The Village of Farmingdale kicked off its inaugural two-day music festival downtown, with more than 24 musical performances on three different stages and loads of family-friendly activities.

Thousands from all across Long Island flooded Farmingdale’s main street, from Sept. 13-14, to catch such top billed performers as: Randy Jackson of Zebra-fame, resident blues musician Kerry Kearney, Billy Joel cover group the Movin’ Out Band, hometown heroes the Electric Dudes, Long Island legends the Stanton Anderson Band and headliner Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals.

Despite some light showers on Saturday, Sept. 13, the first-day of the event went off without a hitch. Moving some of the acts indoors to avoid the rain, the many bars and restaurants along Main Street proved a fitting venue for such a large event, with the Moving Out band ending the evening’s festivities performing to a packed-house at the Nutty Irishman pub.

The sun was shining brightly on Sunday, Sept. 14 for the second full-day of free music and fun on Main Street.

Kicking things off with performances by the Joe Bayer Band and the Electric Dudes, the second afternoon proved even better than the first, especially once the Stanton Anderson Band took the stage.

At the Village Green, local students with the School of Rock in Farmingdale took the stage with a rendition of the Killers pop-sensation “Mr. Brightside,” before handing the microphone off to the self-proclaimed “adult version” of the School of Rock, Grateful Dead cover group Dead Ahead.

Ending the two-day affair with a bang, Felix Caveliere’s Rascals had festival-goers “Groovin’” into the night.

The first-ever Farmingdale music festival was undoubtedly a major success, with all the laughing, singing, music swinging and of course people dancing in the street.

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