A massive Jewish food and culture festival is taking over Governors Island this summer

On June 22, the Jewish Food Society—the nonprofit founded by Naama Shefi to preserve and celebrate Jewish culinary heritage—will take over Governors Island for a wide-ranging Jewish food and culture festival that’s already drawing support from many local Jewish gastronomic personalities.

To be clear: while the food at the event will not be certified kosher, there will be plenty of Jewish-adjacent activities to enjoy throughout the day at the event, fittingly dubbed the Great Nosh Picnic.

The team behind the beloved Instagram account Old Jewish Men will host a backgammon station, for example, welcoming players of all ages to try their hand at the classic game. Illustrator Racheli Shalev will wander from blanket to blanket, sketching portraits of guests, while an interactive art installation by Tom Pnini will invite younger attendees to build and race handmade vehicles down a custom ramp.

On the culinary front, celebrity chef and food personality Gail Simmons will host the Grandmas Tent—a live, storytelling-driven demo stage spotlighting multi-generational family recipes and “techniques that honor Jewish food heritage and home cooking traditions,” according to an official release. Expect everything from challah-making tutorials and Eastern European pickling practices to sessions on hand-rolling couscous.

Local chefs will also collaborate on a variety of creative (though not kosher-certified) dishes served at the picnic. Think black-and-white cookie cheesecake sandwiches, “shnitz and chips” and Middle Eastern-inspired wood-fired pizzas. Notable team-ups include Thai Diner and Katz’s Deli, as well as Gertrude’s and Dhamaka. An on-site marketplace will also no doubt be filled with shoppers eager to fill their baskets with fare.

To underscore the scale and significance of the event, organizers are expecting more than 2,000 attendees—and the Great Nosh is set to become an annual tradition. Food aside, there’s nothing quite like celebrating Jewishness in community with others amid the vast green expanse of Governors Island. The best part? Tickets to The Great Nosh are available now for a meaningful price: $36.