VIDEO: Sunnyland Jazz Band Plays at Country Fair

The Riverhead Country Fair was a little different this year for the Sunnyland Jazz Band, who play every year on the fair's main stage. 

"We've been here in freezing cold, pouring rain," joked Bob Barta, banjo player and singer for the band, "It's never been this hot."

The Sunnyland Jazz Band played at Sunday afternoon's Riverhead Country Fair, where thousands poured into downtown Riverhead on an unusually warm October afternoon. The band has been playing the Country Fair for decades and features Barta, John Klumpp on trumpet and vocals, and Bill Troiano on tuba.

The band said they think playing the their music at the fair helps to carry on a tradition.

"[We'll come] as long as they ask us," said tuba player Bill Troiano. 

"It's a signature event for Riverhead," Klumpp added. "I remember my kids growing vegetables to compete in the [vegetable decorating] competition."