Downtown Glen Cove has a new storefront on its central square and a busy few weeks ahead of it. The Juice Pod holds its ribbon cutting at 100 Village Square on Friday, Nov. 20, according to the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District, and the BID's calendar fills in from there: a women-owned business pop-up the next day and the annual Holiday Festival in Village Square on Saturday, Dec. 5.

The Juice Pod, Nov. 20

The ribbon cutting is at 2:30 p.m. at Suite 140 of 100 Village Square, the building at the heart of the downtown. Admission is free and open to the public. The BID, which promotes the businesses inside the downtown district, lists free parking in the Brewster Street and Pulaski Street garages, both a short walk from the square.

Village Square is also where the BID stages its seasonal events and where the city lights its Christmas tree each December, so the new tenant opens on the same square that hosts the festival two weeks later.

Looks 2 Love by Lis, Nov. 21

On Saturday, Nov. 21, from noon to 5 p.m., Looks 2 Love by Lis hosts a pop-up of women-owned businesses on the lower level of 3 School Street. Admission is free, and the same two garages serve it. The BID's event listing gives the shop's phone as 516-801-0012.

It falls the Saturday before Thanksgiving week, a week ahead of Small Business Saturday on Nov. 28.

The Holiday Festival, Dec. 5

The BID's annual Holiday Festival is set for Saturday, Dec. 5, in Village Square. The listing blocks out 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the day and says the full program is still to be announced.

Last year's festival, as the BID described it, set up a stage in the square for performances by local schools and groups, including the Glen Cove High School Jazz Band, Select Chorale, Kickline and Orchestra, the Finley Middle School Chorus, Jazz Hands Children's Theatre, North Shore Village Theatre, St. Dominic Dance Company and St. Dominic Choir. Children decorated cookies and stockings, wrote letters to Santa, posed for photos with him and rode a small train and a horse and carriage. Hot cocoa stations were set up around the downtown, Deep Roots Farmers Market ran a holiday marketplace, and the day ended with the city lighting its Christmas tree in the square.

The 2026 lineup will be posted on the BID's events page as it is confirmed.

Getting there

All three events are within a short walk of each other in downtown Glen Cove. Park once in the Brewster Street or Pulaski Street garage, both free.

  • The Juice Pod ribbon cutting: Friday, Nov. 20, 2:30 p.m., 100 Village Square, Suite 140. Free.
  • Women-owned business pop-up: Saturday, Nov. 21, noon to 5 p.m., Looks 2 Love by Lis, 3 School Street, lower level. Free.
  • Holiday Festival: Saturday, Dec. 5, Village Square. Program to come on the BID's calendar.

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