This Weekend NYC In Focus is tracking 968 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 8:00 AM · Zeta Bronx Tremont Park Elementary 2026 Halloween Parade · Walter Gladwin Park: Walter Gladwin Park, Walter Gladwin Park: Walter Gladwin Park-Handbal
- Fri 8:10 AM · Success Academy Elementary Halloween Parade · Marx Brothers Playground
- Sat 10:00 AM · Steinway Halloween Parade for Tots · 38-18 Broadway
- Sat 11:00 AM · 2026 Halloween Parade · CROSSBAY BOULEVARD between 159 AVENUE and 165 AVENUE Queens
- Sun 1:00 PM · NYC’s wellness market is back · 327 W 36th St
- Sun 4:30 PM · LES Food Not Bombs – WEEKLY Sundays · Tompkins Square Park
Manhattan
- Fri 8:00 AM · Old Cathedral Outdoor Market · Prince Street between Mulberry Street and Mott Street Manhattan
- Fri 8:10 AM · Success Academy Elementary Halloween Parade · Marx Brothers Playground
- Fri 1:00 PM · Childrens Halloween Parade · 560 West 169 Street
- Fri 2:00 PM · Kids in Motion: Samuel Seabury Playground
- Fri 6:30 PM · Candlelight Ghost Tours · Merchant's House Museum
- Fri 7:30 PM · Haunted Garden – A Halloween Affair · Leonetta, 181 Lexington Ave
- Fri 7:30 PM · New York Philharmonic: Get Out in Concert · David Geffen Hall · Get tickets
- Fri 8:00 PM · L7: The Last Hurrah Tour 2026 + VIAL · The Big Room, Grand Rapids · Get tickets
- Fri 8:00 PM · The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Cast Spooktacular Tour · Town Hall · Get tickets
- Fri 8:00 PM · ROA: USA Tour · Palladium Times Square, New York City · Get tickets
- Fri 8:00 PM · Waylon Wyatt – Dustpiles World Tour · Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G · Get tickets
- Sat 12:00 PM · Columbia Lions Football vs. Yale Bulldogs Football · Lawrence A. Wien Stadium · Get tickets
- Sat 5:00 PM · Segue Reading Series at Artists Space hosted by Nightboat Books! · Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley
- Sat 5:00 PM · 19th Annual Washington Heights Halloween Parade · 349 Cabrini Boulevard
- Sun 1:00 PM · NYC’s wellness market is back · 327 W 36th St
Brooklyn
- Fri 7:00 AM · HHFM Coney Island Hospital Market · Ocean Parkway Malls
- Fri 11:00 AM · Fall Splendor Tour · Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Washington Avenue
- Fri 5:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours – Brooklyn Nets v. Detroit Pistons · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 5:30 PM · Shea Butter Grooves · Fit4Dance NYC
- Fri 7:30 PM · Brooklyn Nets v. Detroit Pistons (Emirates NBA Cup Group Play) · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 7:30 PM · BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT SERIES · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 8:00 PM · Express Entry – Too Many Zooz – Not a Concert Ticket · Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Sat 8:00 AM · 4th Avenue Sunset Park Greenmarket Saturday · 60 Street between 3 Avenue and 4 Avenue
- Sat 10:30 AM · LaBlast® Fitness · Brooklyn Public Library – New Utrecht
- Sat 12:00 PM · 23rd Annual Greenpoint Childrens Halloween Parade · 155 Milton Street
- Sat 3:00 PM · Cobble Hill Association Halloween Parade · Cobble Hill Park
- Sat 6:00 PM · Movies Under the Stars: Hocus Pocus · Asser Levy Park Play Area (in Asser Levy Park)
- Sat 8:00 PM · The Twisted Spine 2026 Halloween Party: DARK CARNIVAL! · The Twisted Spine, 306 Grand Street
Queens
- Fri 8:00 AM · Corona Greenmarket Friday · Roosevelt Avenue between 103 Street and 104 Street
- Fri 8:15 AM · LT.PETROSINO HALLOWEEN PARADE · 43 Street between 30 Avenue and Newtown Road
- Fri 10:00 AM · Halloween Parade · Detective Keith L Williams Park
- Fri 4:00 PM · Mad Monster Lab Haunted House & Fall Festival · Bowne Park Field House in Bowne Park
- Fri 7:00 PM · NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN 21ST ANNUAL HAUNTED HOP: Devil's Night Edition · Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave
- Fri 7:00 PM · Marie Antoinette – QC Theatre, Dance & Fashion Dept. · Goldstein Theatre at Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Flushing · Get tickets
- Sat 10:00 AM · Steinway Halloween Parade for Tots · 38-18 Broadway
- Sat 11:00 AM · 2026 Halloween Parade · CROSSBAY BOULEVARD between 159 AVENUE and 165 AVENUE Queens
Bronx
- Fri 8:00 AM · Zeta Bronx Tremont Park Elementary 2026 Halloween Parade · Walter Gladwin Park: Walter Gladwin Park, Walter Gladwin Park: Walter Gladwin Park-Handbal
- Fri 8:00 AM · HHFM Jacobi Hospital Market · Pelham Parkway South between Wilson Avenue and Eastchester Road
- Fri 10:00 AM · Low Impact Dance Fitness · Multi-Use Room (in Williamsbridge Oval)
- Fri 11:00 AM · Arts, Culture & Fun: BE BOLDER – Senior Ballet Programming · Multi-Use Room (in Williamsbridge Oval)
- Fri 2:00 PM · National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2026 · Morris Heights Health Center, 85 West Burnside Avenue
- Sat 10:00 AM · Trick-or-Streets Signature Event — James Baldwin Plaza · James Baldwin Plaza, Bronx
- Sat 12:00 PM · Throggs Neck Halloween Parade · 2962 Harding Avenue
- Sat 12:00 PM · Harvest Festival · Nave, South Hall
- Sat 2:00 PM · Public Gallery Tour · Wave Hill
Staten Island
- Fri 10:00 AM · Kids In Motion: Faber · Outdoors at Faber Park Recreation Center (in Faber Pool and Park)
- Fri 11:30 AM · Rip up that T-Shirt · Guild Hall
- Fri 8:00 PM · The Phil Collins Story · St. George Theatre, Staten Island · Get tickets
- Sat 2:00 AM · 2026 TCS NYC Marathon – Staten Island – Von Briesen Park
- Sat 12:00 PM · Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum · Conference House Museum in Conference House Park
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