History Events in New York

Check out happening history events all around New York, NY

265th NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade 2026

 Tue, 17 Mar at 11:00 am Fifth Avenue

Hamilton (NY)

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre

Hamilton (NY)

 Tue, 21 Jul at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre

Hamilton

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre-NY

Ghana Tech Summit - 2026 Ai Edition

 Fri, 24 Apr at 12:00 pm Fordham University School of Law USD 0 to 321

Hamilton

 Fri, 26 Jun at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre-NY

Black History Month: Comedy Night

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm 6 River Ter. Free

Oh, Mary!

 Sat, 18 Apr at 08:30 pm Lyceum Theatre

Richard Barone's VILLAGE NIGHTS, Presented by Village Preservation

 Sun, 22 Mar at 07:00 pm The Bitter End

Valentine's Couple Pizza Class

 Sat, 14 Feb at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 100

Как возникают и исчезают нации

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm SVA Theatre

Oh, Mary!

 Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Lyceum Theatre

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 14 Feb at 11:00 am Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

Special Screening: Hamilton

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:30 pm Cultural Center, Lycée Français de New York Free

Apple: The First 50 Years

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm The Great Hall at The Cooper Union Free

Black History Month: A Century of National Commemorations of Black History

 Mon, 09 Feb at 06:00 pm The David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building Free

Unapologetically Black (In Person)

 Thu, 05 Feb at 05:30 pm 12 W 39th St Free

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Thu, 05 Feb at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Jayne Anne Phillips + Lily King: Small Town Girls

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 14 Feb at 02:30 pm Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

Drag History Hour at the LGBT Center

 Wed, 11 Feb at 05:00 pm The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Free

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm Ellis Island Infectious Disease Hospital USD 428

Wakeupworld Salon: Derek Fordjour

 Wed, 18 Feb at 05:00 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Black on Screen: Pan-Africanism in Practice

 Tue, 10 Feb at 01:00 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Film Series by Glenn Ligon: TAKE THIS HAMMER & FROM ANOTHER PLACE

 Wed, 04 Feb at 06:30 pm Hauser & Wirth Free

BLACK HISTORY COMES ALIVE™: A Masterpiece Concert in Living History™

 Sat, 21 Feb at 05:00 pm P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-first Century Academy for Community Leadership USD 0 to 82

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:30 pm Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

TASTING HISTORY: Make Old-World New York Bagels By Hand!

 Fri, 06 Feb Lower East Side USD 109

Film Series by Glenn Ligon: DEBATE: BALDWIN VS. BUCKLEY

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:30 pm Hauser & Wirth Free

Lectures on Tap-"Valentine’s Day Tales for Cynics: Bad Love Stories & More"

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:30 pm Midtown Manhattan USD 41

Real Estate & Entrepreneur Networking Event -Black History Month Edition!

 Thu, 05 Feb at 05:00 pm The Saint Free

Burnout Paradise

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Astor Place Theatre

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

Black on Screen: Films by William Greaves

 Wed, 04 Feb at 01:00 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Motherhood Unscripted: A Celebration of Caregiving Through Film

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm Cocoon Tribeca USD 13 to 45

Mahler in New York

 Mon, 09 Feb at 06:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

February First Friday Networking Breakfast

 Fri, 06 Feb at 08:00 am Consulate General of Ireland, New York Free

100 Years of BHM by Daniel Simmons: Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Know

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm The People's Forum USD 10

We’re Still Here PhotoWalk

 Sun, 08 Feb at 01:00 pm Harlem Free

City Escape: Little Stony Point FEB08

 Sun, 08 Feb at 09:25 am Grand Central Terminal USD 33 to 43

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Sun, 15 Feb at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Author Event: Heather Ann Thompson's "Fear and Fury"

 Mon, 16 Feb at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

NY Laughs

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:30 pm 6 River Terrace Free

Jamaal Bowman: Anti-Establishment Politics, Hip Hop, and Fighting Fascism

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:30 pm 133 W 21st St., Lecture Hall 101c Free

Film Series by Glenn Ligon: SOUL! Nikki Giovanni & James Baldwin ‘A Convers

 Sat, 07 Feb at 02:00 pm Hauser & Wirth Free

Wendy Osserman Dance Company Celebrates 50th Anniversary with World Premiere of ECHO GLASS

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:30 pm Danspace Project Inc

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

Black Literature: A Device for Equitable Change

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:30 pm Medgar Evers College, CUNY - Edison O. Jackson Auditorium Free

Harlem Arts Alliance "Behind-the-Scenes" Workshops & Practicums

 Sat, 07 Feb at 04:00 pm The Children's Art Carnival Free

Art & Photography Exhibition Exploring Jewish Cuisine, Memory, and Identity

 Fri, 06 Feb at 10:00 am 155 Suffolk St Free

Private Dinner and Lecture Aboard Historic Ship

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Pier 25 at Hudson River Park USD 195

Ballroom Boom Closing night film & party w Adam Clayton (U2)

 Sat, 07 Mar at 07:00 pm Cinema Village USD 34

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

Doing History with Animals

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Sat, 14 Feb at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

AFROSOCIAL New York I Black History Month Networking Event

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm The Yard: Herald Square Coworking Office Space Manhattan Free

The Enchanting Interiors of Bunny Mellon: Paintings by Snowy Campbell

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

A Special Musicale: Celebrating 250 Years of the Franco-American Friendship

 Mon, 09 Mar at 07:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

WRANGLER ARCHIVES GALLERY & POP-UP SHOP

 Thu, 05 Feb 262 Mott St Free

Lecture | The Irish Literary Renaissance

 Mon, 04 May at 06:30 pm The Grolier Club Free

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

2026 Paul Robeson Gala

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:00 pm The Lighthouse USD 0 to 375

Enrique Okenve Inaugural lecture

 Thu, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm 53 Washington Square S Free

Houdini Speaks to the Living

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

TEDxCUNY 2026: PLAYBACK

 Fri, 17 Apr at 09:00 am Gerald W Lynch Theater USD 0 to 70

Grand Central Mystery & History Scavenger Hunt

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm Meet in front of The Oyster Bar Restaurant Dining Concourse USD 32

The 61st Annual Commemoration of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm X

 Sat, 21 Feb at 07:00 pm The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center USD 34 to 109

“Strange Fruit” Presented by Venus Cuffs

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Joe's Pub Free

A Conversation with Smokey Stevens

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Policing Blackness: Resisting Repression, Police Violence, and Surveillance

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:30 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Sat, 04 Apr at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Guided Tour

 Fri, 30 Jan at 02:00 pm Dyckman Farmhouse Museum USD 0 to 7

Queen of Magic, An Homage to Madame Adelaide Herrmann

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Wed, 24 Jun at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

The Importance of Jewelry in Portraiture Drawings: Symbols, Power & Secrets

 Fri, 06 Feb at 02:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

Giving and Receiving: A Conversation with Edward Sullivan and Marica Vilcek

 Wed, 11 Feb at 05:30 pm Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Free

Yekatit 12: The Addis Ababa Massacre

 Thu, 19 Feb at 05:00 pm Columbia's Jerome L. Greene Science Center Free

We Have Never Been Modern (Film Screening)

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall USD 0 to 7

History of New York & USA thru 16mm film Secret Speakeasy Sun Feb 22nd 8pm

 Sun, 22 Feb at 08:00 pm The Museum of Interesting Things - the loft in soho USD 18

Ej Dickson: One Bad Mother

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

MOCA CINEMA - Blurring the Color Line

 Sun, 22 Feb at 02:00 pm Museum of Chinese in America USD 13

Liberation: Memories of Black History

 Mon, 23 Feb at 07:30 pm Sugar Mouse NYC USD 23

Family Romance: An Evening with Jean Strouse

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

The Many Lives of Alexandra Danilova

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Thu, 07 May at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Sat. 2/7, 3-5pm: Victorian Valentines Art Collage Workshop - 6 Year Anniversary Event

 Sat, 07 Feb at 03:00 pm 192 Allen St, New York, NY 10002-1418, United States

Movie Night - Nouvelle Vague

 Wed, 04 Feb at 06:30 pm Cultural Center, Lycée Français de New York Free

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Mon, 22 Jun at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Fri, 22 May at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Thee Most Irish Drink: An Evening with Maura Clare of Smuggling Nun

 Tue, 17 Mar at 08:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

Human Rights Series: The “New” Antisemites

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

The Inquisitor: Film and Talk - Barbara Jordan

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:00 pm The City College of New York Free

100 Years of BHM by Daniel Simmons: Now Is The Time

 Thu, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm The People's Forum USD 10

Matisse in the Americas: Recent Developments in Matisse Studies

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

History Tonight with Jenny Zigrino

 Wed, 25 Feb at 07:00 pm Caveat

The Troublemaker

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

Ballroom: A History, A Movement, A Celebration

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm 20 Cooper Sq Free

Cloaked Crusader Talk and Wine Tasting

 Tue, 10 Feb at 05:30 pm Fraunces Tavern® Museum