nyc pride weekend events

► fri thru sun: nyc drag march (fri 7:30pm), youth pride (sat 11am-6pm), nyc pride march (sun 11am), pride fest street fair (sun 11am-6pm) reclaim pride coalition’s annual queer liberation march (sun 11am), and more. >>

► fri + sat (fri 5:30-7pm, sat 3-7pm): fourth annual pride in times square. free admission. >>

► fri 8pm: prideshow at the sideshow: coney island usa. $20. >>

► fri 10pm: now that’s what I call pride: mood ring (bushwick). $11.05-16.60. >>

► sat 12-6pm: 16th annual harlem pride: 12th ave bet 131st + 132nd sts. >>

► sat 1-7pm: purgatory’s second annual big queer street day block party: purgatory (bushwick). free admission (donations will benefit brooklyn community pride center). >>

► sat 10:30pm: yes homo: pride party: c’mon everybody (bed-stuy). $18.54. >>

► sun 4-7pm: pride for the people: post parade party with xunami muse: moxy chelsea. $10. >>

cultural fests / street fairs / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► sat + sun (10am-8pm): fifth annual dominican taste festival: quisqueya plaza (inwood),. >>

► sun 10am-5pm: pride at the bazaar at grand bazaar nyc: indoors and outdoors at 100 w 77th st at columbus ave (uws). >>

► sun 12-4pm: brewminaries hombrewing rummage sale: talea beer co. (cobble hill). >>

► sun 12-7pm: one love little caribbean fest: prospect park boathouse. >>

► sun 12-7pm: the art locker art market: space bushwick. >>

friday

fri various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
inside out 2 at torsney playground (sunnyside) >>
monsters vs. aliens at broad channel park (queens) >>
pirates of the caribbean: dead man’s chest at the intrepid musesum’s flight deck (hell’s kitchen) >>
the adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert at mccarren park (williamsburg/greenpoint) >>
the little mermaid at blake hobbs playground (east harlem) >>

thru 9/7 (11am-7pm daily, closed 3-4pm for cleaning): nyc’s free outdoor pools open for the season: beat the heat all summer long at one of the city’s 50+ free public outdoor pools, opening for the season today. >>

thru 8/24: the shed’s ‘open call’ series: ‘portals’: 12 early-career, nyc-based artists and collectives present new works that harness personal stories and ancestral history to open portals for passage, transformation, and resistance. ranging from painting and film to sculpture and performance, the works explore forces shaping our world, search for healing out of historical trauma, investigate the ties between political borders and identity, and embrace the power of generational spirituality. free admission (rsvp). >>

thru 7/5: a dinosaur in rock center: a 5-story titanosaurus towers over rockefeller center, just in time for jurassic world rebirth hitting theaters. >>

thru sun: 2025 dumbo dance festival: the dumbo dance festival returns for its 24th season, presenting 45 emerging and established contemporary dance companies from new york and around the world. the mark o’donnell theater at the entertainment community fund (downtown brooklyn), $30 general, $25 seniors/students. >>

thru sun (various dates thru 8/9): lincoln center’s fourth annual summer for the city: lincoln center’s annual arts festival brings two months of free and choose-what-you-pay music concerts, performances, dance parties, film screenings, and more to its upper west side campus. this weekend: seniors get down (fri 5pm), la casita festival (fri 5:30pm), silent disco with david dorfman dance (fri 7pm), the first ladies of music silent disco (fri 9pm), shinyo jazz meditation (sat 11am), stamptown (sat 8pm), antone’s 50th anniversary celentration: the last real texas blues album (sun 7:30pm), the end is not in sight silent disco with king britt (sun 8:30pm), and more. >>

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fri 7pm (monthly): tale storytelling show: harmon leon (this american life, the new yorker) hosts an evening of performances by some of the city’s best storytellers, including erin baker (story collider), paula croxson (story collider), and tonica herzich, with music by hayley rose harrington. the red room at kgb bar (east village), half price online with promo code ‘skintdiscount’ or if you mention the skint at the door (reg. $15), plus a two-drink minimum. >>

fri 7pm: brooklyn chamber orchestra: a parisian nocturne : join the brooklyn chamber orchestra for an evening of french orchestral music on the waterfront at brooklyn bridge park, featuring works by ravel, saint-saëns, piaf, massenet, and gershwin. pier 6 liberty lawn, free admission. >>

fri 7pm (various dates thru 8/16): 47th annual bric celebrate brooklyn! festival: new york city’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival returns to prospect park’s lena horne bandshell for two months. tonight: a tribute to quincy jones: the greatest night in pop. >>

fri 7:30pm: choral chameleon summer institute concert: the choral chameleon vocal ensemble celebrates the culmination of its summer institute week with a concert showcasing new choral compositions. the evangelical lutheran church of the holy trinity (uws), free admission. >>

fri 8pm: laugh it off: bring your problems to the laugh it off show, where audience members submit their everyday problems and comedians try their best to ‘fix’ them. boyb. melrose podcasts (east village), $16. >>

fri 8pm (monthly): a drinking game nyc: the mummy: a drinking game nyc comedy troupe lovingly (and drunkenly) reenacts an 80s/90s/00s movie and turns the whole thing into a drinking game. join them tonight as they stumble through the mummy (1999) at the bell house (gowanus). $25.05. >>

fri 8:30pm: live! from the internet: see a mix of standup, live sketch, and videos from internet comics including veronika slowkowska, sahib singh, keegan tindall, jeff braun, and more. hosted by sean peecook and eion falance. spare room at the gutter (williamsburg). $8 in advance if you mention the skint when paying via venmo (reg. $10 adv, $15 door). >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include vannessa jackson (snl), chloe radcliffe (comedy central), adam mamawala (comedy central), lance weiss (nbc), allie pearse (letterkenny), and molly brenner (edinburgh fringe fest). free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 10:30pm (monthly): you are not alone: an uplifting show about depression: improvisers and artists that battle depression and mental illness in their day-to-day lives create scenes inspired by personal experiences, showing how laughter can be the best medicine. hosted by aaron gold and michael serpe. magnet theater (chelsea), $10. >>

fri 11pm: losing my edge: alt-rock music video dance party: dance through decades of alternative, britpop, grunge and more as djs chase coppins projects/ds music videos from the breeders, the clash, oasis, pulp, pixies, sonic youth, the cure, the replacements, and many others at starr bar (bushwick). free admission. >>

saturday

sat thru 8/6: the wonders of technicolor: the academy museum of motion pictures and the paris theater celebrate technicolor’s impact on cinema history with a 10-film series featuring classics like an american in paris, cabaret, fantasia, the red shoes, the wizard of oz, willy wonka + the chocolate factory, and more. the paris theater (midtown), $17. >>

sat + sun 2-4pm: immersive performance tour of gowanus: artichoke dance company takes audiences on an an immersive and educational walking tour of the neighborhood of gowanus, exploring the neighborhood through environmental and social perspectives. community organizers will lead the tour, with company members performing at stops along the way. $10+. >>

sat various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
mufasa: the lion king at l/cpl thomas p. noonan jr. playground (woodside) >>
space jam at astoria heights playground (queens) >>
the wild robot at crocheron park (bayside) >>

sat 1:30PM: ready to die?: emmy-nominated and wga award-winning writer and comedian alison zeidman (samantha bee, adam ruins everything, archer) brings her hour-long comedy show about end-of-life planning to caveat (les). $12 adv, $15 door. >>

sat 7:30pm: open to work: an unemployed comedy show: laugh at linkedin, layoffs, and late-stage-capitalism at amanda melhuish and cat montesi’s comedy show. tonight’s lineup includes sheria mattis, tina sieben, lili pujol, riylan mills, and bridget foley. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10. >>

sat 8:30pm: ucblk: a variety show spotlighting black performers—pride edition: join hosts justin catchens, dominique kaplowitz, and shem pennant for a night of improv, sketch, stand-up, music and more—featuring a dynamic lineup of black queer and ally performers. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

sunday

sun 2-6pm (sundays thru 8/24): union pool’s 13th annual summer thunder concert series: williamsburg’s union pool hosts free afternoon concerts every sunday thru summer. today: frankie cosmos and juan wauters. note: according to union pool’s instagram, admission is first come first served and rsvp is not required for entry. >>

sun 2:30pm 7pm: rejects anonymous: improvisors double d (nannette deasy and graceann dorse) take your anonymously submitted tales of rejection, heartache, and getting kicked in the teeth and use them to create a cast of characters on the fly. caveat (les), $15 adv, $20 door. >>

sun 5pm: hyperfocus: a neurodivergent comedy show: host virginia dickens (the onion, reductress) and a lineup of neurodivergent comedians take deep dives into their super-niche knowledge at the hyperfocus show. featuring justin avery smith (mcsweeney’s), grace johnson (don’t tell comedy), maggie lalley, and karthik lavangu. caveat (les), $14.64 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $24-25). >>

monday

mon various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
coco at lawn area in gorman playground (jackson heights) >>
comrades, almost a love story at fort greene park (brooklyn) >>
saturday night fever at the hudson (inwood) >>
stand by me at bryant park (midtown) >>

mon 8:30pm: gravid water: at stephen ruddy’s gravid water show, actors perform scenes from classic and contemporary plays—with a twist: their scene partners are improvisers who have no prior knowledge of the script and react to them for the first time on stage. tonight’s guests include scott adsit (30 rock), cady huffman (the producers), britne oldford (dead ringers), adam pally (sonic), tami sagher (shrill), and julie sharbutt (the good wife). ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

mon 9:30pm: fun by design: the interior design game show: two designers go head-to-head in challenges testing everything from speed cad to identifying furniture in your favorite tv shows. hosted by interior designer and comedian laura fabius. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>

ongoing

our roundup of 70+ ongoing events and attractions: friday night fireworks in coney island, sargent and paris, free outdoor fitness classes, and more. >>

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