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North Meets South brings Long Island’s North Shore and South Shore together for a high-energy outdoor food and drink festival at Great South Bay Brewery in Bay Shore.
This is where craft beer meets curated shopping.
Where food trucks meet handcrafted artisans.
Where live music meets interactive fun.
Spend the afternoon exploring tons of handcrafted artisan vendors offering one-of-a-kind finds, boutique goods, jewelry, home décor, apparel, and unique gifts you won’t find anywhere else. If you love to shop local and discover new Long Island small businesses, this is your event.
Come hungry. Top Long Island food trucks will be serving up crowd favorites while craft beer and wine flow throughout the day. Grab a drink, stroll the outdoor grounds, shop with incredible vendors, and stay for the live music.
Expect a full festival atmosphere featuring:
• Food trucks serving Long Island favorites
• Craft beer + wine
• Handcrafted artisan vendors
• Live music
• Axe throwing
• Permanent jewelry
• Fairy hair tinsel
• Face painting
• Jumbo garden games
• Interactive experiences for children, teens, and adults
🎟 General Admission
$10 Early Bird (price increases after early bird ends)
Capacity is limited. Tickets are first-come, first-served.
Reserve your space now and lock in the lower price before tickets go up.
⭐ VIP Experience – $39
Upgrade your day with exclusive perks:
• EARLY ENTRY at 11:30 AM
• One branded shopping bag
• One drink ticket
• Great South Bay branded cup
• One small taste voucher to use at any food vendor of your choice
• Additional coupons to participating vendors
• Bonus coupons to local Long Island businesses to use off-site
VIP tickets are limited and expected to sell out.
Important Information
Not all vendors may accept electronic forms of payment. Cash is strongly encouraged.
This is an outdoor, high-energy celebration of Long Island small businesses set against the backdrop of one of the region’s most iconic breweries.
Secure your tickets at www.merrymarketandco.com/

Long Island's largest fair is back with family entertainment including dazzling Saturday night Fireworks by Grucci, exciting midway rides and games for all ages, and favorite fair food.

Free with admission:

• World of Wonders Amazement Show (10 old-time sideshow acts including a sword swallower and a human blockhead, plus the oddly fascinating Museum of Marvels)
• Circus Murcia (high-wire, aerial and Globe of Death motorcycle acts, jugglers & clowns)
• Aqua Live Spectacular water stunt show
• Educational Petting Zoo

Fair admission: $5 (except on Carload Thursdays); free for kids under 36" tall. Parking is free.

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 on site ($40 cash price) or online before 5 pm June 11 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99. Visit the website for pre-sale savings on ride tickets.

On Thursday Carload Nights, unlimited rides and admission are $62/vehicle ($60 cash price) for all legally seat-belted occupants.

Fair hours: 5-11 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 4-11 pm Thursday; 3-11 pm Saturday - Sunday. Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+.

More information: 866-666-3247 or LongIslandFunFest.com

There's something for everyone at this family-fun event, from thrilling midway rides and games for all ages and palate-pleasing carnival eats to the jaw-dropping Big Bee Transforming Robot Car.

Carnival admission is $5 (free for kids under 36" tall). Parking is free.

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 on site ($40 cash price) or online before 5 pm Thurs., July 11 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99.

Visit the website for advance ride ticket savings and discount coupons for rides and food.

Midway hours: 5-10 pm Monday - Thursday, 5-11 pm Friday, noon-11 pm Saturday, noon-10 pm Sunday

Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+. Please check the website for event updates before attending the carnival.

More information: 866-666-3247 or DreamlandAmusements.com
https://dreamlandamusements.com/upcoming-events-amusement-carnival/smith-haven-mall-carnival/

Don’t miss SPIRITUS Festival 2026: Bon Voyage, a two-week chamber music festival on Long Island featuring internationally acclaimed artists and four dynamic concert programs. From A Trio of Trios to Transfigured Night, this season takes audiences on a vibrant musical journey across centuries and styles.

In our third concert, French Connection, we explore the irresistibly sensuous world of late-Impressionistic France, featuring works by Claude Debussy, Jean Françaix, and Gabriel Fauré.

In addition to Main Stage concerts, the festival includes public masterclasses and outreach initiatives that connect audiences and young musicians through world-class performance and education.

Learn more and view full programs at www.spiritusfestival.org
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Early bird tickets available through April 21 with code EARLYBIRD2026.

📍 June 13, 7:30 PM – Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook
🎟️ www.spiritusfestival.org

Kick off strawberry season with a day full of fun, fresh flavors, and unforgettable memories at the Strawberry Festival at Lenny Bruno Farms! 🍓

Admission is just $10 per person and includes live music, a foam bubble party, vendor access, playgrounds, jumbo garden games, farm animal meet-and-greets, unique photo opportunities, and more. Children 2 and under enter free!

Beyond the festival grounds, enjoy delicious eats from local food trucks, shop artisan vendors, and explore tons of exciting activities for kids, teens, and families, including pony rides, face painting, henna, fairy hair tinsel, and more attractions throughout the farm.

For the ultimate strawberry experience, head to the U-pick fields! An additional $10 fee includes a hayride to the fields, a pint of hand-picked strawberries, and exclusive photo opportunities among the berry rows. (Additional pints available for purchase.)

Don’t forget to stop by the farm store for fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade pies, strawberry ice cream, baked goods, and other farm-fresh treats.

Come celebrate the sweetest weekends of the summer at Lenny Bruno Farms! 🌱☀️🍓

Long Island's largest fair is back with family entertainment including dazzling Saturday night Fireworks by Grucci, exciting midway rides and games for all ages, and favorite fair food.

Free with admission:

• World of Wonders Amazement Show (10 old-time sideshow acts including a sword swallower and a human blockhead, plus the oddly fascinating Museum of Marvels)
• Circus Murcia (high-wire, aerial and Globe of Death motorcycle acts, jugglers & clowns)
• Aqua Live Spectacular water stunt show
• Educational Petting Zoo

Fair admission: $5 (except on Carload Thursdays); free for kids under 36" tall. Parking is free.

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 on site ($40 cash price) or online before 5 pm June 11 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99. Visit the website for pre-sale savings on ride tickets.

On Thursday Carload Nights, unlimited rides and admission are $62/vehicle ($60 cash price) for all legally seat-belted occupants.

Fair hours: 5-11 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 4-11 pm Thursday; 3-11 pm Saturday - Sunday. Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+.

More information: 866-666-3247 or LongIslandFunFest.com

There's something for everyone at this family-fun event, from thrilling midway rides and games for all ages and palate-pleasing carnival eats to the jaw-dropping Big Bee Transforming Robot Car.

Carnival admission is $5 (free for kids under 36" tall). Parking is free.

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 on site ($40 cash price) or online before 5 pm Thurs., July 11 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99.

Visit the website for advance ride ticket savings and discount coupons for rides and food.

Midway hours: 5-10 pm Monday - Thursday, 5-11 pm Friday, noon-11 pm Saturday, noon-10 pm Sunday

Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+. Please check the website for event updates before attending the carnival.

More information: 866-666-3247 or DreamlandAmusements.com
https://dreamlandamusements.com/upcoming-events-amusement-carnival/smith-haven-mall-carnival/

Don’t miss SPIRITUS Festival 2026: Bon Voyage, a two-week chamber music festival on Long Island featuring internationally acclaimed artists and four dynamic concert programs. From A Trio of Trios to Transfigured Night, this season takes audiences on a vibrant musical journey across centuries and styles.

In our final concert, Transfigured Night, the program journeys into a luminous and transcendent sound world, opening with Zoltán Kodály’s Serenade and concluding with Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, one of the most ethereal masterpieces of chamber music.

In addition to Main Stage concerts, the festival includes public masterclasses and outreach initiatives, connecting audiences and young musicians through live performance and education.

Learn more and view full programs at www.spiritusfestival.org

Early bird tickets available through April 21 with code EARLYBIRD2026.

📍 June 14, 7:30 PM – Setauket Presbyterian Church
🎟️ www.spiritusfestival.org

Long Island's largest fair is back with family entertainment including dazzling Saturday night Fireworks by Grucci, exciting midway rides and games for all ages, and favorite fair food.

Free with admission:

• World of Wonders Amazement Show (10 old-time sideshow acts including a sword swallower and a human blockhead, plus the oddly fascinating Museum of Marvels)
• Circus Murcia (high-wire, aerial and Globe of Death motorcycle acts, jugglers & clowns)
• Aqua Live Spectacular water stunt show
• Educational Petting Zoo

Fair admission: $5 (except on Carload Thursdays); free for kids under 36" tall. Parking is free.

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 on site ($40 cash price) or online before 5 pm June 11 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99. Visit the website for pre-sale savings on ride tickets.

On Thursday Carload Nights, unlimited rides and admission are $62/vehicle ($60 cash price) for all legally seat-belted occupants.

Fair hours: 5-11 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 4-11 pm Thursday; 3-11 pm Saturday - Sunday. Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+.

More information: 866-666-3247 or LongIslandFunFest.com

There's something for everyone at this family-fun event, from thrilling midway rides and games for all ages and palate-pleasing carnival eats to the jaw-dropping Big Bee Transforming Robot Car.

Carnival admission is $5 (free for kids under 36" tall). Parking is free.

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 on site ($40 cash price) or online before 5 pm Thurs., July 11 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99.

Visit the website for advance ride ticket savings and discount coupons for rides and food.

Midway hours: 5-10 pm Monday - Thursday, 5-11 pm Friday, noon-11 pm Saturday, noon-10 pm Sunday

Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+. Please check the website for event updates before attending the carnival.

More information: 866-666-3247 or DreamlandAmusements.com
https://dreamlandamusements.com/upcoming-events-amusement-carnival/smith-haven-mall-carnival/