'Alive On 25' Street Festival Set To Delight Crowd In Riverhead Thursday

RIVERHEAD, NY — A favorite event is back in Riverhead Thursday as the much-anticipated "Alive on 25" summer street festival returns again to Main Street.

Alive On 25 will take place in Riverhead on Thursday, as well as on August 24. The family event runs from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Main Street; admission is free.

New this year is the Alive On 25 Arts Stage @ East End Arts.

The event includes live music on 7 stages each night, a classic car show, food, crafts beer, wine, street vendors, kids' activities, street performers, face painters, costumed characters, life-sized games, bubblepalooza, and arts.

Main Street is closed beginning at 2 p.m. through 11 p.m. from Griffing Avenue to Ostrander Avenue. Avportion of Peconic Avenue will be closed during the same time period as well. Roanoke Avenue will be closed from Second Street to Main Street. Motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes to travel west and east by using Second Street, Riverhead Police said. North and southbound traffic should use alternate routes, as well, including Center Drive to Osborne Avenue, Ostander Avene or County Route 105.

Free shuttle service will be provided from the municipal parking lot on Court Street. The pickup location will be on the south side of the lot. The shuttle will drop visitors off on Griffing Avenue and Main Street. Handicap parking locations include Heidi Behr Way behind the old Swezey’s and Joe's Garage & Grill, as well the First Street parking lot near walkway by the First Congregational Church.

The performance schedule is as follows:

August 10

Butterfly Cody Experience @ Cliff’s Rendevous
The Bogs @ Crooked Ladder/Digger's Ales n' Eats
Ninjas Need Money @ One For The Road Event Services/Seaside Grill
Boom Shot @ Long Ireland Brewery
Mike Ryan & Friends @ Dark Horse Restaurant
Steve Strecker Band @ PeraBell Food Bar

ARTS STAGE at EAST END ARTS
5 p.m. East End songwriters
5:45 p.m. Chip Williford Poetry
6 p.m. Songwriters
6:45 p.m. Hope Brindel Poetry
7 p.m. Claire Raby Music
7:45 p.m. Steven Kramer Poetry
8 p.m. Points East
8:30 p.m. show @ The Suffolk Theater, Long Live the Beatles - Beatles Tribute $15

August 24

Billboard Live Band @ Cliff’s Rendevous
Who Are Those Guys @ Crooked Ladder/Digger's Ales n' Eats
Ain't So EZ @ One For The Road Event Services/Seaside Grill
Ogee Wawa @ Long Ireland Brewery
Mambo Loco @ Tweeds Restaurant
Mean Machine @ PeraBell Food Bar
Boom Shot @ Moustache Brewing Co.

ARTS STAGE at EAST END ARTS
5 p.m. The Second Hands Music
5:45 p.m. Bill Batcher Poetry
6 p.m. Bryan Gallo Music
6:45 p.m. Maggie Bloomfield Poetry
7 p.m. Pete Mancini Music
7:45 p.m. Julie Scarr Poetry
8 p.m. Eddie Ayala music
8:30 p.m. show @ The Suffolk Theater, Rob Base - Platinum-selling hip hop legend $15

In 2016, Riverhead and Patchogue municipalities worked together for Riverhead's premiere "Alive on 25" event.

The Riverhead Business Improvement District approached the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce to discuss working together to create a similar event to their highly successful Alive After Five®, a release stated.

Alive after Five® has been integral in the revitalization and growth in Patchogue, many believe; some feel the two towns are "sister" municipalities.

For additional information, schedules, and Alive on 25 info, click here.

Patch file photo by Lisa Finn.