The Best Outdoor Events in NYC

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Thursday Sep. 25, 2025

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Friday Sep. 26

Illumination2025Flyer (1)

6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Saturday Sep. 27

Illumination2025Flyer (1)

6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Sunday Sep. 28

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Noon – 4 pm

Fall Fun Fest at Sands Point Preserve

Ages: 3 and up
Festivals
Outdoors

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

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Noon – 3 pm

Making Moves: Community Art Party

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Dance

The High Line 14th Street PassageChelsea

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

Taylor Swift Celebration GFX

11 am – 5 pm

Taylor Swift Celebration Day and Craft Fair at The Shoppes

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Dance

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

11 am – 4 pm

Scout Fest 2025

Ages: 3 – 12
Free
Games

Immanuel Union ChurchStaten Island

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

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6:30 – 8 pm

Frights and Bites Outdoor Movie Night!

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

Saturday Oct. 18

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Putting the Farm to Sleep

Ages: 12 and under
Attractions
Free

Wyckoff House MuseumBrooklyn

Saturday Oct. 25

Haunted Village 2025

11 am – 4 pm

Haunted Village

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

Wednesday Oct. 29

6 – 7:30 pm

Creatures of the Night

Ages: 5 – 12
Animals
Outdoors

Sweetbriar Nature CenterSmithtown

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