About
Hallockville Museum Farm, the 28-acre preserved farm
homestead on the North Fork, will host its 43nd Country Fair on
Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 29. This year’s Country Fair will feature
a family-friendly mix of farm activities, historical tours and re-enactments,
folk arts and skills demonstrations, and contemporary music and food trucks on
the grounds of Hallockville Museum Farm
and adjacent Long Island Antique Power Association on Sound Avenue in
Riverhead.
New this year at the fair will be the 3rd NY Regiment 1775 Long Island
Revolutionary War re-enactors, colonial cooking demonstrator Diane Schwindt,
the Islip Horsemen’s Association Spirit of Long Island Mounted Drill Team, and
a traditional post and beam building demonstration. The Hallockville Country
Fair promises to deliver an immersive Long Island farm and history experience
with folk arts and skills demonstrations, historic home tours, a hayride, pony
rides, a petting zoo, tractor pulls and parade, baked goods and handcrafted
wares for sale, and traditional children’s games and activities. Rounding out
the fair will be live music and food and beverage trucks. A schedule of Country
Fair activities is available at www.hallockville.org/countryfair.