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44th Annual Polish Town Fair & Festival Kicks Off In Riverhead
Get your dancing shoes ready for some polka! The Polish Fair's coming to Riverhead this weekend.
RIVERHEAD, NY — It's time to polka! The Polish Town Civic Association is gearing up for the 44th Annual Polish Town Fair & Festival Saturday and Sunday in Riverhead.
The beloved annual festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. On Saturday a mass at St. Isidore's R.C. Church kicks off the festival at 10 a.m. on Pulaski Street, followed by a flag ceremony at the showmobile at 11:30 a.m.
The year's Polish Queen, Lily Basia Whitehead, 17, will be onhand to greet the happy crowd.
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The festival includes vendors, crafts, mouthwatering food including pierogis and kielbasa, live polka music by Middlesex Express at the showmobile from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday; and, on Saturday night under the pavilion from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Mike Costa & The Beat and Polka Method will keep the crowd dancing. Admission to that portion of the event costs $13, with children under five years old, free.
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Photo courtesy Polish Town Civic Association.
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