North Fork Weekend Events: Celebrate Freedom with Wine & Fireworks
Take the drive “up north” this weekend and enjoy the bounty of wine country, peruse the farmers markets, go on a lighthouse tour, see talented musicians at work and more.
FRIDAY, JULY 1
Farmers Market at North Fork Table & Inn
9 a.m.–12 p.m. Featuring your favorite local foods and goods. North Fork Table & Inn, 57225 Main Road, Southold. 631-765-0177
Red White and Bubbly at Palmer Vineyards
1 p.m. Enjoy wine flights as well as reggae music, food by Rumba and BBQ by Cowfish. Palmer Vineyards, 5120 Sound Avenue, Riverhead. 631-722-9462 palmervineyards.com
Wine Cafe at Diliberto Winery
6 p.m. Live music, homemade pizza and wine. Diliberto Winery, 250 Manor Lane, Jamesport. 631-722-3416 dilibertowinery.com
Dungeons and Dragons at Riverhead Free Library
6:30 p.m. Join DM Harry for an epic heroic journey. Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court Street, Riverhead. 631-727-3228 riverheadlibrary.org
Talk and Food Demo with Chef John Ross at East End Seaport
7 p.m. Learn easy-to-prepare dishes as you might cook them aboard a seagoing vessel. East End Seaport Museum, 3rd Street, Greenport. 631-477-2100 eastendseaport.org
Annual Faculty Concert at Perlman Music Program
7:30 p.m. PMP’s music teachers perform. Free. This event fills up quickly. Arrive early and bring your own lawn chair. The Performance Tent at the Perlman Music Program Campus, 73 Shore Road, Shelter Island.212-877-5045 perlmanmusicprogram.org
SATURDAY, JULY 2
Shelter Island Farmers Market
9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Through 9/3. 16 South Ferry Road, Shelter Island.
Havens Farmers Market
9 a.m. –12:30 p.m. Pick up your local produce, fish, flowers, herbs, bread, pickles, pie and cheese. Havens House Museum Grounds, 16 South Ferry Road, Shelter Island. 631-749-0025 shelterislandhistorical.org
Riverhead Farmers’ Market
9 a.m. Downton Riverhead, 117 East Main Street, Riverhead.
Vine to Wine Tour at Sannino Bella Vita Vineyard
1 p.m. Learn about wine making techniques and how they define the characteristics of wine. 1375 Peconic Lane, Peconic. 631-734-8282 sanninovineyard.com
Joe Hampton & Southold Slim at Long Island Spirits
3 p.m. Music and vodka tasting. Long Island Spirits, 2182 Sound Avenue, Baiting Hollow. 631-722-2217 joehamptonmusic.com
Bug Lighthouse Tour
4 p.m. Tour the offshore lighthouse. East End Seaport Museum, 3rd Street, Greenport. 631-477-2100 eastendseaport.org
Works in Progress Concert at Perlman Music Program
7:30 p.m. Students from the Perlman Music Program perform varied programs of classical masterworks. The Performance Tent at the Perlman Music Program Campus, 73 Shore Road, Shelter Island.212-877-5045 perlmanmusicprogram.org
Fireworks at Riverhead Raceway
9 p.m. Riverhead Raceway, 1797 Old Country Road, Riverhead. 631-842-7223
The All Star After Dark
9 p.m.–1 a.m. Saturdays. An evening of late night drink specials and DJ spinning. The All Star, 96 Main Road, Riverhead. 631-998-3565 theallstar.com
Fireworks at Polo Grounds
10 p.m. Polo Grounds, 190 Moores Lane, Greenport. 631-477-1943
SUNDAY, JULY 3
Sunday Jazz at the Ram’s Head Inn
6 p.m. Relax in famed Harbor Hall, or watch the sunset on the Great Lawn while listening to live jazz. Ram’s Head Inn, 108 Ram Island Drive, Shelter Island. 631-749-0811 theramsheadinn.com
Riverhead Fireworks Presented By Riverhead BID
7/3, 9 p.m. Rain date 7/5. Grangebel Park, Peconic Avenue, Riverhead. 631-727-3200
Wading River Fireworks
9:15 p.m. 5164 Route 25A, Wading River. 631-727-3200