New York City Guide - Special Events

Winter Restaurant Week, Jan, many of the city's best restaurants set low fixed-price menus corresponding to the year, various venues
Manhattan Antiques and Collectibles Triple Pier Expo, Feb, Hudson River
Chinese New Year, early Feb, new lunar year celebrations, Chinatown
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Feb, more than 2,500 champion dogs compete (website: www.westminsterkennelclub.org), Madison Square Garden
New York Flower Show, Apr, Rostra University Arena, Hempstead
Art Expo New York, Mar, Davits Convention Centre (website: www.artexpos.com)
St Patrick's Day Parade, 17 Mar, Irish-American parade, Fifth Avenue
Macy's Flower Show, Apr, Macy's department store, Herald Square
Tartan Day, 14 Apr, 10,000 pipers and drummers march through city streets in celebration of Scotland, Manhattan
Cherry Blossom Festival, mid-Apr, the first signs of New York spring, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Washington Avenue (website: www.bbg.org)
Ninth Avenue International Food Festival, first weekend after Mother's Day, May, culinary street fair, Ninth Avenue
DanceAfrica Festival, last weekend in May, African and African-American dance festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) (website: www.bam.org)
Fleet Week, last weekend in May, a nautical festival hosted by the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Memorial Day weekend, Hudson Harbor (website: www.intrepidmuseum.org)
Summerstage, May-Aug, free outdoor concerts, Central Park (website: www.summerstage.org)
Summer Restaurant Week, Jul, many of the city's best restaurants set low fixed-price menus
Heritage of Pride, Jun, annual lesbian and gay pride march, ending in street festival and dance party, upper Fifth Avenue to the Village (website: www.hopinc.org)
Mermaid Parade, one Sat in late Jun, the city's most informal and most lively parade with a nautical theme, Coney Island (website: www.coneyislandusa.com)
Fourth of July, 4 Jul, annual firework display in celebration of American Independence, over the East River
Mostly Mozart, Jul-Aug, music festival, Avery Fisher Hall (website: www.lincolncenter.org)
Bryant Park, Jun-Aug, free outdoor classic films, Bryant Park, 42nd Street (website: www.bryantpark.org)
Feast of San Gennaro, for 11 days starting the second Thurs in Sep, extravaganza of eating, drinking and merry-making, Mulberry Street in Little Italy (website: www.sangennaro.org)
Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, 31 Oct, exuberant fancy dress procession, along Sixth Avenue
Next Wave Festival, Oct-Dec, avant-garde dance and music festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) (website: www.bam.org)
New York City Marathon, Nov, starts in Staten Island, finishes in Central Park (website: www.nycmarathon.org)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov, New York institution featuring huge hot-air balloons in the shape of cartoon characters, such as Snoopy, the Pink Panther and Betty Bop, Thanksgiving Day, 145 Street to 34th Street
New Year's Eve, 31 Dec, street party, Times Square