NYC Street Fairs, cultural festivals, and block parties are fun because the streets are one of the best things about The City. Many New York City parades end at street fairs, urban versions of traditional markets.
New York Carnival Features Soca and Dancehall Concerts, Junior Carnival, Steel Panorama, J’Ouvert, and the West Indian Day Parade
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
EASTERN AVENUE, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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Ecuadorian Festival of New York, Festival Ecuatoriano, Celebrates Ecuadorian Independence and Culture
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens 🇪🇨
Harlem Week Celebrates Black Culture in the Home of the Harlem Renaissance Which Defined American Culture
HARLEM, CENTRAL PARK, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Summer Streets NYC Provides Hundreds of Blocks of Car-Free Fun and Family Entertainment
QUEENS, Vernon Blvd 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇵🇷
STATEN ISLAND, Forest Ave 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
MANHATTAN, Lafayette, Park Avenue, 110th St, Broadway
THE BRONX, Grand Concourse
BROOKLYN, Eastern Parkway
Peruvian Festival and Peruvian Parade in Paterson is NYC’s Gran Desfile y Festival Peruano
PASSAIC, CLIFTON, and PATERSON New Jersey 🇵🇪
Festival Independencia Orgullo Colombiano Celebrates Colombian Independence in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens 🇨🇴
L’Alliance Bastille Day Celebration is NYC’s Grand French Culture Street Fair, Oh là là
MADISON AVENUE, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇫🇷
Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church is an Italian Street Fair Famous for Dancing the Giglio Tower
SHRINE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 🇮🇹
NYC Pride Parade Shows That We’re Still Proud
FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH ST, GREENWICH AVE, CHRISTOPHER ST, SEVENTH AVENUE, NoMad, Flatiron, Union Square, Greenwich Village, West Village, Chelsea 🏳️🌈
116th Street Festival Celebrates El Barrio Boricua With Tito Puente Jr, Frankie Negron, Luis Damon, De la Ghetto, Brenda Starr and Judy Torres
116 ST & THIRD AVENUE, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷
South Bronx Cultural Festival Celebrates Casita Maria’s 91st Anniversary with an Eddie Palmieri Tribute, Nelson González All Star Band, Bronx Banda featuring Arturo O’Farrill and Lots More
FATHER GIGANTE PLAZA, Longwood, The Bronx 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
NYC Street Fair News
NYC street fairs happen all year long, except in winter.
January Street Fairs
El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Celebration is a block party in El Barrio, on or around Three Kings Day. 🇵🇷
The Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival celebrates Lunar New Year in Manhattan Chinatown and the Lower East Side. 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
June Street Fairs
The Portuguese Festival; in Newark, New Jersey; is Metro New York’s big Portuguese festival. 🇵🇹
The Philippine Independence Day Parade ends at a cultural festival street fair. 🇵🇭
August Street Fairs
Harlem Week celebrates Black culture in the Home of the Harlem Renaissance which defined American culture.
The Caribbean Culture Center African Diaspora Institute’s Afribembé Festival is New York City’s version of Las Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol in Loíza Aldea, the Puerto Rican town with the strongest African Diasporic culture.
The India Day Parade ends at an Indian Food Festival street fair. 🇮🇳
September Street Fairs
Brazilian Day celebrates Brazilian Independence in Manhattan’s Little Brazil. 🇧🇷
October Street Fairs
The Panamanian Parade ends at a Panamanian street fair. 🇵🇦
Indigenous Peoples Day NYC Powwow is a two-day outdoor festival of Indigenous storytelling, drumming, singing, dancing, artisanal crafts, and food with an overnight and a sunrise ceremony on Randall’s Island. 🇺🇸