The best things to do in NYC This Saturday on Sunday of Labor Day weekend 2026, Sep 6 — hand-curated and refreshed weekly.
17 picks · checked Sep 2
34th Avenue Open Street, Jackson Heights, QueensUnicycle basketball, races and a learn-to-ride area take over 34th Avenue's mile-plus open street in Jackson Heights for the festival's 17th year.
34th Avenue Open Street, Jackson Heights, QueensUnicycle basketball, races and a learn-to-ride area take over 34th Avenue's mile-plus open street in Jackson Heights for the festival's 17th year.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandA 25-acre country fair inside NYC's only living-history village, with 100-plus vendors, carnival rides and competitive eating contests.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandA 25-acre country fair inside NYC's only living-history village, with 100-plus vendors, carnival rides and competitive eating contests.
Saratoga Springs, Saratoga / UpstateJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsThe summer meet's final weekend, with the Grade 1 Spinaway the Grade 1 Hopeful and Grade 3 Prioress and closing day on Labor Day Monday.
Saratoga Springs, Saratoga / UpstateJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsThe summer meet's final weekend, with the Grade 1 Spinaway the Grade 1 Hopeful and Grade 3 Prioress and closing day on Labor Day Monday.
Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanFinal weekend of the Studio Museum's sixth 'F' show — 17 emerging artists of African and Afro-Latinx descent in the new 125th Street building. Closing day is a free Studio Sunday.
Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanFinal weekend of the Studio Museum's sixth 'F' show — 17 emerging artists of African and Afro-Latinx descent in the new 125th Street building. Closing day is a free Studio Sunday.
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New Paltz, Hudson ValleyDetroit Publishing Co. (w) , publisher. · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsQuail Hollow Events fills the Ulster County Fairgrounds with hundreds of juried makers across more than ten media categories, plus craft demonstrations, a children's area and Hudson Valley wine, cider and beer.
New Paltz, Hudson ValleyDetroit Publishing Co. (w) , publisher. · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsQuail Hollow Events fills the Ulster County Fairgrounds with hundreds of juried makers across more than ten media categories, plus craft demonstrations, a children's area and Hudson Valley wine, cider and beer.
Union Vale, Hudson ValleyDetroit Publishing Co. (w) , publisher. · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsFive mass hot-air balloon ascensions totaling more than 120 balloon flights over Tymor Park in Dutchess County, with fireworks each night, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine tent.
Union Vale, Hudson ValleyDetroit Publishing Co. (w) , publisher. · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsFive mass hot-air balloon ascensions totaling more than 120 balloon flights over Tymor Park in Dutchess County, with fireworks each night, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine tent.
Madison Square Garden, Midtown, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHarry Styles plays back-to-back Garden nights on his 30-show residency — his only U.S. dates this year, with Jamie xx opening both.
Madison Square Garden, Midtown, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHarry Styles plays back-to-back Garden nights on his 30-show residency — his only U.S. dates this year, with Jamie xx opening both.
Greenwich House Theater, West Village, ManhattanMarin Ireland's acclaimed play returns with Lupita Nyong'o opening a rotating star cast — this is its first full weekend of previews at Greenwich House.
Greenwich House Theater, West Village, ManhattanMarin Ireland's acclaimed play returns with Lupita Nyong'o opening a rotating star cast — this is its first full weekend of previews at Greenwich House.
Frenzie, Brooklyn Heights, BrooklynThe Confidant team opened a pizza-and-natural-wine bar directly next door, pouring only organic and biodynamic bottles. Walk-in only and open later than almost anything else on Atlantic Avenue.
Frenzie, Brooklyn Heights, BrooklynThe Confidant team opened a pizza-and-natural-wine bar directly next door, pouring only organic and biodynamic bottles. Walk-in only and open later than almost anything else on Atlantic Avenue.
Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, ManhattanThe rapper behind 1999 and B4.Da.$$ squeezes into the 200-seat Blue Note for two nightly sets rather than an arena stage.
Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, ManhattanThe rapper behind 1999 and B4.Da.$$ squeezes into the 200-seat Blue Note for two nightly sets rather than an arena stage.
Central Park: Shakespeare Statue Plaza, ManhattanAn open-air milonga fills the plaza at Central Park's Shakespeare statue on summer evenings — free lesson first, no partner needed.
Central Park: Shakespeare Statue Plaza, ManhattanAn open-air milonga fills the plaza at Central Park's Shakespeare statue on summer evenings — free lesson first, no partner needed.
Central Park: 110th and Lenox, ManhattanAn open-air market sets up at Central Park's 110th and Lenox corner — vendors, crafts and food at the Harlem gateway to the park.
Central Park: 110th and Lenox, ManhattanAn open-air market sets up at Central Park's 110th and Lenox corner — vendors, crafts and food at the Harlem gateway to the park.
34th Avenue Open Street, Jackson Heights, Queens34th Avenue closes for two days of races, workshops and unicycle basketball in Jackson Heights.
34th Avenue Open Street, Jackson Heights, Queens34th Avenue closes for two days of races, workshops and unicycle basketball in Jackson Heights.
West Harlem Piers: Excursion Pier, ManhattanFree outdoor Zumba on the West Harlem Piers—dance-cardio with river views as part of NYC Parks' Summer on the Hudson.
West Harlem Piers: Excursion Pier, ManhattanFree outdoor Zumba on the West Harlem Piers—dance-cardio with river views as part of NYC Parks' Summer on the Hudson.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynA first-year electronic festival takes over Industry City with two stages running eighteen hours a day, indoors and outdoors, across the long weekend.
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynA first-year electronic festival takes over Industry City with two stages running eighteen hours a day, indoors and outdoors, across the long weekend.
The Slipper Room, Lower East Side, ManhattanNew York's longest-running variety show has been going since 1999, stacking burlesque, comedy and neo-vaudeville acts across a whole evening.
The Slipper Room, Lower East Side, ManhattanNew York's longest-running variety show has been going since 1999, stacking burlesque, comedy and neo-vaudeville acts across a whole evening.
IFC Center, Greenwich Village, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSix award-winning shorts from this year's Sundance, jury winners Crisis Actor and The Boys and the Bees among them, in one 100-minute program.
IFC Center, Greenwich Village, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSix award-winning shorts from this year's Sundance, jury winners Crisis Actor and The Boys and the Bees among them, in one 100-minute program.
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