Queens Farm to Host Motorcycle Show, County Fair in September

The Queens County Farm Museum has announced the dates for its annual antique motorcycle show and Queens County Fair, which are two of the historic site’s largest events of the year.

The farm, which is located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, will host the 33rd Antique Motorcycle Show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 15.

The event will include a display of various makes and models of motorcycles that have been out of production for 10 years or more.

Attendees will also be able to listen to music, sample various foods and take farmhouse tours and hayrides.

Admission will be $5 per person, but the event is free for those with farm membership.

And the 31st annual Queens County Fair will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 and 22.

The event, which is the only one of its kind in the borough, will include blue ribbon competitions in livestock, produce, home crafts and arts and crafts.

Attendees will be able to walk through the Amazing Maize Maze or visit the Con Edison ecology booth, where they can adopt a worm for a home compost bin.

Visitors will also be able to get planting tips, recycling ideas and take part in free crafts. During the course of the fair’s two days, pie eating and corn husking contests will be held.

There will be lumberjack shows, pig racing, hay rides and carnival rides.

An Irish band will play on Sept. 21, while a German group will perform on Sept. 22 in the farm’s Bavarian Garden.

Numerous food and craft vendors will be set up at the fair.

Admission will be $8 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 years and below. Those with farm membership will be able to get in for free.

Drop back by Bayside Douglaston Patch in early September for complete previews of both events at the Queens County Farm Museum.