Events
Fairs, festivals, and things that only happen once. Dates link to the organizer; always double-check before you drive.
Huntington Summer Arts Festival
Huntington · July 2 through Aug 24, shows Wednesday through Sunday at Heckscher Park · free
Free performances under the Chapin Rainbow Stage: jazz, family nights, ballet, the whole range.
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist of the Gilded Age
Roslyn Harbor · On view through Nov 8 at Nassau County Museum of Art
Tiffany glass glowing inside a Gold Coast mansion, minutes from where the Gilded Age actually happened. Runs through Nov 8.
Alive After Five
Patchogue · Final night Thursday, Aug 13 (rain date Aug 20) · free
Main Street closes for live music stages, food vendors, and a very good time. The South Shore's summer ritual.
Polish Town Fair & Festival
Riverhead · Sat-Sun, Aug 15-16 · free
Pierogi, polka bands, a parade, and a pierogi eating contest in Riverhead's Polish Town. Free all weekend and proudly old school.
Long Island in the '70s at The Long Island Museum
Stony Brook · Now on view through Oct 18
Bell bottoms, station wagons, and 100-plus artifacts from the decade that built the suburbs you grew up in. Catch it before it closes Oct 18.
Long Island Maritime Museum Seafood Festival
West Sayville · Aug 22-23 on the museum grounds
Fresh-shucked clams, live bands, and boat-building history on the Great South Bay. Ten bucks at the gate, shuttle included.
Shinnecock Indian Powwow
Southampton · Labor Day weekend, Sept 4-7, 80th annual
One of the top powwows in the country, right on the Shinnecock territory: dancers and drummers from across Indian Country, Native food and art.
Harbes Fall Festival Weekends
Mattituck · Festival weekends kick off Sept 12-13 with the Apple Festival, then run through October
Corn maze, pumpkin picking, pig races, cider donuts. Peak North Fork fall.
Long Island Garlic Festival
Riverhead · Sept 12-13 at Garden of Eve farm
A whole farm weekend devoted to the stinking rose: garlic everything, hay rides, corn maze, and a scavenger hunt on Sound Avenue.
San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptons
Hampton Bays · Sept 12-13 on Good Ground Road · free
Zeppole, sausage and peppers, and live music. Little Italy energy, Hampton Bays zip code.
Hicks Nurseries Fall Festival
Westbury · Daily Sept 12 through Nov 1; weekend activities with Otto the Ghost · free
The 51st year of Otto the Ghost, pumpkins, and cider donuts at Long Island's oldest garden center. Free admission, free parking.
Bellmore Family Street Festival
Bellmore · Sept 18-21, carnival Friday night through the holiday-sized weekend · free
One of Nassau's biggest street fairs takes over the blocks by the Bellmore LIRR: hundreds of vendors, rides, and live music.
Cow Harbor Day Weekend
Northport · Great Cow Harbor 10K Saturday Sept 19; parade and harbor festival Sunday Sept 20 · free
Elite runners fly down Main Street on Saturday, then the whole village turns out Sunday for the parade and park festival. Northport's best weekend.
Sag Harbor American Music Festival
Sag Harbor · Sept 24-27, free shows all over the village · free
Four days of blues, jazz, and roots spilling out of wharfside stages, shops, and bars. Free outdoor shows plus one ticketed headliner.
The Long Island Fair
Old Bethpage · Sept 25-27 at Old Bethpage Village Restoration
An old-fashioned county fair on a 19th-century village green, running since 1842.
Greenport Maritime Festival
Greenport · Sept 26-27, back this year under the Greenport Business Owners Alliance · free
Wooden boats, chowder contest, land parade. Greenport at its Greenport-est.
Hamptons International Film Festival
East Hampton · Oct 2-12, eleven days across the East End
Oscar-season premieres in a village movie theater. Book early, everything sells out.
Hallockville Country Fair
Riverhead · Oct 3-4, 10am-4pm at Hallockville Museum Farm
An 18th-century farmstead does fall right: livestock, craft demos, tractor rides, and pie. The North Fork before the wineries.
Montauk Fall Festival
Montauk · Oct 10-11 on the village green, 45th annual · free
Clam chowder tasting, pumpkin patch, live music, and The End with its summer crowds gone.
Mill Neck Apple Festival
Mill Neck · Columbus Day weekend, Oct 10-11 · free
Apples by the bushel and 50-plus vendors on the grounds of a Gold Coast manor, all benefiting Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing programs.
Oyster Bay Oyster Festival
Oyster Bay · Oct 17-18 at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park · free
The East Coast's biggest waterfront festival: shucking contests, tall ships, and a lot of oysters.