Today NYC In Focus is tracking 413 public events across New York City, from City-permitted parades and street fairs to concerts, museum programs and neighborhood happenings. Here are 40 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
- 9:30 AM · Dodge Poetry Festival Single Day – Friday · New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark
- 11:00 AM · Curator Tour—Laia Abril: On Rape and Institutional Failure with Sara Ickow · International Center of Photography
- 2:00 PM · Exhibition Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans · Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St
- 4:00 PM · Kathy Griffin: New Face, New Tour · @The Town Hall
- 5:00 PM · Comedy History Walking Tour + Live Stand Up Show · Grisly Pear, 107 Macdougal St.
- 5:45 PM · Trees Count Volunteer Recognition Parade · Prospect Park: Grand Army Plaza Arch
- 6:00 PM · 15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Exhibition “Untitled” (America) · Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St
- 6:00 PM · ZACH JOHN KING: GET TO DRINKIN' TOUR · Mercury Lounge
Manhattan
- 8:00 AM · HHFM Harlem Hospital Market · Lenox Avenue between West 136 Street and West 137 Street
- 8:00 AM · Old Cathedral Outdoor Market · Prince Street between Mulberry Street and Mott Street
- 8:00 AM · HHFM Metropolitan Market · Second Avenue between East 97 Street and East 99 Street
- 9:00 AM · St. Anthony Flea Market · West Houston Street between Thompson Street and Macdougal Street
- 11:00 AM · Cancer Awareness EXPO · East 123 Street between 2 Avenue and 3 Avenue
- 11:00 AM · Curator Tour—Laia Abril: On Rape and Institutional Failure with Sara Ickow · International Center of Photography
- 2:00 PM · Exhibition Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans · Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St
- 4:30 PM · Teen Fridays (Ages 15–18) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 6:00 PM · ZACH JOHN KING: GET TO DRINKIN' TOUR · Mercury Lounge
- 6:00 PM · Artists on Artworks—Aspen Golann on Val-Kill · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 6:00 PM · ALZA Festival · AMC 19th Street East 6, 890 Broadway
Brooklyn
- 7:00 AM · HHFM Coney Island Hospital Market · Ocean Parkway Malls
- 12:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- 3:00 PM · Hunter College At Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, N.Y.
- 5:45 PM · Trees Count Volunteer Recognition Parade · Prospect Park: Grand Army Plaza Arch
- 7:00 PM · BRIC JazzFest 2026 · Bric House, Brooklyn
- 7:00 PM · Game Night Fridays at Time Out Market · Time Out Market, 55 Water St
Queens
- 7:00 AM · Outdoor learning · Hinton Park
- 8:00 AM · Corona Greenmarket Friday · Roosevelt Avenue between 103 Street and 104 Street
- 8:00 AM · Production truck Staging for Sound River Studios · 44 Drive between 5 Street and Dead End
- 2:00 PM · Phone-Free Friday · Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue
- 5:45 PM · FISHER · Forest Hills Stadium
Bronx
- 8:00 AM · Miscellaneous · Julio Carballo Fields: Julio Carballo Fields, Julio Carballo Fields: Softball-02
- 8:00 AM · HHFM Jacobi Hospital Market · Pelham Parkway South between Wilson Avenue and Eastchester Road
- 8:00 AM · Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket Tues Friday · East 149 Street between Morris Avenue and Park Avenue
- 10:00 AM · Science Open House · New York Botanical Garden
Staten Island
- 9:00 AM · Model Aircraft Flying · LaTourette Park & Golf Course: Model Airplane Field
- 1:00 PM · Walk-In! Workshop: Plenty of Purples · Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace
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