Things to do on a Sunday in New York

New York Liberty fans, your game day center is here.  

Time Out Market New York, Union Square, is screening all of the women's basketball games—and you know who we'll be rooting for. Catch the games on all eight of our TVs across our Market, including the massive dropdown screen. Cheer on your favorite team while enjoying killer cocktails and pitchers of beers alongside incredible game-day bites from each of our kitchens. 

Here's the current list of matchups:

August 8: New York Liberty vs. Las Vegas Aces | 12:30 PM

August 13: New York Liberty vs. Los Angeles Sparks | 8:00 PM

August 15: New York Liberty vs. Connecticut Sun | 1:00 PM

August 22: New York Liberty vs. Indiana Fever | 7:00 PM

August 28: New York Liberty vs. Golden State Valkyries | 8:00 PM

The songs of Québécois nightingale Celine Dion are the stately vessel—or are they the iceberg?—in this campy spoof of James Cameron's 1997 romantic disaster film, written by Marla Mindelle (Sister Act) and Constantine Rousouli (Cruel Intentions) with director Tye Blue. After more than 1,000 performances Off Broadway, the ship sails onto the Main Stem this spring; original stars Mindelle, Rousouli and Frankie Grande are newly flanked by Jim Parsons (!) as meddling mother Ruth Dewitt Bukater and Deborah Cox as the ever-unsinkable Molly Brown. Time Out readers can enjoy a discount of up to 50% on select tickets thru 9/6 by using this link with code TONY26.

Opera under the stars? Yes, please. The Metropolitan Opera’s free Summer HD Festival returns to Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza September 2 through 7, screening five productions from the company’s Live in HD series on a giant outdoor screen. The lineup begins with Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (Act I on Sept. 2, II–III on Sept. 3), followed by Bellini’s I Puritani on September 4, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin on September 5, Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego on September 6 and Puccini’s La Bohème on September 7. Admission (and a feeling of superiority for spending your evening engaged in such a lofty pursuit) is free, with about 2,500 first-come, first-served seats each night.

If your idea of Labor Day weekend involves absolutely no lawns, pools or barbecue, SocaFest 2026 is calling your name. The Caribbean music extravaganza takes over the Brooklyn Museum on Friday, September 4, from 8pm and runs until 3am on Saturday, September 5. Kes the Band, Bunji Garlin, Fay-Ann Lyons and the Viking Band and WCK are bringing the beats, and more artists are still to be announced. Consider this your excuse to start practicing your jumps now.

Every week feels like a fantastical celebration at Coney Island with its spectacular showing of fireworks each Friday night through September 4. Grab a Nathan's Famous frank and snag a comfortable spot on the boardwalk to celebrate the end of the summer's last few work weeks. Fireworks begin at approximately 9:45pm and launch in front of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, providing a breathtaking backdrop to the iconic boardwalk and amusement parks. The show is presented by the Alliance for Coney Island.

The West Indian Day Parade and carnival, the culmination of New York Caribbean Carnival Week, is consistently one of the best things to do over the summer. The event draws close to two million people, so, yeah, you could consider this the most exciting Labor Day Parade NYC has to offer. The parade starts at 11am on Monday, September 7. During the seven-hour carnival, steel-pan and calypso bands in elaborate costumes march down Eastern Parkway, and vendors sell homestyle island eats along the route in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The 2026 route marches on Eastern Parkway from Utica Avenue to Grand Army Plaza.

Make your outdoor eating this Labor Day weekend a little more musical—and a lot fancier than hot dogs on the grill. At Smorgasburg Williamsburg, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is throwing a free community party on Saturday, September 5. Pull Up a Plate features live bands and DJs all day, $9 “Smorgin’ on a Budget” specials from vendors and an Instrument Zoo where music lovers of all ages get hands-on. Java Street Community Garden will also be on hand with gardening info, composting tips and a signature shiso gimlet just for the event. It runs from 11am to 6pm and is free to enter.

The U.S. Open runs from August 23 to September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. Qualifying matches kick things off, with mixed doubles, quad wheelchair matches, and men's and women's singles all rounding out the three-weeks of competition. The main draw runs from August 30 through the tournament's end. Here's the full schedule of events.

Grab the fam and head to Historic Richmond Town, a preserved museum village dating from the late 17th century, for its annual county fair—this year marking 46 years of summer fun. The Richmond County Fair combines classic fairground festivities with a unique touch of Staten Island history, including signature demonstrations of historical trades by costumed interpreters.

Play bingo, try a three-legged race, see aerial shows, be awed by stilt walkers, shop for local crafts, hear from storytellers and lots more. Plus, come hungry for fair fare like empanadas, lobster rolls, rice balls, funnel cakes and zeppole.  

All the fun is for a good cause, as proceeds support Historic Richmond Town's mission to preserve and share local history.

Every Saturday at Xanadu, combine two of the best (and most fun) things to come out of the '70s: disco and roller skating. Starting at noon, the Bushwick roller rink becomes your daytime playground for a glittery afternoon of skating, disco and general good times on wheels. The all-ages skate sesh runs until 6pm, with a soundtrack of disco, house and pop keeping the rink moving. Bring your own skates or rent a pair on-site to boogie down on Xanadu’s 7,000-square-foot maple floor. Olivia Newton-John not included.

Trying to make it a group hang? If you've got seven or more people tagging along, you can reserve a booth.