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New York Events Calendar

New York Events Calendar

The parades, festivals, races and seasons that decide when New York is worth the airfare, with the dates that are confirmed and the ones that are still a pattern.

We only print an exact date when it is confirmed on the organiser's own site. Everything else is shown as the rule it follows, such as the fourth Thursday of November, or as an approximate window.

14 / 14 events in the calendar

Event When Type Where Entry
New York Village Halloween Parade October 31, 2026 Parade Greenwich Village, Manhattan Free
TCS New York City Marathon November 1, 2026 Sport All five boroughs, finish in Central Park Free
Fifth Avenue Holiday Windows Unveiled mid to late November, on display until early January Seasonal Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan Free
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting in late November or early December, tree up until early January Holiday Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan Free
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade November 26, 2026 Parade Upper West Side and Midtown Manhattan Free
Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop December 31, 2026 Holiday Times Square, Midtown Manhattan Free
NYC Restaurant Week Two editions a year, a winter one in January and February and a summer one in July Festival Citywide, all five boroughs Ticketed
Fleet Week New York Late May, from the Wednesday before Memorial Day to the following Tuesday Free Manhattan and Brooklyn piers, Staten Island Free
Free Shakespeare in the Park Summer season, roughly late May to early September Free Delacorte Theater, Central Park, Manhattan Free
Tribeca Festival Twelve days in early to mid June Festival Tribeca and Lower Manhattan Ticketed
Governors Ball Music Festival A three day weekend in early June Festival Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Ticketed
NYC Pride March June 27, 2027 Parade Greenwich Village and Midtown Manhattan Free
US Open Tennis Championships Late August into the second week of September Sport USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Ticketed
Feast of San Gennaro Eleven days in mid September, around the feast day on the 19th Festival Little Italy, Lower Manhattan Free