Dance And Laugh At The Finn Fest Music And Comedy Festival

This weekend, dance, laugh and have a grand old time at the Finn Fest, right on the beach in Island Park.

The Finn Fest Music and Comedy Festival is being held on July 28, and will benefit The Dorothy Finn Foundation. The foundation raises money for animal rescue groups and to purchase art supplies and musical instruments for economically challenged children. Dorothy, a life-long tap dancing teacher, lived in Long Beach with her family for 45 years. She also loved volunteering at animal shelters and raising money to help care for the animals and find them new homes.

The festival at Island Park's Masone Beach is honoring her memory, and raising money for causes she loved. Things kick off in the early afternoon and will run well into the night. And with three stages, there will always be something happening.

The bands performing include:

• Steven Forbert
• Half Step
• King Wellington & Earth People
• Wine With Sue
• Solshyne
• Breakaway
• Free Gree Union
• Studio Noir Jazz
• DJ Kahuna

And there will always be a performer going at the comedy tent. Comedians include:

• Mike Keegan
• Carla Oakerson
• Billy Geyer
• Alia Janine
• Chris Davis
• Scott Schendlinger

Admission to the festival is $25, but kids are free. You can purchase tickets here.

And to make getting to the festival even easier, the organizers are running a shuttle bus to pick people up from Long Beach and bring them to Masone Beach in Island Park. The shuttle will be picking guests up from The Cabana, The Inn, Shines, Billy's Beach Cafe and the LIRR station. Click here for the bus schedule.

For more information on the Finn Festival, and to see a schedule of all the acts, click here.

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