Bagel Capital holds Bagel Festival

Posted 8/21/12

MONTICELLO, NY — Monticello’s Broadway will be closed from Park Avenue to Bank Street for the third annual Bagel Festival, taking place this year on Sunday, August 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. …

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Bagel Capital holds Bagel Festival

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MONTICELLO, NY — Monticello’s Broadway will be closed from Park Avenue to Bank Street for the third annual Bagel Festival, taking place this year on Sunday, August 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vendors’ booths will line the street, including a wide variety of cultural food vendors with Puerto Rican, Asian, American, Dominican, Mexican food and more. The event will include an antique car show and musical entertainment by performers including Iron Cowboy, Slam Allen and Somerville. There will be giveaways every 15 to 20 minutes and aerialist shows throughout the day, a children’s soft play area with inflatables and many other activities.

The Bagel Festival, the brainchild of Jeff Siegel, was born in 2012. The New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate both passed resolutions in 2013 that Monticello is the state’s bagel capital. Most recently, the festival received its own street signs saying “Bagel Blvd.” in a ceremony that took place on Tuesday, August 11 at the corner of Lakewood Avenue and Broadway. Siegel says he is hoping to see last year’s attendance of 12,000 doubled this year.

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