A Welcome Message from Coordinators Jim and Connie Lull:
Welcome to the 34th annual Riverhead Country Fair! This is a great place to be on an Autumn afternoon. Stay the day; enjoy the best of our little town-wide block party!

On the west end of the fair is lovely Grangebel Park, nestled below the dam on the Peconic River. There in the park you will find pony rides, folk musicians and various animal exhibits. On the east end of the fairgrounds, just before the Atlantis Marine Aquarium, is our carnival and amusement area with rides and games for people of all ages.

In between the park and the carnival are over 500 vendor and public service booths, police and fire demonstrations, more than 40 food booths offering all kinds of fare from popcorn to calamari, commercial expo booths, and wandering musicians.

At the two sided center of the fair are those things which are unique to this great party. The agricultural, needlework and homemaking exhibits and competitions combine to remind us when farming dominated the East End. The old-time tractors, farm machinery, corn strippers and other features of the exhibit by the Long Island Antique Power Association surround you with farm history. The vegetable growers and cake decorators and quilt makers and canning enthusiasts and wood carvers and beer makers all compete for prizes and provide displays for all to see.

Also in this section of the fair are the children's vegetable decorating contests and a free taste of local agriculture provided by the Long Island Farm Bureau. They serve a new delicacy every hour from hot baked potatoes to grape juice to broccoli and dip.

Next door to the farm displays is the entertainment stage with free entertainment all day and a chance to listen and dance to a varied schedule including folk, country, western, and big band music.

In front of the stage are two large booths run by local service clubs. The Riverhead Moose Club serves hot dogs and hamburgers, the Rotary Club serves beer and snacks. All of this can be enjoyed in the Beer Hall Tent where you can sit, rest your feet, and listen to the music. The fair's headquarters are located there as well, so please feel free to stop in for a visit.

All funds raised by the Fair are disbursed through Townscape, Inc. for beautification, revitalization and educational projects in our town. The Fair Committee and Townscape are volunteer organizations in support of Riverhead.

Years ago, someone looked at the Riverhead Country Fair, at the dozens of volunteers, the hundreds of participants and the thousands of fairgoers, and dubbed the Fair "a community at work on behalf of itself." That is as true now as it was then. The Riverhead Country Fair stands alone in what it has achieved on behalf of the town which spawned it.

Connie and Jim Lull, Coordinators