New York City Events

New Year's Eve in Times Square is the most famous and the least pleasant — no seating, no facilities, and hours of waiting in the cold.

The Thanksgiving Day Parade in late November and the Halloween Parade in the West Village are both free and genuinely worth attending.

Pride in late June is among the largest in the world, marking an event that began here in 1969.

The US Open tennis fills late August and early September in Queens, and the New York City Marathon crosses all five boroughs on the first Sunday in November.

Summer brings free outdoor programming across the parks — Shakespeare, opera and concerts — most of it ticketed by queue rather than payment.