Fall festivals in NYC remind us that the end of the year is coming. Calendar fall is September, October and November. Meteorological fall begins on September 21, 22 or 23.
Fall Festivals of the World
- Sukkot, “the Feast of Booths,” is September 20-27, 2021 ✡️
- The Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival), the East Asian harvest festival, is Tue, September 21 🇨🇳🇻🇳🇯🇵🇵🇭🇰🇷🇹🇭
- New Yam Festival (August/September) 🇳🇬
- Thanksgiving is the U.S. fall festival. 🇺🇸
- Día de Muertos is a pan-Latin, but famously Mexican celebration on November 2 🇲🇽
- Diwali, the northern Indian Festival of Lights is November 4. 🇮🇳
New York City’s Big Fall Festivals
US Open Grand Slam
The US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament is an end-of-summer/start of fall social scene for…
Labor Day Weekend NYC 2021
Labor Day Weekend is the popular end of summer. Labor Day celebrates the American labor…
Feast of San Gennaro
The Feast of San Gennaro, in Manhattan’s Little Italy, is an Italian American street fair…
Hispanic Heritage Month NYC 2021
Hispanic Heritage Month is a U.S. national celebration of Latin contributions to the United States.…
High Holidays
The High Holidays (Yamim Noraim) are Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the ten days between…
Columbus Day / Indigenous People Day Weekend NYC
Columbus Day / Indigenous People Day Weekend is the long weekend on the second Monday…
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Halloween NYC
Halloween in New York City is really fun. NYC Halloween traditions include the Village Halloween…
Day of the Dead, Día de Muertos
The Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos memorial for deceased family members is…
NYC Elections
Democracy is the simple idea that common people should choose how they are governed. It…
Veterans Day
Veterans Day, November 11, honors military veterans on the anniversary of the end of World…
Thanksgiving Weekend NYC
On Thanksgiving Weekend in New York City, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade launches the year-end…
NYC Fall Festival Calendar
Being a mix of people and cultures, we celebrate a lot.
Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2021 is at the East River Amphitheater
Saturday, October 23, 2021
EAST RIVER PARK AMPHITHEATER, Lower East Side
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Celebrate International Creole Day!
Thursday, October 28, 2021 🇩🇲 🇱🇨
Mexico City Day of the Dead Parade
Saturday, October 30, 2021 🇲🇽
On the Day of the Dead, May You Always be Remembered
Saturday-Monday, October 31 – November 2, 2020
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Jackson Heights Children’s Halloween Parade 2021
37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🎃 Sunday, October 31, 2021
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Remember Mictlancihuatl, Aztec Goddess of the Underworld
DAY OF THE DEAD 💀 Sunday-Tuesday, October 31 – November 2, 2021
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month!
UNITED STATES | November
Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage Month!
UNITED STATES 🇵🇷 November
Celebrate All Saints Day!
Monday, November 1, 2021
On All Souls Day, May You Always Be Remembered!
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 🇫🇷 🇮🇹
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Celebrate Panama Separation Day!
LITTLE PANAMA, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 🇵🇦 Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Celebrate Diwali, the South Asian and West Indian Festival of Lights
LITTLE TRINIDAD, LITTLE GUYANA, LITTLE SURINAME 🇹🇹🇬🇾🇸🇷🇮🇳 Thursday, November 4, 2021
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On Veterans Day Thank You for Your Service!
Thursday, November 11, 2021 🇺🇸
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Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!
Thursday, November 18, 2021 🇫🇷
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 🗽
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Enjoy the Met Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART,
Upper East Side, Manhattan |
EXPECTED Wednesday, November 24, 2021 – Jan 5, 2022 🎄
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Thanksgiving Weekend Opens NYC’s Christmas & Holiday Season!
Thursday-Sunday, November 25-28, 2021 🇺🇸
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Shop Till You Drop on Black Friday!
Friday, November 26, 2021 🛍
NY City Ballet’s “George Balanchine The Nutcracker” 2021
DAVID H. KOCH THEATER
Lincoln Center
Friday, November 26, 2021 to Jan 2, 2022
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Celebrate Panamanian Independence Day!
Sunday, November 28, 2021
LITTLE PANAMA
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
Thursday, September 15 – October 15, 2022 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
It’s Italian Heritage Weekend & Indigenous Heritage Weekend
Friday-Monday, October 7-10, 2022
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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!
Monday, October 10, 2022
Celebrate Pasta Day!
Monday, October 17, 2022
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The 77th Columbus Day Parade NYC 2021 is Back!
Monday, October 11, 2021
FIFTH AVENUE
Midtown, Manhattan
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Celebrate Brazilian Independence Day!
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
LITTLE BRAZIL
Midtown
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Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Regla!
Wednesday, September 7, 2021
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Mid-Autumn Festival
Saturday, September 10, 2022
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Celebrate Nicaraguan Independence Day!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Celebrate Costa Rican Independence Day!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Celebrate Salvadoran Independence Day!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Celebrate Guatemalan Independence Day!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Celebrate Honduran Independence Day!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Celebrate Mexican Independence Day. ¡Viva México!
Friday, September 16, 2022
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Celebrate Chilean Independence Day!
Sunday, September 18, 2022
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Fall in Love with New York City
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year!
Sun-Tue, September 25-27, 2022
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Celebrate International Coffee Day!
Saturday, October 1, 2022
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Join the Indigenous Peoples Day NYC 2021 Pow Wow
Sunday-Monday, October 10-11, 2021
RANDALL’S ISLAND PARK
Manhattan
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On Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Tov
Tue-Wed, October 4-5, 2022
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Celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish Harvest Festival!
Sunday, October 9-16, 2022
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is TV Only in 2020
NBC | Thursday, November 26, 2020, 9am – Noon
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NYC’s 2020 Panamanian Parade is Livestreaming
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn: Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 6pm 🇵🇦
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Little Italy’s 2020 Feast of San Gennaro is Cancelled, but the Procession Carries On
Saturday, September 19, 2020
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MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD CHURCH
Little Italy, NYC
US Open Grand Slam 2020 Champions Naomi Osaka & Dominic Thiem
August 31 to September 13, 2020
USTA BILLIE JEAN KING NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Naomi Osaka 🇭🇹 🇯🇵 🇺🇸
Dominic Thiem 🇦🇹
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Village Halloween Parade
Thu, October 31, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ All you need to march in this fun parade is a costume on Sixth Avenue
World Ballet Day 2019
Wed, October 23, 2019
The world’s leading ballet companies take you behind the scenes to see a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer on Facebook Live
Staten Island Day of the Dead Festival
Sunday, October 20, 2019
WEST BRIGHTON, Staten Island ~ Help build a communal ofrenda (altar) and learn Mexican Day of the Dead handicrafts for the entire family with teaching artists at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta School
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2019 Season ~ Herman Cornejo 20 Years!
October 16-27, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ In a season of masters, jazz, romantics and families; Principal Herman Cornejo (Argentina) celebrates his 20th Anniversary with ABT on a starry, starry night at the David H. Koch Theater
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Redhawk Indigenous People Day Pow Wow
Sun-Mon, Oct 13-14, 2019
RANDALLS ISLAND ~ The Redhawk Native American Arts Council’s annual Indigenous People Day pow wow celebration in front of Icahn Stadium in Randall’s Island Park
Hispanic Day Parade 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Twenty-one countries from around the world celebrate our Hispanic Heritage on Fifth Avenue
(NYCWFF) NYC Wine & Food Festival 2019
Thu-Sun, October 10-13, 2019
NEW YORK CITY ~ Culinary demonstrations, intimate meals and a giant pier party make the NYCWFF, New York City’s biggest wine and food festival
Celebrate Mexico Now Festival 2019
Mon-Sun, October 7-13, 2019
NEW YORK CITY ~ A festival of contemporary Mexican art, dance, film, literature, music and food curated by New York City’s leading producer of world-class Mexican culture
Fall for Dance Festival 2019
October 1-13, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Four world-class companies / choreographers / dancers a night for just $15 is the best deal in dance at New York City Center
TEFAF New York Fall 2019
Fri-Tue, November 1-5, 2019
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ Europe’s big antiques fair brings decorative antiques to the Park Avenue Armory
Medieval Festival in Fort Tryon Park
Sunday, September 29, 2019
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NYC ~ A family celebration of all things medieval including knights, ladies, minstrels, magicians, jesters and jousting at Fort Tryon Park. FREE
New York Film Festival 2019
September 27 – Oct 13, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ The 57th Festival opens with Scorcese’s ‘The Irishman’ and screens Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘Atlantic,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s Spanish film ‘Pain and Glory,’ and Olivier Assayas’ French film ‘WASP Network’ at Film at Lincoln Center
NYC Ballet Fall 2019 Season
September 17 – Oct 13, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ New leadership, Lovette and Liang premieres, a centennial tribute to modern dance legend Merce Cunningham, and Brazilian Soloist Jovani Furlan at the David H. Koch Theater
74th UN General Assembly looks for global solutions to global problems
September 17-30, 2019
High-Level General Debate
September 24-30, 2019
MIDTOWN EAST, NYC ~ Politicians discuss Climate, Universal Health Coverage, Sustainable Development, Financing for Development, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and Small Island Developing States
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African American Day Parade 2019
Sunday, September 15, 2019
HARLEM, NYC ~ Melba Moore and the Orange Crush Roaring Lion Marching Band of Lincoln University lead the parade on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd
Central American Independence Parade & Festival 2019
Sunday, September 8, 2019
CROTONA PARK EAST, The Bronx ~ This Honduran Garifuna parade marches from the Happy Land Memorial to a family festival in Crotona Park
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Labor Day Parade 2019
Saturday, September 7, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Grand Marshal Elizabeth Shuler of the AFL-CIO leads the parade from 44th St and Fifth Avenue
West Indian Day Parade 2019
Thu-Mon, Aug 29-Sep 2, 2019
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Reggae Afrobeats Soca
Summer Jam Youth Fest
BrassFest
Junior Carnival Parade
Panorama Steelband Championship
Dimanche Gras Carnival Sunday Party
VIP Breakfast
Parade
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The Brooklyn Museum and the Parade on Eastern Avenue turns the neighborhood into a Caribbean Carnival
J’Ouvert Parade 2019
Monday, September 2, 2019
PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ The J’Ouvert Parade forms at Grand Army Plaza, marches through the Park, to Empire, and down Nostrand to Midwood St
Brazilian Day New York 2019
Sunday, September 1, 2019
LITTLE BRAZIL, NYC ~ Celebrate Brazilian Independence with food, drink, live music and lots of Brazilians on Sixth Avenue at 46th St.
Affordable Art Fair 2018 Fall
Preview, Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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Thursday – Sunday
September 27 – 30, 2018
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Metropolitan Pavilion
Chelsea, Manhattan
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Over 70 exhibitors of art for less than $10,000, including French, Italian and Spanish galleries
New Yorker Festival 2018
October 5 – 7, 2018
Friday – Sunday
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African, French, Italian & Mexican thinkers