Today NYC In Focus is tracking 531 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
- 10:00 AM · Kid’s Halloween Concert with Suzi Shelton · Time Out Market, 55 Water St
- 10:00 AM · 3rd Street Block Party · 3 Street between 6 Avenue and 7 Avenue
- 10:00 AM · Steinway Halloween Parade for Tots · 38-18 Broadway
- 10:00 AM · 33rd Annual Upper Broadway Fall Fair · Broadway between West 110 Street and West 116 Street
- 10:30 AM · Soho Street Art Tours · Banksy Museum New York · Get tickets
- 11:00 AM · Forest Hills Halloween Parade · 69 Avenue between Metropolitan Avenue and Sybilla Street Queens
- 11:00 AM · Fall Festival of Diasporas: Gleane Street Trick-Or-Streets · Gleane Street between Baxter Avenue and Britton Avenue
- 12:00 PM · Downtown Halloween Bar Fest · The DL, 95 Delancey Street
Manhattan
- 10:00 AM · Kids in Motion: Samuel Seabury Playground
- 10:00 AM · 33rd Annual Upper Broadway Fall Fair · Broadway between West 110 Street and West 116 Street
- 10:30 AM · Soho Street Art Tours · Banksy Museum New York · Get tickets
- 12:00 PM · Vertical Tour · Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
- 12:00 PM · Columbia Lions Football vs. Yale Bulldogs Football · Lawrence A. Wien Stadium · Get tickets
- 3:00 PM · 1st Annual Trick or Treat Fest · Abyssinian Tot Lot
- 5:00 PM · Saturday 10/31 5pm · Nancy’s Whiskey Pub, 1 Lispenard Street
- 5:00 PM · 19th Annual Washington Heights Halloween Parade · 349 Cabrini Boulevard
- 5:30 PM · Silly Goose – The Set It Off Tour · Mercury Lounge · Get tickets
- 7:30 PM · New York Philharmonic: Get Out in Concert · David Geffen Hall · Get tickets
Brooklyn
- 10:00 AM · Kid’s Halloween Concert with Suzi Shelton · Time Out Market, 55 Water St
- 10:00 AM · CANCELED: BollyX · Multi-Use Room A in McCarren Play Center
- 10:00 AM · 3rd Street Block Party · 3 Street between 6 Avenue and 7 Avenue
- 10:00 AM · Creepy Crawly Halloween · Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park)
- 10:30 AM · CANCELED: LaBlast® Fitness · Brooklyn Public Library – New Utrecht
- 12:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- 12:00 PM · 23rd Annual Greenpoint Childrens Halloween Parade · 155 Milton Street
- 3:00 PM · Patchbay № 35 — Halloween Edition — Brooklyn Modular Synth Show & Marketplace · Transmitter Brewing, 141 Flushing Ave
- 7:30 PM · A HAPPY HALLOWEEN BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- 8:00 PM · RAWAYANA – ¿Dónde es el after? World Tour · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- 9:30 PM · BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT SERIES · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- 11:30 PM · Reggae Fest Halloween at Brooklyn Paramount $5000 Costume Contest · Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn · Get tickets
Queens
- 10:00 AM · Steinway Halloween Parade for Tots · 38-18 Broadway
- 10:15 AM · R&B Beats Dance · Queens Public Library – Cambria Heights
- 11:00 AM · Forest Hills Halloween Parade · 69 Avenue between Metropolitan Avenue and Sybilla Street Queens
- 11:00 AM · Fall Festival of Diasporas: Gleane Street Trick-Or-Streets · Gleane Street between Baxter Avenue and Britton Avenue
- 4:00 PM · Queens Night Market
- 7:00 PM · Marie Antoinette – QC Theatre, Dance & Fashion Dept. · Goldstein Theatre at Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Flushing · Get tickets
Bronx
- 10:00 AM · It's My Park at Henry Hudson Park
- 10:00 AM · Trick-or-Streets Signature Event — James Baldwin Plaza · James Baldwin Plaza, Bronx
- 10:00 AM · Kiku: Spotlight on Tradition · New York Botanical Garden
- 12:00 PM · Throggs Neck Halloween Parade · 2962 Harding Avenue
- 12:00 PM · Harvest Festival · Nave, South Hall
Staten Island
- 10:00 AM · Kids In Motion: P.S. 55 · P.S. 55 (in Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground)
- 10:00 AM · Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776 · Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park)
- 12:00 PM · Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum · Conference House Museum in Conference House Park
- 12:00 PM · Baby Celebration · Wolfe's Pond Park: BBQ Area 1
More NYC guides
- Things to Do in NYC Today: Friday, October 30, 2026
- Things to Do in NYC This Weekend: October 30–November 1, 2026
- Things to Do in NYC Today: Thursday, October 29, 2026
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