Note that this event has been RESCHEDULED to Saturday September 3.
Celebrate historic Coney Island and enjoy live music, entertainment and history on Sunday, August 28, from 1pm-5pm at the 1st Annual History Day at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and the Coney Island History Project.
The Coney Island History Project will present the 2011 Coney Island Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at 1pm. The Hall of Fame pays tribute to architectural wonders as well as to pioneers and visionaries whose creativity and ingenuity helped shape and define Coney Island. The names of this year's honorees will be announced in the coming days.
Have a “Romantic Coney Island" story? Did you meet your true love in Coney Island, go on your first date or fall in love here? Come and record your memories for CIHP's Oral History Project and make history! You may also schedule an in-person or telephone interview by emailing info@coneyislandhistory.org.
On History Day, visitors are invited to test their Coney Island smarts at the Coney Island Trivia Contest with historian and author Charles Denson. Prizes include ride passes for Deno's Wonder Wheel Park and souvenir postcards from the Coney Island History Project.
Enjoy live music by New York City's legendary Hungry March Band, straight-up, foot-stomping jazz by the Hot Sardines, and Ragtime and Dixieland by The Banjo Rascals. Additional entertainment provided by Kae Burke of Lady Circus.
The performances are free to the public and will be held at the Wonder Wheel, at the Coney Island History Project (on W. 12th Street off the Boardwalk) and throughout Deno’s Amusement Park from 1pm -5pm. Visitors who ride the Wonder Wheel will receive a nostalgic Coney Island commemorative gift and are invited to take their photo for free with old timey cutouts. Visitors to the History Project are invited to take their photo with our original Steeplechase horse.
Celebrate Coney Island’s History and make some of your own—don’t miss it!
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