Living - Events - New York, New York, USA

New York City is famous for its diverse events year-round

• Listings: Connect to online calendars and databases; show what's going on and where
  • Metromix: Calendar/guide; current attractions, events
  • NYConcertList: comprehensive database of New York City concerts; the aim is to be as simple and thorough as possible
  • NYC Arts: Listings of events and information about arts events in NYC; provided by the Alliance for the Arts
  • NYC Kids Arts: Guide to Cultural offerings for Kids, families, and schools; culture calendar, listings of hundreds of cultural groups citywide; provided by the Alliance for the Arts
  • Broadway Guide: Guide to Broadway; lists shows, gives information about attending shows and tickets
  • Broadway Playbill: Theatre guide; find theatre performances, news, feature articles; Broadway, off-Broadway, regional
  • Entertainment-Link: guide to Broadway shows and tickets; independent, objective, and comprehensive information to get the best seats, the best prices, and the best service on Broadway tickets and more
  • Social Diary: New York social life and style; see what the beautiful people are doing
  • Poetry: Online NYC Poetry Calendar
• Performing: NYC is home to many performing arts and cultural groups
  • Ballet ABT: American Ballet Theatre; Professional dance company
  • Ballet NYC: New York City Ballet; Professional dance company; creates its own works; has two permanent homes, the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York
  • Dance Ailey: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; promotes the uniqueness of African-American cultural expression
  • Dance Joyce: Joyce Theater Foundation; serves and supports the art of dance and choreography
  • Film Society: Film Society of Lincoln Center; dedicated to film; New York Film Festival; Film Comment Magazine; Gala Tribute
  • Jazz@LC: Jazz at Lincoln Center; arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
  • Opera Grand: New York Grand Opera Company
  • Opera Met: The Metropolitan Opera
  • Opera NYC: New York City Opera; dedicated to the development of American opera
  • Philharmonic: New York Philharmonic; founded in 1842; performs in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
  • Pops: New York Pops; popular American music
  • Queens Theatre: Queens Theatre in the Park; presents programs for adults and children by a host of international, national and local-based performing artists whose work reflects the diverse composition of the borough of Queen's population
• Periodic: NYC has many annual or special events, ongoing summer concert series, and recurring art or trade shows
  • AIDS Walk: AIDS Walk New York; an annual, 10-kilometer fundraising walkathon
  • Antique: Antiques shows in NYC by Stella; Stella Show Management presents a variety of shows including the Triple Pier Antiques Show, Antiques at the Armory, The Modern Show, Gramercy Garden & Antiques Show
  • Art & Antique: art and antique shows in NYC by Sanford Smith; includes Ifpda print fair, modernism, 20th century art, outsider art (displays of self-taught, naive, and similar art), works on paper, and New York Antiquarian book fair
  • Art Fairs: Houghton International Art Fairs; art fairs in NYC including the Asian Art Fair, International Fine Art Fair, International Art & Design Fair, and the International Antique Dealers Show
  • Art/Main: Art Off the Main; African, Caribbean & Latin American Art Fair; fine art exposition showcasing paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture created in Africa, the Caribbean, South and Central America as well as works by artists of such ancestry who live and work in the United States
  • ATP Fest: All Tomorrow's Parties; a periodic festival in which an invited curator--a musician, artist, or writer--to choose a selection of bands/performers that reflect their record collection or people that they feel influenced by or connected; site includes other locations throughout the world
  • Auto Show: New York International Automobile Show
  • Belmont Stakes: Horse race; final trace of the Triple Crown, held at Long Island's Belmont Park racetrack
  • Bike Month: Celebrates bicycling; includes rides, movies, events, safety
  • Big Apple Circus: Performing-arts circus; classical circus with animals that have a traditional working relationship with people
  • Boat Show: New York National Boat Show; since the world's first boat show in New York in 1905, boats, yachts, and nautical-related stuff has been shown off in this annual event
  • Book: New York Is Book Country; celebrates books by bringing together schools, authors, libraries, cultural organizations, publishers and bookstores in a network of citywide events and programs
  • Book Fair: Queens Book Fair
  • Broadway: free, outdoor Times Square concert; previews new and long-running musicals and Broadway plays; co-produced by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the Times Square Alliance
  • Circus Amok: Circus-theater company; provides free public art addressing contemporary issues of social justice to the people of New York City
  • Columbus Parade: Columbus Day Parade; Columbus Citizens Foundation founded this parade; site includes information about other activities of the foundation
  • Dance Parade: and festival down Broadway; free outdoor dance parade and festival; over 70 styles of dance, over 200 dance organizations, and over 10 thousand dancers will dance down Broadway; DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park
  • Dog Show Westminster: The Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show; Madison Square Garden, New York City
  • Fashion Week: Fashion Week; information about the annual display of fashion collections
  • Film Bryant: Bryant Park Summer Film Festival; classic films shown on the lawn behind the NY Public Library
  • Film & Video Fest: NY Film and Video Festival
  • Fleet Week: Events celebrating the US Navy; parade of ships; ship tours; parades; sponsored by the Commander Navy Region Northeast
  • Free4All: Free For All at Town Hall; free concerts; at New York’s Town Hall right off of Times Square
  • Fringe Fest: New York International Fringe Festival
  • Halloween Parade: Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
  • HK Dragon: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York
  • Horror Film Fest: New York City Horror Film Festival
  • Horse Show: National Horse Show; New York--The Metropolitan
  • Howl Fest: Howl Festival; celebration of East Village arts, culture, mayhem; fest named after eponymous Ginsberg poem
  • Human Rights/Film: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival; presents fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme
  • ICAFair: The International Caribbean Art Fair; exclusively featuring artworks by Caribbean artists—either living in or outside of the Caribbean islands
  • Loisaida: Loisaida Festival and Carnival Celebration; held on Loisaida Avenue, between 12th Street and 6th Street; cultural and entertainment event for community families, artist, and businesses
  • Marathon: ING New York City Marathon; 42.195 kilometer running race through New York's five boroughs
  • Mermaid Parade: Parade at Coney Island celebrating the opening of the swimming season; includes mermaids, neptunes, sea creatures, antique cars and other oddities flooding Surf Avenue
  • Museum 1.6 km Fest: Annual museum festival; nine museums are open for free along Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 104th streets, known as "Museum Mile" (1.6 km)
  • Music Washington Sq: Washington Square Music Festival; free outdoor classical and classic jazz concert series
  • Open House: Open House NY; annual program of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs
  • Pride Week: New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender; pride march, rally, dance and pridefest
  • Restaurant Week: New York's restaurants offer special meals for a fixed price
  • River 2 River: River (Hudson) to River (East) Festival; Free Arts festival--music, dance, art, architecture, museums, monuments; takes place over months in lower Manhattan
  • San Gennaro: Feast of San Gennaro; in Little Italy
  • St Pat's Parade: Saint Patrick's Day Parade; up Fifth Avenue, from 44th Street to 86th Street
  • Siren Music: Siren Music Festival; at Coney Island; outdoor indie rock festival
  • SOFA Expo: International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art; exhibits of one-of-a-kind three-dimensional works bridging the decorative and fine arts; artwork is for sale
  • Street Fairs & Fests: List of street fairs and festivals
  • SummerStage: Central Park SummerStage; a program of the City Park Foundations, presents performances, free of charge, to serve the diverse communities of New York City
  • Thanksgiving Macy's Parade: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • Verizon Music Fest: Verizon Music Festival; includes: Verizon Premier Performances (ticketed events); Verizon Free Outdoor Concert (all-day, free event); and club series featuring one-night engagements
  • Vision Fest: Vision Festival; multi-arts festival devoted to the presentation of innovative American music and arts from an Afro-American perspective and tradition
  • W Indian Amer Day: West Indian American Day Carnival; parade and carnival; "West Indian" meaning West Indies, Caribbean; popularly known as the Labor Day Parade; weeklong festivities

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