Patchogue Sea Fair

Review is of the Fifth Annual 2008 River Festival (2008). (Plenty of links in this review. .. total «Local Flavor»).
The River Festival is basically a weekend-​long Alive After Five (
) — type festival. It’s free to get in (donate to Ronald McDonald House if you like) and has a good line-​up of craft tables and booths down Division Street, just before the admission gate (the Cliff’s Tattoo (
) and Clam Power (
) guys being among them). Along the river is the boat expo, with an in-​water boat show, featuring fully restored early 20^th c. Chris Crafts. The Lakeview Cemetery (
) Friends of the Dead also had a tent there, where they were revealing their plans for a tribute to the shipwreck victims of the Louis V. Place.
There are the standard food vendors you’d find at any carnival, as well as stands by local eateries Bobbique (
), The Brick House (
), Gallo Tropical (
), and Red Smoke BBQ (
), who offered jerk chicken legs. Blue Point Brewery (
) had a station by the bandstand, see pic for performing lineup. Family friendly and plenty of open air drinking, beers are $ 5.. .