Annual Pumpkin Festival

UCC Youth Farm 620 Schenck Avenue, Brookyln

Join East New York Farmers' Market for pumpkin carving, Dia de los muertos altar building, a seed saving workshop, and more.

Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos

National Museum of the American Indian - New York One Bowling Green,

Honor our ancestors and those we have lost with traditional dances by New York-based Aztec dance group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa around the community ofrenda (altar). Family-friendly activities include crafting a paper…

Open Arts LES: Monster Mash

Avenue B Avenue B between E 10th & E 11th Street,

Celebrate Dia de Muertos celebrations at the last Open Arts LES event of the season. Browse a creative/vintage market with local vendors. From 2:30-3:30 pm, Jarana Beat brings the unknown…

Event Series Day of the Dead…LIVE!

Day of the Dead…LIVE!

Brooklyn Art Haus 20-26 Marcy Ave, Brookyln

Enjoy diabolical music from Meixcan and European classical and popular composers in a one-hour piano performance with larger-than-life puppets, all themed around Halloween and Day of the Dead (Día de…

Suggested Ages: 5 to 14+, Adult Friendly
🎟 $25
Event Series Wave Hill Family Art Project

Día de los Muertos at Wave Hill

Wave Hill West 249th Street & Independence Avenue, Bronx

Celebrate Day of the Dead at scenic oasis Wave Hill. Enjoy live music with Son Pecadores and share in the cultural traditions of Veracruz, Mexico. Create nicho boxes honoring loved…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $10/adults, $6/students & seniors, $4/ages 6-18

Coco

Brookyln Academy of Music (BAM) 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

See a screening of a vibrant animated tale about an aspiring young musician journeying to the magical land of his ancestors. Come early for mask making, coloring, and more free…

Suggested Ages: 4 to 14+
🎟 $14/adults, $10/kids

Children’s Museum of the Arts’ Halloween Pier Party

Pier 57 25 Eleventh Ave,

Make shadow puppet murals inspired by Kara Walker, monster masks inspired by Leonora Carrington, flying ghouls and ghosts, a spiderweb wall, Trick or Treat Baggu totes, haunted house dioramas and…

Historical Hallowe’en Party

New-York Historical Society 70 Central Park West at 77th Street,

Join hands-on games, spooky and silly stories, historical Hallowe’en crafts, and buckets of candy. Play Hallowe’en bingo, read jack-o'-lantern stories, craft costume accessories, and more. Learn more about this Victorian…

Suggested Ages: All
🎟 $20

Flatiron NoMad Partnership Celebrates Día de Muertos

Flatiron Plaza 23rd St & Broadway,

Celebrate Día de Muertos celebration with an interactive community altar in partnership with the School of Visual Arts. Create traditional Calavera imagery in a DIY printmaking activity with Poster House,…

Day of the Dead Family Celebration

Green-Wood Cemetery 5th Avenue & 25th Street, Brooklyn

Discover the rich history and traditions associated with the holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) through family-friendly crafts, performances, music, activities, and food. Celebrated throughout Latin America…

Candlelight Dia de los Muertos: Celebrating the Day of the Dead

The Williamsburg Hotel 96 Wythe Avenue, Brookyln

Discover the music of Dia de los Muertos under the gentle glow of hundreds of (flameless) candles. The Highline String Quartet performs songs from Coco, traditional favorites and classical hits…

Suggested Ages: 8 to 14+, Adult Friendly
🎟 $35-$65

Day of the Dead Celebration

Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35 Avenue at 37 Street, Astoria

Celebrate Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image with a performance by a presentation of Aztec Mexica dance, poetry, music from indigenous dance troupe Yayauhki Tezcatlipoka, and…

Día De Los Muertos & Catrinas in Times Square

Times Square Broadway between W 42nd & 43rd Street,

Celebrate Día De Los Muertos with entertainment, traditional dance performances and altars honoring the rich cultural tradition of Mexico and the memory of loved ones who are no longer with…

Celebrate Día de los Muertos

Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn

Honor ancestors with art-making, dance, music, and food. Explore an artist marketplace and visit a community ofrenda to add memories and stories of loved ones. This year, Brooklyn-based artist Mincho…

Suggested Ages: All
🎟 $15, free/babies under 1

Día de los Muertos

Brooklyn Public Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

Young and talented Calpulli Community students perform tradition Mexican dances to honor Día de los Muertos. Celebrate the unending connection to our dearly departed. Following the performance, Calpulli will teach…