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Take in some tunes in New York City's great outdoors. Musicians from around the world perform everything from opera to hip hop to world music, all in a park near you.
Concerts Events
Saturday, October 18, 2025
HONK! NYC Festival: A Day-Into-Night HONK! Happening
at La Plaza Cultural, Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
HONK! NYC is an annual festival of street bands, such as brass bands, rara, samba, etc. Come to La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez to enjoy this free show!
Free!
REIMAGINING: Fall Get-Together
at Enslaved Burial Ground (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx 
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
VCPA’s Fall Get-Together is our final REIMAGINING event of the season. We look forward to an afternoon of interactive music and art.
Free!
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Fall 2025 Overlook Concerts
at 116th Street Overlook (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join Riverside Park Conservancy for concerts featuring jazz, blues, and more.
Free!
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Mariel Bildsten Sextet - Tribute to Cutty Cutshall
at Oak Ridge (in Forest Park), Queens
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Enjoy an afternoon of classic jazz honoring Cutty Cutshall, Woodhaven's only musician to be included in the prestigious Queens Jazz Trail Map.
Free!
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Batty Over Halloween 2025
at Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join us for a puppet show, Performances by Local Art Schools and Performance Centers
Face Painting, Arts& Crafts Station, and Balloon Art
Free!
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Friday, October 31, 2025
Hippo Playground Halloween Parade
at Hippo Playground (in Riverside Park), Manhattan , Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Put on your favorite costume and parade to the Playground for music, treats, and Halloween fun.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos
at Wave Hill, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Celebrate Día de los Muertos with a day of family-friendly activities that include artmaking, storytelling and more!
Event
Caribbean Connections
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join Van Cortlandt House Museum and Van Cortlandt Park Alliance for an afternoon that brings together history, music, and flavor.
Free!
Caribbean Connections: Tying History & Music Together
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore early New York’s Caribbean and Latin American ties with live music by Juan Usera, a museum tour, and a taste of Caribbean flavors!
Free!
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Juntas Chicas: Day of the Dead Celebration and Performance
at Oak Ridge (in Forest Park), Queens
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Juntas Chicas presents a family-friendly program, with live music, face painting and a community ofrenda to celebrate the Day of the Dead.
Presented by Goodhaven, Forest Park Trust, Flushing Town Hall and Senator Joe Addabbo
Free!
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Avirodh Sharma and Rohan Misra - Indian Classical Music and Beyond
at Oak Ridge (in Forest Park), Queens
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
World-class tabla player Avirodh Sharma is joined by Rohan Misra on sarangi, for a family-friendly afternoon of Indian Classical music.
Presented by Goodhaven, Forest Park Trust, Flushing Town Hall and Senator Joe Addabbo
Free!
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
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