Calendar of Events

January: Chinese New Year parades and celebrations (Chinatown, Mott, Mulberry and Bayard Streets), late January to mid-February.

March: St Patrick’s Day Parade (Fifth Avenue) on March 17. Whitney Biennial (in even years, Whitney Museum of American Art).

April: Cherry Blossom Festival (Sakura Matsuri; Brooklyn Botanic Garden), late April–early May. Tribeca Film Festival (various locations), late April.

May: Ninth Avenue International Food Festival (9th Avenue/37th to 57th streets), early to mid-May. Fleet Week, late May.

June: Gay and Lesbian Pride Day Parade (Fifth Avenue & West Village), usually last Sunday in June. Museum Mile Festival (Fifth Avenue/82nd and 105th Streets), usually 2nd Tuesday in June. SummerStage (Central Park), June through September. Midsummer Night’s Swing, (Lincoln Center), late-June–July. Shakespeare in the Park (The Delacorte Theater in Central Park), June through August.

July: Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks (Hudson River), July 4th. Lincoln Center Festival (Lincoln Center), throughout July.

August: Harlem Week and Harlem Jazz and Music Festival (venues throughout Harlem), throughout August. US Open Tennis Championship (Flushing Meadows, Queens), late August–early September.

September: Feast of San Gennaro (Little Italy), late September. 9/11 Commemorations on September 11. New York Film Festival (Lincoln Center venues), late September to early October.

October: Halloween Parade (Greenwich Village, Sixth Avenue/Spring and 23rd Streets), October 31.

November: New York City Marathon (throughout city), 1st Sunday in November. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (77th Street and Central Park to Broadway and 34th Street), Thanksgiving Day. Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall), throughout November and December.

December: Christmas Tree Lighting (Rockefeller Center), late November/early December. New Year’s Eve (Times Square), December 31.