These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Holiday events in NYC

Find the best upcoming events & activities for any age group

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

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Tuesday Oct. 22, 2024

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All day

Vote for Your Favorite Scarecrow!

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Halloween

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

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All day

Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Greenwood Park Beer GardenBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Fall-O-Ween

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Wednesday Oct. 23

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Various

Blaze: Long Island

Ages: All
Festivals
Halloween

Old Bethpage Restoration VillageOld Bethpage

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All day

Vote for Your Favorite Scarecrow!

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Halloween

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

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All day

Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Greenwood Park Beer GardenBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Fall-O-Ween

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Thursday Oct. 24

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Various

Blaze: Long Island

Ages: All
Festivals
Halloween

Old Bethpage Restoration VillageOld Bethpage

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All day

Vote for Your Favorite Scarecrow!

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Halloween

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

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All day

Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Greenwood Park Beer GardenBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Fall-O-Ween

New York Botanical GardenBronx

6 – 10 pm

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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7 pm

Pumpkin Nights at the Bronx Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Friday Oct. 25

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Various

Blaze: Long Island

Ages: All
Festivals
Halloween

Old Bethpage Restoration VillageOld Bethpage

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All day

Vote for Your Favorite Scarecrow!

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Halloween

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

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All day

Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Greenwood Park Beer GardenBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Fall-O-Ween

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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5 – 8 pm

Family Pajama Story Time at the Queens Zoo

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Books & Readings

Queens ZooCorona

5:30 – 8:30 pm

Family-Friendly Spooky Woods & Trick O’ Treat

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Festivals

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

Scary dino

6 – 9:30 pm

SpookyFest

Ages: All
Festivals
Halloween

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

6 – 10 pm

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

DH Haunted House picture 2023 crew

6 – 9 pm

USCG Associations Present: Haunted Ft. Wadsworth

Ages: 5 and up
Halloween
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Ft. Wadsworth GymStaten Island

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7 pm

Pumpkin Nights at the Bronx Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Saturday Oct. 26

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Various

Blaze: Long Island

Ages: All
Festivals
Halloween

Old Bethpage Restoration VillageOld Bethpage

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All day

Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Greenwood Park Beer GardenBrooklyn

The Running Dead 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

The Running Dead 5K Run/Walk

Shortfront ParkPatchogue

9 am – noon

Rhatigan’s Run 5K Run/Walk

Floral Park Knights of Columbus CouncilFloral Park

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Bronx Zoo Boo at the Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10 am – 6 pm

Fall-O-Ween

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Brooklyn New York Aquarium Ascarium

11 am – 4 pm

New York Aquarium Ascarium

Ages: All
Animals
Halloween

New York AquariumBrooklyn

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11 – 11:30 am

Halloween Storytime w/ Tiffany D. Jackson: Trick-or-Treating in the City

Books Are Magic MontagueBrooklyn

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11 am – 2 pm

3 – 5 pm

Trick or Treat Trek

Ages: 3 and up
Festivals
Fundraisers

Bartow-Pell Mansion MuseumBronx

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