Clown Looney Tooney dazzles the crowd at last year's Festival / Photo by
GIA
The Alliance has lined up a one-man band, a two-man band, five story tellers, a clown, a Medicine Show and, not least, Grammy-winning guitarist Tom Chapin, described by Billboard as "totally captivating." If you're still not captivated, there will be fishing, hula hoops and games, puppet making, bike decorating, an "interactive" map of New York Harbor where all sorts of learning will be dispensed.... and there's more.
This will be the Alliance's 6th annual opening-day festival, made possible this time by funding from the City Council, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and the Alliance's own supporters. In addition, Deutsche Bank supports the volunteer program. Yes, we need volunteers [see 'Help Wanted'].
Festival festivities start at noon and continue until 5. Most of them will happen on and around Colonels Row. Schedules will be available at the Alliance information tents when you arrive at Soissons Dock and Pier 101. There, you can also pick up a visitor survey or get yourself a GIA cap.
In addition to all the onshore activity, there's offshore fishing from the Promenade. A license is required; $4 for one day, $10 for the year. Go to ifishnewyork.org to learn how to get one.
Don't want to fish? Then go to the harbor map at 2 o'clock when National Park Service rangers will tell everything they know about the harbor - and these young people know a lot.
So come on out, bring a picnic and enjoy!
Festival festivities start at noon and continue until 5. Most of them will happen on and around Colonels Row. Schedules will be available at the Alliance information tents when you arrive at Soissons Dock and Pier 101. There, you can also pick up a visitor survey or get yourself a GIA cap.
In addition to all the onshore activity, there's offshore fishing from the Promenade. A license is required; $4 for one day, $10 for the year. Go to ifishnewyork.org to learn how to get one.
Don't want to fish? Then go to the harbor map at 2 o'clock when National Park Service rangers will tell everything they know about the harbor - and these young people know a lot.
So come on out, bring a picnic and enjoy!