Downtown Riverhead’s Alive on 25 street festival will make its 2018 debut Thursday.
The event, which opens at 5 p.m., will offer live music and dancing in the street, food served up by Main Street restaurants and a variety of food trucks and vendors, craft beers and Long Island wines, a classic car show, activities for kids — and to cap things off, fireworks at 9:15 p.m.
There is no admission fee for the popular Main Street festival, which has drawn thousands of visitors to downtown Riverhead in its first two summer seasons.
The musical lineup for Thursday’s event includes:
Who Are Those Guys at Cliff’s Rendevous
Run for Cover at Digger’s Ales n’ Eats
The Vibe at One For The Road Event Services/Seaside Grill
Boom Shot at Long Ireland Brewery
Mambo Loco at Tweeds/Dark Horse Restaurant
Hi Def at PeraBell Food Bar
Wandering Times at Jamesport Farm Brewery
The Alive on 25 Arts Stage features area singer-songwriters and poets in an intimate setting on the East End Arts grounds, surrounded by local visual artists creating their work live, displaying both finished art, and work in progress.
Arts stage lineup:
5:30 Mick Hargreaves
5:45 Julia Scarr
6:00 Val Levine
6:45 Melissa Longo
7:00 Sarah Lewis
7:45 Russ Green
8:00 Points East
On the east end of Main Street, kids can enjoy a rock-climbing wall, paint ball and Bubble Palooza.
Downtown restaurants will be open late for the event, including: Blue Duck Bakery Cafe, Cliff’s Rendezvous, Cucina 25 Pizza, Dark Horse Restaurant, Jerry & The Mermaid, Mazi, PeraBell Food Bar, Shadees Jamaican Restaurant and Tweeds.
Food vendors on the street will include Sunny’s Riverhead Grill, Hines Catering, Farm to Table, Anewyoricanthing, Chiddys Cheesesteaks, Emilys Apple Puffs, Frank & Liz Sausage and Braciole, G&L Gyro, Knot Of This World Pretzels, Shuckers, Fry Daddy, Whole LeCrepe and Mr Softee ice cream.
Main Street will be closed to traffic from Griffing Avenue to Union Avenue from 3:30 p.m. to approximately 10 p.m. There will be no parking on Main Street beginning at 2 p.m.
Visitors should use the municipal parking lots north of Main Street, including the lot on Griffing Avenue at Railroad Avenue and on Court Street and Osborn Avenue. Parking is also available at the county center in Riverside. The festival is offering two shuttle buses for guests this Thursday: one from the county center parking lot and the other from the Court Street parking lot (south side).
Thursday’s weather forecast is looking good. It will be sunny and warm during the afternoon, with temperatures in the mid-80s, then partly cloudy and temperatures in the mid-70s Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Alive on 25 is presented by the Riverhead Business Improvement District with the support of season sponsor BNB Bank and more than a dozen local businesses, including this website.
See photos from last year’s festival here and here.
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