3rd Annual East Hampton Spring Street Fair Coming Soon

EAST HAMPTON, NY — The Third Annual Spring Street Fair is set to unfold in East Hampton Village in May.

The event, sponsored by the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, will take place on Newtown Lane on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and feature more than 50 booths at which local artists, shopkeepers and non-profits will display their wares and information.

A Main Street Stage will present live music all day — from bluegrass to folk to rock 'n' roll, including a Beatles tribute band called PennyLane, the Lynn Blue Band and the Potter-Tekulsky Band.

Fun for the kids will include a KIDZONE featuring a YMCA Summer Camp adventure zone including a climbing wall and jumping castle, face painters, the Art Nanny, arts and crafts and more. Hampton Free Ride will be providing shuttle service from the John Marshall Elementary School parking lot. Also onhand will be the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons van, science projects from the Children’s Museum of East End, and an East Hampton Library book tent. A flight simulator from the East Hampton Airport Association is set to delight children and adults.

Guests will be able to visit an expanded food court featuring local fresh lobster rolls and clam chowder from Stuart’s Seafood, wood-fired pizza, Kona ice, homemade pickles from Perfect Pickle, handmade ice cream from John’s Drive-In, tacos from Matti-taco, Annie’s Sweets’ homemade chocolate and New York handmade pretzels.

The event will include a sidewalk sale.

New this year will be a Bedside Reading Authors' Signing Tent featuring such noted authors as Natalie Banks, "The Canary’s Song," Keele Burgin, "Wholly Unraveled", Geanna Culbertson, "Crisanta Knight to Death and Back", Dee Delaney "The Truth: Is the Art of Being", Mel Greenburg, "Running with Our Eyes Closed", Susan Silver, "Hot Pants in Hollywood", Anna Vocinna, "East Happy" and Saryon Michael White, "Roya Sands and the Bridge Between Worlds". Children’s author Ruth Ann Warren, will give a special reading from “Blossom and Grow” at 2 p.m. that features a live pink pony and free gifts to the first 50 children.

The event has become a beloved tradition, said East Hampton Chamber Of Commerce's Executive Director Steven Ringel: “It’s a true community event to celebrate spring, as well as to showcase our wonderful businesses and organizations."