These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Holiday events in NYC

Find the best events happening today for any age group

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

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Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Radio City Music HallManhattan

Various

Santa Photos

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 8 pm

Harry Potter Shop New York: Holiday Happenings & Hot Butterbeer Bar

Ages: All
Film
Food & Drink

Harry Potter New YorkManhattan

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Little New-Yorkers: Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Holiday

New-York Historical SocietyManhattan

4 – 6 pm

Tween Art Studio: Thanksgiving Perler Beads

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Free

Stapleton LibraryStaten Island

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6 – 10 pm

Harlem Holiday Lights

Ages: All
Christmas
Free

125th Street and BroadwayHarlem

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