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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Saturday Nov. 1, 2025

8:30 am – noon

Long Island Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Holiday

Eisenhower ParkQueens

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9 – 10 am

Leaf Litter Craft Workshop

Ages: 3 – 12
Animals
Art

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

10 am – 8 pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Day of the Dead

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Día de los Muertos

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 1 pm

Dia De Los Muertos With Mazarte Dance Co.

Ages: All
Holiday

Bronx Children’s MuseumBronx

Rock Center Halloween

11 am – 3 pm

Halloween at Rockefeller Center

Top of the Rock Observation DeckManhattan

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Spooky-Palooza: A Weeklong Celebration of Creative Spooky Fun!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions

The ChurchSag Harbor

Let’s Dance St. Paul’s Episcopal 11:1

11 – 11:45 am

Let’s Dance

Ages: 8 and under
Dance
Halloween

St. Paul’s EpiscopalBrooklyn

11 am – 4 pm

Queens Zoo Dia de los Muertos

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Queens ZooCorona

11 am – 2:30 pm

Family Movies @ the Library: “Coco” and “The Book of Life”

Ages: 3 – 12
Film
Free

Kings Bay LibraryBrooklyn

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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

Noon – 6 pm

Super Sábado: Día De Los Muertos Celebration

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

Noon – 5 pm

Día de los Muertos Family Celebration in Heckscher Park

Ages: All
Art
Free

Heckscher State ParkEast Islip

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Noon – 2 pm

Dia de Muertos Nichos

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Craft & DIY

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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Noon – 3 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Hudson River Park

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Pier 84 Hudson River ParkManhattan

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1 – 3 pm

Family Time Día de Muertos 2025

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Bronx MuseumBronx

2 – 5 pm

Disney and Pixar’s COCO in Concert Live to Film

Ages: All
Film
Holiday

The Town HallManhattan

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

4 – 7 pm

Day of the Dead Family Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Free

Green-WoodBrooklyn

5 – 8 pm

Inwood Pumpkin Pageant

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

isham parkInwood

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6 – 9 pm

Spooky Fest

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions

The Gateway PACSCBellport

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7 – 10 pm

Halloween Silent Disco

Ages: All
Dance
Halloween

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

7 – 9 pm

Disney and Pixar’s COCO in Concert Live to Film

Ages: All
Film
Holiday

The Town HallManhattan

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Sunday Nov. 2

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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Manhattan Haunted Hues

Various

Color Factory NYC Haunted Hues

Color Factory New YorkManhattan

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Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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