Today NYC In Focus is tracking 591 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
- 7:00 AM · Worn and Wound – 2026 – Windup Watch Fair · East 38 Street between 5 Avenue and Madison Avenue
- 8:30 AM · Wellness For The People Presents: The Festival · Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park)
- 8:30 AM · Hudson Valley Pottery Tour · Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street
- 9:00 AM · Fall Festival with CM Farias · Soundview Park
- 9:30 AM · Dodge Poetry Festival Single Day – Saturday · New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark
- 10:00 AM · Montgomery Street Block Party · Montgomery Street between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue
- 10:00 AM · ALZA Festival · AMC 19th Street East 6, 890 Broadway
- 10:30 AM · Accessible Birding Tour with Verbal Description · Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Washington Avenue
Manhattan
- 7:00 AM · Worn and Wound – 2026 – Windup Watch Fair · East 38 Street between 5 Avenue and Madison Avenue
- 8:00 AM · Old Cathedral Outdoor Market · Prince Street between Mulberry Street and Mott Street
- 8:00 AM · HHFM Lenox Avenue Market · Lenox Avenue between West 117 Street and West 118 Street
- 8:30 AM · Hudson Valley Pottery Tour · Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street
- 10:00 AM · ALZA Festival · AMC 19th Street East 6, 890 Broadway
- 10:30 AM · Teen Studio—Too Abstract (Ages 12–14) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 12:00 PM · 36th Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade · East 13 Street between Avenue A and Avenue B
- 5:00 PM · Segue Reading Series at Artists Space hosted by Nightboat Books! · Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley
- 7:00 PM · Coming Home: Tibetan Singer Yungchen Lhamo Live in Concert · La MaMa Experimental Theatre 66 EAST 4TH STREET NEW YORK, 10003
Brooklyn
- 7:00 AM · East New York Farmers Market · Schenck Avenue between New Lots Avenue and Livonia Avenue
- 10:00 AM · Montgomery Street Block Party · Montgomery Street between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue
- 10:00 AM · BMS COMMUNITY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BRIDES WALK · Mother Gaston Boulevard between Pitkin Avenue and Livonia Avenue
- 10:30 AM · Accessible Birding Tour with Verbal Description · Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Washington Avenue
- 11:00 AM · Harvest Festival · Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park
- 12:00 PM · Luddite Club Doc – Open Studios · Red Hook / Gowanus 183 Lorraine Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 3rd flr – studio 81
- 7:00 PM · Ryan Beatty – Arms Over Armor North American Tour '26 · Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn
- 7:00 PM · My Hero Academia in Concert · Kings Theatre, Brooklyn
Queens
- 9:00 AM · Methodist Flea market · 35 Avenue between 82 Street and 81 Street
- 12:00 PM · NEW DATE OCT 17: 2026 GCC Fall Festival 仲秋游园会 · Kissena Corridor Park, 47-67 Colden St
- 3:00 PM · Community Outreach · Jamaica Avenue between 145 Street and 146 Street
- 4:00 PM · Queens Night Market
- 5:45 PM · Fisher – Ages 16+ · Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills
Bronx
- 8:30 AM · Bronx Witness for Life · 448 College Avenue
- 9:00 AM · Fall Festival with CM Farias · Soundview Park
- 11:00 AM · Fordham University Men's Water Polo vs Bucknell · Bronx, N.Y.
- 12:00 PM · The Great Pumpkin Spooktacular · Entrance – Lafayette Avenue and Morrison Avenue in Soundview Park
- 8:00 PM · Milly Quezada y Miriam Cruz · Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bronx
Staten Island
- 12:00 PM · Rice Ave Block Party 2026 · Rice Avenue between Slosson Avenue and Fairview Avenue
- 2:00 PM · Archtober Tour · Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Boulevard
- 2:00 PM · Word Art Workshop and Artist Talk with Roemello Agjmurati · Staten Island Museum
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- Things to Do in NYC This Weekend: October 16–18, 2026
- Things to Do in NYC Today: Thursday, October 15, 2026
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