Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Brooklyn the weekend of Sep 25–27, 2026: 73 picks, refreshed weekly.
73 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, Pier 2 Dock, Brooklyn Heights, BrooklynTwenty minutes on the East River in the protected embayment off Pier 2 - boats, vests and instruction provided and it costs nothing.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, Pier 2 Dock, Brooklyn Heights, BrooklynTwenty minutes on the East River in the protected embayment off Pier 2 - boats, vests and instruction provided and it costs nothing.
Agger Fish Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, BrooklynGorillaz's 25th-anniversary immersive exhibition takes over the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Agger Fish Building for September — the band's only East Coast stop.
Agger Fish Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, BrooklynGorillaz's 25th-anniversary immersive exhibition takes over the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Agger Fish Building for September — the band's only East Coast stop.
Dumbo, BrooklynDaniel Fish restages the 1993 televised confrontation between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Larry Kramer over the AIDS crisis, with Will Brill and Thomas Jay Ryan, opening at St. Ann's Warehouse.
Dumbo, BrooklynDaniel Fish restages the 1993 televised confrontation between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Larry Kramer over the AIDS crisis, with Will Brill and Thomas Jay Ryan, opening at St. Ann's Warehouse.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynMore than 140 Iris van Herpen haute couture pieces fill the Brooklyn Museum, shown beside scientific artifacts and natural-history specimens.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynMore than 140 Iris van Herpen haute couture pieces fill the Brooklyn Museum, shown beside scientific artifacts and natural-history specimens.
BAM Rose Cinemas, Fort Greene, BrooklynBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBAM's new series reads the Bush years through the films made in them — The Dark Knight, Jesus Camp, Redacted, Talladega Nights, 25th Hour.
BAM Rose Cinemas, Fort Greene, BrooklynBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBAM's new series reads the Bush years through the films made in them — The Dark Knight, Jesus Camp, Redacted, Talladega Nights, 25th Hour.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Brooklyn Navy Yard, BrooklynLane 8 brings his phone-free This Never Happened format to Brooklyn Storehouse for a seven-hour Cross Pollination night, going back-to-back with Kasbo while Robby East and MYRNE trade off alongside.
Brooklyn Navy Yard, BrooklynLane 8 brings his phone-free This Never Happened format to Brooklyn Storehouse for a seven-hour Cross Pollination night, going back-to-back with Kasbo while Robby East and MYRNE trade off alongside.
Flatbush, BrooklynA live orchestra performs Bear McCreary's Outlander score at Kings Theatre while highlights from all eight seasons play on screen, in a program curated by showrunner Matthew B. Roberts.
Flatbush, BrooklynA live orchestra performs Bear McCreary's Outlander score at Kings Theatre while highlights from all eight seasons play on screen, in a program curated by showrunner Matthew B. Roberts.
Brooklyn Steel, East Williamsburg, BrooklynCurrier and Ives · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsThe riot grrrl originators at Brooklyn Steel with Brighton's Lambrini Girls opening - a generational handoff on one bill.
Brooklyn Steel, East Williamsburg, BrooklynCurrier and Ives · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsThe riot grrrl originators at Brooklyn Steel with Brighton's Lambrini Girls opening - a generational handoff on one bill.
Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Fort Greene, BrooklynTony winner Sarah Jones' new solo show plays its first full weekend of previews at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Fort Greene, BrooklynTony winner Sarah Jones' new solo show plays its first full weekend of previews at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
Greenpoint, BrooklynThe Prodigy outdoors under the Kosciuszko Bridge, with Brutalismus 3000, Sextile and Lip Critic on the undercard. 18+.
Greenpoint, BrooklynThe Prodigy outdoors under the Kosciuszko Bridge, with Brutalismus 3000, Sextile and Lip Critic on the undercard. 18+.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crown Heights, BrooklynBBG rebuilds the winning stoops of the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest, plus portraits of the neighbours who planted them.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crown Heights, BrooklynBBG rebuilds the winning stoops of the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest, plus portraits of the neighbours who planted them.
Barclays Center, Prospect Heights, BrooklynAEMoreira042281 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBridgers brings The Lost Tour to Brooklyn with Alex G opening - a multi-night Barclays run, phones locked in pouches at the door.
Barclays Center, Prospect Heights, BrooklynAEMoreira042281 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBridgers brings The Lost Tour to Brooklyn with Alex G opening - a multi-night Barclays run, phones locked in pouches at the door.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynMilna Market pops up at Industry City with South Asian designers, jewelry, food and art — a day of desi small businesses under one Brooklyn roof.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynMilna Market pops up at Industry City with South Asian designers, jewelry, food and art — a day of desi small businesses under one Brooklyn roof.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynA guided crawl through Industry City's food halls and makers inside the converted Bushwick Terminal warehouses on the Sunset Park waterfront.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynA guided crawl through Industry City's food halls and makers inside the converted Bushwick Terminal warehouses on the Sunset Park waterfront.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynTour a working brewery and taste sake at Industry City — a guided behind-the-scenes session for craft-drink curious New Yorkers.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynTour a working brewery and taste sake at Industry City — a guided behind-the-scenes session for craft-drink curious New Yorkers.
Brooklyn Paramount, Downtown Brooklyn, BrooklynEden, Janine and Jim from New York City · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA three-deep emo bill - Taking Back Sunday, Thrice and Saves The Day - inside the restored Brooklyn Paramount.
Brooklyn Paramount, Downtown Brooklyn, BrooklynEden, Janine and Jim from New York City · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA three-deep emo bill - Taking Back Sunday, Thrice and Saves The Day - inside the restored Brooklyn Paramount.
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