Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in New York City the weekend of Sep 25–27, 2026: 391 picks, refreshed weekly. Concerts, festivals, art, markets, and free outdoor events.
391 picks · checked Sep 7
Boerum Hill, BrooklynDetroit Publishing Co. (w) , publisher. · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsBrooklyn's biggest and best-loved street festival marks its 51st year, taking over Atlantic Avenue for six hours of live music, food and hundreds of local businesses and vendors.
Boerum Hill, BrooklynDetroit Publishing Co. (w) , publisher. · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsBrooklyn's biggest and best-loved street festival marks its 51st year, taking over Atlantic Avenue for six hours of live music, food and hundreds of local businesses and vendors.
Mulberry Street, Little Italy, ManhattanMusikAnimal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe feast's centrepiece: floats, celebrities and the gondola down Mulberry Street.
Mulberry Street, Little Italy, ManhattanMusikAnimal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe feast's centrepiece: floats, celebrities and the gondola down Mulberry Street.
Flushing, QueensThe USA International Dragon Lion Dance Cultural Festival shuts Main Street and Sanford Avenue for a China Day Mid-Autumn parade, sending dragon and lion troupes through the heart of downtown Flushing.
Flushing, QueensThe USA International Dragon Lion Dance Cultural Festival shuts Main Street and Sanford Avenue for a China Day Mid-Autumn parade, sending dragon and lion troupes through the heart of downtown Flushing.
Brooklyn Borough Hall & venues citywide, Downtown Brooklyn, BrooklynJoann Jovinelly (editrrix) from NYC · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBrooklyn Book Festival kicks off nine days of free author talks and citywide Bookend events, building to the Northeast's biggest book market.
Brooklyn Borough Hall & venues citywide, Downtown Brooklyn, BrooklynJoann Jovinelly (editrrix) from NYC · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBrooklyn Book Festival kicks off nine days of free author talks and citywide Bookend events, building to the Northeast's biggest book market.
Central Park, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe free, action-earned Global Citizen Festival returns to Central Park's Great Lawn with Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
Central Park, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe free, action-earned Global Citizen Festival returns to Central Park's Great Lawn with Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
Theater District, ManhattanFor one Sunday a year Broadway sells itself off folding tables: shows and theater organizations line West 44th and West 45th Streets with posters, props and costume pieces, with a silent auction in Shubert.
Theater District, ManhattanFor one Sunday a year Broadway sells itself off folding tables: shows and theater organizations line West 44th and West 45th Streets with posters, props and costume pieces, with a silent auction in Shubert.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons300+ exhibitors of artists' books, zines and rare printed matter fill MoMA PS1's old schoolhouse for the fair's 20th anniversary.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons300+ exhibitors of artists' books, zines and rare printed matter fill MoMA PS1's old schoolhouse for the fair's 20th anniversary.
Jackson Heights, QueensHispanic Heritage Month's Queens parade runs the length of 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, from 69th Street to 89th Street, with floats, bands, dance groups and community organisations.
Jackson Heights, QueensHispanic Heritage Month's Queens parade runs the length of 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, from 69th Street to 89th Street, with floats, bands, dance groups and community organisations.
Ditmas Park, BrooklynVictorian Flatbush's street fair, running since 1975, closes Cortelyou Road between Coney Island and Ocean Avenues for food booths, live music on multiple stages, a beer and wine garden, pony rides and.
Ditmas Park, BrooklynVictorian Flatbush's street fair, running since 1975, closes Cortelyou Road between Coney Island and Ocean Avenues for food booths, live music on multiple stages, a beer and wine garden, pony rides and.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Main Slate lands at Lincoln Center with the year's Cannes and Venice titles, most screenings introduced by their directors.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Main Slate lands at Lincoln Center with the year's Cannes and Venice titles, most screenings introduced by their directors.
Sunset Park, BrooklynBrooklyn's Chinatown closes Eighth Avenue from 50th to 60th Street for its Mid-Autumn moon cake festival, a permitted street parade through the middle of Sunset Park's Chinese business district.
Sunset Park, BrooklynBrooklyn's Chinatown closes Eighth Avenue from 50th to 60th Street for its Mid-Autumn moon cake festival, a permitted street parade through the middle of Sunset Park's Chinese business district.
Rockaway Beach Boardwalk: Beach 108th Street, QueensRockaway Beach Boardwalk: Beach 108th Street, QueensOfficial Parks Department listing scheduled.
Crown Square Pizza, Rockaway Beach, QueensSeany Pizza's Sean Aiken opened a Detroit-style shop on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and unlike most of the boardwalk it stays open all year.
Crown Square Pizza, Rockaway Beach, QueensSeany Pizza's Sean Aiken opened a Detroit-style shop on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and unlike most of the boardwalk it stays open all year.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanPercy Rainford [1] · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNew York's flagship international art fair returns to the Javits Center with roughly 230 galleries, a 2026 program spotlighting Caribbean art, large-scale installations, performance and a new after-hours.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanPercy Rainford [1] · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNew York's flagship international art fair returns to the Javits Center with roughly 230 galleries, a 2026 program spotlighting Caribbean art, large-scale installations, performance and a new after-hours.
Greenpoint, BrooklynThe revived CBGB Festival packs 17 bands onto two stages under the Kosciuszko Bridge, headlined by Patti Smith, the Sex Pistols (with Frank Carter), Morrissey, Interpol, Bikini Kill, Buzzcocks and Circle Jerks.
Greenpoint, BrooklynThe revived CBGB Festival packs 17 bands onto two stages under the Kosciuszko Bridge, headlined by Patti Smith, the Sex Pistols (with Frank Carter), Morrissey, Interpol, Bikini Kill, Buzzcocks and Circle Jerks.
Washington Heights, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe American Academy of Arts and Letters reopens its Audubon Terrace galleries after a summer closure with a Yoshitaka Amano survey, alongside Arakawa and Madeline Gins' The Poetic Jump and a Christopher.
Washington Heights, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe American Academy of Arts and Letters reopens its Audubon Terrace galleries after a summer closure with a Yoshitaka Amano survey, alongside Arakawa and Madeline Gins' The Poetic Jump and a Christopher.
Midtown, ManhattanNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
Midtown, ManhattanNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTakashi Yamazaki world-premieres his Godzilla Minus One sequel at NYFF64, with the director and cast on hand for both Q&A screenings.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTakashi Yamazaki world-premieres his Godzilla Minus One sequel at NYFF64, with the director and cast on hand for both Q&A screenings.
Meatpacking District, ManhattanA 16,000-square-foot Peanuts fashion exhibition in the Meatpacking District, free and walk-in, on its final weekend. Open Friday and Saturday only; it closes before Sunday.
Meatpacking District, ManhattanA 16,000-square-foot Peanuts fashion exhibition in the Meatpacking District, free and walk-in, on its final weekend. Open Friday and Saturday only; it closes before Sunday.
Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, QueensFree outdoor concerts in Culture Lab's Long Island City lot - two or three bands a night and the season closes this weekend.
Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, QueensFree outdoor concerts in Culture Lab's Long Island City lot - two or three bands a night and the season closes this weekend.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDamon Mah · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsJames Gray's Cannes competition title lands its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall, with Gray and cast expected in the room.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDamon Mah · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsJames Gray's Cannes competition title lands its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall, with Gray and cast expected in the room.
New Museum, Bowery, ManhattanJakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsArthur Jafa takes over the New Museum's expanded Bowery building, in the first season of its new 60,000-square-foot galleries.
New Museum, Bowery, ManhattanJakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsArthur Jafa takes over the New Museum's expanded Bowery building, in the first season of its new 60,000-square-foot galleries.
East Williamsburg, BrooklynMoonlite's twelve-hour Mid-Autumn festival takes over Planet X Studios with Asian American musicians, artisans, martial arts and a whole roasted pig, with proceeds going to the Asian American Legal Defense and.
East Williamsburg, BrooklynMoonlite's twelve-hour Mid-Autumn festival takes over Planet X Studios with Asian American musicians, artisans, martial arts and a whole roasted pig, with proceeds going to the Asian American Legal Defense and.
Bay Ridge, BrooklynBay Ridge's biggest street festival, run by the volunteer Merchants of Third Avenue, closes the length of Third Avenue through the neighbourhood for vendors, food and live music.
Bay Ridge, BrooklynBay Ridge's biggest street festival, run by the volunteer Merchants of Third Avenue, closes the length of Third Avenue through the neighbourhood for vendors, food and live music.
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