The Best Outdoor Events in NYC

Outdoor events in NYC

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Friday Sep. 26, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Saturday Sep. 27

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Illumination2025Flyer (1)

6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Sunday Sep. 28

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Firetruck 2024 (1)

9 – 10 am

Tunnel 2 Towers North Shore Kids Walk/Stroller-thon

Ages: 3 – 8
Free
Fundraisers

Gemelli’s North Gourmet Market – Parking Lot Starting LineGlen Head

9.28.25 SURVIVAL SCIENCE

10 am – 11:30 pm

Survival Science Family Workshop at SMLI

Ages: 5 and up
Outdoors

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

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Noon – 4 pm

Fall Fun Fest at Sands Point Preserve

Ages: 3 and up
Festivals
Outdoors

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

Monday Sep. 29

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Tuesday Sep. 30

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Saturday Oct. 4

MoMA Oct Fam Day

10:30 am – 5 pm

UNIQLO Family Day at MoMA

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Monday Oct. 6

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

Tuesday Oct. 7

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

Wednesday Oct. 8

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

Thursday Oct. 9

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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7 – 8 pm

“The First Science from the Vera Rubin Observatory” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

Ages: 9 and up
Caribbean
Community

Hamptons Observatory with Suffolk County Community College (online)East Hampton

Friday Oct. 10

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

Saturday Oct. 11

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

Friday Oct. 17

frights and bites Halloween (1)

6:30 – 8 pm

Frights and Bites Outdoor Movie Night!

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

Saturday Oct. 25

Haunted Village 2025

11 am – 4 pm

Haunted Village

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

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