It's summer again in New York City, and you know what that means: Crowds of cute, scantily clad people wandering the city. While gazing at them in Sheep's Meadow and on the High Line is not officially one of our 101 things to do in the summer, we've collected some that are nearly as entertaining—epic music festivals, theater, exhibits, fairs, and all the best things to do outdoors. It's everything worth breaking a sweat over this summer in NYC.
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![Photograph: courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://media.timeout.com/images/100452295/750/422/image.jpg)
1. Lose yourself in the clouds at the Met's installation "Tomás Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City"
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks
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Follow a flock of food trucks
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Root, root, root for the home team
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Enjoy two weeks of alfresco culture at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival
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Watch movies under the stars
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Dance outside at All Day I Dream
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A Jedi master be
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Visit the new homes of a Coney Island favorite
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Rub elbows with indie rockers at the Northside Festival
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Explore City Island
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Get out on the water
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Get crabs in Red Hook
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Set sail for party land
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Take over car-free city streets
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Laugh outside
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Celebrate the blue note
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See Shakespeare in the park
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Supplement your diet of summer blockbusters at a film festival
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Salute MCA and Hot 97 at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
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Ride the ferry to Sandy Hook Beach
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Sail to a pristine seven-mile stretch famous for its silky-smooth sand. The Seastreak Ferry transports sunseekers to Sandy Hook from two Manhattan locations. A 45-minute ride, tops (complete with free Wi-Fi, a full bar and a sundeck), will bring you to the prime swimming spot.
E 35th St at FDR Dr. Departs Mon–Fri 8:45, 11:15am; Sat, Sun 8, 10:30am, 1:20pm. • Pier 11, South St at Wall St. Departs Mon–Fri 9, 10:50am; Sat, Sun 8:15, 11am, 1:35pm • (seastreak.com). Round-trip $43, one-way $25.
Catch the country's masters of improv comedy at the 14th Annual Del Close Marathon
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Marvel at the killer combination of puns and violence at Gotham Girls Roller Derby
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Watch a race around the harbor and fete the winners at a luau
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Dig for vinyl in Tribeca
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For true audiophiles (ourselves included), there’s nothing quite like spending an afternoon—even one that lands on a lovely June day—sifting through rare records. Cheers, then, to not-for-profit research center and library ARChive of Contemporary Music, which throws a ginormous genre-spanning sale of 20,000 vinyl LPs and 7-inches, CDs, posters and other music ephemera (such as programs from Fillmore East rock shows and original, mint-condition ’60s psychedelic posters).
ARChive of Contemporary Music, 54 White St between Church St and Broadway (212-226-6967, arcmusic.org).
Hop on your steed
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Celebrate Bastille Day
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You can’t get produce that’s much more local than that from Brooklyn Grange. The rooftop farm in Long Island City supplies restaurants like Roberta’s, Fatty ’Cue and Bobo, and during its summer open hours you can shop at its farm stand situated in the lobby of its headquarters. (If Queens is too far, you’ll find stands at Smorgasburg and in McGolrick Park [Driggs Ave to Nassau Ave between Monitor St and Russell St, Greenpoint, Brooklyn; nycgovparks.org; Sun 11am–4pm; June 17–Oct 28]). While you’re there, head to the roof to admire what’s growing on the one-acre plot and find out more from a volunteer about how the farm operates.
Ride the river
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Perform in a Philip Glass premiere during Make Music New York
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