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A rough last weekend, weather wise, has pushed the Port Jefferson Ice Festival to this coming weekend.
The winter bash will now be held on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26. “Rain Dates Activated!” reads the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce website.
The weekend will feature 32 ice sculptures set up throughout the village (map and schedule below).
The 6th Annual Port Jefferson Ice Festival will once again feature the world’s fastest ice carver, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Rich Daly (pictured above).
He’ll be hosting live carvings throughout the downtown.
“I love Port Jeff,” Daly told us in 2023. “I love that every year they try to make things bigger and better … The crowds are amazing and it’s not just ice. There are so many other things to do.”
Daly is one of only eight certified master carvers in the United States. He has more than 200 ice carving competition titles and won the Guinness World Record for carving 60 ice sculptures in under three hours.
In 2013, Rich set this record and shattered the previous record by over 90 minutes.
Ice games, such as ice corn hole, free tractor rides, performances, marsh mellow roasting stations and more are all on tap.
Scroll down for more photos from the 2023 festival by Julianne Mosher/Greater Long Island.
Here’s a map:
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Here’s an activities schedule:
