Long Island Kids' Activities July 14 and 15: Tractor Pull and Show at Hallockville, Willy Wonka Outdoor Movie, and Sharkfest

7/11/12 - By Dara Stewart

The Tractor Pull and Show, a favorite of some Mommy Poppins writers, is at Hallockville Farm this weekend. You and the kids can also enjoy a show from the National Circus Project at the Long Island Children's Museum, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at Country Fair Park in Medford, or Sharkfest at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. For more ideas about what to do this weekend, or any time of the week, check out our events calendar all week long.

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Saturday

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Country Fair Entertainment Park
Medford
7:30pm
Free              
Doors open at 7:30. Movie shows at 9:00. No outside food permitted.

Movie Night
Trucks n' Tiaras Inc.
Mineola
4:00pm - 6:00pm
$12 per child 
Come in your PJs, bring your favorite stuffed toy and a blanket. (Pj's and stuffed toy are optional but will add to the fun). We will provide the movie, snacks, beverages, pizza, and whole lot of fun with friends. Come in from 3 to 4pm to receive a free ID for your child. New York Life Insurance will provide you with your child’s photo, digitally scanned fingerprints, and emergency contact information. (Drop-off doesn't start until 4pm.) Please R.S.V.P. by phone: 516.739.0169 or email: TrucksnTiaras@gmail.com. 

Saturday and Sunday

Tractor Pull and Show at Hallockville
Hallockville Museum Farm
Riverhead
10:00am - 4:00pm
Free              
Demonstrations and displays of antique farm machinery by the Long Island Antique Power Association. Watch tractors big and small race and compete! Learn how tractors and other farm machinery works! See it all on a beautiful preserved farm. Great day outdoors for the whole family. Entrance fee supports the nonprofit Long Island Antique Power Association's programs.

Sunday

National Circus Project
Long Island Children's Museum
Garden City
1:30pm
$4 with museum admission ($3 LICM members), $8 theater only    
The National Circus Project is back this summer and it's bringing some of its best acts. Sit back and enjoy their hysterical acts, then join in the fun and learn all the tricks of the trade!

Sharkfest
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
2:30pm - 2:30pm
Free with museum admission                                                    
Find out amazing shark facts, touch shark jaws, see a historic megadolon  tooth, and excavate your own real shark tooth fossil to keep.