This Weekend NYC In Focus is tracking 922 public events across New York City, from City-permitted parades and street fairs to concerts, museum programs and neighborhood happenings. Here are 60 picks across all five boroughs, with times and places. Details come from official NYC permits, organizers’ own calendars and ticket listings, and can change, so check with the organizer before you go.
Standouts
- Fri 1:00 PM · Exhibition Tour: Whitney Biennial 2026 · Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St
- Fri 7:30 PM · BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT SERIES · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Sat 6:00 AM · Daybreaker ALIVE Festival · Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Sat 9:00 AM · NYRR Open Run: Crocheron Park Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Run · Entrance to John Golden Park in John Golden Park
- Sun 12:00 PM · Bronx Columbus Day Parade · Morris Park Avenue between White Plains Road and Wallace Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · Hispanic Day Parade · 5 Avenue between East 43 Street and East 47 Street
Manhattan
- Fri 6:00 AM · 97 Street Greenmarket Friday · West 97 Street between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue
- Fri 8:00 AM · Old Cathedral Outdoor Market · Prince Street between Mulberry Street and Mott Street
- Fri 8:00 AM · HHFM Harlem Hospital Market · Lenox Avenue between West 136 Street and West 137 Street Manhattan
- Fri 10:00 AM · Kids in Motion: Columbus Park
- Sat 10:30 AM · Soho Street Art Tours · Banksy Museum New York · Get tickets
- Sat 11:00 AM · Groove & Glow · NYPL – Tompkins Square Library
- Sat 11:00 AM · Weekend Kids Art Studio · Museum of the City of New York
- Sat 11:30 AM · Public Walking Tour – Chinatown: A Walk through History · Museum of Chinese in America · Get tickets
- Sat 5:00 PM · Segue Reading Series at Artists Space hosted by Nightboat Books! · Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley
- Sat 7:00 PM · CHRONO TRIGGER Orchestra Concert: Melodies Across Time · Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden · Get tickets
- Sun 12:00 PM · Hispanic Day Parade · 5 Avenue between East 43 Street and East 47 Street
Brooklyn
- Fri 7:00 AM · HHFM Coney Island Hospital Market · Ocean Parkway Malls
- Fri 9:00 AM · LES Walkathon · 440 Ovington Avenue
- Fri 10:00 AM · Kids In Motion: St. John's park · Playground in St. John's Park
- Fri 5:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours – New York Liberty vs. Atlanta Dream · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 6:00 PM · Friday 10/9 ABC No Rio keeps the DIY and the politics but gets just a teensy bit more melodic than usual: · at @the_p.i.t._ 411 S 5th St in Brooklyn
- Fri 7:30 PM · BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT SERIES · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 7:30 PM · New York Liberty v. Atlanta Dream (WNBA Playoffs – Semis Gm 3) · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Sat 6:00 AM · Daybreaker ALIVE Festival · Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Sat 8:00 AM · RiseBoro Farmers Markets at Maria Hernandez Park · Knickerbocker Avenue between Starr Street and Suydam Street
- Sat 9:00 AM · Eprine Healthfair · Eastern Parkway between Thomas Boyland Street and Prospect Place
- Sat 10:30 AM · LaBlast® Fitness · Brooklyn Public Library – New Utrecht
- Sat 12:00 PM · 🇵🇸 Sunset Park Ceasefire Vigil – WEEKLY Tuesdays & Saturdays · NE corner of 44th St. and 5th Avenue, across from Key Food in Sunset Park
- Sat 12:00 PM · Panamanian Day Festival · Franklin Avenue between St Johns Place and President Street
- Sat 12:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Sat 8:00 PM · Don Omar "The Last King World Tour" · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
Queens
- Fri 8:00 AM · Corona Greenmarket Friday · ROOSEVELT AVENUE between 103 STREET and 104 STREET Queens
- Fri 9:00 AM · 2026.10.09 Vernam Barbadoes Bio Marathon · Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula
- Fri 4:00 PM · Rockaway for Palestine – WEEKLY Fridays · Rep. Meeks' Office (Rockaway)
- Sat 6:30 AM · Jamaica Q 5K Walk/Run · Guy R Brewer Boulevard between Archer Avenue and Liberty Avenue
- Sat 9:00 AM · NYRR Open Run: Crocheron Park Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Run · Entrance to John Golden Park in John Golden Park
- Sat 11:30 AM · Rosary Rally · 145 Road between 178 Place and 183 Street
- Sat 12:00 PM · Annual Queens Columbus Day Parade · 34 Avenue between 36 Street and 37 Street
- Sat 12:00 PM · Woodside Avenue Autumn Festival · Woodside Avenue between 65 Place and 58 Street
- Sat 4:00 PM · Queens Night Market
- Sat 6:45 PM · Movie Under the Stars: Ghostbusters | PG · Borden Ave. and 63rd St. (in Frank Principe Park)
Bronx
- Fri 8:00 AM · Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket Tues Friday · East 149 Street between Morris Avenue and Park Avenue
- Fri 8:00 AM · HHFM Jacobi Hospital Market · Pelham Parkway South between Wilson Avenue and Eastchester Road Bronx
- Sat 7:00 AM · Columbus Weekend Stickball Tournament · Stickball Boulevard between Randall Avenue and Seward Avenue
- Sat 11:00 AM · Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration with NAIC-NY · Mitsubishi River Walk in the Bronx Zoo (in Bronx Park)
- Sat 11:00 AM · Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration with NAIC-NY · Mitsubishi River Walk in the Bronx Zoo in Bronx Park
- Sat 2:00 PM · Public Gallery Tour · Wave Hill
- Sun 12:00 PM · Bronx Columbus Day Parade · Morris Park Avenue between White Plains Road and Wallace Avenue
- Sun 1:00 PM · Plim Plim "En Vivo" · Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bronx · Get tickets
Staten Island
- Fri 8:00 PM · George Lopez · St. George Theatre, Staten Island · Get tickets
- Sat 12:00 PM · Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum · Conference House Museum in Conference House Park
- Sat 12:00 PM · Third Annual Fall Freedom Festival · Tappen Park: Tappen Park – Whole Park
- Sat 12:00 PM · Cottage Row Curiosities · Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
- Sat 2:00 PM · Archtober Tour · Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Boulevard
- Sun 8:00 AM · NYRR Staten Island Half Marathon 2026 · Bay Street between Victory Boulevard and Wall Street
- Sun 6:00 PM · Family Camping: Staten Island · Blue Heron Nature Center (in Blue Heron Park)
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