New York — week of Thursday, October 22, 2026

Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, and the 53rd Village Halloween Parade steps off at Canal and Sixth at 7, theme "Body & Soul." Anyone in costume can march; everyone else watches free from King Street to 15th.

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Friday, Oct 23

Thundercat, Kings Theatre, Flatbush her thing ✓ Fri Oct 23, 8 PM · Ticketed The bassist and singer plays the 3,000-seat Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue.via TickPick

Saturday, Oct 24

Smorgasburg Williamsburg, Marsha P. Johnson State Park her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24 · Free entry; vendors price their own food The Saturday outdoor food market at 90 Kent Avenue, in the last weeks of its season, which runs through October.via Smorgasburg
Queens Night Market, Flushing Meadows Corona Park her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24, 4 PM–midnight · Free entry The open-air food and merchandise market behind the New York Hall of Science, on the next-to-last Saturday of its fall season.via QNS
Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, Fort Greene Park her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24, 12–1 PM · Free to watch The 28th annual dog costume contest at the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument. Only competing dogs register.via NYC For Free
FAD Market fall pop-up, St. Paul, Cobble Hill her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24–Sun Oct 25 · Free More than 60 makers selling fashion, art, design and handmade goods at 190 Court Street.via Secret NYC
Fall Harvest Festival, Brooklyn Botanic Garden her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24, 11 AM–4 PM · Ticketed Live music, a cider and beer garden, pumpkin decorating and an afternoon costume parade among the fall foliage.via Archtober
Brooklyn Flea, Dumbo Archway her thing ✓ Saturdays and Sundays, 10 AM–5 PM · Free to browse The weekend vintage and antiques market under the Manhattan Bridge archway at 80 Pearl Street.via Brooklyn Flea

Sunday, Oct 25

Court Street Fair, Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights her thing ✓ Sun Oct 25 · Free Street fair on Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon Street, billed as Brooklyn's last of 2026.via Brownstoner

Tuesday, Oct 27

Rachel Brosnahan with Tony Shalhoub and Josie Adams, Symphony Space her thing ✓ Tue Oct 27 · Ticketed; may sell out Brosnahan in conversation with Shalhoub and his daughter about their book, We Thought They'd Never Leave, at 2537 Broadway.via Time Out

Wednesday, Oct 28

Bank of America Winter Village opens, Bryant Park her thing ✓ Opens Wed Oct 28; rink daily · Free skating; skate rental extra The free 17,000-square-foot rink and a holiday market of 180-plus vendors return at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue.via Time Out

Friday, Oct 30

Hereafter Hours, Green-Wood Cemetery her thing ✓ Fri Oct 30, 8 PM and 8:30 PM tours · $45; $36 members A night walking tour that ends inside the Catacombs. Costumes and masks are not permitted; sales are final; bring a flashlight.via Green-Wood via Eventbrite
The Haunted Speakeasy, Newsroom, Long Island City her thing ✓ Fri Oct 30, 10 PM–4 AM · $10 Speakeasy-themed Halloween party at 11-01 43rd Avenue, with a vodka open bar from 10 to 11 PM. Costumes recommended.via Resident Advisor
Rory's Rooftop Halloween Party, Meatpacking her thing ✓ Fri Oct 30 and Sat Oct 31, 9 PM–2 AM · Ticketed; sales final A two-night Halloween party on the roof at 446 West 14th Street. 21 and over.via Resident Advisor

Saturday, Oct 31

53rd Village Halloween Parade, Sixth Avenue her thing ✓ Sat Oct 31, 7 PM · Free to watch and to march in costume This year's theme is Body & Soul, up Sixth Avenue from Canal to 15th Street. Costumed marchers enter at Canal and Sixth, 6:30 to 9 PM.via Village Halloween Parade
Wicked sing-along screening, Symphony Space her thing ✓ Sat Oct 31, 2 PM · $15–18 A Halloween sing-along screening of Wicked at 2537 Broadway, part of Symphony Space's 2026–27 season.via Time Out
Queens Night Market Halloween finale, Flushing Meadows Corona Park her thing ✓ Sat Oct 31, 4 PM–midnight · Free entry The fall season's last night, with trick-or-treating and costume competitions among the food stalls.via QNS
Spooky Snug Harbor Tour, Staten Island her thing ✓ Sat Oct 31, 9–10:30 PM · $30 A Halloween-night walking tour of Snug Harbor's ghost stories and local legends, from the Visitor Information Booth.via NYC Parks

Sunday, Nov 1

TCS New York City Marathon, five boroughs her thing ✓ Sun Nov 1, morning · Free to watch About 60,000 runners go from Staten Island to Central Park through all five boroughs. Clocks fall back that morning.via Rockefeller Center

Planned dates

The Move of the Week

Sat Oct 31: free skating at Bryant Park, then the Village Halloween Parade on Sixth Avenue

An hour on the Bryant Park rink, then three stops down the F to watch the parade on Sixth

Cost: Free; skate rental is the only spend

her kind of night ✓ Manhattan

Saturday Oct 31, 4:00 PM Bank of America Winter Village, Bryant Park, 42nd Street at Sixth Avenue — Opens for the season Oct 28. Skating on the 17,000-square-foot rink is free; rentals cost extra. An hour on the ice, then a lap of the 180-plus market stalls. Sunset is about 5:50; clocks fall back overnight.
6:15 PM Village Halloween Parade, Sixth Avenue from Canal Street to 15th Street — The F from 42 St–Bryant Park, three stops south to 14 St, under 10 minutes. The 53rd parade steps off at Canal at 7, theme Body & Soul; watch anywhere from King Street to 15th, free. In costume? March instead: enter at Canal and Sixth, 6:30 to 9.

Weather backup: The Queens Night Market's Halloween finale runs 4 PM to midnight the same night in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, free entry (in the listings).

Sat Oct 24: the PUPkin dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park, then the Brooklyn Flea in Dumbo

A noon dog-costume contest at the Fort Greene monument, then vintage stalls under the Manhattan Bridge

Cost: Free; the Flea's vendors set their own prices

her kind of night ✓ Brooklyn

Saturday Oct 24, 12:00 PM 28th Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, Fort Greene Park — Free to watch, noon to 1; only competing dogs register. One hour of costumed dogs, then head northwest toward the Manhattan Bridge.
1:30 PM Brooklyn Flea, Dumbo Archway, 80 Pearl Street — About 1.3 miles, roughly 25 minutes on foot from the park. Weekends, free to browse.

Weather backup: FAD Market's 60-plus makers are at 190 Court Street in Cobble Hill the same weekend, free (in the listings).

Sun Oct 25: the Court Street Fair, then FAD Market in Cobble Hill

Brooklyn's last street fair of the year on Court Street, then 60-plus makers just across Atlantic

Cost: Free; vendors at both set their own prices