This Weekend NYC In Focus is tracking 1295 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 10:00 AM · SQPA FALL FESTIVAL · Roy Wilkins Park: Performance Space
- Fri 11:00 AM · Developmental Disability Resource Fair · Jamaica Bay Library
- Sat 12:00 AM · Kiku Tour · New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard
- Sat 10:00 AM · 60th Independence Flag Raising Parade · Prospect Park: Grand Army Plaza Arch
- Sun 12:00 PM · Bronx Veterans Day Parade · Lafayette Avenue between East Tremont Avenue and Swinton Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · Queens Veterans Parade · 79-55 Metropolitan Avenue
Manhattan
- Fri 6:00 AM · 97 Street Greenmarket Friday · West 97 Street between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue
- Fri 8:00 AM · HHFM Harlem Hospital Market · Lenox Avenue between West 136 Street and West 137 Street Manhattan
- Fri 8:00 AM · Old Cathedral Outdoor Market · Prince Street between Mulberry Street and Mott Street Manhattan
- Fri 9:00 AM · St. Anthony Flea Market · West Houston Street between Thompson Street and Macdougal Street
- Fri 3:30 PM · Painting Lab (Ages 9–12) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- Fri 6:00 PM · Late Night Thoughts: Days Like This Tour · Mercury Lounge · Get tickets
- Fri 7:00 PM · New York Comedy Festival Presents: Adam Ray · Gramercy Theatre · Get tickets
- Fri 7:00 PM · Hiss Golden Messenger: I'm People Tour · Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G · Get tickets
- Fri 7:30 PM · New York Comedy Festival & LN Present: Dave Chappelle Karmageddon · Madison Square Garden · Get tickets
- Sat 12:00 AM · Union Square Holiday Market 2026 · Union Square Park: South Plaza
- Sat 1:00 PM · NYC Autumn Wine & Food Festival · The Grand Hall at St. Mary's, 440 Grand Street
- Sat 1:00 PM · NYC plantbased wellness market – weekend Nov 7th & 8th · 327 W 36th St
- Sat 1:30 PM · Drunk Black History – New York Comedy Festival Edition · Caveat, 21A Clinton Street
- Sat 5:00 PM · Segue Reading Series at Artists Space hosted by Nightboat Books! · Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley
- Sun 12:00 PM · St. John's Red Storm Men's Basketball v. Iona · Madison Square Garden · Get tickets
Brooklyn
- Fri 7:00 AM · HHFM Coney Island Hospital Market · Ocean Parkway Malls
- Fri 11:00 AM · Developmental Disability Resource Fair · Jamaica Bay Library
- Fri 12:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 3:00 PM · Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered · Center for Brooklyn History
- Fri 4:30 PM · NY-10 Neighbors for Palestine First Fridays · Congressman Dan Goldman District Office
- Fri 5:30 PM · Shea Butter Grooves · Fit4Dance NYC
- Fri 6:45 PM · Bad Roomates presented by New York Comedy Festival · Brooklyn Improv (The Lab), Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 7:00 PM · Vs John Jay · Pratt ARC, Brooklyn
- Fri 7:00 PM · Jeremy Piven presented by New York Comedy Festival · Brooklyn Improv (The Main Room), Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Fri 7:30 PM · BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT SERIES · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- Sat 8:00 AM · 4th Avenue Sunset Park Greenmarket Saturday · 60 Street between 3 Avenue and 4 Avenue
- Sat 8:00 AM · RiseBoro Farmers Markets at Maria Hernandez Park · Knickerbocker Avenue between Starr Street and Suydam Street
- Sat 10:00 AM · 60th Independence Flag Raising Parade · Prospect Park: Grand Army Plaza Arch
- Sat 12:00 PM · 2026 Brooklyn Veterans Appreciation Parade · Eastern Parkway between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue
- Sat 3:30 PM · Revolutionary Spirits Trolley Tour — Fort Hamilton Distillery · Fort Hamilton Distillery, Industry City
- Sun 11:00 AM · Skyline Pilates: Real Wellness Nation event at Vesper in Brooklyn · Vesper, 25 Kent Ave
Queens
- Fri 8:00 AM · Corona Greenmarket Friday · ROOSEVELT AVENUE between 103 STREET and 104 STREET Queens
- Fri 10:00 AM · SQPA FALL FESTIVAL · Roy Wilkins Park: Performance Space
- Fri 6:30 PM · Animal Capitalism & Biodiversity Crisis · World's Borough Bookstore (34-06 73rd St) Jackson Heights, NY
- Fri 7:30 PM · Astoria New Play Festival: Full-Length Reading Series · Q.E.D., 27-16 23rd Avenue
- Sat 10:00 AM · Fall Foliage Walk · Buddy Monument (in Forest Park)
- Sat 11:00 AM · Elmhurst Family Health Fair – Rain Date · CC Moore Homestead Playground: Performance Area
- Sat 8:00 PM · Dionne Warwick: Over and Out – A Farewell Tour · Colden Auditorium at Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Queens
- Sun 6:00 AM · Forest Hills Greenmarket Sunday · Queens Boulevard between 69 Road and 70 Avenue
- Sun 12:00 PM · Queens Veterans Parade · 79-55 Metropolitan Avenue
Bronx
- Fri 8:00 AM · HHFM Jacobi Hospital Market · Pelham Parkway South between Wilson Avenue and Eastchester Road
- Fri 8:00 AM · Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket Tues Friday · East 149 Street between Morris Avenue and Park Avenue
- Fri 10:00 AM · Low Impact Dance Fitness · Multi-Use Room (in Williamsbridge Oval)
- Sat 12:00 AM · Kiku Tour · New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard
- Sat 12:00 PM · Save the Date: Community Banquet · Concrete Plant Park
- Sat 1:00 PM · Exploring the Seaside Village of City Island · City Island Nautical Museum, 190 Fordham Street
- Sun 8:00 AM · Bronx Park East Farmers Market · Bronx Park: Brady Avenue Entrance
- Sun 12:00 PM · Bronx Veterans Day Parade · Lafayette Avenue between East Tremont Avenue and Swinton Avenue
Staten Island
- Fri 9:00 AM · Model Aircraft Flying · LaTourette Park & Golf Course: Model Airplane Field
- Fri 10:00 AM · Volunteering at Conference House Park – The Blue Wave · Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park)
- Fri 1:00 PM · Walk-In! Workshop: Fall Foodscapes · Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace
- Fri 8:00 PM · Eric D'Alessandro · St. George Theatre, Staten Island · Get tickets
- Sun 3:00 PM · Gaza Relief Circus · MAKERPARK, 450 Front Street
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