NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: UP
at Corporal John A Seravalli Playground (in Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A feisty septuagenarian reluctantly teams up with a young explorer in this Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Film by Pixar. Carl Fredricksen is a 78-year-old balloon salesman who drea
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show - Bend it Like Beckham (2002)
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Pack a picnic, bring a friend, and settle in for a night of premier movies on the Pier!
Category: Film, Waterfront
Free!
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park
at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s most popular series, Pluto TV Movies With A View, shows free outdoor movies on Thursday evenings in July and August
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Movies on the Waterfront - Love & Basketball (2000)
at 145th and the Hudson River (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Pack a picnic, bring a friend, and settle in for a night of premier movies in the Park!
Category: Film, Waterfront
Free!
Friday, August 22, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: RENT
at Entrance - West 171 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Adaptation of the hit musical about New York bohemians. Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Lawn Area
8:15 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
In Kung Fu Panda 4, Po must train a new Dragon Warrior before taking on his unexpected new role as Spiritual Leader.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Moana 2
at Athletic Field (in Corlears Hook Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors,
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Moonstruck
at Open Area (in Athens Square), Queens 

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Loretta Castorini, a Bookkeeper from Brooklyn, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry
Category: Film, Arts, Culture & Fun Series, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Moonstruck
at Open Area (in Athens Square), Queens 

8:00 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
A Brooklyn widow, engaged to a mama's boy, falls in love with her fiancé's brother.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Wish
at Courtney Callender Playground, Manhattan 

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
A young woman named Asha possesses wild wishes for happiness. After making a wish on a starry night, Asha is surprised when Star, a ball of cosmic energy, comes down to accompany her. A
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park
at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s most popular series, Pluto TV Movies With A View, shows free outdoor movies on Thursday evenings in July and August
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Movies on the Waterfront - Audience Choice!
at 145th and the Hudson River (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Pack a picnic, bring a friend, and settle in for a night of premier movies in the Park!
Category: Film, Waterfront
Free!
Friday, August 29, 2025
Brasiliana, The Black Musical that Introduced Brazil to the World
at Thomas Jefferson Park, Manhattan 

5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Brasiliana, the Black Musical that Introduced Brazil to the World, retraces the trajectory of the revue theater company Brasiliana, which toured over 90 countries during its 25 years...
Category: Film, Arts, Culture & Fun Series, Free Summer Movies
Free!
This is Ballroom
at Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn 

5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
This performative documentary moves between a night of competition in Rio’s Ballroom scene, the daily lives of the artists and community members, and theatrical reenactments ...
Category: Film, Arts, Culture & Fun Series, Free Summer Movies, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Field of Dreams
at Baseball Field (in Whitey Ford Field), Queens
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
In this Capra-esque tale, an Iowa farmer builds a baseball field after hearing a mysterious voice—only to be visited by Shoeless Joe Jackson and other ghostly legends of the game.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Crooklyn (1994)
at Lawn Area (in Herbert Von King Park), Brooklyn 

8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Portrait of a close-knit family living in 1970s Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, through the eyes of the youngest daughter, Troy
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Friday, October 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Venom: The Last Dance
at Lawn - along 35th Avenue (in Crocheron Park), Queens 

8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids