Living - Activities - Periodic - New York, New York, USA
NYC has many annual or special events, ongoing summer concert series, and recurring art or trade shows
- AIDS Walk: AIDS Walk New York; an annual, 10-kilometer fundraising walkathon
- Art & Antique: art and antique shows in NYC by Sanford Smith; includes Ifpda print fair, modernism, 20th century art, outsider art (displays of self-taught, naive, and similar art), works on paper, and New York Antiquarian book fair
- Auto Show: New York International Automobile Show
- Belmont Stakes: Horse race; final trace of the Triple Crown, held at Long Island's Belmont Park racetrack
- Big Apple Circus: Performing-arts circus; classical circus with animals that have a traditional working relationship with people
- Boat Show: New York National Boat Show; since the world's first boat show in New York in 1905, boats, yachts, and nautical-related stuff has been shown off in this annual event
- Brasil Summerfest: Brazilian music and arts festival
- Chinese New Year: Chinatown
- Circus Amok: Circus-theater company; provides free public art addressing contemporary issues of social justice to the people of New York City
- Columbus Parade: Columbus Day Parade; Columbus Citizens Foundation founded this parade; site includes information about other activities of the foundation
- Crafts Festivals: at Lincoln Center for the Performing Art; American Crafts Festival, Autumn Crafts Festival, Craft and Fine Art Festival
- Dance Parade: and festival down Broadway; free outdoor dance parade and festival; over 70 styles of dance, over 200 dance organizations, and over 10 thousand dancers will dance down Broadway; DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park
- Dog Show Westminster: The Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show; Madison Square Garden, New York City
- Fashion Week: Fashion Week; information about the annual display of fashion collections
- Film Bryant: Bryant Park Summer Film Festival; classic films shown on the lawn behind the NY Public Library
- Film Festival: NYC Film Festival at Lincoln Center; dedicated to film; New York Film Festival; Film Comment Magazine; Gala Tribute
- Fireworks Macy's: Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks
- Fringe Fest: New York International Fringe Festival
- Harlem Week: music, shows, festivals; celebrates Harlem
- HK Dragon: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York
- Horror Film Fest: New York City Horror Film Festival
- Horse Show: National Horse Show; New York--The Metropolitan
- Howl Fest: Howl Festival; celebration of East Village arts, culture, mayhem; fest named after eponymous Ginsberg poem
- Human Rights/Film: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival; presents fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme
- Lincoln Ctr Fest: Lincoln Center Festival; performances and art from around the world at Lincoln Center
- Marathon: ING New York City Marathon; 42.195 kilometer running race through New York's five boroughs
- Mermaid Parade: Parade at Coney Island celebrating the opening of the swimming season; includes mermaids, neptunes, sea creatures, antique cars and other oddities flooding Surf Avenue
- Music Washington Sq: Washington Square Music Festival; free outdoor classical and classic jazz concert series
- Ninth Ave Food Fest: Ninth Avenue International Food Festival; culture and cuisine against the picturesque backdrop of Legendary Times Square
- Open House: Open House NY; annual program of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs
- Out of Doors: Lincoln Center Out of Doors; music, dance, and spoken word to the plazas of Lincoln Center
- Pride Week: New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender; pride march, rally, dance and pridefest
- Pulaski Day Parade: Polish-American hero Casimir Pulaski
- Restaurant Week: New York's restaurants offer special meals for a fixed price
- River 2 River: River (Hudson) to River (East) Festival; Free Arts festival--music, dance, art, architecture, museums, monuments; takes place over months in lower Manhattan
- SOFA Expo: International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art; exhibits of one-of-a-kind three-dimensional works bridging the decorative and fine arts; artwork is for sale
- Stuben Parade: German American Steuben Parade of New York
- SummerStage: Central Park SummerStage; a program of the City Park Foundations, presents performances, free of charge, to serve the diverse communities of New York City
- Thanksgiving Macy's Parade: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Vision Fest: Vision Festival; multi-arts festival devoted to the presentation of innovative American music and arts from an Afro-American perspective and tradition
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