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45 Free Things to Do with Kids in NYC in March, 2025
Check out these 45 free events and activities for kids going on around NYC all through the month of March.
Free Things To Do in NYC: Saturday, March 1-Sunday, March 9, 2025
Hands-on Black History: Elizabeth Cisco at King Manor Museum
Jamaica, Queens
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Celebrate Women’s History Month and follow in the footsteps of activist Elizabeth Cisco, a Jamaica local whose activism lead to integrated schools! Participants make pins that draw attention to causes they support and write letters to elected officials to make their voices heard. Visit the website here.
Queens County St. Patrick's Day Parade at Rockaway Beach
Far Rockaway, Queens
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Head to Rockaway Beach for an early St. Patrick’s Day Parade the first Saturday in March. The 50th annual procession starts with a mass for peace at St. Francis de Sales Church, before stepping off behind grand marshals that include congressmen and respected community members. Visit the website here.
Women's History Month: Historic Female Monuments in Parks
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Celebrate Women's History Month with the Urban Park Rangers, who highlight generations of female influence in parks. Design your own empowering monument. Visit the website here.
The Beauty of Ballet at Queens Theatre
Flatbush, Brooklyn
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Have you ever wondered how ballerinas dance on their toes? Or how dancers turn without getting dizzy? Learn the answers to those questions and more during this family-friendly performance featuring excerpts from famous ballets including The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Visit the website here.
Wrapped Packages Family Program at Lehman College Art Gallery
Kingsbridge Heights, the Bronx
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Experience an inquiry-based inclusive family tour of the Wrapped Packages: Surprises Unknown exhibition. Create a 3-D sculpture based on the work of Claudia DeMonte. Visit the website here.
Staten Island St. Patrick's Parade
West Brighton, Staten Island
Sunday, March 2, 2025
The annual Staten Island St. Patrick's Parade attracts thousands of spectators to Forest Avenue each year for a procession of the borough's pipe bands, school bands, revelers in Irish pride, and celebrated figures. Visit the website here.
St. Pat's for All Parade 2025 in Woodside, Queens
Sunnyside, Queens
Sunday, March 2, 2025
The St. Pat's for All Parade celebrates the diversity of the Irish and Irish American communities of New York. First held in 2000, St. Pat's for All cherishes and celebrates an inclusive St. Patrick's season. Visit the website here.
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss at Hunts Point Recreation Center
Hunts Point, the Bronx
Friday, March 7, 2025
Little ones and their adult caregivers are invited to celebrate Dr. Seuss with story-telling, songs, games, and more. Visit the website here.
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus at River Terrace
6 River Terrace, Battery Park City
Saturday, March 8, 2025
The legendary Bindlestiff Family Cirkus stops by Battery Park City with a show and skills workshop. Learn some new tricks, and experience dynamic novelty acts in an engaging and participatory way that you won’t find in other types of circus. Visit the website here.
Gladiators NYC in Central Park
Central Park
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Knights in full armor battle on the grass in Central Park behind The Metropolitan Museum. Bring a blanket and a picnic. Visit the website here.
Annual St. Patrick’s Day Open House at the Irish Arts Center
Midtown West
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Get a taste of Ireland’s rich cultural traditions at Irish Arts' 25th annual open house! Guests of all ages can join in a céilí, sample the many educational offerings, make arts and crafts, and delight in the day’s free music and dance performances. Visit the website here.
The Beauty of Ballet at Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture
South Bronx
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Have you ever wondered how ballerinas dance on their toes? Or how dancers turn without getting dizzy? Learn the answers to those questions and more during this family-friendly performance featuring excerpts from famous ballets including The Sleeping Beauty, SwanLake, and The Nutcracker. Visit the website here.
Walk Like a Wizard in Prospect Park
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Learn simple wood carving skills, use sandpaper and wax, and bring a staff to life, then take a hike through Prospect Park and be inspired by the magic of nature. Bring an inspiring quote to share from your favorite book. Visit the website here.
Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying in Inwood Hill Park
Inwood
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Learn tips and tricks to tie some very useful knots with the Urban Park Rangers. Visit the website here.
Women in Architecture at the Skyscraper Museum
Battery Park City
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Learn about the importance of diversity and how women architects like Zaha Hadid, Denise Scott Brown, Natalie de Blois, Maya Lin, and Jeanne Gang have designed skyscrapers and other buildings that changed city skylines. Choose your favorite featured architect and make your own creation based on their distinctive style. Visit the website here.
The Mushroomers: A Workshop Performance at QED Astoria
Astoria, Queens
Sunday, March 9, 2025
When a daytime mushroom and a nighttime mushroom with different routines bump into each other, they learn to see the world through each other’s eyes. A theatre piece for 2-5 year olds and their families, the show is being developed through the New Victory Theatre’s LabWorks Residency. Visit the website here.
Kindie Rock
6 River Terrace, Battery Park City
Wednesdays through Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Shake all those wiggles out at Battery Park City's weekly kid concerts. Attendance is first-come, first-served, so arrive early for one of the two sessions. Visit the website here.
Free Things To Do in NYC: Monday, March 10-Sunday, March 16, 2025
Stomp, Clap and Sing with Olivia at Brooklyn Public Library
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Olivia Patiño presents a fun-filled, interactive kids’ show, blending country, pop, and playful tunes, all accompanied by her acoustic guitar. Visit the website here.
Drop-In Program: After-School Gallery Explorers at the Jewish Museum
Upper East Side
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Preschoolers and elementary school-aged children are invited to explore and create during drop-in Tuesday afternoon sessions at the museum. Visit the website here.
Astronomy: The Full Moon in Inwood Hill Park
Inwood
Friday, March 14, 2025
Observe the full moon through a telescope and learn how the movements of the moon and sun appear to us as we watch from Earth. Visit the website here.
The Reminders at Lincoln Center
Upper West Side
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Brussels-born emcee Big Samir and Queens-born emcee and vocalist Aja Black perform a unique mashup of razor-sharp rhymes, raw vocals, and reggae-tinged beats. Visit the website here.
Hands-on History: Join or Dice at King Manor Museum
Jamaica, Queens
Saturday, March 15, 2025
After the British passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765, the colonists knew life was not all fun and games…because their playing cards and dice were being taxed! Commemorate the anniversary of the Stamp Act by making folded paper dice and enjoying games in King Manor’s classroom. Visit the website here.
Lenfest Kids: Big and Small
Lenfest Center For the Arts, Morningside Heights
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Thinking about small perspectives isn’t just a way of understanding cinema. It’s a way of understanding the world. Shrink down and journey inside the human body in Fantastic Voyage and Osmosis Jones. Follow the adventures of mice (Stuart Little), frogs (The Princess and the Frog), miniature people (Secret World of Arrietty), and even shells (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On). Visit the website here.
Women's History Month: Historic Women of Central Park
Central Park
Saturday, March 15
Celebrate women who broke records, broke ground, and blazed trails as the Urban Park Rangers lead a hike through Central Park to sites honoring these historic figures who acted to increase our liberty, safety, and prosperity. Visit the website here.
Spring Mud Painting Masterpieces in Conference House Park
South Shore, Staten Island
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Celebrate the coming of spring and get those hands dirty while creating a nature-inspired masterpiece using various types of dirt and clay collected from all around Staten Island! Visit the website here.
Seaport Kids: Celebrate Holi at South Street Seaport
South Street Seaport
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Shake off the winter blues and douse your family in the colors of spring! The Seaport celebrates Holi with colorful puppets, dances, drummers, delicious food, and powder play. Visit the website here.
27th Annual Throggs Neck St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Throggs Neck, the Bronx
Sunday, March 16, 2025
The Throggs Neck Benevolent Association's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade turns out the crowds to celebrate the holiday. The parade route heads down East Tremont, toward Harding Avenue, and turns right onto Harding Avenue. There is a reviewing stand at Harding and Tremont. Visit the website here.
Annual Brooklyn St. Patrick's Day Parade
Starting at 15th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY,
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Sunday, March 16, 2025--12:30 pm
Head to South Slope for this festive St. Patrick's Day Parade, which is the oldest St. Paddy's Day parade in Brooklyn. Music, marching bands, face painting, Irish dancers, and antique cars are all on display.
Women's History Month: Women in the Wilderness in Forest Park
Forest Park, Queens
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Learn about women who braved the Appalachian Trails, made scientific discoveries, and encouraged others to explore nature no matter their gender or age. Visit the website here.
Free Things To Do in NYC: Monday, March 17-Sunday, March 23, 2025
New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue
Midtown
Monday, March 17, 2025
NYC turns green once again as its famous St. Patrick's Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue, starting at 44th Street, past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street, all the way up to 79th Street and the Irish Historical Society, where the parade finishes at about 4:30-5pm. Visit the website here.
13th Annual St. Patrick’s Citywide Book Day
Irish Arts Center (but this event is citywide)
Monday, March 17, 2025
The Irish Arts Center undertakes the 12th edition of one of its most beloved programs: Book Day, in which the center pays homage to Ireland’s rich literary tradition by giving away FREE books by some of the country’s—and Irish America’s—most celebrated writers. Visit the website here.
Saturday Matinee: The Lego Movie in Battery Park City
Battery Park City
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Everything is awesome! Families are invited to a mystery Lego build and film screening of The Lego Movie (2014, PG), complete with popcorn and other surprises. Visit the website here.
The Beauty of Ballet at Aaron Davis Hall
Harlem
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Have you ever wondered how ballerinas dance on their toes? Or how dancers turn without getting dizzy? Learn the answers to those questions and more during this family-friendly performance featuring excerpts from famous ballets including The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Visit the website here.
Nature Exploration: Seton Falls Park
Eastchester, the Bronx
Saturday, March 22, 2025
The Urban Park Rangers lead a hike through a park full of natural wonders that is often referred as the “Grand Canyon” of the Bronx! Visit the website here.
Crafting the Night Sky at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Marine Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Celebrate the spring equinox by joining the Urban Park Rangers to map the NYC night sky. Make an embroidery hoop of stars and constellations and learn about our place in the fabric of the solar system. Visit the website here.
Discovery Hike: Vernal Pools in Alley Pond Park
Oakland Gardens, Queens
Saturday, March 22, 2025
The Urban Park Rangers invite families to explore the vernal pools—seasonal wetlands—of Alley Pond Park. Rangers talk about what kinds of amphibians can be found here, their life cycles, and how the geological history of Long Island has contributed to the formation of these unique habitats. Visit the website here.
Rosie Revere, Engineer at the Skyscraper Museum
Battery Park City
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Young learners take inspiration from a reading of Andrea Beaty’s illustrated book, Rosie Revere, Engineer. After the story, little engineers use different materials to design and construct their very own innovative skyscraper. Visit the website here.
Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Sunday, March 23, 2025
The Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade kicks off at 1pm and runs along 3rd Avenue, starting at Marine Avenue and marching down to 67th Street. Visit the website here.
Signs of Spring Hike in Central Park
East Harlem
Sunday, March 23, 2025
The Urban Park Rangers lead a walk to discover some of the early flowers of spring! Learn about some of the flowers as well as the history of the Conservatory Garden. Visit the website here.
It's A Horse of Course Hike and Greet in Roy Wilkins Park
Jamaica, Queens
Sunday. March 23, 2025
The Urban Park Rangersand the Parks Enforcement Patrol Mounted Unit team up to share info about the Mounted Unit and their enforcement tactics during a guided hike through the park. Visit the website here.
Free Things To Do in NYC: Monday, March 24-Monday, March 31, 2025
Teen Night: Solid Gold at the Brooklyn Museum
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Friday, March 28, 2025
The Brooklyn Museum hosts a teen-led program centered on art and activism, featuring art-making, performances, and much more, all inspired by Solid Gold, a shimmering exhibition dedicated to the element that has inspired countless works of art, fashion, film, music, and design. Visit the website here.
Insect Exploration Hunt in Riverside Park
Upper West Side
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Help the Urban Park Rangers explore the park, looking for insects such as ants, wasps, beetles, butterflies, mantids, and many more. Learn more about how insects are great for the environment. Visit the website here.
The Beauty of Ballet at Claire Tow Theater
Flatbush, Brooklyn
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Have you ever wondered how ballerinas dance on their toes? Or how dancers turn without getting dizzy? Learn the answers to those questions and more during this family-friendly performance featuring excerpts from famous ballets including The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Visit the website here.
Birding: Early Spring Migrants at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Marine Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, March 29, 2025
The Urban Park Rangers lead families on a walk along the Salt Marsh Nature Trail to discover and learn about different migratory birds that are in the NYC area during early spring. Visit the website here.
Create-athon: Plant Music at Lincoln Center
Upper West Side
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Composer and Lincoln Center Collider Fellow Angélica Negrón leads participants in an exploration of acoustics, music, and organic materials. What kind of sound can a piece of fruit make? Or a plant leaf? How can we manipulate these sounds to make music? Visit the website here.
Outdoor Skills: Advanced Firemaking in Willowbrook Park
Bulls Head, Staten Island
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Search for different materials to use as kindling and learn advanced techniques to build an outdoor fire. The Urban Park Rangers demonstrate various drill methods, including pump drill and bow drills. Visit the website here.
Nature's Workshop: Recycled Plantable Paper Making in Herbert Von King Park
Bed Stuy, Brooklyn
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Welcome springtime with the Urban Park Rangers by making recycled paper, embedded with native seeds. Visit the website here.
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