There are always a zillion things to do in NYC, the city that never sleeps.
COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2021)
The COVID-19 Pandemic has disrupted culture in New York City. On any given month, we won’t know what is open until just the weeks before. New Yorkers mask, distance, wash and avoid crowds, especially indoors.
To see what a normal year in New York City looks like, check our 2019 calendar.
Things to do in NYC in 2021
This is the second year of COVID-19.
Things To Do in NYC in January 2021
Things to do in NYC in January 2021 include Three Kings Day, the APAP showcases for…
Things to do in NYC in February 2021
Things to do in NYC in February 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in March 2021
Things to do in NYC in March 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to Do in NYC in April 2021
Things to do in NYC in April 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in May 2021
Things to do in NYC in May 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in June 2021
Things to do in NYC in June 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in July 2021
Things to do in NYC in July 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in August 2021
Things to do in NYC in August 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to Do in NYC in September 2021
Things to do in NYC in September 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to Do in NYC in October 2021
Things to do in NYC in October 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in November 2021
Things to do in NYC in November 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in December 2021
Things to do in NYC in December 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
Things to do in NYC in 2020
2020 was the year of COVID-19, Unemployment, Black Lives Matter and a presidential election.
New York City shut down for the COVID-19 Pandemic on March 12, 2020 and reopened slowly in fits and starts as we all figured this thing out.
Black Lives Matter broke out after the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day.
President Trump lost the election not once, but over 50 times in court.
COVID-19 vaccination began on December 14. What’s next?
This year is completely different and our coverage is a bit spotty as we go through the ups and downs of living with COVID like everybody else. But our 2019 coverage captured the end of an era.
New York is always changing. Life will come back, but life will be different.
Things to do in NYC in January 2020
1 Haitian Independence 3-5 PBR Professional Bull Riders ~ 6 Three Kings Day Parade 9-18 Winter Jazzfest 10-14 APAP 12 globalFEST ~ 17 MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND 17-18 Black Comic Book Festival ~ 20 Martin Luther King holiday 24-2 Winter Antiques Show 25-1 Master Drawings 26 Grammys
Things to do in NYC in February 2020
Black History Month – Broadway Week Off-Broadway Week – 3-12 New York Fashion Week 5-19 MoMA Doc Fortnight 8 VILLALOBOS BROTHERS 8-11 Westminster Dog Show – CHEAPEST WEEK TO VISIT NYC 14 Valentine’s Day 14 President’s Day Weekend 14 PISTOLERA 14 Neighboring Scenes Film Festival – 17 PRESIDENTS DAY 21 Carnival weekend 21-15 International Children’s…
Things to do in NYC in March 2020
Women’s History Month – 3-9 Spring/Break Art Show 4-8 Volta New York 5-15 Rendez-Vous with Frenc Cinema 5-8 Armory Show 5-8 Scope New York 5-8 Art on Paper 5-8 Clio Art Fair 6-8 Independent art fair 8 International Women’s Day – 9 Purim – 17 St. Patrick’s Day 17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade 20 Spring…
Things to do in NYC in April 2020
National Autism Month National Poetry Month International Guitar Month – 5-11 HOLY WEEK 12 EASTER – 8 PASSOVER 8 Romani Day 9-17 SPRING RECESS 12 EASTER – – 22 Earth Day 23 RAMADAN – 30 International Jazz Day
Things to do in NYC in May 2020
1 International Workers Day ~ (3) Cinco de Mayo Parade 4 Met Gala (4-10) Pen World Voices Festival 5 CINCO DE MAYO 6-10 Frieze New York 8-12 TEFAF New York (8-17) Bronx Week 10 MOTHER’S DAY ~ 11 American Ballet Theatre 16 Dance Parade (17) Cuban Parade 19 Laylat al-Qadr ~ 22-25 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND…
Things to do in NYC in June 2020
New York on PAUSE COVID-19 Pride Month Caribbean Heritage Month Hurricane season begins – 4 Anniversary Day (school holiday) – 10 Portugal Day – 20 Summer Solstice 21 Father’s Day – 28 Stonewall Riots
Things to do in NYC in July 2020
COVID-19 Large outdoor events cancelled to at least the end of September – SummerStage (Virtual) – 4 U.S. Independence 5 Venezuelan Independence – 9 NYCFC soccer season start (TV) 9 Argentine Independence 11 New York Red Bulls soccer season start (TV) 11 Manhattanhenge 11-14 Bastille Day on 60th St (Virtual) – 13 Shakespeare in the…
Things to do in NYC in August 2020
COVID-19 Large outdoor events cancelled to at least the end of September – Open Streets : Open Restaurants (Fri-Sat) – 1 Pachamama (At home) 1 “Liquidus” Tabula Rasa Dance Theater (YouTube) – 6 Bolivian Independence 9 Dominican Parade (Virtual) – 10 Ecuadorian Independence 14 Shakespeare in the Park (TV) 14-16 Jazz Masters & All Stars…
Things to do in NYC in September 2020
1-24 US Open Tennis (ESPN) 2 Corn Moon 3 Whitney Museum reopens 4-7 Labor Day Weekend 4 NY Carnival Brass Fest 🇹🇹 5 Morgan Library reopens 6 Roberto Clemente Day 🇵🇷 – 7 Labor Day 7 NY Carnival Virtual Road 🇹🇹 7 Brazilian Independence 🇧🇷 9 American Museum of Natural History reopens 11 Remember 9/11…
Things to do in NYC in 2019
Things to do in NYC in January 2019
Three Kings Day, Winter JazzFest, Under the Radar Festival, PBR Monster Energy Buck Off, globalFEST, Restaurant Week, Jewish Film Festival, Antiques Week, Winter Antiques Show, Outsider Art Fair, Women’s March, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Dominican Heritage Month and Master Drawings
Things to do in NYC in February 2019
Black History Month 1-3 Cinema Tropical film festival 5 Lunar New Year 6-10 Film Comment Selects 8-16 New York Fashion Week 9-12 Westminster Dog Show 11-24 Off-Broadway Week 14 Valentine’s Day, Carnival 18 Presidents Day 21-28 MoMA Doc Fortnight 22-17 Int’l Children’s Film Festival 22-26 Neighboring Scenes film festival 28-3 ADAA Art Show 28-10 Rendez-vous…
Things to do in NYC in March 2019
MARCH National Women’s History Month 3 Major League Soccer 5 Mardi Gras 5-11 Spring Break Art Show 6 Ash Wednesday 6-10 Volta art fair 7-10 Armory Show 7-10 Scope art fair 7-10 Flamenco Festival 8 International Women’s Day 17 St Patrick’s Day 20 Spring 26-31 Ballet Hispánico 27-7 New Directors/New Films 28-31 Colombian Film Festival…
Things to do in NYC in April 2019
APRIL 4 Mets home opener 4-5 Photographs auction 4-7 AIPAD Photography Show 4-7 ArtExpo 5-16 Havana Film Festival NY 8 International Romani Day 10-13 Dance Theatre of Harlem 12 Havana Biennial 12-19 Youth America Gran Prix 13-14 Calpulli Mexican Dance 14 Palm Sunday 14-20 Holy Week 17-18 Prints & Multiples auction 19 Good Friday 19-27…
Things to do in NYC in May 2019
1 May Day 1 Old Masters auction 2-5 Frieze New York 2-5 Art New York 2-5 Context New York 3-7 TEFAF New York Spring 5 CINCO DE MAYO ~ 12 MOTHER’S DAY ~ 13 Art of Africa, Oceania & the Americas auction 13-14 Impressionist & Modern Art auctions 13-6 American Ballet Theatre 15-16 Post-War &…
Things to do in NYC in June 2019
JUNE 2019 Pride Month SummerStage American Ballet Theatre Shakespeare in the Park ~ 1 Blue Note Jazz Festival 1 Central Park Tango 2 Celebrate Israel Parade 2 Drama Desk Awards ~ 3 CFDA Fashion Awards 3-5 NYFW Men’s Spring Summer 2020 4 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 7-7 FIFA Women’s World Cup 8 116th Street Festival 9…
Things to do in NYC in July 2019
JULY 2019 SummerStage Midsummer Night Swing BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Shakespeare in the Park Lincoln Center Out of Doors ~ 4 U.S. Independence Day 5 Venezuelan Independence Day ~ 9 Argentine Independence Day 9-13 LAMC Latin Alternative Music Conference 12 Colombian Flower Festival Gala 12-13 Afro-Latino Fest NYC 14 Colombian Flower Festival Parade 14 111th Street…
Things to do in NYC in August 2019
2-4 Carnaval del Barrio Street Fair 3 Summer Streets 4 Ecuadorian Parade ~ 10 Ecuadorian Independence Day 10 Eid al-Adha 10 Summer Streets 11 Dominican Day Parade 11 Battery Dance Festival ~ 12-18 New York Latino Film Festival 16 Dominican Restoration Day 17 Summer Streets 18 Ecuadorian Festival ~ 24-25 Afropunk 25 Uruguayan Independence Day…
Things to do in NYC in September 2019
1 Brazilian Day ~ 2 LABOR DAY 2 West Indian Day Parade 3-16 NYC Broadway Week 5 Socrates Annual 6-14 New York Fashion Week 7 New York City Labor Day Parade ~ 11 New York Philharmonic Opening Night ~ ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ 12 Jazz at Lincoln Center Season Opener 12 Crossing the…
Things to do in NYC in October 2019
Hispanic Heritage Month 1-13 Fall for Dance Festival 2 Sandy e Junior ~ 7-13 Celebrate Mexico Now 8-9 Yom Kippur 11-14 COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND 11-13 New Yorker Festival 12 Panamanian Day Parade 12 Spain’s National Day 13 Hispanic Day Parade ~ 14 COLUMBUS DAY 14 Columbus Day Parade 14 Indigenous People’s Day 15 Hispanic Heritage…
Things to do in NYC in November 2019
Puerto Rican Heritage Month National Native American Heritage Month ~ 1 Auction exhibitions open 1-5 TEFAF antiques fair 1 Day of the Holy Innocents|All Saints Day 2 Day of the Dead | All Souls Day 3 Panamanian Separation Day 3 New York City Marathon ~ 5 Election Day 6-15 DOC NYC 8-11 VETERANS DAY WEEKEND…
Things to do in NYC in December 2019
1 Portuguese Restoration Day ~ 2 Cyber Monday 2 Advent 2 Winter’s Eve street fair 3 Giving Tuesday 4 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 4 Alvin Ailey 5-8 Art Basel Miami Beach ~ 11 International Tango Day 11 Las Mañanitas 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe ~ 16 La Posada / La Novena 19 Paul Winter’s Winter…