Things to do on a Sunday in New York

New Yorkers are known for strutting their stuff, but on Saturday, June 14, it’s the pigeons’ turn.

The High Line is hosting Pigeon Fest, an all-day celebration of NYC’s most divisive bird in honor of National Pigeon Appreciation Day. From 12pm to 8pm, the elevated park’s 30th Street section and Spur will transform into a feather-filled playground of art, science, dance and bird-themed hijinks—including what may be the city’s first Pigeon Impersonation Pageant.

To celebrate the first anniversary of Son Del North, the Lower East Side restaurant is hosting a look-alike competition searching for twins of the one and only Pedro Pascal. Held on Sunday, June 15 from 12:30pm to 2pm, the resto is inviting the most dashing among us to dress up like the popular actor, whether it’s the lone bounty hunter version from The Mandalorian, the gritty, apocalyptic Pascal from The Last of Us, or simply Pedro as the cleaned-up, red-carpet charmer.

Judging will be based on crowd reaction, while the final decision will be up to the Son del North team. The top doppelganger will receive the ultimate prize: $50 cash and one year of free burritos, a limit of one per week. The second- and third-place winners will receive gift cards ($50 and $25, respectively), while the top ten finalists will win free bean and cheese burritos. 

Party like it's 1925. The Jazz Age Lawn Party is one of the most spectacular things to do this summer on gorgeous Governors Island. Step onto the ferry—and back in time—with thousands of revelers dressed to the 1920s-nines. During the event, enjoy live music from Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra, learn the Charleston, sip cocktails and have a picnic in the sunshine.

After a six-year hiatus, Everybooty—BAM’s beloved Pride celebration—returns for Brooklyn Pride Weekend 2025 at BAM. A favorite from those looking for an alternative to the Manhattan Pride scene, this eclectic day rager will take over four floors of the arts institution—from the basement all the way up to the rooftop—with flashy, glittery members of the queer art, music, comedy and nightlife worlds.

The day party on Sunday, June 15 bursts at every corner with DJ sets (Kim Anh, Michael Magnan), performances, installations and community conversation, including a "Body Talk" panel with Viva Ruiz, Ceyenne Doroshow, Yves Tong Nguyen and Sasha Cohen. There will also be a marketplace featuring vintage collectors and queer artisans. 

A century ago, at the peak of the Harlem Renaissance, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was formed. The Harlem-based organization, a part of the New York Public Library, has grown into a national landmark and world-renowned institution dedicated to the preservation and public access of Black history. 

To commemorate its 100 years in existence, The Schomburg Center will host a year-long celebration, library officials announced this month.

The Schomburg Center Centennial Festival on June 14 will take over the inside and outside of The Schomburg Center for “an old-school block party.” The Festival is a blend of the research library’s most anticipated events, the Schomburg Center Literary Festival and the Black Comic Book Festival. 

The borough’s more-manageable LGBTQ+ celebration—several weeks before the big to-do in Manhattan—includes a movie night, performances, a 5K run and a parade. The parade, known as the city's only twilight parade, runs along 5th Avenue in Park Slope between Lincoln Place and 9th Street on Saturday, June 14. Expect floats and thousands of marchers. 

The category is: celestial! Celebrate Pride Month with a stellar (pun intended) after-hours fête of queer brilliance, featuring hands-on chemistry experiments, interplanetary journeys, collaborative artmaking and, most importantly, delicious treats and cocktails. The starry evening on Friday, June 13 is themed around the museum’s dazzling new exhibition Cosmic Splendor: Jewelry from the Collections of Van Cleef & Arpels, so come dressed in your personal embodiment of the cosmos.

There will be three floors of exciting activations, including timed demonstrations at the Gilder Center and a curated pop-up marketplace featuring goods (upcycled fashion, pins and prints, and more) from LGBTQ+ artists, vendors and organizations.

Back for its second year, celebrate queer musical talent in all its glory at PRISM Festival from June 14 to June 28 at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village as well as The Brick Theater in Williamsburg. Watch creative teams taking part in concert-style, semi-staged performances dedicated to amplifying the voices of queer artists and musical theater. This is how it works: four creative teams embark on a paid developmental process spanning a minimum of 29 hours of rehearsal, culminating in two captivating weeks of concert-style performances.

The plays at this year's PRISM Festival of New Queer Musicals include be Like BONE, created by Storm Thomas Directed, nicHi douglas and Rose Van Dyne; See/Unsee by Lila Blue, Ren Dara Santiago, Jillian Jetton and Noga Cabo; and others. Tickets go on sale on May 16 here.

What more do you need from Pride Month than stories, sequins and serious star power? You'll find all of the above at Legends of Drag, the annual Pride program from the New York City AIDS Memorial that returns for its third fabulous year.

Head to the Church of the Village on Saturday, June 14 for a fierce, intergenerational tribute to the queens who paved the way, including several of the phenomenal performers featured in Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age. For the first time, those trailblazing queens and queer elders will be sharing the spotlight with the Red Ribbon Revue, a musical showcase of HIV-positive performers from across generations, created by Sam Bolen and Brian Mummert.

Sure, you've heard of wine pairings. But what about books and burlesque pairings?

During this show at Caveat on Saturday, June 14, award-winning authors will read excerpts from their new books. Then, a burlesque or drag performer will present a spectacular new act they created that was inspired by the book pairing. For Pride Month, the show is extra special with an impressive cast of "wildly queer and spectacular burlesque and drag performers."

The lineup features: Sierra Greer reading from her debut novel Annie Bot, paired with a performance by Tabby Twitch. Then there's the book Dyke Delusions: Essays and Observations by Samantha Mann, which Nina Divina will interpret through movement. Next up is a novel called I Leave It Up To You by Jinwoo Chong paired with a Fortune Cookie performance. See Antonio Amour's exploration of Milo Todd's debut novel The Lilac People. Finally, there's Paul Lisicky's book Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell paired with a Diva LaMarr performance. The show's produced and hosted by Fortune Cookie.

Local bookstore Book Club Bar (197 East 3rd Street) will sell signed copies of all the books featured at the show.

Time Out tip: Tickets go fast for this show, but if it sells out, there will be a waitlist at the door. There's also a livestream option.