Friends of the Arts Jazz Festival at Planting Fields Arboretum is the centerpiece of the Passport to Historic Oyster Bay Aug. 6-8 weekend featuring jazz legends Jimmy Scott and Ahmad Jamal Aug. 6, the Joshua Redman Trio and Cassandra Wilson Aug. 7 and a night of Latin jazz with Nestor Torres and the Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra on Sunday, Aug. 8. Concerts begin at 8 p.m. and tickets for the pavilion or the lawn are available by calling 922-0061.

Other activities include Raynham Hall Museum's Haunted History Tour-self-guided tours of what some say is the most haunted house on Long Island, call 922-6808. The Oyster Bay Historical Society - Earle Wightman House Museum presents "Hands-on-History: Fashion in Colonial America" where visitors are encouraged to try on reproductions of the fashions worn in the 18th century, call 922-5032. The Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center will conduct nature presentations of their resident hawks, owls, reptiles and mammals at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., call 922-3200 and the Waterfront Center will host scenic boat rides in Oyster Bay Harbor, call 922-7245.

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site guided tours of the Theodore Roosevelt Home are available by reservation 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, and a National Parks interpreter will lead a village tour to "walk in the footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt" on Aug. 6 and 8 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Walking tours begin at the Moore Building, (Wild Honey Restaurant) 1 East Main Street, call 922-4788.

Additional activities for families and visitors offered daily include audio walking tours of the downtown presented by the Oyster Bay Main Street Association, entitled Talk of the Town. Visitors can customize a tour at their own pace to retrace events in American history made in Oyster Bay or to learn more about the diverse architecture in Oyster Bay's downtown. Digital wands are available for rental at Pleasant Valley Gallery, 101 South Street, call 922-0116.

The Rotary Club of Oyster Bay is once again sponsoring an old-fashioned trolley service on Saturday, Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. that will travel a six mile loop from Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill to Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, home of Friends of the Arts concerts with additional stops at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center, The Waterfront Center, Raynham Hall, the Earle-Wightman House, Doubleday Babcock Senior Center and the Long Island Rail Road. On board the trolley, visitors will be greeted by John Mahoney, a student Conservation Association intern at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site who will offer interpretation of Oyster Bay's rich history. The interpretive service is made possible by a grant from Ford Motor Company to promote alternative transportation in the National Parks. Major funding for Passport to Historic Oyster Bay has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support for the Passport to Historic Oyster Bay has been provided from the Peter Tilles Family Foundation, Island Properties, LLC and Avalon Bay Communities, Inc.

A free Passport to Historic Oyster Bay brochure is available to all. It includes a map, travel information, schedules and more. To obtain a Passport or for more information, call the Oyster Bay chamber of commerce, 922-6464, or log on to the website, www.oysterbay.org. Please consult individual websites for hours of operation, admission prices and additional information.