#PickoftheWeek | Taking It to the Streets! The LIC Springs Block Party Returns on June 1

This street fair attracts more than 8,000 attendees and 140 vendors over five hours.

LIC Springs! fills to the brim the blocks on Vernon Boulevard from 46th Avenue to 50th Avenue on Sunday, June 1, starting at noon. (Editor’s note: It was originally scheduled for May 31, but it was then postponed due to a rain forecast.)

Organized by the LIC Partnership, this 20th annual festival includes live performances, interactive lessons, outdoor dining, pop-up activities, and all kinds of games.

Admission is free.

Here’s the schedule for the main stage.

12:30 pm: Welcoming Remarks
1:15 pm: Sing LIC
1:45 pm: O’Donnell Academy of Irish Dance
2:15 pm: Queens School of Ballet
2:45 pm: Tiger J Taekwondo
3:15 pm: Martinez Dance Studio
3:45 pm: LIC Artists
4:15 pm: Magic Eric Q

Here’s the list of participating businesses and nonprofits (or click here). They will be organized into six separate areas.

Access Self Storage • Aloft LIC – Manhattan View • Amtrak • Art Strong NYC • Assembly Member Claire Valdez • AURA Physical Therapy • Bareburger • Blend LIC • Blow and Arrow • Bond Vet LIC • Book Culture LIC • Boro Dental Arts • BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center • Brooklyn Boulders • Brown Harris Stevens • Champions Martial Arts LIC • Charney Companies • Chinese Theatre Works • Chun Yang Tea • Citizens Bank • City Jiu-Jitsu Academy • CityPickle • Cohen Children’s Northwell Health General Pediatrics at LIC • Corgi Jianbing • Council Member Julie Won • Courtyard LIC • CrossFit Gantry • Cucala Dance Company LLC • Culture Lab LIC • CuppingNYC • Dexterity Hand Therapy • Digital Memories NYC • Dogtopia of LIC • Doughnut Plant • Drizzle Weather • Dussan Eyecare • Earth Angel Crystal • Earth Sky Massage and Acupuncture • Ellee Salon • Energy Tech High School • Evergreen Pediatric Dentistry • Galliard Music • Gantry Bar • Gantry Kids & Teens • Growing Up Green Charter Schools • Han Dynasty LIC • Hunters Point Dentistry • Hunters Point Parks Conservancy • Hunters Point Wines & Spirits • iFLY • Industry Gymnastics • Infinite Machine • Izakaya Noname • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jungly • Justfoodfordogs • Kakes • Kotofit • K-talk Korean Learning Center • LaGuardia Community College • LIC Artist Inc. • LIC Community Boathouse • LIC Concerts • LIC Feral Feeders • LIC Veterinary Center • LIC YMCA • LinkNYC • Lion Physical Therapy PLLC • Little Chef Little Cafe • Little Laser Clinic • Live Hydration Spa LIC • LiveOnNY • LL Blossoms Cosmetic Wellness PC • Madera Cuban Grill • Magic Eric Q • Manducatis Rustica • Mango Mango • Martinez Dance Studios • Master Panda • Materials for the Arts • McManus Irish Dance & Jiggy Tots • Mercato LIC • Modern Spaces • MoMA PS1 • Mount Sinai Queens • Movement LIC • Museum of Urban Arts • Mysttik Masaala • New York City Department of Transportation • New York Irish Center • Nicely Fit Co. • NMDP • NY State of Health • O’Donnell Academy of Irish Dance • Orangetheory Fitness LIC • Overflow Coffee • Panna USA • Partner’s Coffee • Pet Island • Pure Barre LIC • QBK Sports • Queens Community Board 2 • Queens Community House – Childcare Network • Queens School of Ballet • Queensboro Dance Festival • Quintessential Therapy • Remix Market • Safir Mediterranean • Sanidas Tutoring • SculptureCenter • SING LIC • Sit Still Kids Salon – Queens (LIC) • Smiling Hogshead Ranch • Snapology • Soccer Shots Queens • Solar One • Solidcore • Spokesman Cycles • State Senator Kristen Gonzalez • Sunnyside Community Services • Sweet Chick • Tend LIC • The Baroness Bar • The Blue Bus Project • The Chocolate Factory Theater • The Corcoran Group • The Steven Spectrum Career Project • The Trinity Gym • Tiger J Taekwondo • T-Mobile • Top Dogs Club • Trends Dispensaries LIC • Tuk Tuk • Tutu School LIC • Urban Upbound • Velvet Turtle Events • Vernon Grille • Very Good Gym LIC • Warby Parker • Weill Cornell Medicine – Primary Care • Woodbines Craft Kitchen.

Images: LIC Partnership