Julie Marchesella, festival chairwoman, said the weekend-long event will kick off with a battle of the bands on Friday night, Oct. 1, at the Town of Hempstead showmobile on Merrick Avenue.
Merrick Avenue will be closed from 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and fair attendees will find rides, crafts, vendors, sales by local merchants, free goody bags, costumed characters and blow-up rides. Additionally, two competitions will be held at the fair, a pizza-eating and a bubble gum-blowing contest.
The fair acts a fund-raiser for the chamber's holiday lights program and is being sponsored by the Long Island Power Authority, state Assemblyman David McDonough, Prudential Douglas Elliman Realty, Roseland Savings Bank and Citibank.
For more information or to become a fair sponsor, call (516) 377-1357.
