PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A “pooch parade,” pop-up beer garden and local food tasting are coming to Washington Avenue this weekend for the area’s annual street festival, Wash Ave Rocks.
The event will take place on Sunday on the avenue from Prospect Place to St. Marks Avenue, organizers said, with live music, vendors and a fashion show from Prospect Heights hairdressers, clothing stores and beauty parlors.
Washington Avenue’s restaurants including dessert shop B Cake NY, grilled cheese specialists Mrs. Dorsey’s Kitchen, bakery Little Miss Muffin and Mexican restaurant Citrico will be doing tastings throughout the day.
Nearby, outside of The Way Station bar, Brooklyn Brewery is hosting a pop-up beer garden, according to the Washington Avenue-Prospect Heights Association, which is co-hosting the festival with the Pratt Area Community Council. The brewery is donating its suds to WAPHA, which will benefit from all sales from the beer garden.
Entertainment at the event will include a “pooch parade” put on by local pet supply and grooming shop, Pooch Purrfect at 789 Washington Ave. Organizers said the parade will be “an educational tour” of out-of-the-ordinary breeds with some practical information for potential dog owners, like the average size and temperament of the different dogs on display.
A steel drum orchestra, jazz band and martial arts group will also perform at the festival throughout the day, organizers said.
The Wash Ave Rocks festival will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 16 and is free and open to the public. For more information about the event, visit washingtonavenue.org.
