Weekend Art: Summer Print Jam
Get inky at an all-ages printmaking session marking Immigrant Heritage Month, with talks and pulled prints you can make yourself.
Things to Do With Kids in NYC This Weekend
Family-friendly events, all-ages festivals, and kid-approved outings around New York this weekend.
Weekend of Jun 20–21, 2026 · 23 picks
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Kayaking - Brooklyn Bridge Park
Paddle a kayak off the East River piers with the skyline as your backdrop, no experience or fee required for these free summer sessions.
Juneteenth : NYC Parks
Concerts, ranger-led tours but kids' workshops spread across parks citywide to mark Juneteenth with music, history but open-air celebration.
Star Gaze Saturdays - Riverside Park Conservancy
Trade city glare for telescopes at a free evening stargaze along the Hudson, with the night sky as the main attraction.
Swedish Midsummer Festival – BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY
Maypole dances, folk songs and flower crowns mark the longest days, a Nordic solstice party on the downtown waterfront.
The Scandinavian Music Festival
Nordic melodies drift across an uptown lawn for a free, breezy afternoon of music in one of Manhattan's prettiest parks.
Summer on the Hudson : NYC Parks
Free riverfront programming along the Hudson serves up dance fitness and breezy outdoor diversions for drop-in afternoons.
Alfred E. Smith Mixed Doubles Indoor Pickleball Tournament - Jun 20, 2026 : NYC Parks
An indoor mixed-doubles pickleball tournament brings competitive paddlers together for a day of bracket play.
Another Wonderland
A whimsical, immersive show that bends the city into a dreamlike wonderland, inviting younger visitors to wander and imagine.
Public Theater Mobile Unit
The Public Theater rolls its traveling stage into a Queens park lawn for a free, polished evening of live theater outdoors.
Waterway Horns
A waterfront family music moment at the Seaport, mixing live sound with East River breezes.
NYC Kidsfest
A Harlem bandshell turns into a daylong playground of kid-friendly fun, an easy free outing for families seeking weekend wiggles.
Manhattan Family Fun Day 2026
A downtown park courts families with an afternoon of free games and activities, an easy outing for restless kids.
Summer Sun: Scopes on the Solstice
Peer safely at the sun through telescopes on the longest day, turning the solstice into an actual look at our star.
Storytelling in Central Park
Gather at a beloved fairy-tale statue for live storytelling that turns a patch of park into a kids' imagination zone.
movie night
Catch a free outdoor film with the Manhattan skyline glittering across the water from this riverside Queens park lawn.
Imprints of Space | Governors Island (en-US)
A Third Saturdays art happening on the car-free island, pairing creative making with ferry-ride escapism.
ICP Family Art Hour (June 2026)
A hands-on hour where kids and grown-ups make art together, inspired by the photographs on the walls.
A Diamond Amogst Turtles: Diamondback Terrapins
Meet the brackish-water diamondback terrapins in their own backyard during a guided nature outing along the marsh edge.
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Kids get hands-on with art projects inspired by the museum's exhibitions, a creative break that lets little ones make their own masterpieces.
Nature's Workshop: Build a Biodome
Kids get hands-on building a tiny self-contained ecosystem at a Bronx nature center's drop-in workshop.
Our Island Home: Open House Weekend | Governors Island (en-US)
Governors Island throws open its doors for a weekend of dance, art but waterfront wandering with skyline views.
Community Rowing and Sailing
Get out on the Bronx River with free community rowing and sailing right from a riverside park.