Seaport Beach Fest + Lego Disney Castle Mural The Seaport Fulton & Front Street,
Play on a shorefront pop-up sand beach with lounge chairs, umbrellas, and sand toys in the historic Seaport. Grab a drink, refuel with summer faves from the food trucks, and enjoy live performances and DJ sets all weekend long. DJ MOMA will be spinning a blend of hip-hop, afrobeats, soul, R&B, and underground dance grooves,…
NYC Parks & NYPD Youth Festival Peter's Field E 20 St–E 21 St, 1 Ave To 2 Ave,
Join NYC Parks and the 13 Precinct for a fun filled community event. Come out and try a rock-climbing wall, video game truck, jumbo games, arts, crafts projects and much more. Families, friends, visitors, and tourists are all welcome to meet and greet our local community affairs officers. This will be a two-hour event leading…
Stir’s Summer Pop-Up Ice Cream Truck Brooklyn Bridge Park 99 Plymouth St, Brooklyn
In celebration of single parent dating app Stir's Break Every Single Rule summer campaign launch, an ice cream truck hands out free ice cream bars, ice cream sandwiches and vegan fruit pops, plus fun giveaway items like totes, t-shirts and hats.
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Flushing Meadows Corona Park 11101 Corona Ave, Flushing
See over 120 colorful dragon boat teams from across North America race in the Meadow Lake to commemorate an ancient Chinese legend. Also enjoy traditional Chinese foods and performance during an all-day cultural program with live music by the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, martial arts by New York Shaolin Temple, and tales by…
Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival Tymor Park 249 Duncan Road, LaGrangeville
See over 75 hot-air balloon launches, take tethered balloon rides ($25, cash only), fly in 10-minute helicopter ride ($50), watch clowns, live bands and other entertainment, play carnival games, take a hayride, eat from food trucks, enjoy nightly fireworks and more.
🎟 $7 for one Morning Admission and $14 for one Afternoon Admission
SeptemberFest Mt. Kisco Main St & Moore Ave, Mt. Kisco
Downtown Mt. Kisco hosts carnival rides & amusements, food, beer, wine & music. See performances by local talent, play with LEGOLAND Discover Center Westchester, meet beekeepers, listen to poetry readings, watch free live caricature artistry and shop an outdoor market. Local favorite food trucks include Mobile Pie, Mt. Kisco Seafood’s Big Fish, Road Grub, Crafty…
🎟 Free admission, fees for some activities & food
Queens United International Party [QUIP] Sunnyside Gardens Park 48-21 39th Avenue, Sunnyside
Join day-long celebration of the cultures and music of the New York City borough of Queens, one of the nation's most diverse places (with over 120 countries represented and 135 official languages spoken). Enjoy incredible music from around the world and around the corner, international food trucks, a beer garden, kid’s crafts, dance contests and…
🎟 $15, free/kids
Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn Concert Lasdon Park Arboretum & Memorial 2610 NY-35, Katonah
“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts”. So it is with . As individual artists, they have more than made their mark in music. As a duo, they have created something extra, engaging and extremely entertaining. Bonet’s voice and violin, and Flynn’s guitar and voice, have echoed through the United Nations and…
🎟 $10
Pelham Recreation Summer Concerts Pelham Gazebo 17 Fifth Ave at Harmon, Pelham
Enjoy free outdoor concerts on the lawn around the Pelham gazebo on Monday nights starting June 26th from 7:30pm-9:00pm at the Pelham Gazebo. Bring a blanket or chairs.Band changes weekly, along with rotating food trucks.
Pennings Farm Pennings Farm 4 Warwick Turnpike, Warwick
🍎 50 acres of pristine farmland in the historic Hudson Valley town of Warwick offers pick-your-own apples from a drive-in orchard. 🎃 Drive to a new U-Pick Pumpkin Field down the road anytime between 11am and 4pm. $40 for 2 large or 4 small pumpkins. 🚜 Hayrides available for additional cost. 🍩 Get craft ciders,…
🎟 $50/car, includes two 1-peck bags
Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival Chappaqua Train Station Allen Pl, Chappaqua
Meet 160 children’s book authors and illustrators covering multiple genres and reading levels, including MaryPopeOsborne, author of the bestselling Magic Tree House series and Victoria Kann, creator of Pinkalicious. Enjoy author readings, illustrator demos, book signings, a fun zone and books for sale. Extra activities in the Family Fun Zone include a bubble bus. Strollers…
Our World: Worldwide Day of Play Stepping Stones 303 West Avenue, Norwalk
As part of Nickelodeon's world-wide event, enjoy free admission to Stepping Stones Children's Museum. Join playful activities including taekwondo, a puppet parade, touch-a-truck, zumba, lawn games, a dance party and more.
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow Party Barclays Center 620 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Watch your favorite Hot Wheels Monster Trucks light up the floor in outrageous monster trucks competitions and battles. Includes a dazzling dance party, spectacular laser light shows, and Hot Wheels toy giveaways, plus a special appearance from the car-eating, fire-breathing transforming robot TRANSAURUS, and the electrifying high-flyers of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, Freestyle Motocross.…
🎟 $63.25/ages 13+, $34.95/ages 2-12
Van Alen Block Party Van Alen Bond Street between Union & Sackett, Brooklyn
Celebration the vibrant, dynamic, and creative neighborhood of Gowanus with music, performance, and family-friendly crafts and games. Enjoy performances by the multigenerational Gowanus Wildcats Drill Team, free ice cream from Ample Hills Creamery, Taste of Puebla food truck, art-making with Powerhouse Arts, music by Los Herederos Sonicycle and family-friendly outdoor games.
Downtown Summer Sizzle Concert New Rochelle Public Library 1 Liberty Plaza, New Rochelle
Enjoy outstanding musical performances, delicious food from local vendors, and a range of family-friendly activities at a weekly outdoor concert series. Musicians change weekly, ranging from beloved generational acts performed by exceptional cover bands to original music from local bands and acts. An array of tribute acts paying homage to some of music's biggest names…
Dan Zlotnick Concert at Lasdon Park Lasdon Park Arboretum & Memorial 2610 NY-35, Katonah
Enjoy an outdoor concert pf Dan Zlotnick's contemporary Americana rooted in classic rock and blues. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and grab a good spot on the lawn to kick back and listen to the music. The American Soft Serve Ice Cream truck will be on hand for visitors to indulge their sweet tooth…
🎟 $10
Pelham Children’s Center Pumpkin Festival Pelham Gazebo 17 Fifth Ave at Harmon, Pelham
Enjoy family-friendly activities, entertainment, and delicious food an annual fundraiser for a non-profit preschool and before/after school care center. Pick pumpkins from a sprawling pumpkin patch, join a 5k Race and children's fun run, shop a giant book book sale and enjoy live music performances, slides, face painting, a petting zoo, a tots train, pony…
🎟 $36/festival fun pas; $18/ages 2 & under
Fall Fest at Atlantic Terminal Atlantic Terminal Mall 139 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
Visit an "urban pumpkin patch" with 1,000 pumpkins waiting to be decorated on Atlantic Terminal’s outdoor plaza and car-free Fort Greene Place. Activities include arts & crafts, pumpkin painting, block building, haunted trucks, soccer, costume dance party, face painting and more. Costumes encouraged. At 12 pm, see a high-spirited concert that incorporates music, lassos, and…
box/truck at The Old Stone House Old Stone House 336 3rd Sreet, Brooklyn
See a transient performance within and surrounding a 16-foot box truck that contemplates heritage, assimilation, and “home.” Using the stories of her maternal grandparents’ assimilation as the children of Jewish immigrants, writer and director Adrienne Westwood and the ensemble, creates a portal of exploration into the (un)told stories of inheritance: the stories-behind-the-stories. A circus troupe…
🎟 $0-$50 (pay-what-you-wish)
Boo at the Zoo The Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx
Follow a half-mile trail featuring gorgeous scenes of more than 5,000 illuminated jack o’lanterns, plus enjoy live animals-themed pumpkin carving demonstrations, games, local food, dancers and drummers in a costume parade, a candy trail (with info on some animals' favorite snacks), creepy crafts, magic acts, puppet shows, animal skeletons and more Halloween-themed family fun at…
🎟 $37.75/ages 13+, $28.75+/ages 3 - 12