Racing fans and music lovers can start their weekends early Fridays as the biggest party on Long Island returns to Belmont Park!

Beginning June 12, Friday afternoons and evenings at Belmont Park will be filled with the best in live racing, food, drinks and music. "Party at the Park" is back with a special post time of 3 p.m., food and drink specials and a great live concert series that kicks off in the Festival tent after the conclusion of live racing.

Pink Noise, one of Long Island's hottest party bands, will take the Festival Tent stage at 7 p.m. Friday and play classic rock and 80's covers until 9 p.m. Drink specials run in the Festival Tent from 4-8 p.m., while former New York Daily News handicapper and musician Ernie Munick will perform on the guitar and conduct fan-interactive trivia quizzes, beginning at 3 p.m. until 6 p.m., also in the Tent.

"Party at the Park" runs every Friday through the remainder of the spring/summer meet at Belmont Park, with the exception of Friday, July 3, when post time is 1 p.m. with no concert scheduled.

The schedule for the concert series in the Festival Tent:
June 12: Pink Noise, classic rock and 80’s covers
June 19: Downtown, playing modern pop and rock classics
June 26: Fivestone, East Meadow’s own female-fronted power rock
July 10: The Bobby Attiko Band, hip-hop/urban/dance
July 17: Full House, a female-fronted rock band featuring Sam the Bugler
July 24: Uppercut, funk/rhythm& blues with a full horn section.

On “Party at the Park” Fridays, free grandstand admission and $3 clubhouse admission is available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and, following that, regular admission prices apply.