NYC Things to do in May in All 5 Boros of NYC
May Events in NYC by Week
Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Memorial Day Weekend, Fleet Week, Beaches Open, Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Harlem International Film Fest, Losaida Festival & LES Festival of the Arts in Manhattan; Memorial Day Parades in Queens; Atlantic Avenue Art Walk, BAM Dance Africa Festival & Memorial Day Parades in Brooklyn; 152nd Puerto Rican Cultural Festival, Orchard Beach Opens & City Island Memorial Day Parade in the Bronx; SI Mall Carnival, Fleet Week & Memorial Day Parade on Staten Island and Updating Open Calls & Weekend Events Calendar
May 26, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. The temperature highs will be in the mid to high 70's and the temperature lows will be around 60. No rain is in the forecast.
We're still working on the open calls and the community & small business grants page, as well as updating the events calendars. It's a focus of ours over the next couple of weeks, so you should see some good improvement by late May / early June.
The photo at right shows a scene from Washington Square Park this week. The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit / Fair returns this weekend.
Mayor Adams & The People's Money
This week the Mayor announced that a participatory budgeting effort is underway. Here's a link to his description of how it works - Mayor Adams wants New Yorkers to help allocate resources - and here is a link to the City website - The People's Money - where you can participate in allocating money to the causes in your community that you care about.
Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Thursday - Sunday, May 18 - 28, 2023 at various times - the Harlem International Film Festival. At AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 Theatres at 2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd in Harlem. For details and tickets see - https://harlemfilmfestival.org/.
PIER 88 & 90 & INTREPID AIR & SPACE MUSEUM _ Tuesday, May 23 - Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - Fleet Week. Use link below to view Manhattan Parades & events details.
Saturday, Sunday & Monday, May 27, 28 & 29, 2023 from 12 noon to 6 pm - The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit in the Village runs along University Place from East 13th Street and continuing south along the east side of Washington Square Park to West 3rd Street. The southern end of the show encompasses Schwartz Plaza, (aka Bobkin Lane), between NYU's Shimkin Hall and Bobst Library. It's a unique art show attracting exhibitors from all over & runs two weekends - see below.*
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 26, 27, 28, 2023 - the Lower East Side Festival for the Arts runs Friday through Sunday at the Theater for the New City at 155 First Avenue between East 9th & 10th Streets on 1st Avenue in the East Village. The event runs from 6 pm - 1 am Friday, on Saturday there's an outside cultural street fair from 12 noon to 6 pm, in tandem and also followed by theater from 1 pm - 12 midnight, and on Sunday from 6 pm - 12 midnight. Numerous performances by many of the 200 local artists, actors, musicians, dancers and performers associated with the theater. Free admission, donations welcome. For details see - https://theaterforthenewcity.net
Sunday, May 28, 2023 from 12 noon to 5 pm - The 36th Annual Losaida Festival - Along Avenue C between 6th and 12th streets on the Lower East Side. Set up begins at 10 am and the fair includes art, entertainment, food and shopping. Street fairs on the Lower East Side. For details see - https://loisaida.org
Additional Memorial Day Weekend events [see link below for Manhattan Fleet Week events] coming throughout the weekend.
CLICK here to view Manhattan street fairs and festivals NYC 2023. These include additional events for the weekend.
CLICK this link to view a FULL SCHEDULE OF ALL of the Manhattan Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
The photo at right shows the creation of a grafitti artist adorning a construction site in NYC.
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Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 12 noon - 5 pm - Sunnyside Gardens Park Memorial Day Fair - In the park at 39th Ave at 49th Street in Sunnyside. Open to General Public and includes kids activities, arts, crafts, food & rides.
Sunday, May 28, 2023 from 2 pm, the 101st College Point Memorial Day Parade. Use link below to view Queens Parades & events details.
Sunday, May 28, 2023 from 1 - 3 pm, the Maspeth Memorial Day Parade. Use link below to view Queens Parades & events details.
Sunday, May 28, 2023 from 12 noon - 2 pm, the American Legion Forest Hills Memorial Day Weekend Parade. Use link below to view Queens Parades & events details.
Monday, May 29, 2023 the Douglaston - Little Neck Memorial Day Parade. Use link below to view Queens Parades & events details.
Monday, May 29, 2023 from 11 am - 1 pm the Ridgewood / Glendale Myrtle Avenue Memorial Day Parade. Use link below to view Queens Parades & events details.
Monday, May 29, 2023 from 11.30 am - 2 pm the Whitestone Memorial Day Parade. Use link below to view Queens Parades & events details.
Additional Memorial Day Weekend events [see link below for all Queens Memorial Day parades] coming throughout the weekend. Also see street fairs and you can scroll down for other suggestions.
Click here to view Queens street fairs & festivals NYC 2023. These include additional events for the weekend.
CLICK this link to view a FULL SCHEDULE OF ALL of the Queens Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturday through Sunday, May 13 - June 11, 2023 - Dance Africa Festival at BAM - At 30 Lafayette Avenue at Ashland Place - in the Peter Jay Sharp Building and Howard Gilman Opera House in the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. It's a performance festival featuring African culture. Tickets start at $35 for adults and $22 for kids. For details see www.bam.org. This is NOT a street fair, but there is a bazaar day, but it is mostly musical, theatrical and cultural dance performances.
Saturday - Sunday, May 20 - 28, 2023 - The Atlantic Avenue Art Walk. A free, self-guided tour through Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Downtown Brooklyn. For details see their posting in our Brooklyn Events - Member Calendar - or visit the sponsor's website at - https://www.atlanticave.org/artwalk.
BAY RIDGE _ Monday, May 29, 2023 at 11 am - The 155th Brooklyn / Bay Ridge Memorial Day Parade steps off on 3rd Avenue and 78th Street in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. The parade proceeds down to Marine Avenue, up to 4th Avenue, then over to John Paul Jones Park for their memorial service which includes bag pipes, flag raising and wreath laying by Veteran Service Organizations. This is followed by a 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps by the Veteran Corps of Artillery. For details see - https://www.brooklynmemorialdayparade.com/
CARNARSIE _ Saturday, May 27, 2023 - Memorial Day Parade. Use link below to view Brooklyn Parades details.
FORT HAMILTON _ Tuesday, May 23 - Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - Fleet Week. Use link below to view Brooklyn Parades & events details.
Additional Memorial Day Weekend events [see link below for Bk Memorial Day parades] coming throughout the weekend. Also see street fairs and you can scroll down for other suggestions.
Click here to view Brooklyn street fairs NYC 2023. These include additional events for the weekend.
CLICK this link to view a FULL SCHEDULE OF ALL of the Brooklyn Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
The photo above right shows another scene from Washington Square Park.
Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 11 am - 6 pm. Annual 152nd Street Cultural Festival / which is the Official National Puerto Rican Day Parade Street Festival - Along 152nd Street between [Prospect & Westchester Ave] Jackson & Tinton in the Longwood / Melrose neighborhoods of the Bronx. It's one of the largest Puerto Rican street festivals in NYC. The National Puerto Rican Day Parade is held a week later in Manhattan.
Saturday, May 27, 2023 - Orchard Beach Opens for the Summer.
Saturday, May 27, 2023 - from 1 - 7 pm - Bronx Night Market - in Fordham Plaza at East Fordham Road and Third Avenue across from the Metro North Railway Station. This is mostly a food market versus a street fair in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx.
Monday, May 29, 2023 from 2 - 4 pm - City Island Memorial Day Parade & Festival. Use link below to view Bronx Parades & events details.
Additional Memorial Day Weekend events [see link below for Bx Memorial Day parade] coming throughout the weekend. Also see street fairs and you can scroll down for other suggestions.
Click here to see Bronx street fairs & festivals NYC 2023. These include additional events for the weekend.
CLICK this link to view a FULL SCHEDULE OF ALL of the Bronx Parades & large cultural events in NYC throughout the year.
The photo at right shows an Earth woman and at left an alien woman, or perhaps AI?
Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Tuesday, May 23 - Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - Fleet Week at the Home Port Pier at 305 Front Street in the Stapleton neighborhood. Use link below to view Manhattan Parades & events details.
Monday, May 29, 2023 - The Memorial Day Parade in West Brighton. Use link below to view Staten Island Parades & events details.
May 25 - June 11, 2023 there's an SI Mall Carnival at the Staten Island Mall at 2655 Richmond Avenue in the Heartland Village / New Springville neighborhoods of Staten Island. The carnival which includes rides, prize games and food is open weekdays from 5 to 10 pm, opening at 1 pm on Saturdays & Sundays and Memorial Day. Tickets are $5 for entry, and $35 per person for [I think unlimited] weekday rides and $85 for four persons. For details see www.statenislandmall.com.
Additional Memorial Day Weekend events [see link below for SI Memorial Day parade & Fleet Week events] coming throughout the weekend. Also see street fairs and you can scroll down for other suggestions.
Click here to see Staten Island street fairs & festivals NYC 2023. These include additional events for the weekend.
And CLICK this link for a FULL SCHEDULE OF ALL of the Staten Island parades & cultural events throughout the year.
Have a good Memorial Day weekend.
** Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Dance & Asian American PI Parades; Clio, Frieze & Contemporary African Art Fairs; Taste of Tribeca & 9th Avenue International Food Fests; Ukrainian Festival, Harlem International Film Fest & AIDS Walk in Manhattan; Downtown Jazz Fest in Jamaica, Greek Fest in Astoria, LIC Arts Open & 'Big Love' in Long Island City, Eight Tales of Pedro & Jamaica Jazz Fest in Queens; Bayfest, Norwegian Parade, Fabulous 5th Avenue Fest, Filipino Fair, Atlantic Ave Art Walk, Other Art Fair & BAM Dance Africa Festival in Brooklyn; Bronx Fashion Week, Vegan Street Fair & Bronx Week Ending in the Bronx; Cottage Row Curiosities Market & the Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt & Updating Open Calls
May 19, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC/ 317.
NYC Weather. The temperature highs will be in the mid 60's on Friday and Saturday, rising to about 80 on Sunday. The temperature lows will be around 60 all weekend. The humidity will rise from 50% on Friday to 80% on Saturday, before falling back to 50% on Sunday. Winds will be 10 - 15 mph on Friday, falling to 5 - 10 mph for the rest of the weekend. There's a 65% chance of some rain [a 1/4 inch] before 3 pm on Saturday.
There are also a few more events to add, but this is a solid first pass of the major events this weekend, allowing that there are a couple of things that need updating for Queens.
The photo at right was taken at the Ukrainian Festival in a prior year. The festival runs through this weekend in the East Village. See details below.
We're still working on the open calls and the community & small business grants page, as well as updating the events calendars. It's a focus of ours over the next couple of weeks, so you should see some good improvement by late May / early June.
Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Wednesday - Sunday, May 17 - 21, 2023 _ Freize Art Fair at the Shed at 545 West 30th Street at Hudson Yard - From 11 am - 5.30 pm on Friday, 12 noon - 5.30 pm Saturday, 11 am - 3.30 pm Sunday. Tickets range from $40 - $140 for adults & kids cost $10 at https://www.frieze.com/.
Thursday - Sunday, May 18 - 21, 2023 - the 1 - 54 Contemporary African Art Fair beginning at 11 am daily and ending at 7 pm Friday & Saturday and at 5 pm on Sunday. At 439 West 127th Street in Harlem. The fair hosts the exhibits of 26 galleries. For details and $20 tickets, see - https://www.1-54.com.
Thursday - Sunday, May 18 - 28, 2023 at various times - the Harlem International Film Festival. At AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 Theatres at 2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd in Harlem. For details and tickets see - https://harlemfilmfestival.org/.
Thursday - Thursday, May 18 - 25, 2023 - NYC X Design. This is at various venues at various times. It's all about the many facets of design - from workshops to exhibits to markets. Every day is chuck full of events - see www.nycxdesign.org for details. Many events are free.
Last year the NYC X Design program included an art tour in LIC Queens on Friday and there's plenty more at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.
Thursday - Sunday, May 18 - 21, 2023 - Clio Art Fair - from 6 - 9 pm Thursday, 12 noon - 8 pm Friday, 2 - 8 pm Saturday & 2 - 6 pm Sunday. They are also hosting Saturday and Sunday brunches from 12 noon - 2 pm. At 550 West 29th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan NYC.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 19 - 21, 2022 begins 4 pm Friday & at 12 noon Saturday & Sunday ending at 9 pm nightly - Ukranian Festival - At 30 East 7th Street and along 7th Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue in the East Village. Includes Ukranian shopping, food and entertainment with the proceeds going to St. George Academy, which is a Ukrainian school. For details and further information see - https://www.facebook.com/StGeorgesUkrainianFestivalNYC/ . See photo at right.
Saturday, May 20, 2023 the Taste of Tribeca runs from 11.30 am - 3 pm along Duane Street between Greenwich and Hudson Streets in Tribeca. Sometimes up to 80 Tribeca [and nearby] food and beverage vendors come out to serve the public. Note that this is a food festival not a street fair per se. Proceeds benefit PS 150 and PS 234. Tickets run from $60 on up, and they have lower cost group rates. For details see - https://www.tasteoftribeca.com/. See this story about the Taste of Tribeca St Fair.
Saturday, May 20, 2023 the Dance Parade begins at 12 noon at 20th Street and Broadway. It marches down along Broadway and University to Washington Square Park where it turns [left] east on 8th Street and heads into Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. A Dance Festival follows the Dance Parade in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village from 3 - 7 pm. Free. For details see - https://danceparade.org/
Saturday & Sunday, May 20 & 21, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm. 9th Avenue International Food Festival - Along 9th Ave between 42nd Street & 57th Street. For details see - http://ninthavenuefoodfestival.com/
Sunday, May 21, 2023 beginning at 7.30 / 8 am - AIDS Walk / Run in Central Park. The Naumberg Bandshell just south of the Bethesda Fountain is the hub of all activities. Enter the park from east or west at 72nd Street. It's a four mile walk / run around the interior of the park. Free to enter. Donations go to support the Gay Men's Health Crisis [GMHC]. For details see - https://aidswalkny.org
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 12 noon - 3 pm - Asian American Pacific Islander Parade - 2nd parade - AAPI is comprised of thirty ethnic groups, speaking 50 different languages. Marching up 6th Avenue from West 44th to West 53rd streets in Midtown. For details see - https://aaari.info
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 12 noon - 6 pm - Greek Jewish Festival on [the center is at 280] Broome Street between Allen and Eldridge Streets on the Lower East Side [LES]. "Authentic kosher Greek foods, homemade Greek pastries, traditional Greek dancing, live Greek and Sephardic music and ... vendors". LES street fairs on the Lower East Side. For details see - https://www.kkjsm.org or https://www.kkjfestival.com/
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Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 12 noon - 5 pm - LIC Springs Festival - Along Vernon Blvd between 46th and 50th Avenues. There will be music, dance and performances, as well as fitness, food and games. Street fairs in LIC Queens NYC. For details see - https://www.longislandcityqueens.com/
Thru Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 2.30 & 7.30 pm, performances of 'Big Love' at the LaGuardia College Performing Arts Center at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City. For details and tickets see - https://www.lpac.nyc.
Friday & Saturday, May 19 & 20, 2023 from 6.30 - 10 and 12 noon - 8.30 pm _ Downtown Jamaica Jazz Festival in Queens. They have nearly a dozen performances scheduled each day at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. Jazz festivals in Queens.
Thursday thru Sunday, May 1 - 21, 2023 / Open Galleries Saturday & Sunday from 12 noon - 5 pm & other times / events - LIC Arts Open Studios. LIC Arts Open is an event whereby LIC artists open their studios to the public for this long weekend, which started Thursday. As they're artists, they sometimes forge their own hours, so it's best to check the site using the link info that follows. Admission to open studios is free, possibly some exceptions, but not likely. Opportunity to visit artists' studios as well as some performances. For details see - https://licartsopen.com/
Thursday through Sunday, May 18 - 21, 2023 runs 5 pm - 11 pm Thursday & Friday, and 1 - 11 pm Saturday & ending at 10 pm Sunday - 49th Annual Greek Festival at St Demetrios Church on 31st Avenue and 30th Drive. Old fashioned town fair including traditional Greek food, good rides and prizes for the kids, and Greek cultural music and dance entertainment. Click here for St Demetrios street fair map. 718.728.1718.
LAST WEEKEND, after having been extended for two more weekends, thru 5/21/23. Originally _ Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, beginning April 28 - May 7, 2023 at 8 pm on Fridays & Saturdays and at 2 pm and 3 pm respectively on Saturdays and Sundays, there's a performance of Eight Tales of Pedro at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. It's an original work developed in tandem with Queens Theatre. For details and $24 tickets see - https://queenstheatre.org/
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Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturday through Sunday, May 13 - June 11, 2023 - Dance Africa Festival at BAM - At 30 Lafayette Avenue at Ashland Place - in the Peter Jay Sharp Building and Howard Gilman Opera House in the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. It's a performance festival featuring African culture. Tickets start at $35 for adults and $22 for kids. For details see www.bam.org. This is NOT a street fair, but there is a bazaar day, but it is mostly musical, theatrical and cultural dance performances.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 18 - 21, 2023 from 6 - 10 pm, 4 - 10 pm, 11 am 7 pm & 11 am - 6 pm respectively - The Other Art Fair. At the Agger Fish Building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There will be performances and art installations, including artworks by 110 different artists. For details and $14 - $24 tickets see - https://www.theotherartfair.com .
Saturday - Sunday, May 20 - 28, 2023 - The Atlantic Avenue Art Walk. A free, self-guided tour through Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Downtown Brooklyn. For details see their posting in our Brooklyn Events - Member Calendar - or visit the sponsor's website at - https://www.atlanticave.org/artwalk.
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm, there's the Filipino Street Fair on 5th Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets in Park Slope. Filipino food, art and handicrafts will be featured.
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 12 noon - 6 pm. Bayfest. At Emmons Avenue and East 27th Street in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Arts, crafts, amusement rides, bands, dance performances along the Brooklyn waterfront. Free. For details see - http://bigbayfest.org/
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 11 am - 6 pm. Fabulous Fifth Avenue Street Fair. Along 5th Avenue between Sterling Place & 12th Street in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Brooklyn street fairs / St Fairs & festivals near the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Organized by the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID. There will be plenty of food offerings at the bars and restaurants along 5th, as well as live entertainment at many of the venues. This is more of a food fair that typical street fair. For details see - https://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com
Sunday, May 21, 2023 beginning at 1.30 pm - Norwegian Day Parade - The parade steps off at 80th Street and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. The parade then turns right onto 75th Street [aka Bay Ridge Parkway], left onto 5th Avenue, to 67th Street and then along the Park - ending between 6th and 7th Avenues where the reviewing stand is. Street fairs in Bay Ridge Brooklyn NYC. For details see - https://17thofmayparadecommittee-brooklyn.org/
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Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
On Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 11 am - 7 pm there's a Vegan Street Fair in Rev T. Wendell Foster Park at 1055 Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Tickets cost $4 per bite or $55 for the vegan food festival. Rides are separate at $8 / ride. For details see - https://www.veganstreetfair.com.
On Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 4 - 5 pm the Bronx Fashion Week will be at the Bay Plaza Mall at 200 Baychester Avenue in the Bronx. Models will be walking the runway. Admission ranges from $0 for standing room and $45 for VIP seating. For details and tickets see - https://www.bronxfashionweek.com.
Ends Sunday May 21, 2023 - Bronx Week - Multiple events at various locations in the Bronx. For details see - https://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/
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Mostly Free Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
UPDATE _ CHANGED TO SUNDAY, MAY 21 _ Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 11 am - 4 pm, there's the Cottage Row Curiosities at Snug Harbor Cultural Center at 1000 Richmond Terrace Street in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. There will be over 40 local vendors selling artisanal goods, food, music, entertainment and information. https://snug-harbor.org
Maker Park Radio Record Fair has been moved to June 2023.
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 10 am - 4 pm - The Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt. Begins at either the Postcards, which is the name of the Staten Island 911 Memorial, on Bank Street in St. George along the waterfront just west of the SI Ferry, or at the Conference House in Tottenville. The cost is $35 per carload or $15 per bicycle / motorcycle. Teams of three are recommended to drive, navigate and shoot photos.
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Summer is just around the corner. Have good weekend.
