Long Island's best summer festivals

Junk food, carnival rides, live music... everyone loves a good festival. From strawberries to balloon rides, here are some of LI's best. • PHOTOS

Festival schedule

All the fairs and festivals happening on Long Island, sorted by date.

Scenes from the latest local festivals.

Photos from the annual summer festival.

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Fun with fruit at annual Mattituck fair

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Tasty food and fun times at the Freeport festival.

In the air and on the ground for Memorial Day weekend

Flowers and fun in the 'Little Apple'

Dutch Festival 25th annual heritage celebration at Hofstra Museum Row Festival Scenes from Cradle of Aviation, Children's Museum and Firefighter's Museum. Balloon & Music Festival Scenes from 2007 as you get ready for 2008 (Aug. 8-10) at Brookhaven Calabro Airport. Oyster Festival Scenes from 2007's event to get you ready for 2008. Riverhead Blues Festival Photos from the 9th annual event on the waterfront. • 2008 Blues Festival info Polish Town Fair Our cameras, your faces. The X-Team heads to Riverhead. Sayville Summerfest Our cameras, your faces. The X-Team goes to Bellmore. Scottish Games Caber toss, oh yeah! Scenes from Old Westbury Gardens Shinecock Pow Wow Photos from the annual tribal dance and weekend festival.		My Long Island: Festival photos Share your photos from LI fairs and festivals. Submit an event Send us your upcoming event info for consideration in our always-updating events database. X-Team photos Our cameras, your faces. See where the X-Team has been and who was hanging out when they got there.