juneteenth events and celebrations (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► fri 6:30pm: hudson river park x ladies of hip hop juneteenth celebration: pier 45 (west village). >>

► fri 7pm: juneteenth party with spoken black girl: greenlight bookstore (fort greene). >>

​​► fri 8pm: new york city gay men’s chorus juneteenth concert: unapologetic: our celebration of queer black love: cathedral of st. john the divine (morningside heights). >>

► sat 1-5pm: juneteenth jubilee: brooklyn museum (prospect heights). included with suggested museum admission. >>

► sat 2-8pm: we outside! a brooklyn juneteenth, vol. iii: the plaza at 300 ashland place (fort greene). >>

► sat 2-8pm: 5th annual historic harlem parks juneteenth festival: good vibes in the park. st. nicholas park (harlem). >>

► sat 3pm: endea owens juneteenth concert: louis armstrong house museum garden (corona). >>

pride-themed events (many more to come throughout june!):

► fri 7pm: boba gays pride comedy show: caveat (east village). $13.61 with promo code ‘pride’ (reg. $18.76+). >>

► sat 12-6pm, 7pm: brooklyn pride comic book fair: brooklyn community pride center in crown heights (free admission); followed by (un)masked ball after-party at whoopsie daisy ($20) >>

► sat 12-6pm da bronx pride festival: march: grand concourse + 161st; festival: westchester ave between brooke ave + bergen ave. >>

► sat 12-7: lower east side pride bookstore crawl: (various locations). >>

► sun 2-6pm: resurrection of glitter: draf show + screening of velvet goldmine: wonderville (bushwick). free admission (bring tips for the performers). >>

► sun 7pm: gay shame comedy show: littlefield (gowanus). $10. >>

► thru 6/29: pridefest: new queer performances: the tank (garment district), various prices. >>

cultural fests / street fairs / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► fri 5-9pm: swedish midsummer festival: rockefeller park (battery park city). >>

► fri thru sun (12-5pm): tatter textile library and museum’s scraptacular scrap sale: 230 ashland place (fort greene). >>

► sat 9am-6pm: 8th annual the bronx book festival: fordham plaza, $20 admission. >>

► sat 12-5pm: nefarious confections presents: summer solstice market: no filter coffee (south slope). >>

► sat 12-5pm (monthly thru december): queens craft brigade: katch gastropub (astoria). >>

► sat 12-6pm: 16th annual nyc multicultural festival: st. nicholas avenue bet. 141st + 145th streets (harlem). >>

► sat 1-6pm: second annual malikah’s astoria halal fest: steinway street from 28th ave to 25th ave (astoria, queens). donations welcome. >>

► sat 2-10pm: trans joy pride palooza open-air art market: culture lab lic. >>

► sun 1pm: hot sauce (on vinnie’s pizza) takedown: royal palms shuffleboard (gowanus). $20 >>

► sun 2-8pm: dimes: pride-o-rama: a carnival of curiosities: tv eye (ridgewood). $15.65. >>

film fests / series:

► thru sun: new york indian film festival: village east by angelika. $20. >>

► thru 6/26: the other america: a cosmology of jordan peele’s us: film at lincoln center (uws). $14-17. >>

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friday

fri thru september: rooftop movies at yotel times square: take in a flick on the rooftop terrace of the green room 42 at yotel times square. food and drinks will be available for purchase. this month’s selections include get out, west side story, the little mermaid, booksmart, cabaret, and more. $21+. >>

fri thru 8/29 (fridays at 9:45pm, except 7/4): friday night fireworks in coney island: kick off your summer weekends with a bang! every friday night this summer, the coney island skies light up with a fireworks display. coney island boardwalk at west 12th street, free admission. >>

sponsored: fri thru sun: get insider access to the city’s best secrets this weekend with new york adventure club! go inside the little red lighthouse, get a rare look inside the gertrude whitney studio—first site of the whitney museum; explore the secrets and scandals of lower riverside drive; have an exclusive look inside the house collection—nyc’s cabinet of curiosities; go on a secret eats ‘around the world’ food crawl in astoria; enjoy secret parlor jazz with a bbq dinner on the upper east side; go farther afield to lyndhurst mansion or the seaside village of city island; and much more this weekend and beyond… adventure awaits! >>

fri thru sun (various dates thru 8/9): lincoln center’s fourth annual summer for the city: lincoln center’s annual arts festival brings two months of free and choose-what-you-pay music concerts, performances, dance parties, film screenings, and more to its upper west side campus. this weekend: generation women: stories of bold moves for a better tomorrow (fri 5pm), joe mcginty + the loser’s lounge (fri 6:30pm), france rocks with habbina habbina and leo sidran (fri 7:30pm), dj bill coleman (fri 10pm), a movement session with new york city ballet (sat 11am), the wedding: new york’s biggest day (sat 5pm), machine dazzle: joywride + silent disco (sat 7pm), san juan procession (sun 1pm), arcoiris sandoval sonic asylum trio (sun 6pm), i am the band: a celebration of women instrumentalists (sun 7pm), and more. >>

fri + sat (fri 7pm, sat 6pm): bryant park picnic performances: emerging music festival: bryant park’s annual summer performance series is back with 25 evenings of free live music, theater, and dance in the heart of midtown. bring your own picnic or purchase food and drinks from on-site vendors. blankets and bistro chairs are provided for use. next up: the annual emerging music festival returns for two nights featuring seven up-and-coming indie, rock, folk, soul, and global bands. >>

fri various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
american hustle at mccarren park (greenpoint) >>
mufasa: the lion king at helen marshall playground (east elmhurst) >>
inside out 2 at rappaport playground (borough park) >>
the garfield movie at northern playground (jackson heights) >>
the wild robot at ravenswood playground (astoria) >>
the wizard of oz at 31st ave bet. steinway street + 38th street (astoria) >>

fri 7:30am-8:30pm 23rd annual solstice in times square: mind over madness yoga: experienced yogis and first-timers alike are invited to participate in one of seven free yoga classes taking place from sunrise to sunset on the broadway pedestrian plazas of times square. free registration is required, and includes a free mat (while supplies last). donations are welcome and will benefit the times square alliance’s outreach services. can’t make it in person? all classes will also be livestreamed. >>

fri 6pm (season ends today): 20th scandinavian music festival in fort tryon park: new york scandia symphony presents a series of outdoor concerts performed by symphony members and guest artists at the cloisters lawn in fort tryon park. tonight: the scandia string quartet performs works representing each of the scandinavian countries, including compositions by rued langgaard, jean sibelius, lars-erik larsson, christian sinding, and edward grieg. blankets and lawn chairs welcome. free admission. >>

fri 7pm (monthly): kweendom: come out for the kweendom lgbtq+ comedy and storytelling show, featuring performances by lee robinson, kidané kelati, helen wildy, arjun banerjee, and charlie girard. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission (donations are welcome and will benefit the here to pee tour). >>

fri 7pm (vaious dates thru 8/16): 47th annual bric celebrate brooklyn! festival: habibi festival: new york city’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival returns to prospect park’s lena horne bandshell for two months. tonight: habibi festival returns with a lineup of sounds from the southwest asia and north africa region, featuring yacine boulares, nour harkati, sofiane saidi, rasha nahas, and yalla! party project. >>

fri 7pm-midnight: jazz + gin: speakeasy soirée: hot jazz, dancing, and cocktails await at prohibition productions’ speakeasy soirée, held in a former 1920s brooklyn speakeasy—now an art nouveau salon. the evening features live music by the hot toddies jazz band and adrien chevalier, dj sets by dj andrius, and more, plus a free swing dance lesson (at 8:30pm). the urbane arts club (ditmas park), $20 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $25). >>

fri 7:30pm: awkward sex… and the city storytelling show: from cocaine-infused one-night stands to ibs flare-ups during cunnilingus, comedian natalie wall and guests share the humor of dating and sexual encounters. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

fri 7:30pm doors (monthly): best night ever comedy show: audrey black and akshay sampath (cracked) host a night of stand-up at el santo taqueria (east williamsburg / bushwick). tonight: myq kaplan, ray lau, temi adeoye, riylan mills, isa medina, and mariah oxley. $12.51 adv, $16+ day of. >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include danny meyerand (siriusxm), jamie shriner (the onion), katrina davis (vulture), matt benjamin, and harshil shukla. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

saturday

sat thru 7/20 (select weekends at 2pm): boomerang theatre company: richard ii in central park: boomerang theatre company’s 27th season brings a new interpretation of shakespeare’s richard ii to an intimate outdoor setting—the lawn just inside 69th street + central park west. feel free to bring a blanket and/or picnic. free admission (donations welcome). >>

sat + sun (various times): muppet babies take momi: as part of open worlds free community programs, museum of the moving image (astoria) hosts ‘muppet babies take momi,’ a weekend of free family activities anchored by the exhibition of newly restored puppets, including muppet babies kermit the frog, baby gonzo, and baby rowlf, in the museum lobby. take photos with the puppets, participate in hands-on workshops, attend a panel discussion with jim henson’s creature shop about puppet conservation, and more. in addition, the museum will present matinee screenings of the muppets take manhattan (paid ticket required). >>

sat various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
arachnophobia as part of astoria’s 31st ave open street >>
mamma mia! at mathews-palmer playground (hell’s kitchen) >>
mufasa: the lion king at beach 59th street playground (rockaway beach) >>
the last dragon at herbert von king park (bed-stuy) >>

sat various times: 19th annual make music new york festival: celebrate the summer solstice with make music new york, a citywide festival where anyone can perform—or just stop by and watch. free performances pop up all day across streets, sidewalks, parks, and plazas. select highlights include improveverywhere’s mp3 experiment at hudson river park’s piers 62 + 64, porch stomp on governors island, a 24-hour ‘sing for the earth’ circle singing program at allinone at the church, sousapalooza at the hugh plaza, myrtle avenue in brooklyn (*our sponsor), group harmonica, kalimba, guitar, and cello play-alongs, and much more. >>

sat 10:30am-5:30pm: upliftny25: join over 5,000 participants at upliftny25—a day of spirituality and wellness at central park’s rumsey playfield.presented by the giving back foundation in collaboration with the mayor’s office of sports, wellness, and recreation, the event promotes mental wellness and community connection through yoga, meditation, healing, music, and more. free admission (registration required). >>

sat 1pm: 43nd annual mermaid parade: dive into summer at coney island’s world-famous mermaid parade, returning for its 43rd year with 5,000 costumed revelers led by king neptune (eugene hütz) and queen mermaid (queenie sateen). rain or shine. free to spectate, $40+ to march. >>

sat 6pm (monthly): the astigmatism comedy show: a book-ish standup comedy show highlighting diversity in laughter and literature: comedians alexis bradby, kristal adams, and isabelle pierre bring together underrepresented voices in comedy and literature for ‘the tiny desk of comedy’ at p+t knitwear bookstore (les). $15 admission includes $5 that can be applied towards any purchase in the bookstore or café. >>

sat 6pm doros: noosphere arts: ‘we are nature: the microcosmic dance’ solstice celebration: noosphere arts’ annual summer series returns to the rooftop gardens of the kingsland wildflowers sanctuary (greenpoint) with live music, dance, and site-specific art installations. $15+. >>

sat 8pm: fun gutter: punks and punchlines meet at fungutter, a stand-up comedy show with a punk house band. tonight’s show, hosted by sasha von didkovsky and bailey pope, features standup from shaunak godkhindi and allie pearse, a comic reading and animated short film premiere from cartoonist john lee, a drag performances by zalika, and more. the cobra club (bushwick), free admission. >>

sat 8pm: sea creature stomp: shake off the sand from today’s mermaid parade at gemini + scorpio’s ninth annual brass band afterparty. dress code: all sea creature everything. gemini + scorpio loft (gowanus), $15+. >>

sponsored: sat 8:30pm + 10pm: flop house comedy club east village is back: nyc’s friendliest comedy club is partnering with emmy squared pizza to bring amazing comedy to the east village! tonight’s lineup includes chloe radcliffe, pat burtscher, sienna hubert-ross, prince arora, and nick hopping. food and drinks will be available for purchase. 83 1st ave (east village). special 2-for-1 ticket deal! no promo code needed. >>

sat 10pm: sandwich comedy: comedians serve up slices of freshly assembled material at gastor almonte and jess salomon’s sandwich comedy show. featuring joyelle nicole johnson, chris riggins, carolina montesquieu, and charlie bardey. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

sunday

sun 2:30pm: modern whitney: where comedians interpret art: a panel of comedians give their own unique takes on interpreting a piece of art—before a professional expert swoops in to set the record straight. caveat (les), $14.64 with promo code ‘frida’ (reg. $18+). >>

sun 3pm: infinite good times movie club: jaws: infinite good times movie club launches with an afternoon screening of jaws at gowanus metal bar lucky 13, where the popcorn is free and the beer is cheap. free admission with rsvp ($5 suggested donation). >>

monday

mon thru 6/26: mise-en music festival 2025: contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en’s 11th annual music festival features works by dozens of composers from around the world, selected through an open call for scores. mis-en_place (harlem), free admission. >>

mon various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
kinky boots at bryant park lawn (midtown) >>
maria full of grace at the hudson (inwood) >>

mon 7pm: jimmy awards watch party: join two altos, syd king and lexi notrica, as they host a nail-biting livestream of the 16th annual national high school musical theatre awards. expect a night full of showtunes, bingo, and josh groban. crystal lake brooklyn (williamsburg), free admission. >>

mon 7pm (monthly): movie musical mondays: hedwig and the angry inch: a monthly series of iconic musicals hits the big screen at village east by angelika, continuing the season with john cameron mitchell’s hedwig and the angry inch (2001), starring mitchell, stephen trask, and miriam shor. $19. >>

mon 7pm (various dates thru 10/20): vale cinema series: movies under the stars—or in the pool? the william vale hotel’s outdoor cinema series is back with rooftop screenings at the 23rd-floor turf club, and splashy ‘dive-in’ movies by the fourth-floor vale pool. tonight: the birdcage at the turf club. drinks and snacks will be available for purchase. $20+ admission. >>

mon 7:30pm: dirty little secrets improv show: see your secrets turned into comedy gold at the dirty little secrets show, where your anonymously-submitted confessions serve as inspiration for improv performers. the wara theatre (east village), $14.61 with promo code ‘skintsecrets’ (reg. $23.18). >>

ongoing

our roundup of 70+ ongoing events and attractions: the 14th annual photoville festival, sargent and paris, sing for hope pianos, free outdoor fitness classes, and more. >>

stay safe and healthy
– the skint