Fall in love with New York City on Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving Weekend in New York City is the beginning of the holiday season.

The four-day long weekend on the fourth Thursday of November is the main family holiday in the United States.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2021 News

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade NYC (NYCRuss/Dreamstime) — Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade NYC (NYCRuss/Dreamstime)

The Met Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Upper East Side, Tue, Nov 23, 2021 – Jan 9, 2022. $25. 🇮🇹

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation is around the American Museum of Natural History in the Upper East Side Wednesday on Wed, Nov 24 from 12 noon – 6pm. Lineup is on Columbus Ave at 72nd St.

Yacouba Sissoko & Siya play Malian Folk Jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Wed, Nov 24 from 9-11:30pm. $10. 🇲🇱

The 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade marches down Central Park West to Macy’s in Herald Square on Thursday from 9am to 12noon. FREE. 🇺🇸

Mamady & Mamady (Mandingo Ambassadors) play a Thanksgiving concert of Guinean Jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Thu, Nov 25 from 8-11pm. $20. 🇬🇳

On Friday, celebrate the US national holiday Native American Heritage Day. WE ARE STILL HERE!

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It, Mariem Pérez Riera’s 2021 documentary on the Puerto Rican star’s life and career, is at at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens on Sun, Nov 28 at 6pm. $15. 🇵🇷