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Vendy Awards. Photograph by Adam "Slice" Kuban
25th Anniversary Oyster Festival
Now through Sunday, October 19
One of the East Coast's largest annual waterfront festivals, Long Island's Oyster Festival will be serving up stews and gumbos, and the best of the sea's bounty: oysters, clams, and shrimp. Live music, fireworks, boat races, pirates, and thrill rides offer fun for all ages. LIRR will be running expanded service to Oyster Bay; free parking and shuttle bus service is available at the event. Waterfront at Theodore Roosevelt Park, Oyster Bay, Long Island; event website
Red Hook Harvest Festival
October 18, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Enjoy autumn in Brooklyn, with cooking demos, locavore food, pumpkin carving, face painting, live music, and farm tours. Red Hook Community Farm, Columbia and Beard Streets, Red Hook, Brooklyn; event website
2008 Vendy Awards
Saturday, October 18, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Nine finalists offering the best of New York's street food will compete in sweet and savory categories at the fourth annual Vendy Awards. Tax-deductible tickets are $80 in advance, $100 at the door, and the price includes food from all the vendors. Proceeds to benefit the Street Vendor Project, a nonprofit organization supporting New York City vendors. Tobacco Warehouse (Empire-Fulton State Park), Dumbo, Brooklyn; event website
Apple Day Festival
Sunday, October 19, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Come celebrate apple season! Along what used to be the Delancey Apple Orchard of the 1700's, this street festival will feature an old-fashioned cider press, a live honey beehive, historical walking tours, and apple foods, arts, and crafts! Free. Orchard Street (b/n Broome and Grand Streets), Lower East Side; event website
Enid's Apple Pie Bake-Off
Sunday, October 19, 6 p.m.
Bake your best apple pie for Enid's annual Apple Pie Bake-Off. Categories include "prettiest pie" and "most like Mom's". Sample entries with Enid's drink specials. Sponsored by Enid's and Brooklyn Kitchen. Free. Enid's, 560 Manhattan Ave (nr. Driggs Ave), Williamsburg, Brooklyn; event website
Street Fairs
Saturday, October 18
Waverly Place between Broadway and 5th Avenue; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Greenwich Avenue between 6th and 7th Avenues; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
3rd Avenue between 149th and 156th Streets, Bronx; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, October 19
Bleecker Street between Lafayette and Laguardia Streets; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
3rd Avenue between 23rd and 34th Streets; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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2 Comments:
Not really NYC but The Oyster Festival in Oyster Bay(Long Island) is running Sat & Sun and it's accessible by LIRR.
Here is a list of the food and the money goes to charity.
maportofu at 10:08PM on 10/16/08
Hey, mapartofu! We've updated the post to include your lead. Thanks for the intel!
Tam Ngo at 2:27PM on 10/17/08