Events
St Patrick's Day Parade
On St Patrick’s Day every year thousands of Irish
Americans head down 5th Avenue in New York’s largest street
parade. The day begins with a morning mass in St Patrick’s
Cathedral, after which the parade marches up 5th Avenue, clan by
clan, from 44th...
see full detailsTimes Square New Year’s Eve Celebrations
Times Square boasts one of the largest New Year’s Eve
celebrations in the world and the biggest party in New York. The
famous lowering of the New Year’s Eve Ball signifies the
60-second countdown to midnight and the tradition has become a
worldwide symbol...
see full detailsWinter Solstice Concert
Making use of the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, the
interior is turned into a stage for the musical, theatrical, dance
and environmental spectacle that is an annual holiday tradition in
celebration of the shortest day and longest night of the year....
see full detailsNinth Avenue International Food Festival
More than a million hungry people descend on the Hell's Kitchen
neighbourhood for two days each May to sample the delights offered
at one of New York's finest street fairs. Ninth Avenue's
restaurants and food stores cover a vast range of ethnic cuisines,
which...
see full detailsGay Pride Week and March
Rainbow flags flutter in Greenwich Village during New York's
Lesbian and Gay Pride Week, with numerous events arranged to
commemorate the Stonewall Riot. Highlights of the week's
festivities are a massive rally, the dance on the pier and the
culminating march.
...
see full detailsMacy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular
Independence Day is celebrated throughout the States, but
nowhere more than in New York City. Although many locals leave to
spend the holiday on Long Island or in Upstate New York, thousands
of others stay behind to watch Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks
Spectacular....
see full detailsVillage Halloween Parade
What started out as a walk from house to house in the
neighbourhood for friends and family by a mask maker and puppeteer
in 1973, is today the largest celebration of its kind in the world,
and one of New York's most colourful...
see full detailsING New York City Marathon
As the world’s largest marathon with more than 35,000
runners from around the world, only London ranks alongside New York
in terms of prestige. The race passes through all of New York
City's five boroughs before finishing in Central Park and is an
entertaining...
see full detailsPier Antiques Show
The internationally renowned Pier Antiques show is attended by
celebrities, major designers and decorators from around the
country, as well as shoppers from around the world. Over 500
exhibits completes the largest art and antiques event in New York,
while Fashion Alley holds a...
see full detailsMacy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Thanksgiving (originally a harvest festival) is celebrated
across the United States as families get together and feast on
huge helpings of roast turkey. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is
one of the Big Apple’s most dynamic and colourful events that
takes the celebrations one stage further. Its origins...
see full detailsChinese New Year
New York City's Chinatown is the largest in the United States
and the site of the largest concentration of Chinese in the western
hemisphere; a visit here feels like being in the country itself. It
is a must-see on the opening day of...
see full detailsCommerce Bank Five Boro Bike Tour
The biggest cycling event in the USA, the bike tour sees 30,000
cyclists pedalling through the five boroughs of New York City on 42
miles (68km) of traffic-free avenues, highways and bridges,
including the world's longest single-span suspension bridge, the
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The route...
see full detailsCentral Park SummerStage
Summer Stage is one of New York's greatest institutions, and
every summer Central Park is filled with music, theatre, opera and
dance. There is a different performance every Saturday and Sunday
afternoon, and also usually on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings, and most are...
see full detailsUS Open Tennis Tournament
The top names and seeds vie for victory in the final Grand Slam
event of the season in New York each year. Singles, doubles, men's
and ladies, and mixed doubles make up the five separate tournaments
within the championship. Held annually at Flushing...
see full detailsNew York Fashion Week
The fashion gurus, gorgeous models and Hollywood brass pop into
the Big Apple to check out the latest on the catwalk for next
year's Spring Collection. All the top names will be displaying
their stuff but it is almost impossible for the general...
see full detailsBroadway on Broadway
A quintessential New York City event, Broadway on Broadway is
the theatre season's annual kick-off event where live shows from
almost every play and musical on Broadway, as well as sneak
previews of shows for the new season, are performed on a giant
outdoor...
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