Today NYC In Focus is tracking 367 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
- 8:00 AM · Overland Office – New Yorker Festival 2026 Truck Loading at 347 W. 36th St. · West 36 Street between 8 Avenue and 9 Avenue
- 8:30 AM · Ring Day Parade 2026 · Poe Park: Permit Area 1 – Paved Oval
- 1:15 PM · Midtown Concerts • The New York Baroque Dance Company · St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapel, 239 West 49th Street
- 2:00 PM · Public Gallery Tour · Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Avenue
- 3:00 PM · Bix Beiderbicke Jazz Concert · 46 Street between Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue
- 4:00 PM · Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours · Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue
- 7:00 PM · BECK: RIDE LONESOME TOUR · Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn
- 8:00 PM · Built to Spill Fall 2026 Tour · Music Hall of Williamsburg
Manhattan
- 6:45 AM · NYZ: Morning Zazen · New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St
- 8:00 AM · Columbia Thursday Sunday Greenmarket · Broadway between West 113 Street and West 116 Street
- 8:00 AM · Overland Office – New Yorker Festival 2026 Truck Loading at 347 W. 36th St. · West 36 Street between 8 Avenue and 9 Avenue
- 8:00 AM · Farmers Market · Richard Tucker Square
- 8:00 AM · HHFM East Harlem Market · East 104 Street between Third Avenue and Second Avenue
- 9:00 AM · St. Anthony Flea Market · West Houston Street between Thompson Street and Macdougal Street
- 10:00 AM · DAYDREAM | Air Becomes Art – Balloon Museum · Balloon Museum NYC, New York City · Get tickets
- 10:00 AM · 🇵🇸 Ceasefire Vigil (Pax Christi NYS) – WEEKLY Thursdays · 799 United Nations Plaza, New York
- 10:15 AM · Storytime at The Met—Drip! Drop! Splash! · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 11:00 AM · Hello, Met! (Ages 2–4) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 5:00 PM · Light the Night Manhattan · 89 South Street
- 6:00 PM · Button Massacre | Fighting Game Tournament · 50 Bowery Street (map)
- 6:00 PM · 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝑾𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑶𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒕, 𝑳𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 · Theater 200, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center 36 East 8th Street New York
Brooklyn
- 7:00 AM · HHFM Brower Park Market · Brower Park (PS 289 – Playground Only): Brower Park
- 7:30 AM · Prospect Park Fall Migration Thursday Walks · Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza
- 8:00 AM · Borough Park Greenmarket Thursday · 14 Avenue between 49 Street and 50 Street
- 11:00 AM · Road to 100: A Day of Renewal, Achievement, and Vision · East Quad
- 12:00 PM · Event Name: Community Board 16 Senior Affairs Committee – 10th Annual Breast Cancer Walk · Betsy Head Park: Sitting Area, Betsy Head Park: Football-02
- 1:00 PM · We The People Bed-Stuy Food Serve – WEEKLY Thursdays · Fulton St. & Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn
- 2:00 PM · Trick-or-Streets Signature Event — Hillel Plaza · Hillel Plaza, Brooklyn
- 2:00 PM · Trick-or-Streets: Hillel Plaza · Hillel Place,\nKenilworth Place to Flatbush Avenue
- 7:00 PM · BECK: RIDE LONESOME TOUR · Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn
- 8:00 PM · Built to Spill Fall 2026 Tour · Music Hall of Williamsburg
Queens
- 7:00 AM · Outdoor learning · Hinton Park
- 3:00 PM · Bix Beiderbicke Jazz Concert · 46 Street between Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue
- 4:00 PM · Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours · Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue
- 5:00 PM · MoMI LAB Public Tours · Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue
- 8:00 PM · Animal Collective Performs Feels Live · Knockdown Center
Bronx
- 7:00 AM · HHFM Mt. Eden Market · Mount Eden Malls
- 7:00 AM · HHFM St. Mary's Park Market · St. Mary's Park: St Mary's Playground West
- 8:30 AM · Ring Day Parade 2026 · Poe Park: Permit Area 1 – Paved Oval
- 2:00 PM · Public Gallery Tour · Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Avenue
Staten Island
- 9:00 AM · Model Aircraft Flying · LaTourette Park & Golf Course: Model Airplane Field
- 10:00 AM · Tompkinsville Greenhouse · Tompkinsville Park: Tompkinsville Park – Whole Park
- 1:00 PM · Walk-In! Workshop: Plenty of Purples · Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace
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