The Best Outdoor Events in NYC

Outdoor events in NYC

Find events happening next weekend in your neighborhood

Find upcoming outdoor events and outings for groups or individuals this season

Post an Event

Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

Nature’s Engineers, June 2024, windmills, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-029

Bright Habits Powered by National Grid

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

nyf-calendar-Ice Skating at Winter-Village-Bryant-Park-photo-Kevin-Ornelas-2025-12

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

Winter-Village_Bryant-Park_2024-12-19_Colin-Miller_133_(1)-900×601

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

Harlem Grown Halloween Festival

134th Street FarmHarlem

FHL – Halloween

High Line Halloween: Little Park of Horrors

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Halloween

The High LineChelsea

Screenshot

40th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade 2025

Southern Blvd and Westchester AveBronx

anise_hyssop

Witchy Plant Tour of Queens Botanical Garden

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

nyf-calendar-Campfire-Stories-&-Songs-2025-10

Campfire Stories & Songs

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Teardrop ParkManhattan

Screenshot 2025-10-21 at 7.50.01 PM

Dakota’s Pumpkin Olympics

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Food & Drink
Free

Dakota’sBronx

wave-hill_Nighthunters-An-Evening-Owl-Adventure_credit-Joshua-Bright

Nighthunters: An Evening Owl Adventure

IMG_0487_f3b13e

Lesbian NYC Walking Tour

LGBT Center, 208 W 13 StManhattan

2020-spring-events_Yoga-in-the-Garden_Joshua-Bright_220411_173404_87770b

Yoga in the Garden

Pre-Halloween – Save the Date ig post

Wicked Fun: Spooky Science and Wearable Art

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The KoKo LotBrooklyn

width_550

TalkDeath’s Cemetery Scavenger Hunt at The Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood 500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232Brooklyn

hilloween09

Wave Hill-O-Ween

Lantern Hiking Photo (1)

Spooky Lantern Tour

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Dinosaur-Weekend_896164

Dinosaur Weekend!

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

Fungi sp.

Fungi Frolic

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

civil-war-living-history-2025

Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

actpic_7 (1)

Animal Homes

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

111724-146

Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Manhattan

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellManhattan

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights_Illuminated Performers_sq

Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

Post Turkey Day Walking Tour

Green-WoodBrooklyn

+ Export Events

More from Around NYC

officer

Flushing’s 109th Precinct recognizes officers for their work in August and September

Rangers MSG ice view

Rangers sign 2024 5th round pick Nathan Aspinall to entry level deal

A person walks through wind and rain during a nor'easter storm at Times Square in New York City, U.S., October 13, 2025.

What to do in queer NYC this weekend

duffield street homes

Landmarks Preservation Commission axes proposal to gut historic Duffield Street homes for high-rise tower