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Thursday June 19, 2025

Free Kayaking

5 – 7 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

5 – 8 pm

Village Of Hempstead Juneteenth Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Kennedy ParkHempstead

5 – 7:30 pm

Juneteenth Celebration

Ages: All
Caribbean
Free

The Van Cortlandt House MuseumBronx

5 – 7 pm

Celebrate Juneteenth at the Walt Whitman Birthplace

Ages: All
Caribbean
Community

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square ParkManhattan

Friday June 20

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

Solstice in Times Square

7:30 am – 8:30 pm

Solstice in Times Square

Broadway Pedestrian PlazasMidtown

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

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3 – 3:45 pm

Juneteenth: The Sounds of Freedom

Ages: All
Caribbean
Free

Our Lady of Grace ChurchBrooklyn

4 – 5 pm

Homecrest Juneteenth Celebration

Ages: All
Caribbean
Community

Homecrest LibraryBrooklyn

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5 – 9 pm

Swedish Midsummer Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Rockefeller ParkBattery Park City

6 – 8 pm

Summer Solstice Hike

Ages: All
Community
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Saturday June 21

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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10 am – 1 pm

Mad Fun Farm Garden Volunteer Session

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Mad Fun FarmEast Harlem

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

10 am – 4 pm

FREE Community Day & Health Fair

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Free

215-32 Jamaica Avenue Queens Village NYQueens Village

Manhattan Harlem Grown’s Juneteenth Celebration

10 am – 3 pm

Harlem Grown’s Juneteenth Celebration

134th St. FarmManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Colorful Critters

10 am – 6 pm

Get ready for New York’s hottest Anime/TCG Marketplace Expo — Card Clash Expo!

Ages: 5 and up
Community
En Español

Samanea MallWestbury

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Amazon Juneteenth Free Day

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Free

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

banksy museumnew york

Babymint Shopping Event

10 am – 1 pm

Mindful Parenthood: Sell or Shop Secondhand Baby and Kids Products with Babymint

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Mumu Bath ShopBrooklyn

FOod Trucks 2

10 am – 5 pm

Saturdays on 104 – Food Trucks and Community Market

104th StreetBloomingdale

10 am – 6 pm

Mother’s Cookies Dynamite Dinosaur Frostology Labs

Ages: All
Free

Mother’s Cookies Dynamite Dinosaur Frostology LabsManhattan

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10 – 11 am

The Boy Who Drew Cats Dance Party

Ages: All
Dance
Free

The Old Stone HouseBrooklyn

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Solstice Magic with Chris Homer

Ages: All
Free

Caumsett State Historic Park PreserveHuntington

Miolina with Kids 3

10:30 – 11:30 am

Family Program: Concrete Works for the Concrete Jungle

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Music

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

11 am – 3 pm

Pollinator Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Sunken Meadow State ParkKings Park

FEstival Crowd at tables

11 am – 5 pm

Family Fun Weekend at The Shoppes

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Free June Family Activity Weekends

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community

South Street Seaport MuseumManhattan

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