These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Holiday events in NYC

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From dazzling Christmas lights to friendly Shabbat dinners to local caroling, find holiday events

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Sunday Nov. 24, 2024

All day

LUMINARIES

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

Thursday Dec. 26

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5 – 10:30 pm

Lektrik: A Festival of Lights

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

Friday Dec. 27

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5 – 10:30 pm

Lektrik: A Festival of Lights

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

Saturday Dec. 28

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity 2024 Holiday Lights Festivals

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Radio City Music HallManhattan

Manhattan Winter Wonderland

Various

Santa’s Winter Wonderland

WatermarkManhattan

Various

The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation

The Metropolitan Opera HouseManhattan

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9 am – 9 pm

Walking in a Winter (ONE)derland at One World Observatory

One World ObservatoryManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 8 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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10 am – 10 pm

Tingle Bells: An ASMR-Inspired Holiday Special

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Kwanzaa

Ages: All
Family
Holiday

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 5 pm

Kwanzaa Celebration

Ages: All
Family
Holiday

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

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Noon – 1:30 pm

5 – 6:30 pm

Cirque Mechanics’ Yuletide Factory

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Family
Holiday

The New Victory TheaterManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

PaleyLand

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Christmas
Family

The Paley MuseumMidtown

Brooklyn Frost Fest (2)

Noon – 8 pm

Frost Fest

Luna ParkBrooklyn

2 pm

7 pm

‘Twas The Night Before Kwanzaa

Ages: All
Family
Holiday
Theater

Black Spectrum Theatre Co., Inc.Jamaica

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3 – 9 pm

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

3 – 7 pm

Your Queens 8th Kwanzaa Celebration and Fashion Show

Ages: All
Family
Holiday

Roy Wilkins Recreation CenterSpringfield Gardens

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3:15 pm

The Polar Express

Ages: All
Family
Holiday

St. George TheatreSaint George

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5 – 10:30 pm

Lektrik: A Festival of Lights

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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6:30 pm

Giant Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx

7 – 8 pm

A Christmas Carol the Musical 2024

Ages: 5 – 12
Christmas
Family
Holiday

The Players TheatreNew York City

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83Manhattan

Brooklyn Dyker Heights Walking Christmas Lights Tour

7 pm

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn

7:15 pm

Lighting of Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn

8:30 – 9:30 pm

UCBLK: A Kwanzaa Comedy Experience

Art
Comedy

Upright Citizens Brigade TheatreEast Village

Sunday Dec. 29

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity 2024 Holiday Lights Festivals

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

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