History Events in New York

Check out happening history events all around New York, NY

NBA Eastern Conference First Round: New York Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks - Home Game 4 Series Game 7 (If Necessary)

 Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm Madison Square Garden

50th Anniversary of the Concert of the Century

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm 57th Street and Seventh Ave, New York, NY, United States, New York 10019

WWE: Saturday Night's Main Event

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:00 pm Madison Square Garden

INTREPID: Battle of the Big Bands (May 23, 2026)

 Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm Intrepid Museum USD 53 to 116

Mary Beard

 Tue, 12 May at 07:00 pm Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92nd Street Y

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

Century of Black Theater Making | Hidden Figures Recentered

 Mon, 11 May at 07:00 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

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

The Royal Bloom

 Sat, 09 May at 05:00 pm Museum of the City of New York USD 23

5th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Fest NYC: Black In Action!

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building Free

Roni Ben-Hur

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm Dizzys Club Coca-Cola

July 3 Parade Viewing Party On The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA

 Fri, 03 Jul at 12:00 pm Pier 36 NYC USD 264

Salute To Sunset Party On The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA

 Sat, 04 Jul at 07:30 pm Pier 36 NYC USD 1,038

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm Ellis Is, New York, NY 10004, United States

I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol Glen Matlock + Q&A – NYC Premiere | Doc’n Roll

 Thu, 30 Apr at 08:00 pm Cinema Village USD 21

Death Becomes Her

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Lunt-fontanne Theatre

Decline and Fall

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm New York Society for Ethical Culture USD 34

Lectures on Tap-"How to Fund a Movement: Black Freedom Movement 1955–1975"

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm Lower East Side USD 41

The Harlem in Havana Story: Film Screening & Panel Discussion

 Sat, 09 May at 01:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

HARLEM NIGHTS: Celebrating Dandyism

 Sat, 16 May at 08:00 pm 5th&Mad USD 72

2026 NYCMER Conference - Action!

 Mon, 18 May at 09:00 am American Museum of Natural History USD 0 to 125

Julien Dore

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Town Hall Theatre - NY

Hidden History Museum Tour - Harlem NYC

 Sun, 26 Apr at 01:00 pm The Studio Museum in Harlem Free

Harlem Gospel Experience & History Tour

 Sun, 05 Apr at 09:45 am Apollo Theater USD 75

Indianapolis Children’s Choir Presents: Jubilate Deo at Carnegie Hall

 Wed, 24 Jun at 08:00 pm Carnegie Hall

Lecture | The Irish Literary Renaissance

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

The Grim Game: Houdini's Daring Escapes on the Big Screen

 Fri, 15 May at 06:30 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Roc-A-Natural 5th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Parade & Festival at Tappen Park

Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm Tappen Park- Stapleton

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 11 Apr Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

Mirrors of a Nation

 Sat, 02 May at 02:30 pm Goethe-Institut New York Free

Against Erasure: Black Histories

 Sat, 02 May at 12:00 pm Goethe-Institut New York USD 0 to 23

Allen Ginsberg Centennial

 Wed, 03 Jun at 08:00 pm The Poetry Project USD 10

SALSA TOUR IN NYC 2026

 Fri, 15 May at 09:00 am Harlem-125th Street East Train Station Free

Exhibition Opening: To Uncover and Reveal to the World

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Tavern Night

 Sat, 25 Jul at 06:00 pm Morris-Jumel Mansion USD 55 to 1,069

The Ordinary and the Atrocious

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center USD 0 to 23

Geographies of Extraction: Loss, Power, and Cultural Rematriation

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm AIA New York | Center for Architecture USD 0 to 23

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

Chef's Dinner: When in Rome

 Fri, 01 May Eataly NYC Flatiron USD 147

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 0 to 50

Narrating Palestine: Family, History, and Displacement

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Judson Memorial Church Free

Poetry & History

 Sat, 02 May at 02:30 pm AIA New York | Center for Architecture Free

The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II

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

May Day and the Commons

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm The Great Hall at The Cooper Union Free

Celebration of the Harlem Renaissance: The Literary Salons of 1920s Harlem

 Wed, 29 Apr at 03:30 pm Meet in front of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library USD 29

Author Event: Daniel Root's "The East Village Then and Now"

 Sun, 03 May at 07:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Annual Václav Havel Lecture with economist and philosopher Tomáš Sedláček

 Mon, 04 May at 06:30 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

Burnout Paradise

 Tue, 17 Feb Astor Place Theatre

Trinity Talks: Alexander Hamilton and the Making of America

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm St. Paul's Chapel Free

Hidden Muses of New York Sculpture Walk

 Sat, 09 May at 01:00 pm Pulitzer Fountain USD 23

Next Frontiers Symposium: Day II

 Fri, 08 May at 08:30 am 873 Broadway Free

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 26 Feb 77 Fulton St USD 80

Romancing the Gods: James Baldwin & Gertrude Stein

 Sat, 02 May at 02:00 pm AIA New York | Center for Architecture USD 0 to 23

The Ground Beneath Our Feet: The Border Rewritten

 Sat, 02 May at 02:00 pm The Church of the Village USD 0 to 13

Indigenous Plant Tour with Shane Weeks and Tecumseh Ceaser

 Sun, 26 Apr at 01:00 pm Queens Botanical Garden USD 0 to 6

Duke Ellington Documentary Screening & Discussion with Mercedes Ellington:

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

After5Society - Geography of War: Why We Can’t Stop Fighting

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm Midtown USD 30

FashionSpeak Fridays: Chanel in Vogue

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

The Trilogy of Failure by Wolfgang Koeppen

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

30th Annual American Art Conference: Boundless Horizons

 Wed, 13 May at 05:30 pm Heritage Auctions USD 109 to 375

Casa Kahlo: Frida Kahlo's Home and Sanctuary

 Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Berbere Spice Blending with Beejhy Barhany

 Sun, 26 Apr at 12:00 pm Museum at Eldridge Street USD 59

Akinsanya Kambon “Brunch & Conversation ”

 Sun, 24 May at 11:00 am Sylvia's Restaurant USD 100

FILM SCREENING: Seeds For Liberation

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm The People's Forum USD 13 to 45

Around Manhattan Boat Tour

 Wed, 20 May at 06:20 pm Pier 83 (Circle Line Cruises) USD 111 to 116

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

She Shaped the Seaport: Secrets and Lies

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm A.A. Thomson & Co., South Street Seaport Museum

History That Doesn't Suck With Professor Greg Jackson

 Mon, 15 Jun Sony Hall

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

Harlem Genealogy Fair 2026

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:30 am 360 Lenox Ave Free

Join Us For a Screening of Making Miss Cherrys

 Sat, 30 May at 04:30 pm Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Free

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

History That Doesn't Suck with Professor Greg Jackson at Sony Hall

 Tue, 16 Jun Sony Hall

China Institute Centennial Celebration: Guzheng Tianxia Concert

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm China Institute of America USD 10 to 18

LGBTQ History of Greenwich Village - Walking Tour - NYC

 Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm Christopher Park USD 34 to 45

Sailors’ Snug Harbor Historical Tour

 Sun, 03 May at 01:00 pm Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

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

 Fri, 06 Feb at 06:00 pm Lower East Side USD 109

Sunken Suppers & Coastal Secrets: NYC’s Maritime Food History [Self-Guided]

 Fri, 01 May at 09:00 am Fraunces Tavern Free

Seventh Regiment 25th Anniversary Reunion

 Fri, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Park Avenue Armory USD 50 to 1,069

Battle of Long Island 250th Anniversary: Brooklyn

 Sat, 22 Aug at 08:00 am Oculus World Trade Center Free

⚔️ SAVE THE DATE: Viking Degree & Valhalla Feast! 🌟

 Sat, 02 May at 11:00 am Grand Lodge of the State of New York Free & Accepted Masons

Governors Island Scavenger & History Hunt

 Sun, 26 Apr at 10:15 am Meet at The Battery Maritime Building USD 32

#FREEDOMWALK2026 SACRED MIDWAY POINT NYC EVENT

 Mon, 25 May at 02:00 pm Mother AME Zion Church Free

Presenting Celtic Art in New England

 Fri, 08 May at 07:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

A New Play About Harry Houdini and the Great Beyond

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

Access Family Program: Fly By Design (Children)

 Sun, 26 Apr at 11:00 am Intrepid Museum Free

2026 EDGAR AWARD CELEBRATION

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

VIVA Photo Walk: Chinatown’s Hidden Layers

 Sun, 12 Apr at 04:00 pm Yi Ji Shi Mo 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

Badass Women of New York Walking Tour

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am Grand Central Terminal USD 66

A Diasporic Classroom: Teaching with Stories, Archives, and Culture

 Thu, 07 May at 08:00 am Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Free

Mourn for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living: Workplace Safety and Health and Worker Memorial Day 2026

 Mon, 27 Apr at 05:30 pm Faculty Seminar Room Combined, 105 East 17th Street Free

Remembering Little Syria Walking Tour w/ Asad Dandia

 Sat, 09 May at 11:00 am Whitehall St-South Ferry USD 45

Сюрпризы русской классики: Пушкин, Гоголь, Толстой. Лекция М. Эпштейна

 Tue, 12 May at 07:00 pm White Rabbit's Books USD 23

Jonathan Ezra Goldman presents Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 34

Waterfront Walking Tour: Art and History in Battery Park City

 Fri, 01 May at 11:00 am Battery Park City Library Free

Urban Stomp: Defiant Joy on the Dance Floor

 Tue, 12 May at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

The East Village: Then and Now by Daniel Root

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free