rides, and the Flying Horses Carousel along with the menagerie of exotic animals. This year the fair will include a multi-vendor Craft Show and Sale with a variety of handmade and exotic merchandise.
Date: 9/26/07 - 9/30/07
Time: 10-5
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
Round Swamp Road Old Bethpage, NY
Phone: (516) 572-8400
21st Annual Bellmore Family Street Festival.
21st Annual Bellmore Family Street Festival “Pirates of the Island.” Military Expo; Crafts Expo; the Animal Zone; the Health & Safety Expo; The Business Expo; the Sports Expo; the Kids Expo with pony rides, a petting zoo and plenty of kiddies rides. Visit the Information and Technology Expo and experience the latest technology with Hewlett Packard, Micro Center and many others. Also, we’re sure you won’t want to miss watching our ever popular Character Parade filled with some unusual costumed characters and electrifying music. Carnival only begins September 27th at 6PM & runs continuously all weekend. Free shuttle buses or take the LIRR to the heart of the fair.
Date: 9/29/07 - 9/30/07
Time: 11am-11pm
Bellmore Rail Road Station
Sunrise Highway
Bellmore
Bellmore Chamber of Commerce
Phone: (516) 679-1875
Website: www.bellmorechamber.com
Mattituck Lions North Fork Food and Wine Festival
The Mattituck Lions Fall Festival was created several years ago to raise funds specifically for the area's youth. This year we have decided to change from the prior year's outdoors carnival atmosphere to provide a sophisticated fall evening food and wine event at Martha Clara Vineyards. Martha Clara has donated their facility and wines for Friday evening September 28th. We want this to become one of the important fall social events for the North Fork community.
Date: 9/28/07
Martha Clara Vineyards
6025 Sound Avenue Riverhead, NY 11901
Phone: (631) 727-6000
Website: www.marthaclaravineyards.com
27th Annual Fall Festival
The Fall Festival will feature over 50 local craftspeople displaying their unique handmade folk art along with demonstrations of wool spinning, weaving, and wood carving. There will be Pony rides and a live stock display provided by the East End Livestock and Horseman's Association. And what Fall Festival would be complete without fun filled activities such as an antique tractor pull, hayrides, food, music, an old-fashioned storyteller, wine tasting, and our incredible corn maze. Do not forget to bring your Scarecrow, to enter in our Scarecrow Contest.
Date: 9/29/07 - 9/30/07
The Hallockville Museum Farm
6038 Sound Ave. Riverhead, NY 11901
Phone: (631) 298-5292
Website: www.hallockville.com
Wildwood Fall Festival
Bernadette Castro, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is pleased to announce the Annual Fall Festival. The day will feature a pie eating contest, entertainment, Native-American dancers, pony rides, petting zoo, games, temporary tattoos, and a craft fair. All of the activities are free, however, a $6.00 vehicle use fee in effect from 8am - 4pm.
Date: 9/29/07
Time: 11am - 4pm
Wildwood State Park
Suffolk County
Phone: 631-321-3510
Website: www.nysparks.com
Pickle Festival
Homemade pickles, jams, jellies, farm grown veggies, bake goods and more.
Date: 9/29/07
Time: 11-4pm
John Gardiner Farm
900 Park Avenue Greenlawn,
Phone: (631) 754-1180
Twin Forks Folk Music Festival
The Polinaise Park at Polish Town USA presents the Twin Forks Folk Music Festival.
Date: 9/29/07
Time: 11:30am - 9:30pm
Region: Central Suffolk
Polinaise Park at Polish Town USA
Osborne Avenue Riverhead, NY
Phone: (631) 727-7920
Website: www.rmli.org
Flower and Garden Show
The sixth annual show, Harvest of the Arts and Flowers, featuring the Second District Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. Garden displays, vendors, exhibits and more.
Date: 9/29/07 - 9/30/07
Time: 10am - 6pm
Hofstra University
University Relations Office
202 Hofstra Hall Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone: (516) 463-6818
Fax: (516) 463-5146
Website: www.hofstra.edu
St. James Day
Over 300 craft vendors, food, main stage, music, more.
Date: 9/30/07
Time: 11-5
St James along Lake Avenue
Phone: (631) 584-8510
Taste of Southampton Harvest
Southampton Chamber's presents Taste of Southampton Harvest. Local fares served at local restaurants. Sidewalk Merchant Displays
Date: 10/6/07 - 10/7/07
Southampton Chamber of Commerce
76 Main Street Southampton, NY 11968
Phone: (631) 283-0402
Website: www.southamptonchamber.com
11th Annual Craft as Art Festival
100 select displays of contemporary American craftsmanship including skilled artisans in functional and decorative pottery, molded and dyed leather, precious and non-traditional jewelry, blown and stained glass, contemporary furniture and home furnishings, hand spun, hand painted and hand-woven apparel in silk as well as other natural fibers and more. More than 11,000 uniquely designed one-of-a-kind original works will be presented by the artists themselves.
Date: 10/6/07 - 10/7/07
Nassau County Museum of Art
One Museum Drive Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576
Phone: (516) 484-9338
Website: www.nassaumuseum.com
The 26th Annual Fall Festival
Montauk Chamber of Commerce - Great Clam Chowder contest, Clam shucking, Wagon & Pony rides, LI Wine Tasting, Oktoberfest Style Food and Beer, Pumpkin Decorating, Kid's Art Contest, Live music and much more!
Date: 10/6/07 - 10/7/07
Region: Hampton to Montauk/Southfork
Montauk Chamber of Commerce 742 Montauk
Highway Montauk, NY 11954
Phone: (631) 668-2428
Website: www.montaukchamber.com
Long Island Fall Festival
Celebrate the colors of autumn in the park enjoy docent-led tours in the galleries of the Heckscher Museum and join Museum Educators on the terrace where children and families will create fall pinwheels. Enjoy the works of art on view using our Family Gallery Guide.
Date: 10/5/07 - 10/6/07
Time: 11am - 4pm
Heckscher Museum of Art
Two Prime Avenue Huntington, NY 11743
Contact Information
Phone: (631) 351-3250
Website: http://www.heckscher.org
Westhampton Beach Fall Arts and Crafts Show
More than 60 craftsmen exhibits and something for everyone.
Date: 10/6/07 - 10/7/07
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Village Green, Mill Road and Main Street Westhampton, NY 11977
Phone: (631) 288-3337
Fall Festival at Deepwells Farm County Park
Deepwells Farm presents the Fall Festival with family activities and plenty to do!
Date: 10/6/07 - 10/7/07
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Deepwells Farm County Park, Rt.25A Moriches Rd.
St. James, NY
Phone: (631) 862-6080
Fall Harvest Festival
50-50 raffles, country crafts vendors, kids' activities, Karl Ehmer meat shop, cheeses, apples and entertainment.
Date: 10/6/07 - 10/7/07
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children Frost Mill
Road Mill Neck, NY 11765
Phone: (516) 922-4100
Riverhead Country Fair
Vendors, crafts, entertainment, needlecraft competitions, contest, rides, folk music, farm animals, tractor pull and tons more.
Date: 10/7/07
Time: 11-5
Downtown Riverhead Main Street along the Peconic River, Riverhead,
Phone: (631) 727-1215
Oyster Festival
Enjoy the Juried arts and crafts show, historic boat exhibit, oyster-eating and shucking contest, 5K run, petting zoo, entertainment, historic tall ships, harbor tours.
Date: 10/13/07 - 10/14/07
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Oyster Bay waterfront/ Town
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Nassau County
Phone: (516) 628-1625
Harvest Festival at Benner's Farm
Cider making, folk music, games, crafts, homestead arts, story-telling, local produce, food, pumpkin picking and hay rides.
Date: 10/14/07
Time: Noon - 4 PM
Harvest Festival at Benner's Farm
56 Gnarled Hollow Rd. Setauket, NY 11733
Phone: (631) 689-8172
Boat Burning
Join thousands who will gather on the Museum's front lawn to witness the biggest bonfire on the South Shore! Join us for apple cider, snacks, magic and..... a great big fire!!
Date : 10/26/07
Time: 6:00 PM
Long Island Maritime Museum 86 West Avenue,
West Sayville NY 11796
Phone: 631-HISTORY
Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown
Spend the most exciting time of the year- Harvest with Palmer Vineyards and receive a free hayride with the purchase of a glass of wine or Kool-Aid for the kids.
Live Bluegrass music with Eastbound Freight 1- 5pm
Date: Through 10/28/07
Time: 1:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Palmer Vineyards
180 Sound Avenue Aquebogue, NY 11931
Phone: (631) 722-WINE
Website: www.palmervineyards.com
Middle Earth Fall Festival Farm
Journey through the corn stalks of our Middle Earth Corn Maze to recover ancient treasure. Gandalf and the characters of Middle Earth will guide you on your quest.
Date: Through 10/31/07
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Harbes Family Farm – Riverhead Sound Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901
Phone: 631-722-2022
Website: www.harbesfamilyfarm.com
Jamesport Fall Festival
Concession stand serving our own Super Sweet Roasted Corn, Old-Fashioned Fresh Squeezed Lemonade. Scenic vistas and picnic area and much more!
Date: Through 10/31/07
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Harbes Family Farm - Jamesport
Main Road (Rte. 25) Jamesport, NY 11947
Phone: 631-722-2022
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