Asian and multicultural events across New York City

Henry Street Settlement’s annual Community Day celebrates the Lower East Side on August 29 from noon to 7 p.m. The free block party includes food, ice cream, live neighborhood entertainment, carnival games, face painting, art making with Abrons Arts Center, and community resource tables.

• Block party
• Neighborhood
• Lower East Side
• Music
• Games
• Art
• Family Day

The Shul of New York holds its Rosh Hashanah service and children’s program on September 12 at 10 a.m. Children age 12 and younger join hands-on activities about Jewish holiday traditions, rituals, and music before entering the Torah service and procession. The organizer states that the venue is wheelchair accessible.

• Jewish
• Rosh Hashanah
• Children
• Family program
• Music
• Wheelchair
• Annual

Randall’s Island Park Alliance hosts its free Harvest Festival on October 4 from noon to 3 p.m. Families can visit a pumpkin patch, watch seasonal cooking demonstrations, hear live performances, try face painting, and join hands-on nature activities. The organizer invites accommodation requests through its public-events team.

• Harvest festival
• Fall
• Pumpkins
• Cooking
• Performance
• Nature
• Children

GWK Academy’s October 10 and 11 weekend brings LGBTQ+ families together for play and connection across Manhattan. The itinerary begins with lunch, drag bingo, and children’s activities at The Center, then includes family bowling, a group dinner, Central Park Zoo, Color Factory, and a queer-family podcast farewell party.

• LGBTQ+
• Pride
• Family weekend
• Children
• Drag bingo
• Bowling
• Ticketed

Indigenous Peoples Day New York City gathers at Randall’s Island on October 11 and 12 for 24 hours of community-led programming. Free events include Grand Entry, intertribal dancing, drum and dance specials, cultural performances, music, food, vendors, speakers and advocates, plus a sunrise tobacco and water ceremony on October 12.

• Indigenous
• Native American
• Powwow
• Dance
• Ceremony
• Food Event
• Market

Disability Pride NYC gathers at Madison Square Park on October 18 before marching and rolling down Broadway at 11 a.m. A Disability Justice and Rights Block Party follows in Union Square from noon to 3 p.m. The route is wheelchair accessible, with CART, ASL, audio description, sensory rest areas, Access-A-Ride points, service-animal relief areas, and reservable seating.

• Disability Pride
• Parade
• Block party
• Wheelchair
• ASL
• CART
• Audio description

WIADCA’s New York Caribbean Junior Carnival brings youth masquerade bands through Crown Heights on September 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The route begins at Kingston Avenue and St. John’s Place, follows Franklin Avenue and President Street, and ends at the Brooklyn Museum.

• Parade
• Caribbean
• Black diaspora
• Children
• Masquerade
• Performance
• Annual

Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day fills Borough Hall and Plaza on September 26 from 10am to 4pm. The free program offers readings, workshops, performances, signings, and art projects with children’s and middle-grade authors and illustrators.

• Festival
• Books
• Children
• Workshop
• Performance
• Art
• Free

The Atlantic Antic returns September 27 for a day-long celebration along Atlantic Avenue. The producing neighborhood organization describes ethnic foods, fine arts and crafts from around the world, continuous music and entertainment, shopping, and family fun across the route from Fourth Avenue toward the waterfront.

• Street festival
• Multicultural
• Food Event
• Crafts
• Music
• Family Day
• Annual

The Floyd Bennett Field Public Arts Festival returns October 3 as a free family event at historic Hangars 3 and 4. Site-specific digital video art will cover the hangars’ façade after sunset, while music, family lawn activities, and a collective outdoor dinner bring neighbors together.

• Festival
• Public art
• Digital art
• Music
• Family Day
• Free
• October

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s free Harvest Festival returns October 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Families can hear live music and storytelling, make arts and crafts, play lawn games, try face painting, and join educational activities. The park notes that weather or other conditions may change the event.

• Harvest festival
• Fall
• Music
• Storytelling
• Crafts
• Children
• Free

BAM’s annual Halloween celebration welcomes families on October 31 from 3 to 6 p.m. Free indoor and outdoor activities at the Peter Jay Sharp Building include carnival games, arts and crafts, candy giveaways, and more. Families are encouraged to arrive in costume.

• Halloween
• Family Day
• Children
• Games
• Crafts
• Free
• Annual

The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers and Queens County Farm Museum present three days of intertribal dance competitions involving more than 40 Indian Nations. The ticketed powwow runs July 24 through 26 with Native American arts, crafts, jewelry, food, and evening bonfires on Friday and Saturday, weather permitting.

• Powwow
• Indigenous
• Native American
• Dance
• Market
• Food Event
• All Ages

Queens Night Market returns July 25 from 4 p.m. to midnight behind the New York Hall of Science. The free, family-friendly market gathers more than 100 independent food, art, and merchandise vendors with small cultural performances that reflect the borough’s many communities.

• Night market
• Multicultural
• Food Event
• Performance
• Family Day
• Free
• Series

The 36th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival fills Meadow Lake with races on August 8 and 9, beginning at 9 a.m. each day. Free family programming includes live music, martial arts demonstrations, traditional folk arts and crafts, and an international food court alongside youth, charity, nonprofit, and open races.

• Festival
• Chinese
• Hong Kong
• Dragon boat
• Performance
• Crafts
• Family Day

The August 22 Queens Night Market is the final weekly occurrence before the market’s US Open hiatus. From 4 p.m. to midnight, families can browse food, art, and merchandise from more than 100 independent vendors and watch small cultural performances in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

• Night market
• Multicultural
• Food Event
• Performance
• Family Day
• Free
• Series

Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day opens US Open Fan Week on August 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The annual celebration honors the Black tennis champion and youth advocate through player practices, musical performances, appearances, interactive games, tennis activities, and family entertainment across the National Tennis Center grounds.

• Family Day
• Black history
• Arthur Ashe
• Tennis
• Performance
• Children
• Annual

Queens Night Market resumes after its US Open break on September 19 from 4 p.m. to midnight. Families can explore affordable foods, art, merchandise, and small cultural performances from more than 100 independent vendors, with the market presenting the cultural diversity of Queens and New York City.

• Night market
• Multicultural
• Food Event
• Performance
• Family Day
• Free
• Series

Carnaval de la Cultura Latina returns to Corona on September 20 with a free celebration of Latino culture. The organizer lists live music, food vendors, cultural exhibits, health screenings, games, face painting, inflatables, giveaways, and activities for all ages along Junction Boulevard.

• Festival
• Latino
• Latin American
• Music
• Food Event
• Children
• Family Day

Queens County Farm’s multicultural harvest festival runs October 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Performers represent Native American, Southern and Northern Philippine, Spanish, Irish, Jewish and Russian, Mexican and Colombian, African, and American traditions, while artisans and food vendors share work from many cultures.

• Festival
• Multicultural
• Indigenous
• Asian
• Jewish
• Latino
• African

Families can design and build imaginative sculptural garden guardians at Wave Hill on August 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. An all-ages storytime begins at 11:30 a.m. Registration is not required, and the official occurrence page documents wheelchair access, a power-assist entrance, elevator service, and ADA-compliant restrooms.

• Family workshop
• Children
• Art
• Storytelling
• Wheelchair
• Accessible restroom
• Series

Wave Hill’s August 22 Family Art Project introduces cyanotypes, a sunlight-based process that creates blue-and-white botanical prints. The drop-in workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. without registration. Wave Hill House provides a wheelchair-accessible entrance, power-assist door, elevator access, and ADA-compliant restrooms.

• Family workshop
• Children
• Art
• Cyanotype
• Wheelchair
• Accessible restroom
• Series

Families celebrate monarch migration by painting wearable butterfly wings at Wave Hill on September 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The program includes all-ages storytime at 11:30 a.m. and requires no registration. Its official page confirms a wheelchair-accessible entrance, elevator, and ADA-compliant restrooms.

• Family workshop
• Children
• Nature
• Storytelling
• Wheelchair
• Accessible restroom
• Series

Bronx Little Italy’s Ferragosto fills Arthur Avenue on September 13 from noon to 6 p.m., rain or shine. The Belmont Business Improvement District presents Italian culture, food from neighborhood businesses, and live entertainment and performances, with a stage on East 186th Street and a paid parking shuttle from Fordham University.

• Festival
• Italian
• Food Event
• Performance
• Street festival
• Annual
• September

Historic Richmond Town’s 46th Richmond County Fair runs September 5 through 7 from noon to 8 p.m. daily. The Labor Day weekend fundraiser celebrates Staten Island business, culture, and community through vendors, performances, competitions, and a Culture Crawl of local arts, cultural, and social-service organizations.

• County fair
• Staten Island
• Performance
• Market
• Community organizations
• Ticketed
• Annual

The Staten Island Museum turns its front lawn into an outdoor gallery for the 76th Fence Show on September 26 from noon to 5 p.m. Visitors of all ages can see and buy local paintings, ceramics, prints, jewelry, and textiles. Admission and museum entry are free, with October 4 reserved as the rain date.

• Art festival
• Market
• Local artists
• All Ages
• Museum
• Free
• Annual