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

► fri: $1 soft serve at milk bar (all bakery locations). note: must show the linked instagram post to redeem. >>

► sponsored: fri 5-8pm: myrtle avenue summer nights: fort greene and clinton hill (brooklyn). >>

► sat 10am-4pm: bomb‘s annual small press flea: amant (east williamsburg). >>

► sat 12-5pm: the big aussie bbq: old stone house (park slope). >>

► sat 12-6pm: super moon pop-up market: caffeine underground (bushwick). >>

► sat 12-7pm: black vegfest: lincoln terrace park (crown heights). >>

► sat 2-6pm: the blerd spot: wonderville (bushwick), free admission ($5 suggested donation). >>

► sat 2-8pm: jersey city night market: journal square-magnolia landing. >>

► sat + sun: 64th annual jersey city puerto rican heritage arts + culture festival and parade >>

► sun 12pm-?: 42nd india day parade and festival: parade: madison ave from e 38th to e 27th st; food fest, booths, and cultural programs: madison ave from e 25th to e 26th st, and e 26th st between madison ave + park ave. >>

► mon: 90¢ soft serve ice cream at participating at carvel locations. >>

six film fests/series (various prices):

► thru mon (extended): catvideofest: ifc center (8/17-18), nitehawk (prospect park 8/17-18; williamsburg 8/17-18), alamo drafthouse (manhattan 8/17-18), and syndicated (8/18-19). >>

► thru 8/22: blaxploitation, baby! at film forum (south village): foxy brown, cleopatra jones, shaft, superfly, blacula, sweet sweetback;s baadasssss song, and more. >>

► thru 8/25: rockaway film festival at averne cinema + annex cinema. >>

► thru 8/25: in concert at metrograph (les): big time, blank generation, downtown 81, songs for drella + scenes of the life of andy warhol, stop making sense, the cramps and the mutants: the napa state tapes >>

► thru 9/1: bad trips at metrograph (les): deliverance, the man who knew too much, save yourselves! train to busan, what about bob? >>

► thru 9/2: also starring… carol kane at metrograph (les): hester street, carnal knowledge, the princess bride, when a stranger calls, the last detail, and more. >>

sponsored

Myrtle Avenue Summer Nights returns to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill on Friday, August 16, 5-8pm, for an evening of free live music, activities, and fun for the whole family.

Join us for music from Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz, Jem Bleu at Corkscrew & DJ Del. Plus family-friendly activities along Myrtle Avenue and the Myrtle Plaza, including Giant Bubbles & Crafts with Park Slope Parents, Double Dutch with the Elite BKLYN Jumpers, TobyWorldNYC’s Dog Portraits x Pet Photo Booth with Bond Vet, The Chalk Walk, a paint your own canvas-style sidewalk art project for kids by The Emerson, caricature drawing with Derick Cross, tarot card readings by the.oracle_sona, face painting & balloon twisting by Sparkly Faces, and paper crafts with Canary Swords.

And there’s still more! Meet the Maker: Clothing from M. Kingsley Studio & Tarot with Ana at Green in BKLYN, Plus enjoy specials and wine tastings from your favorite local merchants — including free knife sharpening (limit 1 per family) at Indulge Kitchen Supplies, food and drink deals at Castro’s Restaurant, and wine tastings from Corkscrew Wines & Spirits, Gnarly Vines & Tipsy.

Don’t miss out on this summer party!

Click here for more info and a map of the night’s events.

friday

sponsored: thru 9/1: the bleeding class: $17 to a world premiere sci-fi thriller: when a mysterious plague throws society into chaos, it results in an unlikely alliance between the reserved dr. pennington and a strong-willed escort named sugar, whose immune system may hold the key to saving the world. 59e59 theaters, $17 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $32). >>

thru sun: third annual house fest at governors island: gov­er­nors island arts brings togeth­er more than two dozen cul­tur­al part­ners for a week­end-long cel­e­bra­tion of the seasonal organizations in residence in and around the his­toric for­mer mil­i­tary hous­es of nolan park and colonels row. the three-day fest will feature dance and music per­for­mances, out­door instal­la­tions, inter­ac­tive work­shops, open stu­dios, pan­el dis­cus­sions, and more. free admission. >>

thru sun (various times): summerstage: nyc’s iconic summer performing arts festival returns with 85 free and benefit shows in central park and 12 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. this weekend: jazzmobile + summerstage present a max roach centennial tribute with m’boom + horns featuring warren smith and bobby sanabria and the kojo melché roney experience at marcus garvey park in east harlem (fri 7-9pm); charlie parker jazz festival ancillary: endea owens – the community cookout at marcus garvey park in east harlem (sat 3-5pm); palmwine festival nyc: show dem camp featuring the cavemen and friends at rumsey playfield in central park (sat 6-10pm); the soapbox presents: the life of the party at marcus garvey park in east harlem (sat 6-9pm); funk flex r+b picnic birthday party featuring fridayy, honey bxbt, wanmor, slick rick, doug e. fresh, dana dane, and funk flex at rumsey playfield in central park (sun 7-10pm); video music box 40th anniversary uptown edition with m.o.p., g. dep, nice n smooth, and more hosted by ralph mcdaniels at marcus garvey park in east harlem (sun 5-9pm). all free admission. >>

fri + sat (7pm): bryant park picnic performances: : bryant park’s annual series of free outdoor theater, dance, and music performances continues with world music institute presents: natu camara + samir langus (fri) and jalopy theatre presents: cristina vane, slavic soul party!, and guachinangos (sat). free admission. >>

fri (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
barbie at irving square park (bushwick) >>
billy and molly: an otter love story at central park (landscape between sheep meadow + the 72nd street cross drive) >>
daddy day care at gertrude ederle recreation center (hell’s kitchen) >>
law abiding citizens at highbridge park (washington heights) >>
teenage mutant ninja turtles: mutant mayhem at beach 17th street playground (rockaway beach) >>

fri (various times): madonna birthday parties: celebrate all things madonna at 3 dollar bill (bushwick), c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), and brooklyn bowl (williamsburg). various prices.

fri 4-10pm (season ends today): warm up 2024: moma’s annual outdoor party series brings beats and bodies to ps1’s long island city courtyard for six nights. celebrating its 26th season, this year features a stage designed by artist stewart uoo and a lineup that includes djs and artists from new york city, detroit, miami, los angeles, london, and são paulo. tonight: kode9, cashu, softt, and bryce barnes with nunguja. $18-22 general, $15-18 students. >>

fri 5pm-sunset (season ends today): summer sway at the shed: celebrating the roots of hip hop and digging into the artforms it inspired, djs, musical artists and dance collectives will take over the shed’s outdoor plaza for a series of free performances highlighting queer, trans, and bipoc community-based and community-born art. tonight: clave y cuba featuring shie moreno and román díaz, with marcus logan, and jośe parlá. free admission. >>

fri 6:30pm: brooklyn poets summer workshop showcase: teachers and students from brooklyn poets’ summer workshops share their work during an evening of readings at the organization’s home base in brooklyn heights. doors open at 6pm for a wine reception. free admission. >>

fri 7pm (monthly): kweendom: come out for the kweendom lgbtq+ comedy and storytelling show, featuring performances by glo butler, pamela ross, sean thomasson, ashlynn salzano, and asher o’briant. hosted by bobby hankinson. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission (donations are welcome and will benefit immigration equality). >>

fri 7pm: the deliverance: the paris theater (midtown) hosts a screening of lee daniels’ the deliverance, followed by q+a with daniels moderated by bradley cooper. $17 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

fri 7pm: (+ 8/30): seventh annual mx. nobody pageant: ‘brooklyn’s most transgressive’ all-gender, all-style, all-skill level drag competition returns to purgatory (bushwick) for its seventh year. tonight: round 2. $19.27. >>

fri 7-10pm (fridays thru 10/25): dreamland roller disco: lola star’s themed skate parties return to prospect park’s lefrak center for another season. tonight’s theme: taylor swift. $25 admission includes skate rental. >>

fri 7:30pm doors: best night ever: comedy music party: comedy, music, and party combine at akshay sampath and audrey black’s best night ever. featuring matt koff (the daily show), jaboukie young white (fallon), rachel costar, maggie crane, rima parikh, and ash diggs. el santo taqueria (east williamsburg / bushwick), $10 adv, $16 day of. >>

fri 7:45pm doors: rooftop films summer series: look into my eyes: rooftop films presents a screening of lana wilson’s nyc psychic documentary, look into my eyes, followed by q+a with wilson and psychics featured in the film. dj and producer concrete husband will provide pre-show music, and an afterparty will follow the q+a. green-wood cemetery (brooklyn), $18. >>

fri 8pm: kate sisk: comedian, amateur drag king, and retired professional puerto rican soccer player kate sisk (comedy central) peforms a new hour of stand up at littlefield (gowanus). sabrina wu (fallon) and jake cornell (tiktok) open. save $5 with promo code ‘sisk5’. >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: see what all the brew-ha-ha is about at this women-produced and-hosted comedy show, returning to the back room at halyards (gowanus) with stand-up by zoltan kaszas (netflix), jad sleiman (rolling stone), elle orlando (@_elleorlando_), liz glazer (don’t tell comedy), daniel dellanno (don’t tell comedy), and carly ballerini (cards against humanity). free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 10pm (season ends tonight): str8 west coastin’: west coast hip-hop vibes take over friends and lovers (crown heights) at this annual dance party spun by djs eleven, still life, and dizam. $5 before 11pm with rsvp, $10 without. >>

saturday

​​sat thru mon: world photography day: celebrate world photography day with free admission to the international center of photography in the les (fri-mon, reservation required) and $10 admission to fotografiska in gramercy (mon 10:30am-9pm).

sat + sun (sat 12-8pm, sun 12-6pm): 10th annual flame con: the world’s largest and longest-running lgbtqia+ comic and pop culture convention returns to sheraton times square for two days. $35. >>

sat (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
barbie at travers park (jackson heights) >>
bob marley: one love at brower park (crown heights) >>
ghostbusters: frozen empire at lillian d. wald playground (les) >>
the farewell at west side community garden (uws) >>

sat (various times): 46th annual bric celebrate brooklyn! festival: nyc’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival returns with concerts, films, dance, and more for 10 weeks. today: curlfest at the lena horne bandshell in prospect park (12-7pm, ticketed benefit event) and a screening of bob marley: one love with performances by lila iké, laila!, and dj sweet v at brower park in crown heights (5-10pm, free admission). >>

sat 7am-3pm (+ 8/24): nyc summer streets festival: the streets of nyc become your playground as the annual summer streets festival returns for five saturdays. miles of streets will be closed to vehicular traffic and open for the public to enjoy in each borough, with live performances, fitness classes, free bike rentals, refreshments, kids’ activities, and more at rest stops along the way. today: manhattan (from brooklyn bridge to west 125th street). >>

sat 10am (+ 9/21): yoga on the brooklyn museum’s plaza steps: open your hips and heart at a yoga flow class and guided meditation session, held outdoors on the giant steps of the brooklyn museum’s iris cantor plaza (indoors in the event of inclement weather). all experience levels welcome. $20 ticket includes museum admission. >>

sat 11am-4pm: 32nd annual coney island sand sculpting competition: make waves with sand-tastic creations at coney’s annual beachside competition. cash prizes will be awarded to the top winner in each category: solo artist, adult group, and family group. beach at west 12th street, free admission. >>

sat 12-5pm: flynyc: music and kites fill the air at this annual festival open to all ages. free kite kits will be provided for children (while supplies last) or bring your own. pier i in riverside park south (uws), free admission. >>

sat 3-6pm: tree hole (your secret is safe with me) 树洞（我会保守你的秘密: artist chang yuchen presents a performance-based program in dialogue with pamela pamela rosenkranz’s red and pink old tree sculpture on the high line. performing as a ‘tree hole,’ yuchen invites visitors to share their secrets (which she promises to keep safe). on the high line at the spur on 30th street and 10th avenue, free admission. >>

sat 6:30pm: beach sessions dance series: the beach sessions dance series celebrates 10 years of shoreline performances at rockaway beach with a site-specific commission by choreographer fae driscoll. on the sand at beach 106 street, free admission. >>

sat 7pm: fun gutter: punks and punchlines meet at fun gutter, a stand-up comedy show with a punk house band. tonight’s show features joyelle johnson, mike mcpartland, kate strobel, xavier maurice, and live music by assemble. hosted by sasha von didkovsky and bailey pope. the cobra club (bushwick), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

sat 7:30pm: picture this! live animated comedy: animators, cartoonists and other artists create on-the-fly drawings of live comedian routines, with often unexpected results. hosted by sam ruddy. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 day-of. >>

sat 8pm: 11th annual joe strummer birthday bash: the clash tribute band straight to hell celebrate the legacy of joe strummer with a concert featuring music from the clash, the mescaleros, the 101ers, and more. tv eye (ridgewood). $15 adv, $18 door. >>

sat 10pm: sandwich comedy: five year anniversary show: comedians serve up freshly assembled material at gastor almonte and jess salomon’s sandwich comedy show. featuring gary gulman, sydnee washington, bassam shawl, jj matise, and alison leiby. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 day-of. >>

sunday

sun 2-10pm: tiki disco: the tiki disco crew hosts another banger outdoor dance party at knockdown center (maspeth). free (rsvp). >>

sun 7:45pm: bechdel exam: women and queers stand-up comedy: dora graham hosts bechdel exam, a stand-up comedy show featuring women and queer performers. tonight: carson olshansky (reductress), irene morales (comedy central), rima parikh (late stage live), robyn lindsay. mood ring (bushwick), free admission. >>

sun 7pm (monthly): new tricks: good tales don’t age at this storytelling show where all of the performers are over 40. hosted by adrianne frost (the moth storyslam champion) with guests ivy eisenberg, jillian thomas, david hu, tracey starin, and melinda buckley. q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>

sun 7:30pm (monthly): good god comedy show: audience members can anonymously share their craziest, cringiest secrets for the hosts to read aloud at this stand-up comedy variety show hosted by caitlin cook, brittany carney, naomi karavani, and shane torres. tonight’s lineup: clare o’ kane, caitlin peluffo, sabrina wu, richard perez, jeff scheen, and talib babb. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

sun 8pm (monthly): beanie babe comedy: the standups and the stuffed animals are full of beans at rebecca kaplan’s comedy show, where a donation will get you a vintage beanie baby to take home. featuring carmen lagala, april boddie, mike suarez, and michael harrison. young ethel’s (park slope), free admission (donations optional). >>

sun 8pm (monthly) disasterpiece movie night: pocket ninjas: from the wondrous to the weird, disasterpiece unearths bad movies for a watch party complete with drinking games, trivia, pizza, and more. tonight’s flick: pocket ninjas (1997). wonderville (bushwick), free admission. >>

monday

mon (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
migration at astoria park great lawn (astoria) >>
rooftop films presents: short films, big city at gansevoort plaza (meatpacking district). >>
teenage mutant ninja turtles: mutant mayhem at cunningham park (fresh meadows) >>

mon 4pm, 7pm (monthly thru december): classics in black + white: she done him wrong: cinema 123 by angelika hosts a series of black + white classics, continuing tonight with lowell sherman’s she done him wrong (1933), starring mae west, carey grant, and owen moore. $22. >>

mon 7pm (monthly): live dubbed sitcoms: comedians improvise new dialogue and plotlines over muted episodes of classic tv sitcoms at the live dubbed sitcoms show. tonight: full house and 2 guys, a girl and a pizza place. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘sitcom’ (reg. $22.35, $23 door). >>

mon 7:30pm: not a boy, not a girl comedy show: will morrison hosts this comedy show outside of the gender binary, returning to crystal lake (williamsburg) with standup by sabrina wu, mateo rodrigo-hurtado, sean thomasson, asher o’briant, lenny bryan, and airhead. $5 adv, $10 door. >>

mon 8pm (monthly): franklin park reading series: the crown heights bar and beer garden presents an evening of fiction writers and memoirists, with readings by laura van den berg (state of paradise), tracy o’neill (woman of interest), amanda lima (craft: stories i wrote for the devil), hyeseung song docile, amy shearn (dear edna sloane), and jason yamas (tweakerworld). books will be available for purchase by unnameable books. free admission. >>

ongoing

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