LI FamFest, NY Metro Area’s Newest and Largest Family Fun and Resources Event, Comes to LIU’s Pratt Recreational Center, September 17 Brings to Life All the Fun for Kids & Expert Know-How for Parents Found in NY Metro Parents’ 8 Popular Monthly Magazines including Long Island Parent, Big Apple Parent and Brooklyn Parent
WHAT: A full day of fun and activities for kids and information for parents, where kids will be entertained and parents enriched – for one family admission – where they can do all their planning for the new school year ahead, in one afternoon! Featuring more than 50 exhibitors, the first-ever LI FamFest is produced by NY Metro Parents, the authority that delivers superior choices about how to spend time and money to more than 1,000,000 area parents each month, through its eight award-winning parenting magazines including Long Island Parent and its website, www.NYmetroparents.comWHEN/WHERE: LI FamFest will take place Saturday, September 17, from 10 am to 3 pm at Long Island University’s Pratt Recreational Center, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, Long Island.
Activities for Kids: LI FamFest will offer a cornucopia of activities and performances to entertain children of all ages. Activities include: a live reptile and wildlife show by the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery; face painting and balloon making with Clowns.com; a photo fun booth with Happy Face Entertainment, hip hop dance movement with Glen Dance Studio and Kidville, a day-long arts & crafts zone with Not Just Art, instrument tutorials with Eskay Music, a rope obstacle course with Happy Fest, candy making and a chocolate dipping fountain by Chocolate Works, an introduction to cutting-edge learning programs with Village East Gifted and The Whole Child Academy and much more. There will also be live performances by musicians, magicians and clowns, a Halloween costume prep event with Rubies, an inflatables zone where kids can burn off more energy and prizes! Ten of the activities, including the rope obstacle course, are also designed to accommodate children with special needs.
Info & Resources for Parents: While the children play and learn, parents will be able to explore offerings from more than 50 exhibitors and experts. They can meet providers for pediatric dentistry healthcare and special needs children, afterschool programs (including sports, martial arts and music), nursery schools, nutritionists, Mommy & Me activities and many many more.
Tickets: Tickets to the event are $25 per family (2 adults and up to 4 children) in advance at LIFamFest.com; $30 at the door. At LIFamFest.com, consumers can get a $5 off coupon (code FFPRE) to apply to their ticket purchase. Coupons can also be found at the many places Long Island Parents Magazine is distributed in Nassau and Suffolk counties – at play and activity centers, toy stores, pediatricians’ offices, etc. Every ticket purchaser will leave the event with free samples and other goodies in a family gift bag courtesy of NY Metro Parents and the exhibitors.
Event Info/Website: For tickets and the latest news, go to www.lifamfest.com
