Dates have once again been set for the block party that makes Thursdays evenings in summer feel more like Friday on Main Street in Riverhead. Alive on 25 is returning this summer, featuring live music, food and vendors.
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Sunday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m.: ‘End of Summer Celebration’ at Peconic Landing, 1500 Brecknock Road, Greenport. Live performance by Atlantic Wind Symphony, featuring music by George Gershwin and John Philip Sousa as well as Broadway hits. 8:15 p.m.: Fireworks display. Recognition of veterans and current service members, police and volunteer fire officials. Bring blanket/chair. Rain date: Tuesday, Sept. 4. peconiclanding.org.
The Fourth of July Parade in Southold. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)
Fourth of July weekend promises to be as busy as usual on the North Fork with plenty of activities for summer visitors.
But what about the events that celebrate Independence Day? Well, there’s plenty of those too, with parades and fireworks planned for the entire three-day weekend. (more…)
Last year’s fireworks show over the Peconic Bay, where it can be seen by spectators on Shelter Island and the North Fork. (credit: Beverlea Walz)
In 2015, Shelter Island residents nearly went without a tradition of more than 50 years: the Shelter Island fireworks display.
The event, which typically takes place the weekend after July 4, was canceled last March by the Chamber of Commerce, which said the show had become too costly to continue.
A small group led by Brett Surerus and other Shelter Island residents then banded together to raise the funds necessary to put on the show. By doing this, they officially took over as the event’s organizers.
They call themselves Shelter Island Fireworks Inc., and they want everyone to know that fundraising will allow the show to go on once again, in its 59th year, on Saturday, July 9. (more…)
Fireworks over Greenport. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder file photo)
Peconic Landing will host its fourth annual End of Summer Celebration and fireworks show this Sunday.
The event, which organizers said attracts 700 spectators a year, is free to attend. (more…)
Fireworks over Shelter Island. (Credit: Eleanor P. Labrozzi)
Looking to celebrate the nation’s birthday on the North Fork this year? The northforker Independence Day guide has got you covered. (more…)
Photo by Katharine Schroeder
The East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation welcomes seafarers and landlubbers alike to the 24th Annual Maritime Festival in Greenport from Friday Sept. 20 through Sunday Sept. 22. This year the theme is “Land & Sea” and the festival will be focusing on everything wonderful and unique that the North Fork and our historic maritime village has to offer. For the full schedule of events, click here. (more…)