This Weekend NYC In Focus is tracking 1146 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 9:30 AM · Dodge Poetry Festival Single Day – Friday · New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark · Get tickets
- Fri 11:00 AM · Curator Tour—Laia Abril: On Rape and Institutional Failure with Sara Ickow · International Center of Photography
- Sat 9:00 AM · Fall Festival with CM Farias · Soundview Park
- Sat 11:00 AM · Harvest Festival · Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Sun 11:00 AM · 9th Annual Disability Pride Parade · East 24 Street between Park Avenue South and Madison Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · Flower parade · 69 Street between 37 Avenue and 34 Avenue
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
- Fri 9:00 AM · St. Anthony Flea Market · West Houston Street between Thompson Street and Macdougal Street
- Fri 11:00 AM · Curator Tour—Laia Abril: On Rape and Institutional Failure with Sara Ickow · International Center of Photography
- Fri 4:30 PM · Teen Fridays (Ages 15–18) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- Fri 6:00 PM · ZACH JOHN KING: GET TO DRINKIN' TOUR · Mercury Lounge · Get tickets
- Fri 6:00 PM · Artists on Artworks—Aspen Golann on Val-Kill · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- Fri 7:00 PM · KOOM Live 2026 (CONCERT ONLY) – Ages 16+ · Terminal 5 · Get tickets
- Fri 7:00 PM · Rocket From The Crypt – Scream, Frankenstein, Scream! Tour 2026 · Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G · Get tickets
- Fri 7:00 PM · Lauren Ash 'Call Me When You Get This – USA Tour' w/Abbie Roper (Pop Punk, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock) · Drom · Get tickets
- Sat 12:00 PM · 36th Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade · East 13 Street between Avenue A and Avenue B
- Sat 7:00 PM · Coming Home: Tibetan Singer Yungchen Lhamo Live in Concert · La MaMa Experimental Theatre 66 EAST 4TH STREET NEW YORK, 10003
- Sun 11:00 AM · 9th Annual Disability Pride Parade · East 24 Street between Park Avenue South and Madison Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · St. John's Red Storm Men's Basketball v. Rutgers (Exhibition) · Madison Square Garden · Get tickets
Brooklyn
- Fri 7:00 AM · HHFM Coney Island Hospital Market · Ocean Parkway Malls
- Fri 12:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 3:00 PM · Hunter College At Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Fri 7:00 PM · Game Night Fridays at Time Out Market · Time Out Market, 55 Water St
- Fri 7:00 PM · BRIC JazzFest 2026 · Bric House, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 7:30 PM · BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT SERIES · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Sat 7:00 AM · East New York Farmers Market · Schenck Avenue between New Lots Avenue and Livonia Avenue
- Sat 9:00 AM · Birding with Ryan · 171 E 4th Street
- Sat 10:00 AM · BMS COMMUNITY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BRIDES WALK · Mother Gaston Boulevard between Pitkin Avenue and Livonia Avenue
- Sat 11:00 AM · Harvest Festival · Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Sat 12:00 PM · Luddite Club Doc – Open Studios · Red Hook / Gowanus 183 Lorraine Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 3rd flr – studio 81
- Sat 7:00 PM · My Hero Academia in Concert · Kings Theatre, Brooklyn
- Sun 7:00 PM · Abandonarium Chapbook Launch Party · Sea Witch Tavern 703 5th Ave, South Slope
Queens
- Fri 8:00 AM · Corona Greenmarket Friday · Roosevelt Avenue between 103 Street and 104 Street
- Sat 9:00 AM · Methodist Flea market · 35 Avenue between 82 Street and 81 Street
- Sat 12:00 PM · NEW DATE OCT 17: 2026 GCC Fall Festival 仲秋游园会 · Kissena Corridor Park, 47-67 Colden St
- Sat 3:00 PM · Community Outreach · Jamaica Avenue between 145 Street and 146 Street
- Sun 7:30 AM · TEAM WEPA 5K 10K · Astoria Park South between Shore Boulevard and 14 Street
- Sun 9:00 AM · BHS Vintage Car Show 2026 · 208 Totten Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · Flower parade · 69 Street between 37 Avenue and 34 Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · Queens Botanical Garden Harvest Fest · Main Street between Dahlia Avenue and Peck Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · Malaysia Day Merdeka Parade · Main Street between Peck Avenue and Elder Avenue
Bronx
- Fri 8:00 AM · HHFM Jacobi Hospital Market · Pelham Parkway South between Wilson Avenue and Eastchester Road
- Fri 8:00 AM · Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket Tues Friday · East 149 Street between Morris Avenue and Park Avenue
- Fri 10:00 AM · Science Open House · New York Botanical Garden
- Sat 8:30 AM · Bronx Witness for Life · 448 College Avenue
- Sat 9:00 AM · Fall Festival with CM Farias · Soundview Park
- Sat 12:00 PM · The Great Pumpkin Spooktacular · Entrance – Lafayette Avenue and Morrison Avenue in Soundview Park
- Sat 8:00 PM · Milly Quezada y Miriam Cruz · Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bronx · Get tickets
- Sun 8:30 AM · Riverdale Temple Fall of Love 5K-10K Run/Walk · Independence Avenue between West 246 Street and West 239 Street
Staten Island
- Sat 12:00 PM · Faber Park Fright Fest · Faber Pool and Park: Playground, Faber Park: Basketball-01
- Sat 2:00 PM · Word Art Workshop and Artist Talk with Roemello Agjmurati · Staten Island Museum
- Sat 2:00 PM · Archtober Tour · Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Boulevard
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