Gone are the days of walking the streets with your open container but it's still a fun night. A few too many people have found out about it over the years but it sure makes things... Interesting. I'd say patchogue is better in the fall when these crowds die down but I do enjoy getting to see and meet all the new people AA5 has brought. Parking is a nightmare and I'm not telling any of you my secrets. Good luck. Honestly a street festival is a street festival and the crowds are a love/hate relationship; businesses make bank but deal with a lot of BS, a lot of towns are modeling themselves after patchogue and this party. The melting pot of patchogue wannabe hippies, fist pumping meatheads, punk kids, selfie skanks, young and old alike seem to get along for the most part. There have been issues but that doesn't take a festival, there's always a bad apple. It's always fun to let loose now and again; on a nice night this place can be fun. It can also get old but there's a reason people travel from all over this island just to gather together and check it out. It's family friendly at first and then you. Enter hide your wife and hide your kids... it's downright unruly, drunken zombies like me are everywhere. Be careful and lighten up, you'll have a decent time. If it's not your thing... maybe stay home? read more