NYC FAMILY FUN
So much spring fun, with flowers galore, more Earth Month celebrations and yummy food pop-ups. Delicious Queens International Night Market is looking for entertainers/DJs/inventors for upcoming kids' entrepreneur evening, so let us know about any local young prodigies.
In case of rain, explore our indoor fun guide, with fun shows, museum family programs, playspaces & experiences, and more any-weather entertainment.
UPTOWN
🦸🏾♀️ Meet animators, Blerds, bloggers, cosplay lovers, fans, illustrators, and writers at the Black Comic Book Festival.
🦸🏾♀️ Learn about our environment at NYC Discovery Lab: Nature in the City at the Museum of the City of New York. Ages 9-12 can join a special Watercolor and Nature Exploration Workshop in the blooming Conservatory Gardens.
🦸🏾♀️ Earth Day Festival at Highbridge Park features science, stewardship, salamanders, and more.
🦸🏾♀️ Journey with a musical, magical bus in Teatro Sea's Mi Chivita Magica at Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling.
🦸🏾♀️ Ages 4-8 can make music at free Family Jazz Jam w/ Tahira Clayton.
UPPER EAST SIDE
🎶 Enjoy free ice cream & Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks Band with a view of the East River, then take the Roosevelt Island Tramway to see the cherry blossoms along the island’s West Promenade and an International Jazz Day Concert.
🎶 Admire interesting sculptures and 66,000 orange peony double tulips (commemorating the 400th anniversary of the city’s founding by Dutch colonists) along the Park Avenue Malls from E 83rd Street to 53rd St, where an International Sculpture Day celebration features outdoor art-making and music.
🎶 Play at the 81st Street Studio at the Met, then stroll through Central Park's cherry blossoms.
🎶 Explore an indoor forest of oversized fantastical plant and creatures (embroidered hand-sewn textile sculptures) at Fabricated Nature: The Odyssey of Wonder.
UPPER WEST SIDE
🐝 Join a full day of family-friendly activities, performances, and a performance by dancing bees at the Natural History Museum's EarthFest.
🐝 Follow Juilliard student and alumni musicians and dancers across Lincoln Center’s 16-acre campus during free outdoor work Crossing Open Ground. Bring headphones to explore more anytime with Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK.
🐝 Admire over 100 varieties of tulip and other flowers at the free West Side Community Garden Tulip Festival.
🐝 Find more flowers in Central Park's Shakespeare Garden and see charming musical Bessie’s Big Shot in the historic, intimate Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre.
🐝 All ages are abilities are welcome to join Singing at a Senior Center with one of our favorite anytime, all-age volunteering opportunity, Nursing Home Card Project.
MIDTOWN
🔭 Enjoy free admission plus fun-filled and educational experiences at Intrepid Museum Astronomy Night on Friday.
🔭 Also get free admission to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog and meet FBI heroes at Crisis Response Canines Meet and Great. Come back Sunday for Family Art Class: Dog Mosaics.
🔭 Celebrate Barbie at the Paley Museum with special screenings, doll giveaways, video games, photo-ops & more. Plus see costumes and footage from The Masked Singer.
🔭 Dive into the rich tapestry of Latin American culture at Ballet Hispánico En Familia Matinee.
🔭 Inclusive circus I’mPossible features a Deaf ringmaster, an award-winning gymnast who uses a wheelchair and more inspiring performers.
🔭 More kid-friendly shows include Fancy Nancy The Musical and Pinkalicious The Musical.
🔭 Hear new twists on favorite songs at Broadway Sings Taylor Swift.
CHELSEA/FLATIRON
📚 Party with bestselling authors and illustrators at Books Of Wonder's Indie Bookstore Day.
📚 Slurp on noodles by vendors from around the world and try more yummy treats at Japan Fes: Chelsea x Ramen Contest.
📚 Join a hip-hop class, dance obstacle course, face painting, balloon twisting and special kid-friendly menus at Olly Olly Kids Day.
📚 Get creative at Whitney Museum Open Studio.
📚 Make a planter shaped like an animal from the Himalayas at free Rubin Family Sundays: Planting Seeds of Paradise.
📚 Step into a musical adventure in the joyful, rainbow-colored world of Trolls x CAMP.
DOWNTOWN
🖼️ Last chance to admire feminist pop-artist Ashley Longshore's giant portraits of legendary artists, athletes and notable women (including poet Taylor Swift) at ROAR: A collection of Mighty Women.
🖼️ Save with dozens of deals and discounts at cafes and restaurants at Taste of the Oculus plus tons of treats at Smorgasburg WTC on Fridays. Bring a picnic to the tulip field outside Brookfield Place.
🖼️ Find free food and fun at pop-ups like the Aloha Market and Glossier x Magnolia Bakery.
🖼️ Experience original site-specific dance works during WestFest: All Over Westbeth.
🖼️ See a show in a playground at Playscape Performs: Paper Heart Puppets
BROOKLYN
🌸 Celebrate cherry blossom season with pop-up music and dance plus kids programs at Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Weekends in Bloom.
🌸 Knicks Crosstown Express stops in Albee Square for ticket giveaways, shooting contests, live music, surprise appearances from Knicks legends and more.
🌸 Join family-friendly activities and sustainable swaps at Fort Greene Park Earth Day Festival on Saturday, then head to Prospect Park's Earth Day Celebration Sunday for nature activities and a multimedia production with dancing deities, live vocals and percussion and powerful light projections.
🌸 Join Brooklyn Children's Museum for a week-long Earth Rocks!, featuring STEAM-inspired programs, dynamic performances, hands-on workshops, and art projects.
🌸 Skate with a view at the Pier 2 Roller Rink and stop by Open Hours at Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center for animal interactions.
QUEENS
🎡 Merry Go Round in the orchard and enjoy assorted carnival rides, hayrides, midway games, local food vendors, and visits with farm animals at the Apple Blossom Children’s Carnival at Queens County Farm Museum.
🎡 Celebrate Earth Month with hands-on activities, art exhibits, music, interactive performances and more at Queens Botanical Garden's Climate Arts Festival.
🎡 Make a piñata and enjoy Mexican dance at food at Kin Manor Museum's Celebrate & Learn: Cinco de Mayo!.
🎡 Join interactive STEM activities, letter-writing and special performances during New York Hall of Science's Earth Celebration Week. Visit delicious, diverse Queens International Night Market in the parking lot of Saturday and a cherry blossoms framing the Unisphere anytime, one of many indoor and outdoor attractions in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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