Mineola, you almost lost your village this weekend.
At the third annual Mineola Fall Festival, a wrestling villain cut off Mayor Paul Pereira mid-speech, grabbed the Key to the Village and named himself mayor. The crowd was not having it. The key made it back to its rightful owner, and the party kept going.
- What
- Third annual Mineola Fall Festival
- Where
- Memorial Park, Mineola
- When
- Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18, noon to 6 p.m.
- Highlights
- Live wrestling show, pie-eating contest, vendor market, food trucks, fall drinks and kids’ games
- Produced by
- LiPOPUP Event Production, with wrestling from Championship Entertainment Productions sponsored by Lucharito’s
A Long Island fall tradition
The festival started as a one-day event in 2024. It went to two days last year, and it keeps getting bigger.
Families came out for flips, food and early Halloween costumes. One Glen Cove couple, 51 years married, met up with the grandkids and called the whole thing clean, organized and full of good food.
Pie, pumpkins and a body slam or two. That’s fall on Long Island. Keep it locked to WLIT.FM.
Source: Long Island Press. Photo: Village of Mineola via Long Island Press.
