May 2026

• Toñitas Fest
• Re-United Pride 2026
• Youth Pride
• Miniso Yoyo Art Exhibition
• Famous Food Festival
• FIFA World Cup Comes To Life at Paley Museum
• Morgan After Hours: Pride
• Philippines Fest
• Roosevelt Island Day
• Astoria Park Carnival
• The Town Hall Presents John Cameron Mitchell & Friends
• The Great Nosh
• Queens Pride
• The Legend of Burlesque: Breasts of the Wild
• World Gin Week
• Upright Citizens Brigade's DCM '26
• Universal Westerns at MoMA
• Summer at the Terminal series
• The best things to do in NYC this weekend
• The 2026 TONY* Nominations
• Free outdoor theater this summer in New York
• Off Broadway shows, reviews, tickets and listings
• Romeo and Juliet
• Shukette
• How to get free Shakespeare in the Park tickets
• These 13 NYC restaurants were just named some of the best in North America
• The complete guide to Shakespeare in the Park in NYC
• The Finals at Time Out Market
• QC New York
• Julius Caesar
• Manhatta’s Sky-High 4th of July
• Una Pizza Napoletana was yet again named the best pizzeria in the U.S.—but L'Industrie won in the slice category
• Doughnut Plant was just voted one of the best local donut shops in the U.S.
• Brown Bag Sandwich Co
• Hawksmoor x Three Sheets
• These are the 5 beaches closest to MetLife Stadium for a dip during the World Cup
• This massive free four-day comedy festival is coming back to Union Square next month
• The 22 best Italian restaurants in NYC
• The MTA is presenting over 50 free outdoor music performances across town this summer
• The famous People's Beach bathhouse in the Rockaways is reopening after 54 years—courtesy of an $88 million revamp
• A pinsa kiosk selling Roman-style flatbreads is popping up near Madison Square Park starting today
• Is President Donald Trump coming to NYC for the Knicks NBA final?
• Danny Meyer's award-winning Union Square Hospitality Group is opening its first-ever full-service restaurant in Brooklyn in 2028
• Amazon is placing free new release books inside this Amazon Locker location in the Bronx
• Bat Haus
• A Guide to Manhattanhenge 2026 in NYC
• The 8 best dinner cruises in NYC this summer
• Soho Diner
• Theater review: The Heated Rivalry musical shoots and scores
• Balera
• Hundreds of NYC restaurants and bars will offer $26 specials in honor of the World Cup
• Cafe Carmellini
• 12 Revolutionary War artworks take over Lower Manhattan ahead of the country's 250 birthday
• This viral cookie brand is opening its first-ever brick-and-mortar in Williamsburg tomorrow
• You can step inside a real-life episode of 'Black Mirror' at The Shed this summer
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
• Kiwami
• The Garden Bar ice cream cart is back at MoMA for the summer
• The city just approved plans for a new $11 million skate park in Brooklyn
• NYC was just voted the most sinful city in the U.S.
• StreetEasy lets you book NYC restaurant reservations and experiences 20 years in advance
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus is finally coming to Broadway and she’s bringing an all-star cast with her
• This stunning new Shakespeare theater just opened in the Hudson Valley—and it’s the first of its kind in America
• See iconic artworks like the ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘The Scream’ made entirely of kibble at this new quirky exhibit
• You can now tour this famous puppeteer’s Long Island City studio for the first time ever
• Don't cry, Broadway—Rachel Zegler will bring her Evita here
• This hotel stay includes three free books chosen just for you by the New York Public Library
• Videos of Knicks fans celebrating the team's historical win are giving me life
• The Eighty Six
• PSYCHOSPHERE: An Exhibition About Collective Consciousness
• NYC's best summer music festivals of 2026
• Brooklyn Guitar Festival
• The best things to do in NYC this summer
• Declaration of Independence at NYPL
• Memorial Day Traffic is expected to be brutal around NYC—here are the best and worst times to drive
• The owner behind Smashed NYC is getting into the rotisserie chicken game
• The NYC Ferry service is getting a boost just in time for the World Cup
• Here's how New Yorkers can score $50 World Cup tickets
• Get lost in time—and devour a prehistoric feast—at Storm King’s new exhibitions
• This colorfully vibrant mural on the Governors Island Ferry is the first of its kind
• Confidant
• These six NYC bars were just voted best in the nation
• The Ordinary is launching a free bus between Williamsburg and Prospect Park this summer
• It's official: Penn Station is getting a massive upgrade and Madison Square Garden is not moving
• Here are the cleanest and dirtiest beaches on the Long Island Sound
• Breads Bakery now makes hot dog and burger buns and we're suddenly in the mood for BBQ
• The team behind one of Tokyo’s best bars is shaking up wasabi gin and tonics in the West Village
• Bar Susanne
• Or'esh
• A new Apple TV+ comedy all about Harlem restaurant Melba's is in the works
• Check out the design proposals for a new monument in Queens that will honor jazz icon Billie Holiday
• Wendy’s is hosting a Wendy lookalike competition in NYC next week
• Kisa's Late Nigh Kimchi Class
• Play an enormous game of musical chairs with strangers at Bryant Park next month
• An all-out oxtail only showdown is coming to NYC this summer
• Katz’s just reopened a secret dining room that has been hidden from the public for eight decades
• A new interactive game show is opening a flagship in NYC
• Two of the best bars in Australia are taking over Stone & Soil in the Flatiron in June
• This popular weed festival is happening on the summer solstice this year, complete with DJ sets, samplings and more
• Sunset DJ Sessions at QC Spa
• NYBG is throwing a massive flower-powered psychedelic garden party this summer
• This popular midtown rooftop bar just transformed into an immersive playground with retro charm
• A second NYC-owned grocery store is opening in Hunts Point next year
• The LIRR strike is officially over but trains are not yet running
• Sawa x Edy’s Grocer : A very special brunch for Lebanon
• Fanatics Fest
• PrideFest
• NYC Pride March
• New York Mets Pride Night
• Coney Island Mermaid Parade
• NYC Pride Ride
• NYC beaches are reopening for the summer season this weekend!
• A new dedicated bus lane in Queens will get folks to LaGuardia Airport much faster than before (hopefully)
• This new restaurant on the Upper East Side lets you buy sushi by the pound
• Criminal Queerness Festival
• Eataly - Short Hills
• Memorial Day in NYC guide to memorial services and parades
• FilmAfrica at BAM
• Watch: ‘The Gilded Age’ filmed a giant parade in the Financial District last weekend
• Anime After Dark burlesque show
• Access Fashion History: Isle of Monday’s One-Weekend Rental Suite Pop-Up
• 2026 Harlem Culture Crawl
• Teens Take the Met
• Crunch Fitness 90s Pop-Up
• Dinner to Die For murder mystery
• LIVE! Concerts at the Wells Fargo Stage
• New York City Circa 1960: Works From the Collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr.
• Brooklyn’s Theodora is taking over Governors Island this summer
• The best bars in NYC right now
• The best Memorial Day weekend events in NYC for 2026
• Memorial Day Weekend at Intrepid
• Little Neck–Douglaston Memorial Day Parade
• Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade
• Free Shakespeare in the Park's 'Romeo & Juliet' starts performances next week
• The American Museum of Natural History is hosting an exciting lineup of World Cup-specific programming
• Beloved drive-in fast food chain Sonic just debuted a new location in the Bronx
• A Radiohead experience just opened in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
• Dante Aperitivo
• See renderings of the new Brooklyn Brewery at 1 Wythe Avenue, set to open this summer
• Madonna, Shakira and BTS will officially co-headline the FIFA World Cup final halftime show at MetLife in July
• The Met is merging with the Neue Galerie: here is what that means
• A Gramercy Tavern alum is the face behind a new Korean-Italian trattoria in the East Village
• World Cup shuttle bus prices for round trips have just been lowered to $20
• You can now register for a free large-scale World Cup viewing event on Long Island
• Governor Hochul warned New Yorkers that they may have to work from home if the LIRR strikes
• The talents behind Kellogg’s Diner and Nura just opened an excellent raw bar and restaurant in Williamsburg
• Ellen's Stardust Diner in Times Square is hosting a special Miss Subways reunion this summer
• One of Miami’s best restaurants is taking over this NYC cocktail bar for just two days
• Eataly Flatiron
• There's a new AI assistant at LaGuardia Airport and it's a hologram named Bridget
• Pride Night at the Museum
• Jazz Age Lawn Party
• This sold-out NYC Jewish food festival on Governors Island is coming back this summer
• There's a striking new biomorphic sculpture outside the New Museum. Here is what it is all about
• The 2007 horror film ‘Paranormal Activity’ is getting the Broadway treatment this summer
• Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
• This Michelin-starred Indian restaurant from Chicago is opening in NYC
• The Coney Island Book Fair
• Stone & Soil
• The Whitney is hosting a special edition of its beloved free Friday nights with the New York Liberty
• Etrusca
• EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Mamdani is kicking off a scavenger hunt-like NYC Neighborhood Passport for the World Cup
• Three enormous totems have been erected in Brooklyn Bridge Park by the water. Here’s what they mean.
• Bryant Park is hosting a giant free reading party on its lawn this summer
• Radio Bakery is opening its first Manhattan location on the Upper West Side next year!
• EXCLUSIVE: Iconic NYC home goods store Fishs Eddy is opening a third location inside Chelsea Market
• The 'New York Times' just named this Caribbean stunner the best restaurant in all of New York
• Car-free 'Soccer Streets' and block-party-style celebrations are coming to NYC
• Spectators are part of the show at this immersive murder mystery opera opening in Brooklyn
• Eataly - Downtown
• These NYC bars are participating in the first-ever World Gin Week
• This 90-minute live magic workshop for adults might actually be worth the money
• These two popular sweet shops in NYC are debuting collab ice cream sandwiches this summer
• Top New York stories
• The best certificate programs and certifications in NYC
• Lincoln Center is building a new 2,000-person theater, which will anchor a novel garden space
• A new thermal bathing club opened in NoHo this week and it looks so relaxing
• FIFA World Cup 2026 New York: Match schedules, tickets and how to get there
• Brooklyn Museum is opening a wild futuristic fashion exhibition next week
• Patties & Pals at Bar Kabawa
• Japan's famous conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain is coming to NYC this fall
• The Life of Reilly
• The Receptionist
• Avenida
• Here’s where you can find a killer $14 lunch deal in Union Square
• Melissa Ben-Ishay on the success of Baked by Melissa, her new cookbook and favorite NYC restaurants
• The best art classes in NYC
• Miles Davis Centennial at Smoke Jazz Club
• Flower Power at NYBG
• Move NYC
• THE CIRCUIT: An Immersive Silent Disco Ballet
• Sounds That Move Festival
• Japan Parade
• The NYC Water Tower Tour
• All the Single Mothers film series at Metrograph
• Little Birds and Our Daily Prayers
• Night of a Thousand Gossip Girls
• Audible Story House
• Run for the Roses: Presented by Woodford Reserve
• The Grilling: Michael Ayoub tells us where to get the best slice of pizza in NYC
• HistoryMiami Museum officially has a new name
• The 2026 Celebrate Brooklyn lineup of free concerts is here
• Free yoga in Bryant Park is back for the season! Check out the full schedule
• After all that uproar, the NJ Transit will reduce World Cup fares... but tickets will still run over $100
• A new 29-room boutique hotel is opening in Montauk today
• A Tribeca pop-up just opened displaying all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files—that's 17,000 pounds of documents
• New York's OG smashburger joint is cooking up caviar and birria burgers for a limited time
• The 13 best writing classes in NYC
• Wine classes NYC: wine tasting, wine and cheese, and sommelier
• Bar Hugo is a new rooftop inspired by Venice's storied hotel bars
• 40 best team building activities and group events in NYC
• The best sushi making classes in NYC
• The best sewing classes in NYC for wannabe fashionistas
• The 19 best pottery classes in NYC: including large group classes
• The best pizza making classes in NYC
• The 19 best photography classes in NYC
• A massive spring theater sale is happening now, with tickets from just $36
• The 13 best restaurants for Mother’s Day brunch in NYC
• Yingtao
• The best perfume making classes in NYC
• The best pasta making classes in NYC
• The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
• Civilian agents with handheld devices are being deployed across NYC buses to verify tickets
• The 16 best painting classes in NYC
• NYC is transforming 10 miles of roadway in Brooklyn into giant ‘bike boulevards’
• 'The Book of Mormon' on Broadway is closing for two weeks
• The best mixology, cocktail making and tasting classes in NYC
• The 11 best makeup classes in NYC
• This East Village ramen counter is one of the hardest reservations to book—and for good reason
• Ramen By Ra
• Best NYC language classes including Spanish, French, Italian and Arabic
• The best jewelry-making classes in NYC
• The best improv classes in NYC
• The best floral design and arrangement classes in NYC
• These odd-looking bike parking facilities are about to pepper NYC
• This former ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member will be a Grand Marshal at the 2026 Pride March
• Here’s the full lineup for the 2026 Forest Hills Stadium concert series
• NewFest is hosting a huge free 'Heated Rivalry' watch party at Pier 17 this month
• This famously exclusive, celebrity-packed nightclub is reopening 1,100 feet above Manhattan, in Hudson Yards
• Gilligan’s
• The 16 best drawing classes in NYC
• The best crafting classes in NYC
• The 18 best couples cooking classes in NYC
• The 29 best cooking classes in NYC
• The best cooking classes in Brooklyn: pasta, pizza, baking, and more
• Legendary New Yorker Fran Lebowitz is returning to the stage for two nights only in December
• This new restaurant by the owner of Ribalta is all about Japanese milk bread sandwiches
• New York may soon ban a specific ingredient found in local bagels. Will the food now taste differently?
• The High Line is hosting its first-ever plant sale
• NYC officials are looking into launching the first-ever Harlem River ferry service ahead of the World Cup
• Popular Italian restaurant Casa Tua will open Cucina just steps away from the Barclays Center
• Oyster & Champagne Fest at Marea
• Alma
• The 40 best classes in NYC for 2026
• The 2026 Tony Awards nominations have just been announced
• The best candle making classes in NYC
• 17 best cake decorating classes in NYC for amateur bakers
• The 19 best baking classes in NYC
• How an Upper East Side restaurant and its $14 potato wedges landed a starring role in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'
• A free mobile cat therapy pod is landing near Washington Square Park this week
• The best photos from this weekend’s Five Boro Bike Tour
• Obviously, this NYC attraction was just voted one of the best in the world by TripAdvisor
• The Met’s 2026 much-anticipated spring exhibit treats fashion like fine art
• The 15 best bakeries in NYC right now
• Radio Bakery
• Miolin Bakery
• The 20 best brunch spots in NYC right now
• Six Cinco de Mayo food and drink deals to check out in NYC this year
• Dolly's Coffee Shop
• The PATH fare hike just took effect: it’ll now cost you $3.25 to take the train to New Jersey
• This Manhattan museum is hosting a Pac-Man tournament later this month
• There’s a new bright yellow public artwork in downtown Manhattan that honors the city’s first Arabic-speaking community
• I took a pedicab tour of Central Park and I have no regrets
• The Tony Awards 2026 guide
• Goop Kitchen is delivering a special watch party meal on the day of the Met Gala only
• NYC events in May 2026
• Where was ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ filmed? All the New York locations behind the long-awaited sequel
• 10 cult NYC movie locations every new York film fan needs to visit
• Brookfield Place | Manhattan, NY
• Central Park | Manhattan, NY
• Museum of Sex (MoSex)
• New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
• Film Forum
• International Center of Photography Museum
• Museum of the Moving Image
• The Frick Collection
• Museum of the City of New York
• Summit One Vanderbilt