History Events in New York
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INTREPID: Battle of the Big Bands (May 23, 2026)
Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm
Intrepid Museum
USD 53 to 133
HESTER STREET FAIR: BLOCK PARTY
Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am
East Broadway
Free
60 Minute Statue of Liberty Tours Boat Cruise NEW YORK CITY NYC
Fri, 10 Apr at 11:00 am
Pier 36 NYC
USD 45
The Seventeenth Annual Catholic Charities Gala
Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm
American Museum of Natural History
USD 0 to 100,000
5th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Fest NYC: Black In Action!
Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am
Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building
Free
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm
The Battery/Castle Clinton
Free
Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)
Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am
Lower Manhattan
USD 44
2026 Harlem Culture Crawl: A Weekend of Art, Music, History and Community
Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am
Multiple locations, Harlem, New York
Free
LAST CHANCE! Exclusive Access: Ellis Island Infectious Disease Hospital
Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm
Ellis Island Infectious Disease Hospital
USD 428
Statue of Liberty & Manhattan Skyline Sightseeing Cruise
Mon, 27 Jul at 11:00 am
Pier 36 NYC
USD 13 to 40
Twilight Tour: Death in New York (Lower Manhattan)
Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm
Lower Manhattan
USD 38
Seneca Village - Sacred Sites Open House
Sat, 16 May at 01:00 pm
Seneca Village Site
Free
Harlem Gospel Experience & History Tour
Sun, 05 Apr at 09:45 am
Apollo Theater
USD 75
HARLEM NIGHTS: Celebrating Dandyism
Sat, 16 May at 08:00 pm
5th&Mad
USD 72
45 MIN - 1 HOUR STATUE OF LIBERTY & ELLIS ISLAND TOURS
Sat, 09 May at 11:00 am
Pier 36 NYC
USD 34
Apotheke Academy - PROHIBITION ERA
Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm
Apotheke
USD 200
Gay Bars That Are Gone 2026
Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm
264 W 43rd St
Free
Queer History and Culture Trivia Night
Wed, 27 May at 06:00 pm
Henrietta Hudson
USD 0 to 34
The 28th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival – Festival Sefarad
Sun, 31 May at 07:30 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Parade of Sail Reservation On The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA
Sat, 04 Jul at 05:00 am
Pier 36 NYC
USD 10,308
Death Becomes Her
Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm
Lunt-fontanne Theatre
July 3rd Preview Sail Reservation On The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA
Fri, 03 Jul at 04:00 pm
Pier 36 NYC
USD 5,158
FINAL OPPORTUNITY! Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital
Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm
Ellis Is, New York, NY 10004, United States
2026 NYCMER Conference - Action!
Mon, 18 May at 09:00 am
American Museum of Natural History
USD 0 to 125
LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC
Sat, 11 Apr
Metropolitan Museum of Art
USD 61 to 77
West Village Pub Tour Traces Roots of LGBTQ+ Culture - Walking Tour
Sat, 19 Sep at 03:00 pm
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center - New York
USD 39 to 50
Lectures on Tap - "The History of Disney"
Mon, 25 May at 06:30 pm
Chelsea
USD 41
Roni Ben-Hur
Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm
Dizzys Club Coca-Cola
Indianapolis Children’s Choir Presents: Jubilate Deo at Carnegie Hall
Wed, 24 Jun at 08:00 pm
Carnegie Hall
Tavern Night
Sat, 25 Jul at 06:00 pm
Morris-Jumel Mansion
USD 55 to 1,069
Literary Pub Crawl
Sat, 16 May at 02:00 pm
Free Walking Tour New York
USD 49
Salute To Sunset Party On The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA
Sat, 04 Jul at 07:30 pm
Pier 36 NYC
USD 1,038
Allen Ginsberg Centennial
Wed, 03 Jun at 08:00 pm
The Poetry Project
USD 10
Lower East Side Murder Mystery, New York Outdoor Exploration Game
Mon, 01 Jun at 12:01 am
205 E Houston St
USD 13
July 3 Parade Viewing Party On The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA
Fri, 03 Jul at 12:00 pm
Pier 36 NYC
USD 264
Pizza, Chocolate and City Fun: Private Family Tour (up to 8 guests)
Wed, 22 Apr at 11:00 am
Harry Potter Shop New York
USD 322
NYC Free Tour por Times Square, Broadway, Grand Central y la NY Biblioteca
Sat, 28 Feb at 03:00 pm
Bryant Park Public Restroom
Free
Burnout Paradise
Tue, 17 Feb
Astor Place Theatre
MAY YPE tour: the past, present, and future of NYC's electricity grid
Sun, 17 May at 11:30 am
33 Gold St
USD 45
Legends and Lore of Fifth Avenue
Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am
17 E 49th St
USD 75
Sacred Sites Open House: Abyssinian Baptist Church
Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am
The Abyssinian Baptist Church
Free
West Village Pub Tour Traces Roots of LGBTQ+ Culture - Walking Tour - NYC
Sat, 18 Jul at 03:00 pm
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center - New York
USD 39 to 50
Harlem Culture Crawl: Bearden’s Harlem - A Guided Walking Tour
Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am
233 W 125th St
Free
Roc-A-Natural 5th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Parade & Festival at Tappen Park
Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm
Tappen Park- Stapleton
Akinsanya Kambon “Brunch & Conversation ”
Sun, 24 May at 11:00 am
Sylvia's Restaurant
USD 100
Decades of Dance: Bridgerton Waltz Edition
Mon, 25 May at 12:00 pm
Central Park South
USD 71
Lectures on Tap - "Prohibition: What Did We Learn"
Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm
Upper West Side
USD 41
Pizza Making Class
Thu, 26 Feb
77 Fulton St
USD 80
PRIDE & PRESERVATION: 20th Century Figures Who Shaped the Movement
Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm
The J.M. Kaplan Fund
Free
A Sea of Islands: U.S. Territories in Relation
Wed, 10 Jun at 09:00 am
CENTRO in El Barrio
Free
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Fri, 19 Jun at 11:30 am
Rockefeller Park
Free
Neighborhood Day in the Heights
Sat, 30 May at 01:00 pm
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum
Free
Stewarding Artistic Legacy at Soft Network: Life and Work of Sheyla Baykal
Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm
The National Arts Club
Free
Hidden Muses of New York Sculpture Walk
Sat, 13 Jun at 01:00 pm
Pulitzer Fountain
USD 23
SALSA TOUR 116TH FESTIVAL IN NYC 2026
Sat, 13 Jun at 09:00 am
Harlem-125th Street East Train Station
Free
Celebrating America’s 250th through the Great American Songbook
Mon, 15 Jun at 06:30 pm
The National Arts Club
Free
The Taverns of New York: A Cocktail Themed Tour of Colonial Manhattan
Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm
Zuccotti Park
USD 8 to 75
LGBTQ+ History of Greenwich Village - Walking Tour - NYC
Sat, 20 Jun at 02:00 pm
Christopher Park
USD 34 to 45
Culinary Institute Of America Lunch & FDR Mansion & Library Tour
Sat, 16 May at 08:56 am
Take the 8:56 am Metro North Train to Pougkeepsie, NY
USD 182
30th Annual American Art Conference: Boundless Horizons
Thu, 14 May at 08:30 am
Heritage Auctions
USD 109 to 375
Harlem Renaissance 2.0: The Blueprint of Belonging
Sun, 17 May at 02:00 pm
The Forum at Columbia University
Free
FILM SCREENING: Seeds for Liberation
Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm
The People's Forum
USD 13 to 45
Harlem Genealogy Fair 2026
Sat, 13 Jun at 11:30 am
360 Lenox Ave
Free
HORT/CULTURE: Eric Sanderson + Legs McNeil
Wed, 23 Sep at 07:00 pm
Nine Orchard
USD 0 to 29
Reel Sisters Screens Black Girl
Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm
The Riverside Theatre
USD 9
Chester Higgins in Conversation with Diana McClure
Wed, 17 Jun at 06:00 pm
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
Free
Join Us For a Screening of Making Miss Cherrys
Sat, 30 May at 04:30 pm
Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center
Free
Good Dogs of Gotham: The Working Dogs Who Built New York
Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm
AKC Museum of the Dog
АЛЕКСЕЙ БУДОВСКИЙ. Ближнее Надбоготье
Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm
White Rabbit's Books
USD 39
Spooky Season Bus Trip from NYC to Salem, MA 10/31/2026
Sat, 31 Oct at 06:30 am
523 9th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
USD 107 to 119
#FREEDOMWALK2026 SACRED MIDWAY POINT NYC EVENT
Mon, 25 May at 02:00 pm
Mother AME Zion Church
Free
Alexander Hamilton's New York Outdoor Exploration Game
Mon, 01 Jun at 12:00 am
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
USD 13
A New Play About Harry Houdini and the Great Beyond
Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm
The National Arts Club
Free
UnBroken Screening honoring the Weber Siblings' 80th Anniversary in America
Sun, 17 May at 11:00 am
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Free
Inwood Hill Park Storytelling Field Trip in NYC
Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am
Inwood Hill Park Main Entrance
Free
Banned Secret Speakeasy Sunday June 28th 8pm
Sun, 28 Jun at 08:00 pm
The Museum of Interesting Things Secret Speakeasy
USD 18
Family-Friendly Walking Tour of Washington Square Park
Fri, 22 May at 11:00 am
Washington Square Arch
Free
Archive
Sat, 19 Sep at 09:00 am
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
USD 104 to 242
Author Talk: Cinematic Immunity by Michael Lee Nirenberg
Fri, 05 Jun at 05:30 pm
New Amsterdam Library
Free
Free Talk & Guided Tour - Squatting & Environmental Activism History
Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm
Tompkins Square Library
Free
NYIFF 2026 - Special Pre-festival Screening - Sholay
Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm
Theatre 1, Village East by Angelika
USD 55 to 162
THE SPIRIT OF 1776: A 250th Anniversary Celebration in Song
Sat, 16 May at 07:00 pm
St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church
USD 30 to 45
Нью-Амстердам → Нью-Йорк и его первые еврейские жители
Sun, 17 May at 11:00 am
National Museum of the American Indian
USD 55
Diaspora & Art Film Festival presents Monument - a film by Bryan Singer
Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm
Center for Jewish History
Free
The Ghost of Wall Street Outdoor Exploration Game
Mon, 01 Jun at 12:00 am
Evacuation Day Plaza
USD 10
Polyhymnia and Concordian Dawn: A Path to Transcendence
Sat, 16 May at 07:30 pm
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
USD 28 to 38
Conifers I - The Pine Family: Tree Identification Workshop (10am-12)
Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am
Naturalists' Gate, below statue of Alexander Von Humboldt
USD 21
Angine de Poitrine (16+)
Wed, 09 Sep at 11:00 pm
Le Poisson Rouge
Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour
Sat, 14 Mar
The Vincent Astor Gallery, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Free
Amanda Vaill | Pride and Pleasure: Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution
Wed, 03 Jun at 06:30 pm
The National Arts Club
Free
America's 250th in Music & Lore
Sun, 17 May at 05:00 pm
St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church
Cuzco Time Capsule: Photographs from a Bygone Era by Michael Page Miller
Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm
Soho Photo Gallery
Free
What’s Happening? Film Series: Get on the Bus: Community Filmmaking in NYC
Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium
Free
Red, Hype & Blue: What 1976 Reveals About America at 250
Tue, 02 Jun at 06:30 pm
Fabrik NYC
USD 41
Pitchers of American Life: A Book Talk with Ezra Shales
Tue, 02 Jun at 07:30 pm
Greenwich House Theater
Free
Muted Genius: Miles Davis at 100
Fri, 29 May at 07:30 pm
The Apollo's Jonelle Procope Theater
Around Manhattan Boat Tour
Wed, 20 May at 06:20 pm
Pier 83 (Circle Line Cruises)
USD 111 to 116
Sunken Suppers & Coastal Secrets: NYC’s Maritime Food History
Tue, 22 Sep at 06:00 pm
Tall Ship Wavertree, South Street Seaport Museum
USD 30
Arts Caucus Museum Tour: The Museum of the City of New York
Sat, 16 May at 03:00 pm
Museum of the City of New York
USD 0 to 50
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse...
Sat, 06 Jun at 05:00 pm
Hauser & Wirth
Free
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