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Activities for Kids in NYC
in September 2025
Corn Fest at the Queens County Farm Museum
Floral Park, Queens
Saturday, September 6, 2025
The Queens County Farm Museum hosts Corn Fest to celebrate the grand opening of the 2025 Amazing Maize Maze. The event is jam-packed with a-maize-ing activities, games, and food. Visit the website here.
Arte Museum Opening Week
Chelsea
Opens Satursday, September 6, 2025
Inspired by nature, immersive media artworks transform the city's vibrant energy into breathtaking digital landscapes. The experience is heightened by evocative soundscapes from acclaimed composer Young-gyu Jang and custom-crafted fragrances by master perfumer Marianne Nawrocki Sabatier. Visit the website here.
Founded by Broadway Concert in Times Square
Midtown West – FREE
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Broadway celebrates NYC's 400th anniversary with a free concert featuring cast members from 23 Broadway shows. Head to the red stairs in Duffy Square to catch all the action. Visit the website here.
West Side County Fair
Upper West Side
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Summer on the Hudson's biggest event of the season—the West Side County Fair—returns, bringing with it a full afternoon of county fair magic in Manhattan. Visit the website here.
99th Annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy
Little Italy
Thursday, September 11-Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Feast of San Gennaro honors Italian Americans in professional baseball this year with its blocks-long street festival dubbed the "Feast of all Feasts!" Enjoy food, entertainment, and vendors along Mulberry Street from Houston to Canal. Visit the website here.
FAMChella on Fifth
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Brooklyn Bridge Parents and the 5th Avenue BID host a free family-friendly block party inspired by the fun and flair of Coachella, turning the car-free stretch of 5th Avenue from 68th to 81st Street into a lively festival zone filled with free kids' activities, including a bouncy house, arts and crafts, Lego play, water fun, DIY bedazzled headbands, and more. Visit the website here.
One Bite Pizza Festival on Randall's Island
Randall's Island
Saturday, September 13, 2025
The greatest gathering of pizzerias ever features all-you-can-eat pizza from over 40 iconic pizzerias. Enjoy delicious Italian bites in the Ferraro Foods Piazza, sweet treats in the Italian Dessert Village, unlimited Pepsi products, and access to interactive pizza experiences, saucy brand activations, and tons of surprises along the way. Visit the website here.
Morningside Lights at Columbia University
Morningside Heights – FREE
Saturday, September 13-Saturday, September 20, 2025
Morningside Lights returns for its 14th year, illuminating the night in a procession of awe-inspiring handmade lanterns floating through Morningside Park to Columbia's campus. Visit the website here.
Red Riding Hood: The Musical at 92Y
Upper East Side
Opens Sunday, September 14, 2025
92Y's hit version of the beloved classic Little Red Riding Hood comes to life in dance and song. The Y's family-friendly take on this classic tale features an original score. Visit the website here.
Brooklyn Book Festival
Downtown Brooklyn – FREE
Sunday, September 14-Monday, September 22, 2025
Dive into some great books at the 2025 Brooklyn Book Festival. Kid-friendly programming abounds during Children's Day on Saturday, September 20. Visit the website here.
Battery Park City Block Party
Battery Park City – FREE
Saturday, September 20, 2025
The beloved neighborhood tradition returns to Battery Park City, with children’s games and family activities, live musical performances, local business and restaurant vendors, contests, prizes, and much more! Visit the website here.
Family Art Project: Sun Turning at Wave Hill
Riverdale, the Bronx
Saturday, September 20-Sunday, September 21, 2025
The autumn equinox is the start of fall and a rare moment when day and night are in perfect balance. Learn about the sun’s movements in the sky and make sundials to discover a simple way of telling time. Visit the website here.
Jim Henson Birthday Celebration at the Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, Queens
Saturday, September 20-Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Museum of the Moving Image commemorates Jim Henson's 89th birthday with special guests and screenings, a book signing, a puppet workshop, a costume contest, live music in the courtyard, and more. Visit the website here.
Flatbush Frolic
Flatbush, Brooklyn
Sunday, September 21, 2025
One of NYC's largest street fairs, featuring thousands of visitors and hundreds of vendors, the Flatbush Frolic dizzies up Cortelyou Road with food, games, pony rides, carnival rides, music, and more. Visit the website here.
Annual Bus Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Dumbo, Brooklyn – FREE
Sunday, September 21, 2025
The New York Transit Museum invites visitors aboard some of its beloved vintage vehicles at this annual fest. Explore buses from the vintage fleet representing more than 80 years of New York City surface transit history. Visit the website here.
Harvest Glow at the Bronx Zoo
Bronx Park, the Bronx
Opens Thursday, September 25, 2025
The Bronx Zoo's nighttime family-friendly Halloween spectacular invites families to follow an animal-themed illuminated jack-o'-lantern trail, explore Dinosaur Safari at night, and enjoy live pumpkin carving, Wildlife Theater, games, and more. Visit the website here.
The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail at the New York Botanical Garden
Bronx Park, the Bronx
Opens Thursday, September 25, 2025
Join Jack Skellington, Sally, and Zero on a walk of wonders, as your favorite characters, scenes, and songs from the immortal film The Nightmare Before Christmas come to life in New York's most treasured garden. Visit the website here.
Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus at Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Tribeca
Saturday, September 27, 2025
It’s not easy being the Pigeon. But, when the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make her passengers (gasp!) late, maybe that wily bird can do something. Featuring an innovative mix of songs and feathers, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! gets everyone’s wings flapping. Visit the website here.
Poseidon Parade
Rockaways, Queens – FREE
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Family-friendly and art-centered, this annual march celebrates self-expression, community, and the beauty of the Rockaway shore. Visit the website here.
Randall's Island Park Allliance's Harvest Festival
Randall's Island– FREE
Sunday, September 28, 2025
The Randall’s Island Park Alliance hosts a free, family-friendly celebration of fall. Decorate and bring home your very own pumpkin from RI's immersive patch, participate in a cooking demonstration with seasonal vegetables, enjoy live performances, have your face painted, and learn about nature. Visit the website here.
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