They charge $5 a person to enter. No real entertainment worth it that we can see. Shortsighted in…read morecollecting admission fee so we can spend more money. Not worth it for a family to enter.

Used to go every year, but I won't go again. I understand my opinion will be unpopular, but I will…read moreat least be honest. The number of dogs at the fair is not safe. Those of us trying to walk around the fair do so in fear of tripping over a leash or stepping in something unsavory. So although Huntington puts on a beautiful fair I'll leave it to the dog lovers in the future.

If you like Halloween, If you like kitchyness, then you…read morewould absolutely love the great jack-o'-lantern festival. Very kid friendly very imaginative we were able to go to the von Courtland Manor and enjoy a cocktail with our VIP access... we loved hearing a little bit about the history of the manner This is a nonprofit event . Benefiting schools The imagination from this organization is incredible . If you , like me, enjoy this kind of fun you should go. But alas, you'll have to go next year as it is finished for the season.

Came here on a weekday night. This place is a must go if you've ever wanna walk through a glowing…read moregalaxy made out of pumpkins. The Pumpkin Blaze is magical and spooky. Each pumpkin display features hand carved designs that turn the night into art. Large crowds are present, but the experience is worth it. The night views of the pumpkins' displays are amazing, full of Fall magic. Pro tip: Go on weekdays to avoid long lines as it's less crowded. I recommend you to bring a jacket since it can get chilly at night.

Great street fair run by Craft - A - Fair (Ron & Tony) over 100 vendors (Food & Crafts). This was…read morethe second Street fair here during the spring and had a much larger turn out than last year. The Street Fair that brings out the largest crowd and even more vendors is the 25th Annual Farmingdale Fall Street Fair same location(Main Street) on October 12th & 13th this yr(2013).

Complete chaos! The whole festival certainly is fun and the…read morevillage is awesome for putting it all together but holy heck it just gets too out of control. We started out with the chowder crawl which was right up my ally. $10 per person and there was about 8 or so restaurants go to for our chowder. The very first one we stopped at though was Tommys and low and behold they didn't have any ready yet. Oh well. We finished the run around town and marked down our winners and handed it in. Next was the doggy parade and that was when things really just became nuts. There was no instruction for the parade participants and everyone was just kind of wandering the streets. Then when we finished the constables were SCREAMING at us to get out of the street. Could have been done a little nicer! There was wine tasting, whiskey tasting and cheese tasting plus complimentary marshmallow roasting but I was just so done with all the idiots walking in the street and bumping into me and my dogs so we left. Not to mention directly next to the marshmallows were a bunch of tightly caged in farm animals :( the smoke from the fire was going right onto them!! Thats not right in my opinion. Next year hopefully it will be better organized and no farm animals please!

First time here with my 12 year old daughter. Really cool event…read moreThey did a great job with all the props . Sound effects are cool, actors are all good and very into their roles. Definitely a few good jump scares . We bought tickets at the front and had about 15 min wait. It was pretty crowded, lots of young teens.

Not worth it at all, I'd recommend going somewhere else. this place is a complete waste of time…read moreand rip Off . This year for 2023 is terrible if you want to have a better time go somewhere else, long wait times , accepting more people than they should have and terrible staff and actors . It's a clown show here .

Attending the 2015 thanks to scoring a couple of free passes through Yelp (Thank you Drew and…read moreYelp!) was a great opportunity to sample what Long Island and the Northeast has to offer since the event had many breweries from these areas. We arrived for the second session (5:30pm start) at around 5:45pm and the line was moving quickly as they were checking bags and IDs. We received our tasting cups and we were on our way. Belmont is great space for this event with the vendors being laid out nicely and also, more importantly, plenty o' bathrooms! The signs say the 2oz pours are strictly enforced, but honestly it is not a big deal. There are so many samples to be had that a 2oz pour from all of them would probably give most people alcohol poisoning! There are a lot of great beers to sample here! I am not going to point out the beers I didn't like, but I will say in general there were a lot of flabby, overdone IPAs, which seems all breweries trying to stay on trend, but I prefer to see less common and different brews offered. I found a couple of aged in barrels brews interesting - One from Two Roads, out of CT, offered Contucky Lightnin', a sour mash ale aged in bourbon barrels, to impart a whiskey feel and complexity. From Scotland, Innis and Gunn had oak aged beer that went for a similar finish of smoothness along with vanilla, toffee and of course, oak. I appreciated what they were trying to do and the complexity of their lush samples. Handgrenades Homebrew Club, an amalgam of different home brew enthusiasts had some great samples on offer (I saw 8, I think), my favorite being "Uncle Joes Breakfast Stout" - A coffee stout: two great flavors that work amazing together. It would make for a perfect start of the day. Speaking of stouts, I found Bluepoint's Armchair to be the best milk stout I tried at the event - creamy, balanced and perfect flavor. Crooked Ladder from Riverhead, had a delicious Gypsy Red ale, although unfortunately named for the politically correct crowd. Spiked Seltzer had a low carb, 6%ABV flavored seltzer, which was interesting and helped to refresh my palate. I LOVE a RYE beer, but I found most vendors doing a RYE IPA, which did not work for me. I feel they just did not come together with the typical IPA flavor overpowering. Which leads me to my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE of the night, which was from SAND CITY BREWING CO. out of Northport. A small operation, whose brews are offered at their tasting room and a few local north shore restaurants. They had an AMAZING Rye pale ale called "Ryes N Tide" - I could have drank this all night long (I did try and they were amazingly generous with 3 samples for me!) the pale ale allows the flavor that rye provides to shine. Completely drinkable and refreshing. I have to get there and hope they have it on offer when I do! A couple of caveats: Eat before the event here since the food offerings are typical Belmont vendors (It would be nice to see some local food stands participate here). Also some of the smaller vendors ran out of brew half way through the 2nd session so if you are dead set on trying everything perhaps come down for the 1st and early session. As with any event with alcohol involved the night got sloppy as it went on, but most people were very cool. Excellent event, great venue, amazing beers, cool activities happening through out - This expo is well worth it! You will get access to so many vendor offerings that you will be sure to up your beer drinking knowledge!

International Great Beer Expo was one great chilling event. There was "mucho" beer to be consume by…read morea variety of experts (me) who enjoy tasting some nice brews. The venue had about 30 or so breweries spread out in the back grandstand of Belmont Park; a very comfortable setting. Now let me get this out of the way; it was cold. It was North Pole cold. There I said it. The venue is a summer racetrack with lots and lots of doors to one of the better looking tracks in America; only Hollywood Park, Churchill Downs and Saratoga are more majestic. It is not made for fall or winter events. My wife and I made the best of the situation. We figured drink beer fast warm up. It work for a while, but still cold. We needed a "White Knight" to rescue this chilling experience. Low and behold there on the other side of the venue was Drew and The Yelp Team. Yay. Hooray we are save. The Yelp Team as always was ready with their goodies. Mini pretzels (yum) and texting gloves. Yes gloves. I must say that if one person came up to me, 20 people came up and said "dude where did you get those gloves". The wonderful pair of gloves were our life savior and allow us to continue on our quest of "beer consumption". Thank you Drew and Yelp Team. Now to the business of beer. I found the beer selection to be broken down to Long Island and New York State beers; popular brands and the International beers. While it was not a huge selection it had enough variety to satisfy any beer fan with multiply 2 oz samples. The popular brands where: Amstel, Heineken, Presidente, Modelo, Pacifico, Blue Moon, Dos Equis, Sapporo and a couple of others which slip my mind. The International brands where these I just mention and a few others that also slip my mind. I guess to many 2 oz pours. Now my favorites: Long Island beers. Over the summer, I had the opportunity to visit some of these breweries and I found them all to have a tasty product and awesome representation at their location. Port Jefferson Brewery had an IPA and an ALE that I really enjoyed. Both where tasty and I am sure that if you had a taste, you would be a fan, like me. The Pumpkin Seasonal, while others go crazy for this, me, I just pass. Not a fan of any Pumpkin Seasonal beers. The stout that they released at 2:30 PM for tasting, just did not cut it for me. I can't put my finger on it, maybe a little on the warm side or just not there. Sorry. Long Ireland Brewery was probably my favorite. All good and tasty. I had multiple samples here; IPA, Lager all good. Tasty. The Stout that was featured at 1:30 PM was delicious. Nice body with some chocolate tones at the finish. Very nice. I think these guys are doing something good here. Yay. I am not a fan of hard cider, but I had a hard cider from "Angry Orchard Hard Cider" that was delicious. Lots of apple flavor in the finish. Refreshing. Overall, excellent event. If you could move beyond the cold, it was a well run event. Lots of room and many tasty beers. While I would of like a more interactive experience with the staff of the brewery; it was not the end of the world that it did not happen. The crowd was well behaved with lots of security. No issues here. I then to go to these events a couple of times a year and I know what to expect. The International Great Beer Expo did not disappoint me at all. Tasted many beers, had fun and this is what beer is all about. Cheers.............