The Garden City Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for the 35th annual Fall Festival Street Fair set for Saturday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Seventh Street. The chamber thanks the Garden City Hotel which will serve as the primary event sponsor.
JGS entertainment will return for the 16th year as master ceremonies providing music and vocals. There will be plenty of activities for the kids. Included will be the return of the two trackless trains carrying children 12 years of age and younger up and down Seventh Street sponsored by Coach Realtors and Garden City Teachers Association. There will be the traditional inflatable bouncy house sponsored by SMPL Technologies and the ever-popular money cube sponsored by Calogero’s and Leo’s. The Garden City Parks and Recreation Department will have giveaways and temporary tattoos.
Proving music for this year’s event will be the Fivestone Rock Band. In addition, the Salvation Army Brass Quartet will also be performing. The young dancers from Garden City’s Broadway Bound will be performing5 between Natural Market and Joseph & Joseph mens’ store. Food will be availabe for sale along the way plus some 70 vendors offering craft and gift items. A major addition to the festivities will be the Garden City High School Homecoming Day Parade to step off on Seventh Street at 1 p.m.
In addition to the many businesses exhibiting, Chamber members who are not located on Seventh Street and Garden City community organizations are also welcomed to showcase and promote their missions and fundraisers. All groups must first call Liz at the Chamber (516-746-7724, Ext. 101) to secure space which must be assigned in advance.
The Chamber thanks the following sponsors to date who are contributing to the success of this much-looked-forward to event: Fairchild Funeral Home, Inc., Jacqueline Goode and Brian Daughney and Securities Consultants LLC. For information and to reserve exhibit space, please call the Chamber and visit www.gardencitychamber.org.
