[See my New Post for activities from July and beyond].
There is so much to do in NYC in the summer! If you are visiting, or if you live here but never seem to take advantage of what NYC has to offer, I thought I would provide you with some ideas of the vast offerings by posting anything here that I gather over the weeks of summer. Plus try to inspire you further by sharing some of the activities that I choose for myself during this Summer in NYC!
I started out already with Shakespeare in the Park. I’ll be posting my tips soon for getting tickets for this great NYC experience!
Shakespeare in the Park!
Here is just a sampling of what else is going on in NYC in the summer of 2015:
May 16 – June 14 Big Apple Circus, Cunningham Park, Queens
May 27 – August 23 Shakespeare in the Park, Central Park
June 1 – 30 Blue Note Jazz Festival (various venues)
June 3 – August 8 Celebrate Brooklyn Opens with Chaka Khan on June 3rd
June 4 Brooklyn Bowl, Big Sam’s Funky Nation
June 5 Brooklyn Bowl, Marc Broussard/Samantha Fish
June 7 Housing Works Block Party, Soho
June 8 – 14 Northside Festival, Brooklyn
June 9 Museum Mile Festival
June 9 Conversation with Francis Ford Coppola, 92Y Talks
June 10 Real Women, Real Stories, 92Y Talks
June 11, 25, 26, 28 Manhattan Shakespeare Project-All Women Cast (Central Park)
June 12 – 14 Shakespeare at Sunset, Merry Widows, Brooklyn Bridge Park
June 13-14, Aug 15-16 Jazz Age Lawn Party, Governors Island
June 13 – 14 Barbecue Block Party at Madison Square Park
June 15 MET Opera at Central Park
June 17 MET Opera at Brooklyn Bridge Park
June 17 – 18 NY Philharmonic in the Park (Central Park)
June 18 – Aug 13 (Th) Union Square, Lunchtime Jazz (Thursdays 12noon to 1:30pm)
June 18, 20 Manhattan Shakespeare Project (St. Nicholas Park, Harlem)
June 18 – 28 River to River Festival, Lower Manhattan
June 19 NY Philharmonic in the Park (Prospect Park)
June 19, 21, 27 Manhattan Shakespeare Project (Sunset Park, Brooklyn)
June 20 Waterfall Hike (Prospect Park)
June 20 Coney Island Mermaid Parade
June 20 Celebrate Brooklyn, Dance Brazil (Prospect Park)
June 22 – Aug 24 Bryant Park Film Festival (Mondays)
June 22 NY Philharmonic in the Park (Cunningham Park)
June 22 – 29 Caribbean Restaurant Week, Brooklyn
June 23 NY Philharmonic in the Park (Cortlandt Park)
June 23 Night at the Museums (Lower Manhattan)
June 24 MET Opera at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
June 24- July 29 Oval Lawn Series (Wednesdays), Madison Sq. Park
June 25 BAMCinemafest, Brooklyn Bridge Park
June 26 MET Opera at Jackie Robinson Park
June 26 Celebrate Brooklyn Film (Paris is Burning) – Prospect Park
June 26, 27, 28 Taste of Asia, Times Square
June 28 – Oct 18 Food Truck Rally – every other Sunday (Prospect Park)
June 28 NYC Pride March
June 28 Catalan Sounds on Tour at Central Park
June 28 MET Opera at Crotona Park
June 28 Moonlight Walking Tour, Greenwood Cemetery
June 30 MET Opera at Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
July 1 – Aug 19 (Wed) Outdoor Cinema, Socrates Sculpture Park
July 3 – 5 Timeout’s 21 things to do Fourth of July Weekend
July 4 Nathan’s 2015 Hot Dog Eating Contest, Coney Island
July 4 Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks
July 4 Coney Island Fireworks
July 6 – Aug 24 Coney Island Flicks on the Beach, Mondays
July 6 – August 2 Lincoln Center Festival
July 7 Movie Night in the Rockaways
July 8, 10, 11, 12 NY Classical Theater, Teardrop Park, The Battery
July 9-12, 23-26 Manhattan Shakespeare Project (Morningside Park)
July 9 – August 13 Broadway in Bryant Park (mid-day on Thursdays)
July 9 – July 26 Shakespeare in the Parking Lot – As You Like It (Lower E/S)
July 10 Guggenheim, Art After Dark
July 11, 16, 30, Aug 6 Frida Al Fresco Nights, NY Botanical Garden
Jul 14-19, Jul 21-Aug 9 NY Classical Theater, The Battery (Castle Clinton)
July 20 – August 14 NYC Restaurant “Week”
July 21 – 30 Jazz in July, 92nd Street “Y”
July 22 – August 9 Lincoln Center Out of Doors
July 26 – August 22 Harlem “Week”
June 30, July 1 NY Classical Theater, Shakespeare, Prospect Park
July 2 – Aug 23 (Th-Su) Hudson Warehouse, Shakespeare, Riverside Park
July 22 – Aug 15 (We-Su) Hip to Hip Theater Co., Shakespeare, various parks
July 30 – August 15 Shakespeare in the Parking Lot – MacBeth (Lower E/S)
August 2 – 16 Summer Streets (Saturdays)
August 3 Cast of “Beautiful” at SummerStage
August 4 Frederick Law Olmstead, Parks – 92Y Talks
August 11-12, 14-16 Shakespeare at Sunset, Measure for Measure, Bkln Bridge Park
August 14 – 30 New York International Fringe Festival
August 29 – Sept 7 MetOpera Summer HD Festival (Lincoln Plaza)
August 31 – Sept 13 US Open Tennis Championships
ALL SUMMER
Broadway Theater Offerings (discounted tickets at TKTS booth)
SummerStage Central Park – events throughout the Summer
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Free Admission, Saturdays, 10am-12noon
MET Fridays at Metropolitan Museum ($20)
MOMA free admission on Fridays, 4-8pm
MOMA PS1 Warm Up Music Festival, Saturdays through September 5, 3-9pm, doors open at noon.
First Saturdays free at Brooklyn Museum
Governors Island weekend events through September
Brooklyn Bowl, events almost every night
92Y “Talk” series continues throughout the summer (some are highlighted above)–the good ones sell out early.
Greenwood Cemetery Trolley Tours Wednesdays and Sundays throughout the summer.
Dark Wonderland, Greenwood Cemetery, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through June 27th – SOLD OUT
See Forever! At One World Observatory
There’s, of course, so much more! And if I see anything else over the upcoming weeks, I’ll update the calendar. Do you have any favorite events that I’ve missed that should be added to the calendar?
Join me in exploring all of the wonderful activities this Summer in NYC!
