» Holiday Events + Parades
Friday October 31, 2008
Saints and Sinners
10pm Saints and Sinners Halloween at D'or @ D'Or / @ The Dream Hotel
204 West 55th Street
(Between 7th Ave and Broadway
12PM
Badass Burlesque
Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery 212-614-0505
Porn Rock Monster Ball
DON HILLS
511 Greenwich St
212-219-2850
Heaven & Hell
Room Service
35 E 21st Street
212-254-5709
Saints and Sinners
10pm Saints and Sinners Halloween at D'or @ D'Or / @ The Dream Hotel
204 West 55th Street
(Between 7th Ave and Broadway
12PM
Badass Burlesque
Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery 212-614-0505
Porn Rock Monster Ball
DON HILLS
511 Greenwich St
212-219-2850
Heaven & Hell
Room Service
35 E 21st Street
212-254-5709
Nightmare: Bad Dreams Come True
Five Years Of Fear! "America's #1 Haunted House" (AOL.com) will bring its famed interactive experience back to the Lower East Side this September. The event has been scaring record-breaking crowds of happy ghost seekers for the past four years, and this one is primed to be the best yet!
Address:
107 Suffolk Street (Between Delancey and Rivington)
Tickets:
$30 in Advance and $35 at the door.
Purchase tickets:
Nightmare New York and 866-811-4111
Playing:
Now until November 8, 2008
35th Annual Village Halloween Parade
No brainer...
35th Annual Village Halloween Parade
Starting at 7 p.m.
This year's Parade is dedicated to Rudie Berkhout --Merrymaker, Genius, Creator, Humanist, Lover, Composer, Artist, Holographer, Mentor,Explorer, Visionary, Mystic, Instigator, Teacher.
We truly miss him.
Join Us
All Those in Costume are Welcome to Join Hundreds of Puppets, 53 Bands of Different Types of Music, Dancers and Artists, and Thousands of other New Yorkers in Costumes of their Own Creation in the Nation’s Most Wildly Creative Public Participatory Event in the Greatest City in the World
Line-Up
For all those in costume is on 6th Avenue South of Spring Street and North of Canal between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Alert ! ONLY enter the line-up on 6th Ave. from the East and South between Canal and Spring
Watch
Live: On 6th Avenue from Spring Street to 21st Street
from 7 - 10 p.m. TV: NY 1 Television from 8 - 9:30 p.m.
The Promised Land
A 24-Hour adventure of myth and mischief and masquerade. A three-part event that will unfold over an epic 24-hours, beginning with a renegade street parade, climaxing in a classic all-night warehouse festival, and winding out with an extended after-party in a cozy Brooklyn loft.
Part 1: The Pilgrimage
A street party. A train party. A renegade parade. Experience a liberated waterfront and sincere moments of awe. Expect a spark of fire, gifts of liquor, stilt-walking goddesses, South American drum orchestras, inspired costumes, hints of nudity, and kisses from strangers escaping from the shadows of Manhattan to the warehouse of the Promised Land. Bring: One white candle, a metro-card, and a healthy disregard for decency. Price: absolutely free.
Part 2: The Promised Land
A classic deep-Brooklyn party in a massive 112-year-old warehouse of towering steal and brick. Featuring: dance beats by djs Kimyon, Justin Carter, the Twilite Tone, Zemi 17, Wolf + Lamb, and live music from hip-hop pioneer Melle Mel, the Dolemites, and the 20-piece Candombe Carnival Drum Troop.
Plus fire and circus stunts by the Lady Circus, Hydrogen Jukebox, Sandhi Ferreira and Vatra, and the flying art contraption (yes, you will fly) by Ryan, Iris and Mike Ross of the Madagascar Institute, live love to Vote mural by ClarkClark, and massive video projections by Sebastian Patane Masuelli.
Part 1: 13th Street and 10th Avenue, Manhattan
Time: 9:30pm sharp
Cost: $free
Part 2: 215 Ingraham Street, Brooklyn
Trains: L train to Jefferson street
Time: 11pm-Sunrise
Cost: $20
21 and over only
Saturday June 14, 2008
Come to Brooklyn Pride...
Brooklyn Pride
Come attend this gay celebration hosted by the Brooklyn Pride Committee. This years theme is "Live Love Be" - which is also the international theme for 2008.
Start: 9:00 AM- 6:00 PM Saturday, June 14th
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell – 9th St. & Prospect Park West
Sunday February 10, 2008
Lunar New Year Parade
12:30PM
Lunar New Year Parade; Mott and Hester streets.
Wednesday July 04, 2007
July 4th Independence Day
Short list of todays events in the city that defines independence.
10AM to 2PM
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin re-enactors take part in July 4 celebration; New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West.
10:30 AM
Festivities begin before hot dog eating contest; Nathan's Famous, 1310 Surf Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn.
12:40 PM _ Eating contest.
6:30 PM
Midsummer Night Swing celebrates July 4 with Chino Nunez Orchestra; Lincoln Center, Josie Robertson Plaza, Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street.
9 PM
Macy's fireworks show; East River between 23rd and 42nd streets and South Street Seaport.
Sunday June 24, 2007
Pride Parade
10:45 a.m.
Gay pride parade begins; 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
Pride Parade
10:45 a.m.
Gay pride parade begins; 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
Sunday June 10, 2007
Calle 13
1:30 p.m.
Reggaeton duo Calle 13 performs
at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade;
Daily News stage, Fifth Avenue
between 68th and 69th streets.
Monday May 28, 2007
Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony
After presumably spending some quality time around the grill with family, trek it out to Brooklyn to "remember and honor our fallen heroes at this annual event."
Monday, May 28, 2007
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
John Paul Jones Park
4th Avenue & 101st Street - Brooklyn
Hosted by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
Sunday May 27, 2007
Thunderbirds
10AM-3PM
If you head out to the beaches today check out this
Air show featuring United States Air Force Thunderbirds;
Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh.
Wednesday May 23, 2007
Fleet Week
9:30AM - 11AM
Fleet Week Parade of Ships and aircraft fly-over; Hudson River from Verrazano Bridge to George Washington Bridge, with narrators at Stapleton Pier, Staten Island, and Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn.
Saturday May 19, 2007
Dance Parade NYC
2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Dancers and dance groups hold dance parade and festival to raise awareness of restrictive cabaret laws; 32nd Street and Broadway to Washington Square Park.
Dance Parade NYC
FREE
Get out and DANCE for all the right reasons besides being a
human right, these laws are arcane. IF you need an even more
important reason try economic impact. Clubs, music dwarf sports
and broadway combined.
I have been on the wrong side of a city padlock. Being shut down
for dancing. When it happens your like, wait, wtf?. It's how you felt
then and that was the f'en 80's. Things have gotten far darker since.
(Rudy really helped transform an hassle to oppression in the 90s)
This is not just a listing. It is a call to action for anyone who
values the depth and culture this city offers. If you have
ever danced went to a show, club, hell..tapped your foot,
go out and support this. It is a cry for all of our rights.
(heck I'll say it ... your un american in the way it used to mean if you dont show rain or shine. -ed)
Go out anywhere afterward and dance dance dance.
There is also this...
The Official After Party for the
First Annual New York City Dance Parade Element
225 Houston Street, corner of Essex, Manhattan
9p-4a; $10 before 11p, $15 after,
Door proceeds help pay for the
Dance Parade 21 with ID
Sunday May 13, 2007
Mother's Day Tea
Seating at 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Annual Mother’s Day Tea in the Garden
Merchant's House Museum
29 East Fourth Street
New York, NY 10003
Tel 212-777-1089
Celebrate this momentous day with a traditional
afternoon tea in our 19th-century Garden.
Scones served with clotted cream and jam,
finger sandwiches, frosted confections,
and pots of brewed English tea.
Join us for a tour of the Museum following the tea.
$50 per couple, members $40. One additional
guest per couple $20.
Reservations and prepayment required.
Wednesday May 09, 2007
Card Collectors - MLB + Mom
8AM
Major League Baseball distributes 20,000 Mother's Day greeting cards
Grand Central Terminal, 45th Street between Vanderbilt and Lexington avenues; Penn Station, 34th Street and Seventh Avenue; PA Bus Terminal, Eighth Avenue and 40th Street; Times Square, 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway.
Saturday April 14, 2007
Me Tartan You Jane - Parade Parade Parade
2PM
Ninth annual Tartan Day Parade; Sixth Avenue from 44th Street to 58th Street.
Tartan Day Parade
2PM
Tartan Day Parade
@ 6th Avenue & 45th St to 58th St
Thousands of pipers, drummers, and Scots from around the world march to celebrate Scottish culture and to bring Tartan Week to a close each year.
Sunday April 08, 2007
Easter Bonnet Festival
10AM-4PM
Easter Bonnet Festival
@ 49th to 57th Sts
Slap on a bonnet and wander by this unorganized stroll through Midtown Manhattan to get into the Easter spirit.
Saturday March 17, 2007
St Patrick's Day Parade
11AM
Annual St Patrick's Day Parade
Starting @ 44th St & 5th Ave
Hey, y'all - it's a giant parade!
Saturday March 03, 2007
Dragon Parade!
10AM-6PM
Dragon Parade
Bayard & Mulberry St, continuing throughout Chinatown
To mark the end of the 2007 Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations, the Dragon Parade returns to Chinatown. Approximately 10-15 dragon troupes participate in the festivities. Go go go go now!
Hip-Hop Hafla Purim Party
9PM
The Hip-Hop Hafla Purim Party
@ Brooklyn Academy of Music Cafe
Peter Jay Sharp Building
30 Lafayette Ave
718-636-4100
Brooklyn Academy of Music hosts the Hip-Hop Hafla Purim Party tonight. Why should you care? Two words, y'all: Kosha. Dillz.
Monday February 19, 2007
The Schmuppet Show
8PM
The Schnuppet Show
@ Zum Schneider
107 Ave C @ 7th St
212-598-1098
$16, $12 advance
East Village beer garden Zum Schneider hosts The Schnuppet Show in celebration of German Karneval. Enjoy 12 German beers on tap and Bavarian specialities while watching a particularly rauncy version of The Muppet Show. From the Zum Schneider website:
Sunday February 18, 2007
New Years Fireworks Display
7PM
Illuminations: Lunar New Year Fireworks Spectacular
@ Columbus Park
Mulberry St b/w Bayard and Worth
Free
Find a good rooftop, or head over to Chinatown to welcome 4704, the Year of the Pig, with some spectacular Grucci brothers pyrotechnics.
(Via Paper)
Brazilian Carnival
7PM doors
Bahian Style Carnaval
@ S.O.B.'s
200 Varick St
212-243-4940
$20
The Bahian Allstars help S.O.B.s put on an "axeceptional" carnival this Sunday evening. I don't know what that means, but it sounds "sambasational" for sure. Saturday night's performances completely sold out, so call SOBs to make sure that there are still spots available for tonight's celebration.
Saturday February 17, 2007
Lunar New Year Flower Market
120AM-6PM
Lunar New Year Flower Market
@ Columbus Park
Mulberry St b/w Bayard and Worth
Free
When is a flower market not only a flower market? When it's the annual Lunar New Year Flower Market! Chinese families purchase auspicious flowers to decorate their homes before the new year to ensure that the families' prosperity and fortune will bloom along with the flowers in the Year of the Pig. Joining in the preparations will be performers - magicians, fortune tellers, dancers, pop and opera singers. Don't miss this!
Chinese New Year Spectacular
11AM, 8PM
Chinese New Year Spectacular: Myths and Legends
@ Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Avenue
English: 1-888-260-6221
Chinese: 1-888-260-6223
$38-$180
From the NTDTV website: "New Tang Dynasty Dynasty Television Senior Vice President Samuel Zhou says, 'Ever since it entered into China, the CCP has wanted to wipe out Chinese traditional belief systems and replace them with Marxist and Maoist ideology. That’s the only way the leadership can maintain control over the Chinese people. They’re out to destroy a lot of things that are actually quite good.' Zhou quips: 'I think the CCP’s really upset because this year’s show is more than good–it’s great!'"
Wednesday February 14, 2007
Blockbleeda: VD
Blockbleeda: Valentine's Day
@Identity
511 E 6th St b/w Ave A & Ave B
Free
10-11PM well vodka open bar
Love is dirty dancing, nudie djs and a well vodka open bars. Been warned.
Friday January 19, 2007
Let's Go Ridin'!
New York International Motorcycle Show
@ Jacob Javits Convention Center
35th St & 11th Ave
800-331-5706
$15
Celebrate New York International Motorcycle Show Days, January 19 - 21 2007, I am not kidding, by checking out customized bikes, contests, the world's fastest motorcycle and a freestyle stunt team at the New York International Motorcycle show this weekend.
Monday January 15, 2007
Dr. King Tribute Performance
6:30PM
A Communal Celebration in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
@ Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
Free
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s enduring legacy and his vision for justice, peace and civil rights with an evening of performances at Symphony Space. This year's special tribute to the late Coretta Scott King hosts outstanding women performers, including the incredible award-winning dance company Urban Bush Women.
New York Divided
12PM
New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War
@ New York Historical Society
$5-$10
The New York Historical Society remains open on MLK day to allow visitors to view their exhibit on slavery and the Civil War. Last in the society's examination of slavery's impact on New York's landscape, economy, population and institutions, this exhibit displays artifacts and interactive multimedia. Arrive at noon for a family-oriented program with inspirational songs and a paper-quilt-making workshop.
Sunday December 24, 2006
Heebonism Christmas
9PM
Heeb Magazine Presents Heebonism Christmas
@ BED
530 West 27th St between 10th and 11th Ave, 6th Fl
$20
Free rum and latke chips from 9-10
On Christmas Eve, the biggest Jewish party night of the year, Heeb Magazine is throwing a balls-out bash, its annual post-Chinese food calorie-burner, Heebonism. Features headline DJs Russell Simins from Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Benny from 33hz and The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs’ Nick Zinner. Plus, a special live performance by The Groove Bros., sexy Semitic dancers, and much more.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
8PM
The Nightmare Before Christmas
@ Hell Gate Social
12-21 Astoria Blvd between 14th and 12th St
718-204-8313
Before you go home and open your presents on X-mas Eve join us for the screening of Tim Burton's critically acclaimed tale of Jack Skellington, The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, and all things that go bump in the night. Academy award-nominated stop-motion effects and Grammy-nominated music.
Monday December 11, 2006
New York City Gay Men’s Chorus
8PM
New York City Gay Men’s Chorus 27th Holiday Extravaganza
@ Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th St
212-247-7800
$27-$84
Thursday November 23, 2006
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
9AM-12PM
80th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
@ From 77th St and Central Park West to 34th St and 7th Ave
Tuesday October 31, 2006
NY's Village Halloween Parade
7-10PM
New York Village Halloween Parade
@ 6th Ave from Spring St to 21st St
Free
All Those in Costume are Welcome to Join Hundreds of Puppets, 53 Bands of Different Types of Music, Dancers and Artists, and Thousands of other New Yorkers in Costumes of their Own Creation in the Nation’s Most Wildly Creative Public Participatory Event in the Greatest City in the World. For all those in costume, entrance is on 6th Ave South of Spring St and North of Canal.
Sunday October 29, 2006
Hell House
7:30-9PM
Hell House
@ St Ann's Warehouse
38 Water St, Brooklyn
718-875-1000 (ext 146)
$25
"Every Halloween, Evangelical churches across America stage haunted houses that replace the traditional ghosts and ghouls with real depictions of evil: high school cheerleaders getting abortions, gay men dying of AIDS, and children reading Harry Potter. Obie award-winning Les Freres Corbusier transforms St. Ann's Warehouse into an authentic multi-chambered Hell House of horrors. Part installation, part performance, part haunted house, Hell House culminates in a celebratory hoedown with bands in the 'Christian rock' tradition, punch, and a friendly game of 'Pin the Sin on Jesus.'"
Haunted Hotel
1-4PM; 6-9PM
Haunted Hotel
@ Voorhees Theatre at City Tech
186 Jay St, Brooklyn
$5
This high-tech Haunted Hotel is interactive and the audience is actually in control of the entire thing, although they won't likely know it. The attraction lasts only probably 5-10 minutes, but people often sit for hours afterward to watch others go through.
Saturday October 28, 2006
Halloween Dog Parade
12-4PM
The 16th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade
@ Tompkins Square Park Dog Run
Between 7th and 10th St and Ave A and B
Free
Bring your dog dressed in the best doggie gear for a chance to win one of many contests.
Sunday October 22, 2006
Dog Parade
1-3PM
Times Square Dog Masquerade
@ Times Square Recruitment Island
44th St and Broadway
212-768-1560
Free
Dogs of all breeds and sizes are invited to dress up and enter the contest, with prizes being given away for Best Overall Costume, Best Times Square Costume (a costume that best evokes Times Square), plus others. The Top Dog will also make special appearances throughout the city over the next year, appearing at Adopt-a-Pet events, pet shop openings and other Times Square celebrations.
Saturday October 21, 2006
Friday October 13, 2006
Haunted House
Get in the holiday spirit with a vist to the haunted house.
Saturday October 07, 2006
Harold Hunter Day
New Era and Zoo York host Harold Hunter Day
12-5PM
Skate for “H” Jam
@ Chinatown Skate Park
Pike and Monroe St
Free
8PM-12AM
Legends Never Die
@ KCDC SkateShop
99 N 11th St, Brooklyn
Friday July 14, 2006
Boules et Bubbly
12PM
Petanque Tournment
@ Gansevoort St between Greenwich and Washington
888-300-1754
Saturday June 24, 2006
Mermaid Parade - Dyke March
Photos tagged Mermaid Parade and Dkye March from today.
Sunday May 28, 2006
Haitian Day Parade
1PM
Haitian Day Parade
@ Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn
Free
Sunday May 14, 2006
Mother's Day Brunch
2-6PM
Sunday Brunch
@ B.E.D.
530 West 27th St, 6th Fl
212-594-4109
Friday March 17, 2006
St. Patrick Day's Parade
11AM
St. Patrick Day's Parade
@ 44th St and 5th Ave
Free
Saturday January 28, 2006
Happy New Year
10PM
Chinese New Year 2006
@ Double Happiness
173 Mott St
Free
Free Chinese snacks
The Year of the Dog
12-6PM
Performances and Events at the Chinese Lunar Flower Market
@ Columbus Park
Mulberry St between Bayard adn Worth St
Friday December 23, 2005
Holiday Lighting
5:30-9PM
Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights
@ Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx
718-367-1010
Sunday December 18, 2005
Riverside Church Lights Up
3:30PM
The Riverside Church Nave
is illuminated; Riverside Church,
490 Riverside Drive, between
120th and 122nd streets,
Morningside Heights.
Boombox Concert
6:45PM
Unsilent Night 2005
@ Washington Square Park
Free
Click here for more info on this annual event.
Saturday December 17, 2005
Little Italy Christmas parade
2PM
Actor Dominic Chianese serves as Grand Marshal
of Little Italy Christmas parade;
Mulberry and Canal streets.
Saturday December 03, 2005
Columbus Holiday Market
10AM-8PM
Holiday Market
@ Columbus Circle
Southwest entrance to Central Park
212-529-9262
Monday November 28, 2005
Light It Up
5:30PM
Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
@ Lincoln Center
As part of the tree lighting ceremony there will be music, dance, circus performers and more.
Thursday November 24, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving
No better way to work off a hangover then stuffing your face with Grandmom's cooking. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Thanksgiving Day Parade
9AM
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Begins on 77th Street and Central Park West.
I never quite understood the whole parade thing. It's for the kids I guess, right?
Saturday November 19, 2005
Giant Snow Flake
11pm new crystal snowflake, crafted with 16,000 Baccarat crystal
prisms; continues through the following morning;
Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.
Giant Snow Flake
11pm new crystal snowflake, crafted with 16,000 Baccarat crystal
prisms; continues through the following morning;
Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.
Friday November 11, 2005
Veterans' Day Parade
11AM
Veterans' Day parade
On 5th Ave btwn 23rd & 57th
Thursday November 10, 2005
Oh Christmas Tree
Today the christmas tree arrives at Rockefeller Center
49th St btwn 5th and 6th Ave
Monday October 31, 2005
Third Annual Zombie Walk
3-6PM PROMT
Third Annual Zombie Walk
Come dressed as a zombie (with make up already done this
year!), bring your Metrocard.
The Zombie Walk begins at the southwest corner
of Union Square, near the subway entrance
Union Square West and 14th Street, Manhattan
free , call the zombie hotline at 917 405
7169 at 4:30 and at 5p to find out where we're heading.
Village Halloween Parade
7PM
32nd Annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
6th Avenue from Spring Street to 22nd Street.
Sunday October 30, 2005
Intrepid Museum Halloween Festival
10AM-4PM
he Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum is
hosting its first ever Halloween Festival
Includes on board trick or treating, pick
and decorate your own pumpkin from their
“Great Pumpkin Patch,” and take home
hair-raising arts and crafts from our
Creepy Kid’s Zone.
There will be a costume contest for all
with amazing prizes and a ragamuffin
parade through out the museum.
46th Street(Hudson River Park) $16.50
Saturday October 29, 2005
Dog Run Halloween Parade
12PM(noon)
Tompkins Square Dog Run
Tompkins Square - Ave B & 9th Street
The 15th Annual Tompkins Square
Dog Run Halloween Parade
Dogster
Mister Finger's Photo Hunt
4PM
77th and Central Park West
Teams made up of 2-6 people compete to
take the most wacked out photos as they
bar crawl their way from Central Park to
the Lower East Side Info
Pier of Fear
Noon
Hudson River Park's 6th Annual
Pier of Fear Halloween event;
Pier 54, 14th Street and the West Side Highway.
Halloween Costume Parade
11:45AM
Battery Park City
Halloween Costume Parade;
World Financial Center
at the Hudson River
between Vesey and Liberty streets.
Halloween Masquerade
10PM
Halloween Masquerade..
Gastineua Girls Party
(yes thats a freak show..-ed)
Capitale
130 Bowery (at Grand St)
Info
Take Back New York
530PM
Scavenger Hunt
Great Lawn, Central Park,
just north of Turtle Pond
NY Games
Haunted Pier
2PM-6PM
William Shakespeare's Haunted Pier $5
Features the ghost of William Shakespeare
himself along with the spirits of his most
famous characters. Shakespeare rules his
creations with an iron fist, but here they
rebel and break out of their scripted destinies.
This interactive performances features a cast
of 20 performers, leading audiences on a walking
tour around Pier 25 and onto the decks of the
historic Yankee Ferry.
Friday October 14, 2005
Nightmare On Suffolk Street
New York's original haunted house
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
(Suffolk & Rivington)
October 14th-31st
Nightmare
Order Tickets
Sunday October 09, 2005
Hispanic Day Award parade
1130AM Hispanic Day Award parade;
5TH Avenue (44th to 77th Streets;)
Viewing stands are on 68th Street.
Sunday October 02, 2005
EARTH MASS
11AM The Cathedral of St. John the Divine hosts the Feast of St. Francis, with a cast including a white reindeer, a camel, a white llama and a golden eagle. Paul Winter and his Consort provide musical accompaniment with Earth Mass, along with dancers from the cathedral's resident troupes; 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Saturday September 10, 2005
Labor Day Parade
Art Parade
Monday July 04, 2005
Independence Day NYC Mondays Events
9PM Macy's 4th of July Fireworks
Fourth of July Concert in Battery Park Battery Park Free concert on the lawn showcases indie rock trio Yo La Tengo, rock songwriter Stephen Malkmus with the Jinks, and country singer Laura Cantrell. Bring a blanket.
The Great July 4th Festival Water Street from Fulton Street to Battery Park The 29th annual festival includes a down-home American Birthday Party celebrating the nation's independence, featuring foods, crafts and entertainment.
July 4th Celebration Pier 17, South Street Seaport All-day event featuring entertainment and food.
Fireworks viewing from atop the Empire State Building Empire State Building, 350 5th Ave 212-736-3100 Watch the Macy's Fireworks display from the top of the Empire State Building featuring an open bar and snacks. There will be a special appearance by an old friend of the building. Tickets are $150 and are limited to the first 150 people.