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Festivals and Street Fairs in NYC From Sunday, June 1-Sunday, June 8, 2025
Drums Along the Hudson: A Native American Festival in Inwood Hill Park
Inwood – FREE
Sunday, June 1, 2025
This annual event marks its 21st anniversary as Manhattan’s only open-air pow wow. The all-day event features Native American crafts, storytelling, and traditional food and dance. Visit the website here.
Astoria Park Carnival
Astoria, Queens
Wednesday, June 4-Sunday, June 8, 2025
Dreamland Amusements packs Astoria Park with a Ferris wheel, roller coasters, Himalaya gravity defiers, swings, bumper cars, carnival games, and more kid-friendly amusements. Visit the website here.
Red Hook Fest 2025 in Valentino Park
Red Hook, Brooklyn – FREE
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Red Hook Fest 2025 film screenings, a photo walk, poetry, dance and art workshops, and a drum performance. Visit the website here.
Strawberry Festival at Queens County Farm Museum
Floral Park, Queens
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Get ready for a berry sweet day full of fun, flavor, and hands-on, educational activities - like learning how strawberries grow from seed to snack in the Life Cycle of a Strawberry. Test your brainpower with Strawberry Word Games—win a prize if you crack the code! Visit the website here.
World Oceans Day on Randall's Island
Randall's Island – FREE
Saturday, June 7, 2025
RIPA’s Natural Areas team hosts a fun-filled and educational afternoon exploring the unique organisms that call the greater NYC Harbor Estuary home. Drop-in to observe the team conduct seining in the Harlem River and assist in counting and ID’ing fish and other aquatic organisms. Visit the website here.
Your Community Day at New York City Center
Midtown West– FREE
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Your Community Day at City Center presents a full slate of performances, workshops, and activities featuring the National Dance Institute, teaching artists from Ballet Hispánico, Roger Rees Awards 2024 Finalists, Broadway Dreams Connections, and more. Visit the website here.
60th Anniversary Weekend at Wave Hill
Riverdale, Bronx
Thursday, June 5-Sunday, June 8, 2025
Wave Hill is celebrating 60 years of inspiration—and you’re invited to be part of the magic. It all kicks off with a Be Inspired! celebration that includes hands-on art and garden activities, concerts on the lawn, and extended weekend evening hours. And The Great Pollinator Ramble, a playful, interactive puppet performance created by Processional Arts Workshop (PAW). Visit the website here.
City Island Spring Arts & Crafts Fair
City Island, the Bronx – FREE
Saturday, June 7-Sunday, June 8, 2025
City Island hosts this annual spring arts and crafts fair, featuring 50+ artists and craftspeople displaying and selling their works along the sidewalks of City Island Avenue. Visit the website here.
Lavender Festival on Governors Island
Governors Island
Saturday, June 7-Sunday, June 8, 2025
The NYC Lavender Festival invites families to participate in maker workshops, harvesting opportunities, demonstrations, and fun family activities, all connected with Earth Matter’s Lavender Field. Visit the website here.
BRIC: Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park
Prospect Park, Brooklyn – FREE
Opens Saturday, June 7, 2025
BRIC: Celebrate Brooklyn is a free summer-long outdoor concert and performance series that has been presenting talent from around the world and around the block for more than 40 years. Bring a blanket and a picnic and enjoy! Visit the website here.
The Happening at Church Street School for Music and Art
Lower West Side - FREE
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Church Street School for Music & Art's annual free all ages community block party, The Happening, features live musical performances, art projects, a student art show, games, raffles, and more. Visit the website here.
Whitney Pride Celebration
Whitney Museum of American Art, West Village– FREE
Sunday, June 8, 2025
The Whitney hosts a Pride celebration with activities designed for community members and families of all ages, including hands-on artmaking, giveaways, and more. Visit the website here.
Festivals and Street Fairs in NYC From Monday, June 9-Sunday, June 15, 2025
Museum Mile Festival
Upper East Side – FREE
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
NYC's biggest block party returns, bringing art outside (and in) on Fifth Avenue between 82nd Street and 105th Street. A collection of New York City’s finest cultural institutions are open free to the public throughout the evening, with outdoor events along the way. Visit the website here.
Juneteenth at Wave Hill
Riverdale, Bronx– FREE
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Celebrate Juneteenth and honor Black history, achievement and resilience with an evening of performances, artmaking and more. Picnic on the Great Lawn and enjoy a tasty treat of specialty ice cream while supplies last, courtesy of Only Rare NYC. Decorate colorful plant pots inspired by stories of hope and liberation. The celebration culminates with engaging musical and dance performances that highlight the Black experience in the United States. Visit the website here.
NYC KidsFest
Harlem– FREE
Friday-Sunday, June 13-15, 2025
NYC Kidsfest brings performances from some of New York City’s most innovative and talented artists into public spaces for all to enjoy. Catch sets by Divi Roxx and Ray de Jesus and enjoy face painting, balloon animals, science fun and storytelling! Visit the website here.
Big Summer Pride Twirl in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Celebrate Brooklyn Pride in the Park with Papi Juice and Friends, featuring DJ sets and live performances. Visit the website here.
Brooklyn Pride’s 29th Annual Celebration in J.J. Byrne Park
Park Slope, Brooklyn – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Brooklyn Pride hosts its annual multicultural festival featuring a cross-section of the borough’s business, community, and citywide organizations. Hit the family fun zone in J.J. Byrne Park for family-friendly activities, music, face painting, arts and crafts, story times, and more. Visit the website here.
The 22nd Annual Hunts Point Fish Parade and Summer Festival
Hunts Point, the Bronx – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
The annual Hunt’s Point Fish Parade celebrates the neighborhood's heritage. Activities include a children’s art corner, boat rides, bird watching, a day-long basketball tournament, face painting, print-making, tons of great food and activities, live music, and performances. Visit the website here.
Juneteenth Celebration in Rockefeller Park
Battery Park City – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Celebrate Juneteenth, Emancipation Day, with the Federation of Black Cowboys. Enjoy stories about freedom and African American history, with art making, live music, sing-alongs, and horse back rides (ages 3 and up). Visit the website here.
Schomburg Centennial Festival
Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture, Harlem – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Mark your calendar and join us at 135th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem for the official Schomburg Centennial Festival this June! Come for readings with your favorite authors and comic creators, cosplay, panel discussions, a marketplace, and more; stay for our block party featuring musical performances from Slick Rick and others. Visit the website here.
Juneteenth Celebration in Historic Richmondtown
Richmond Town, Staten Island
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Visit Historic Richmond Town to honor Juneteenth with demonstrations of hearth cooking, discussions of social history, and historical reenactment. Learn about the history and origins of this holiday celebrating the end of American chattel slavery. Visit the website here.
Pride Family Picnic at St. John the Divine
Prospect Park, Brooklyn – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
The Queer Big Apple Corps Marching Band returns this summer for their third Pride at the Cathedral! The Cathedral Gardens are open for all and everyone is invited to bring a picnic, play yard games, and spend an afternoon in community. Visit the website here.
Pigeon Fest on the High Line
Chelsea – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
In celebration of Iván Argote’s Dinosaur—the striking 17-foot-tall aluminum pigeon sculpture at the Spur on the High Line—the High Line presents a full-day festival celebrating pigeons, urban ecology, and public art. Visit the website here.
Summer for the City: Caribbean Day at Lincoln Center
Upper West Side – FREE
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Lincoln Center honors the culture, creativity, and craft of our island neighbors. Stop by for a wide selection of programming across campus that starts in the early afternoon and goes all night, including a concert for families and all ages that features steel-pan performance; a Caribbean Masquerade mask-making workshop; a pop-up market; and a culminating concert party at Damrosch Park. Visit the website here.
Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island
Governors Island
Saturday, June 14-Sunday, June 15, 2025
Don your best period garb and hop the ferry to Governors Island for its annual Jazz Age Lawn Party. The festival is the world’s original and largest prohibition-era-inspired gathering. Visit the website here.
Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Festival
Lower East Side – FREE
Sunday, June 15, 2025
The Museum at Eldridge Street presents the annual Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Festival, a joyous celebration of the diverse ethnic communities of the museum's Lower East Side neighborhood. Visit the website here.
Spring Family Fair at The Morgan Library & Museum
Midtown East
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Celebrate Spring at the Morgan with live music, spring exhibition tours, artmaking, scavenger hunts, and more. Visit the website here.
Festivals and Street Fairs in NYC From Monday, June 16-Sunday, June 29, 2025
Juneteenth Celebration at the Van Cortlandt House Museum
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Thursday, June 19, 2025
A Juneteenth ceremony on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum includes musical and spoken word performances, followed by a procession with drums to the Enslaved African Burial Ground and a libation ceremony, honoring the memory of the enslaved people. Visit the website here.
Summer Solstice 2025 at Socrates Sculpture Park
Long Island City, Queens – FREE
Friday, June 20, 2025
Celebrate Summer Solstice at Socrates Sculpture Park with workshops, performances, and music that focuses on reflection and the human connection to the land and nature. Visit the website here.
Swedish Midsummer Festival in Rockefeller Park
Battery Park City – FREE
Friday, June 20, 2025
Rockefeller Park is the setting for a unique celebration of the summer solstice. Learn traditional Swedish folk dances and join in a lively dance around the midsummer pole. Visit the website here.
Gregorian Festival at St. Gregory the Great
Bellerose, Queens
Friday, June 20-Saturday, June 28, 2025
St. Gregory the Great's Gregorian Festival features eight nights of live entertainment, rides, fair food, games, and more. Visit the website here.
Make Music New York
Citywide – FREE
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Make Music New York puts the beat under city feet as musicians of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, physical capabilities, and skill levels represent New York City’s remarkable creativity and diversity. Visit the website here.
The Mermaid Parade on Coney Island
Coney Island, Brooklyn – FREE
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Welcome summer with the return of the Mermaid Parade, an eclectic (and historically jam-packed) celebration, featuring revelers decked out in their most outrageous sea-themed costumes. Visit the website here.
Pollinator Palooza at Randall's Island
Randall's Island – FREE
Saturday, June 21, 2025
A pollinator-themed afternoon of art, games, and exploration includes taking photos at the butterfly photobooth and bringing home your own pollinator craft. Learn from expert Horticulturalists about the work they do to plant and maintain the park’s gardens, and stroll through the Urban Farm on a self-guided tour of what’s growing. Visit the website here.
2025 Independence Day Celebration in Astoria Park
Astoria, Queens – FREE
Thursday, June 26, 2025
The Jazz and Swing Band, Fleur Seule, plays a concert of standards and classic swing, followed by a spectacular fireworks display. Visit the website here.
Community Field Day in Rockefeller Park
Battery Park City – FREE
Friday, June 27, 2025
School’s out for the summer! Families are invited to join a paydate with Divinity Roxx and Friends in Rockefeller Park. Take part in field games, activities with local organizations, and a tug-of-war. Plus, enjoy face-painting, water play, and so much more! Visit the website here.
PrideFest Festival
Greenwich Village – FREE
Sunday, June 29, 2025
The annual PrideFest street fair features live music, artists, craft vendors, food trucks, performers, and more. Family Fest activities take over the streets around Astor Place. Visit the website here.
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