Atlantic Antic
ATLANTIC ANTIC GUIDE • OCTOBER 3, 2021
Borough’s oldest street fair,
Atlantic Antic, returns this weekend
BY BEN BRACHFELD
One of Brooklyn’s oldest,
largest, and most beloved
street fairs is set to triumphantly
return Oct. 3.
The Atlantic Antic Festival
will return for its 46th iteration
this Sunday, bringing
with it small businesses vending
all sorts of paraphernalia
and all manner of performances
on a stretch spanning
10 blocks of the namesake avenue,
from Fourth Avenue
near the Barclays Center to
the Brooklyn waterfront. The
festival, like most events, had
to be canceled last year due to
the coronavirus.
The annual affair, hosted
by the Atlantic Avenue Local
Development Corporation
(AALDC), has brought revelry
to the stretch since 1974.
The event will take place
from noon to 6 pm on Sunday,
rain or shine, organizers say.
“The return of the Annual
Atlantic Antic is special
because the community can
once again come together to
celebrate the community, cultures,
tradition, and food, all
in one place,” AALDC said in
a statement.
The festival will also be
welcoming, for the fi rst time,
a circus to the avenue. The
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, a
homegrown Brooklyn circus
act that tours regionally and
nationally, will be doing popup
performances at various
locales in the festival area.
Other performances include
the tween group Kids Rock for
Kids, the New York Arabic Orchestra,
the Center for African
and Diaspora Dane, and
plenty of others. A full list of
performers can be found on atlanticave.
org.
Little ones can stay occupied
with a variety of fun activities
like visiting a petting
zoo, a bouncy house, riding
around on a pony, or creating
“slime” at the arts & crafts station.
Organizers are encouraging
all attendees to be vaccinated
and to maintain adequate
social distance, and
for all vendors to wear masks
during festivities. MetroPlus
Health will be onsite at the
festival to provide COVID vaccines
and tests.
A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR ALL OF BK: Scenes from past Atlantic Antics. File photos
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