When: September 13, 2025 / 12pm to 5pm / Rain Date September 14, 2025
Where: Downtown Bay Shore
The Bay Shore Art Crawl is back! A much-anticipated event in our community, attracting art lovers, families, and visitors from everywhere.
It's a day where our streets come alive with color, music, and creativity. This celebration of art and culture will take place in downtown Bay Shore on September 13, 2025, 12:00PM-5:00PM (Rain date September 14).
What's Art Crawl?
Art Crawl is a day where local talent meets food & retail. It's a chance for people to come together and experience local businesses colored with music and creativity, celebrating local art & culture in our beloved Downtown Bay Shore.
The Art Crawl will involve specific locations where participants get to join a scavenger hunt to enter into raffles and win prizes.
This event is FREE and open to all ages! Enjoy some of Long Island's best talents in live music and artist vendors throughout main street, beginning at the Bay Shore Bean and ending at the Community Reflection Garden, where there will be live poetry, plein air painting, and chess!
Participating Venues:
AMVETS Post 76 - Music by Nick Balzano @ 1-2pm / Art show by Walter Chapman
Bay Shore Bean - Artist vendors
Changing Times - Music by Juan Tu Trego @ 2-3pm
Coastal Kitchen - Music by Patrice Ryan @ 3:30-4:30pm
Community Reflection Garden - Live poetry, plein air painting, chess
The Cortland - Music by Josh Honigman @ 4-5pm
Dark Horse Tavern - Music by Pete Mancini @ 3-4pm
Nalu Dry Goods -Artist vendors
Origin of Era - Artist vendors
Pecado Mexican - Music by The CQ Experiment @12-1pm
Road Trip - Music by Chloe Halpin @ 12:30 - 1:30pm
Salt & Barrel - Music by Safrah Levitan @ 12-1pm
At the Bay Shore Bandshell:
Islip Arts Council booth and check-in
Participatory Art Mural
Raffles
Artist vendors @ 12-5pm
Music by Chelsea Takami @ 12-1pm
Music by La Creus @ 1-2pm
Music by Fancy Cat @ 2-3pm
Music by Mind Open @ 3-4pm
Music by Rorie Kelly @ 4-5pm
JOIN THE SCAVENGER HUNT!
Check in at the Islip Arts Council Booth to get your free Artie scavenger hunt stamp card, then come back when your card is full to enter into our raffles.
Visit each Main Street location to find Artie's tentacles. Fill 5 bubbles on your stamp card to win 3 FREE Basket Raffle Tickets or Fill ALL the bubbles to get 5 FREE Basket Raffle Tickets plus 10% OFF in our IAC Gallery Gift Shop.
Visit these locations to complete the Art Crawl Scavenger Hunt:
AMVETS Post 76
Bay Shore Bean
Changing Times
Coastal Kitchen
Dark Horse Tavern
Bay Shore Bandshell
Nalu Dry Goods
Origin of Era
Pecado Mexican
Community Reflection Garden
Road Trip
Salt & Barrel
Support handmade art and local book authors!
Vendors will be selling their wares in these locations:
Bay Shore Bandshell
Bay Shore Bean
Community Reflection Garden
Nalu Dry Goods
Origin of Era
Pecado Mexican
VISIT THE COMMUNITY REFLECTION GARDEN
(next to Nalu Dry Goods) and paint "en plein air," listen to poetry, or play a round of chess!
Watercolor sets and chess sets will be available to participants.
There will be an open mic segment in between featured poets.
HELP PAINT ARTIE'S MURAL!
Visit our Islip Arts Council booth at the Bay Shore Bandshell and help us paint Artie, Islip Arts Council's new mascot! People of all ages are invited to add their touches to this interactive 6'x7' mural that will be mounted during Art Crawl. Materials will be provided.
