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HarborFrost Happenings

Thu, 02/27/2020 - 19:48
Ice-carving demonstrations are one of the highlights of HarborFrost.
Durell Godfrey

Clear your schedule for HarborFrost in Sag Harbor on Saturday. The day of events will begin with a hike around Mashashimuet Park at 10 a.m. and conclude with a performance by the HooDoo Loungers at 8 p.m. at Bay Street Theater. Tickets for the latter are $30 and available on the theater’s website.     

A culinary stroll of the village will start at Il Capuccino at 11:30 a.m. The cost is $50 per person. A group plunge into the bay will take place at Windmill Beach at 2 p.m. (registration is at the windmill at 1). Also at 2: ice-carving demonstrations in Steinbeck Park (near the Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter Veterans Memorial Bridge) and a sailing regatta at the Breakwater Yacht Club.     

To take the chill off, there will be a hot chocolate station from 1 to 4 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library and bottomless bowls of soup ($10 for adults, $5 for kids) from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Old Whalers Church. Patrick McMurray, a champion oyster shucker, will demonstrate his skills at Baron’s Cove from 1 to 6.     

For music lovers, Alfredo Merat will perform at K Pasa at 2:30, the Second Hands will be at Berry and Co. at 3:30, Ludmilla and Marcello will play bossa nova at BuddhaBerry at 4:30, and there will be live music at the Faherty store from noon to 6. Keith Leaf, a fire juggler, will be in Steinbeck Park at 2:30 and again at 3:30, and the Fiery Sensations, a troupe of fire dancers, will perform there at 5:30 p.m.     

For kids, there will be free glitter tattoos at the Wharf Shop from noon to 3 p.m., free face painting at White’s Apothecary from 1 to 4 and at Stella and Ruby from 2 to 5, and indoor activities at Dodds and Eder from 2 to 5. At 6 p.m., a laser show will light up the sky over the harbor.

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