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Looking for the best things to do in NYC this weekend? Whether you’re the group planner searching for more things to do in NYC today or you have no plans yet, here are some ideas to add to your list for this weekend: including a first-of-its-kind queer film festival, Oktoberfest festivities, a bike tour through queens and much more, plus free events around town. All you have to do is scroll down to plan your weekend! And start off a great month with our round-up of the best things to do in August.  RECOMMENDED: Full list of the best things to do in NYCRECOMMENDED: The best New York attractions Stay in the Loop: Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest in New York City news, culture and dining. 

The best NYC events in September include everything from last-minute things to do in summer to early fall celebrations, including incredible art and cultural events. Use our events calendar for September to help you schedule all the happenings you don’t want to miss, like Smorgasburg, New York Botanical Garden shows and music festivals. Sure, summer is nearly over, but there's still time to enjoy all of the wonderful things to do outdoors before cold temps usher in the ever beautiful NYC fall with its colorful leaves, apple cider donuts and jack-o'-lanterns galore. RECOMMENDED: Full NYC events calendar for 2026

If you’re looking for the best things to do in NYC this week, or even for today, there are tons of fun options, including an arts festival in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn Public Library exhibit for kids, Oktoberfest celebrations and more, plus awesome free events all over the city. For more ideas, scroll down to see this week's best things to do in NYC. RECOMMENDED: Full list of the best things to do in New York Stay in the Loop: Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest in New York City news, culture and dining. 

Out-of-towners and locals get psyched for the annual Feast of San Gennaro and for good reason: the event includes the best spots in Little Italy. Eat at some of the best Italian restaurants in the city, watch colorful parades, catch live music and soak up all the fun of this early fall festival. RECOMMENDED: Full guide to the best NYC events in September What is the Feast of San Gennaro? Although the Feast of San Gennaro is a celebration of faith (folks tip their hats to the Patron Saint of Naples, Italy) the festive atmosphere, delicious food and colorful processions are what it’s known for. For 11 days, Little Italy is transformed into a red, white and green bash with special guests, live music and lots of fun. Organizers describe it as "the feast of all feasts." When is the Feast of San Gennaro? September 17–27, 2026.  You can count on plenty of food and festival fun throughout the nearly two-week event. Don't miss the Grand Procession on September 26 featuring floats, the statue of San Gennaro, Clarity Festival Band, The Giglio Band and The Italian Fairy. A Solemn High Mass celebrating the patron Saint of Naples will be held on September 19. Here's the full events calendar. Where is the Feast of San Gennaro? The Feast of San Gennaro is located along Mulberry Street between Canal and Houston Streets. Festivities can also be found along Hester Street between Baxter and Centre Streets, as well as on Grand between Baxter Street and Centre Market Place.  The festival stage...

It can be tough building healthy habits in New York, especially once the days get shorter, the temperature drops and the instinct to just stay inside gets a lot stronger. Between the earlier sunsets and the hectic pace of the holidays ahead, it’s easy to let the basics—eating well, moving your body, actually sleeping—slide to the bottom of the list right when your body could use them most. Fear not, though, because the city—which also happens to be the greatest city in the world—is full of free ways to work on it all season long. You just need to know where to look. That’s why we teamed up with NewYork-Presbyterian, whose doctors laid out everyday habits that can support your long-term health goals this fall and winter. NewYork-Presbyterian provides expert care across over 450 locations in New York City and Westchester, with world-class doctors from Columbia and Weill Cornell Medicine. So, think of this as your guide to building healthier habits into city life as the seasons turn. Image: Time OutNYC green market   Local greenmarkets GrowNYC’s Greenmarkets put dozens of farm stands selling fresh produce and minimally processed food together in places from Union Square to neighborhoods across all five boroughs, and they keep running well past summer. Fall brings its own lineup of squash, apples, root vegetables and other seasonal superfoods, the kind of produce built for a pot of soup rather than a salad. It’s great to find what’s fresh, local and in season, and build a...

What do Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hiddleston, Billy Crystal, Raúl Esparza, Ed Harris, Alison Janney and Hayley Atwell have in common? They're just some of the many stars that will be coming to Broadway in the closing months of 2026. Recommended: Complete list of current Broadway Shows Seeing a Broadway show can require quite a lot of planning—and sometimes a leap of faith. You can try to see only the very best Broadway shows by waiting until everything opens and gets reviewed, but by then it is harder to get tickets and good seats. So it's smart to keep an eye on upcoming productions—whether they're original musicals and plays or revivals of time-tested classics—and pick out some promising options in advance. Here, in order of their first performances, are all the productions that are set to begin their Broadway runs in the final few months of 2026. (Other shows will be added when they are announced.) Planning your trip? Bookmark our guide on How to Get Cheap Broadway Tickets to learn the best strategies for saving money. Starting dates at a glance:  September 8: School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls PlaySeptember 25: The Imaginary InvalidSeptember 29: Other Desert CitiesOctober 1: 860October 8: A Few Good MenOctober 15: WantedOctober 17: DownstateOctober 22: The FantasticksOctober 29: Much Ado About NothingNovember 2: Here There Are BlueberriesNovember 10: Galileo and Inter AliaNovember 11: Now You See MeDecember 7: Dolly: A True Original MusicalDecember...

Choosing a favorite restaurant in New York City is a joyful task with myriad possibilities depending on the occasion, mood and even the time of year. Your favorite dive, fine dining destination and neighborhood favorite might all occupy top spots on your personal best list in spite of their disparate qualities.  Our list of NYC’s 45 best restaurants is the same, spanning each of those categories and more to comprise a catalog of all the places we wish we were at right now. They don’t have to be the newest or the most recently reviewed, just places that we’ve been to and want to return to again and again, and that we think that you will, too.  Best NYC restaurants at a glance: For an excellent slice: L'Industrie - The New York slice shop that made us fall in love with Burrata slices, now has a new locale in Little Italy (Little Italy, West Village and Williamsburg) For a spin on a classic diner: Thai Diner – Even six years later, crowds line up for Thai tea babka, French toast, and disco fries from this Thai diner. (NoMad) For killer tacos: Carnitas Ramirez – The taqueria is home to nose-to-tail pork cookery, just in taco form, and it all goes down in a laid-back setting (Lower East Side) For a classic steak: The Dynamo Room - The throwback steakhouse offers prime cuts of steaks and classic cocktails right off of Madison Square Garden (Penn Station) Updated September 2026: There is a certain chill in the air already, isn't there? Now that we've officially flipped...

You don’t have to go all the way to Arthur Ashe Stadium to catch the action of the 2026 US Open, which runs from August 23 to September 13. Skip the tickets and head to one of the city’s watch parties instead, where you’ll find everything from a recreation of the iconic player tunnel for photo opps to your chance to try the US Open’s viral Honey Deuce cocktail.  All summer long, NYC’s best sports bars have been holding it down with huge screens and drink specials. As the season of sports is winding down, you can head back to your favorite watering hole to catch a few more games, or try one of these activations and US Open-themed watch parties. Whether you’re catching a match on a 30-foot outdoor screen or putting your own spin on a game of Red Ball tennis, these bars, restaurants and rooftop watch parties are more than the next-best thing to Arthur Ashe Stadium: they’re destinations themselves.  RECOMMENDED: Full guide to the U.S. Open in NYC

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, and you may be looking for events around NYC to memorialize this solemn day. Over the past two decades, NYC has remembered those we lost in the attacks through music, somber ceremonies, art installations and incredible symbols like the Tower Lights. In 2026, events include vigils, memorials, tribute runs and more. Here are some ways to mark the significant date.

We used to be good at sitting across from someone and having a real conversation, with nothing pulling our attention away from the person in front of us. Somewhere along the way, that got harder. We're all fluent now in the quick reply, the thumbs-up text and saying "sorry, one sec" mid-sentence to answer an email. Sitting with someone and sharing your full attention is starting to feel more like the exception than the rule. Americans are having fewer meaningful conversations than ever, and illy wants to change that… one cup at a time. Enter illy's new pop-up experience: an exclusive, three-day-only affair. There's no cover charge, purchase required or fine print. Just a radiant, light-filled space built around one simple premise: coffee is better when it's shared and conversation is better when you make time for it. In a city that runs at one speed—fast—that alone feels like a small act of empowerment and rebellion. Photograph: Courtesy of illycafféillycaffé is coming to NYC Here's what to expect. illy's baristas will be on hand serving up expertly pulled espresso and walking guests through what actually makes a great cup of coffee, from the origin of the beans to the precision of their espresso machines. Skip the rushed counter order and the paper cup you chug on the way to work in the morning. For three days, you're invited to sit, ask questions and strike up real conversations. It’s less coffee shop, more lux coffee experience (with pastry pairings!) that happens to...