Pleasantville Music Festival

Come enjoy a day of blue skies, good food and music and lots of arts and crafts booths. The festival starts at 11 am and ends around 9 PM. I am going to get to Pace University Parking Lot #2 at 2 PM where I will meet people from this meetup and two others. If you want to arrive earlier or later, let me know in your comments and I will look for you at the festival. It may be adviseable to bring a blanket.

There will be numerous performers playing music throughout the day. The two big acts are Graham Parker(famous for his CD Squeezing Out Sparks and his big hits Local Girls and Heat Treatment) and Joan Osbourne who has had several big solo CD's and has performed with Phil Lesh and Friend. Based on my conversation withe organizer of this event, Graham Parker is expected to go on stage around 5 and Joan Osbourne will close out the event at 7-7:30.

Tickets are $30 and if order them on line, they will be mailed to you up until a week before the festival. If you drive, it is recommended that you park at Pace University because there is a farmers market at the train station during the summers and you can not park there from 9 until 2. There will be shuttle busses taking you from Pace to the location of Parkway Field by Wheeler Avenue whch is in the vicinity of Pizza Hut and Paulies. Busses will be running every half hour. The area by the festival is expected to be crowded, therefore the parking arrangements are in effect.

If you are comming from New York City or a train statation on the Harlem Line, feel free to take the Metro North to Pleasantville Station and take a shuttle bus or even walk to the event.

Here are driving directions to Pace University for Parking:

Free parking and shuttle bus service between Pace University and the Festival site will be provided from 11 AM through 9 PM!
Please follow the directions below to the free parking at Pace University Parking Lot #2:

Driving from Southern Westchester or NYC:
Take the Saw Mill River Parkway north to the exit for the Taconic Parkway. Once on the Taconic, take the first exit (Rt. 117/Pleasantville). For easiest access, follow the signs to Parking Lot #2 at Pace University, then take a relaxed shuttle bus ride to the Festival site.

If you prefer, take the Bronx River Parkway north to the Sprain Parkway. Just after the BRP becomes the Taconic Parkway, exit at Rt. 117/Pleasantville. Follow the signs to Parking Lot #2 at Pace University, then take a rejuvinating shuttle bus ride to the Festival site.

Driving from Northern Westchester or Putnam County:
Take Rt. 684 to the Saw Mill River Parkway south, continue on the SMP to Exit 29 (Bedford Rd./Pleasantville). At the stop sign at the end of the exit, turn left onto Rt. 117. Follow signs to Parking Lot #2 at Pace University, then take a calming shuttle bus ride to the Festival site.

If you prefer, take the Taconic Parkway south to the Pleasantville Road exit. At the end of the exit, turn left at the light, onto Pleasantville Road. Go about three miles to the intersection with Rt. 117 in Pleasantville. Turn right onto 117, then follow the signs to Parking Lot #2 at Pace University.

From Southern Connecticut:
Take Rt. 287 west to Exit 3 (Sprain/Taconic Parkway NORTH). Exit at Rt. 117/Pleasantville. Follow signs to Parking Lot #2 at Pace University, then take an inspirational ride on the shuttle bus to the Festival site.

From Rockland County:
Take Rt. 87 across the Tappan Zee Bridge. Follow signs to Rt. 287, then to Saw Mill Parkway NORTH. Take the Saw Mill River Parkway north to the exit for the Taconic Parkway. Once on the Taconic, exit immediately at Rt. 117/Pleasantville. Follow signs to Parking Lot #2 at Pace University, then take the surprisingly calming shuttle bus to the Festival site.

Here's a great idea: Leave your car behind and take public transportation! Our annual festival, as well as all the local stores and restaurants, is within a few blocks of the Pleasantville MetroNorth train station!

The festival is also only blocks from the number 6, 15, and 19 Bee-Line bus stops! For Westchester County Bee-Line Bus Information, click here

Click on this link to get to the site for the festival http://www.pleasantvi....