NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Paddington in Peru
at Ballfields (in Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
PADDINGTON IN PERU follows Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru. A thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Mae Grant Playground, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m.
Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid
at Dyckman Marina (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince E
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Wicked
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens 

9:00 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and recording artist and global superstar Glinda.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Manco Capac
at Rory Staunton Field, Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Manco Capac follows Elisban, a rural man struggling to survive in the city of Puno, as he faces alienation, solitude, and the harsh realities of Peruvian identity in this film.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Toy Story
at Multi-Use Hard Top (in Equity Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Computer-animated tale centering on the rivalry between two children's toys: Woody, a cowboy doll who's the leader and the brains of the group, and a spaceman named Buzz Lightyear.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
"Tales of Chinatown" Special Screening with AAAAH!
at 14th Street Passage (in The High Line), Manhattan
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join us for a special screening of Tales of Chinatown by Luka Yuanyuan Yang with AAAAH! (Asian Artists And Activists Hub) on July 9.
Category: Art, Film, History, Talks
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show - Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Pack a picnic, bring a friend, and settle in for a night of premier movies on the Pier!
Category: Film, Waterfront
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Basketball Courts (in Frank D. O'Connor Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior, is ready to give it up.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park
at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s most popular series, Pluto TV Movies With A View, shows free outdoor movies on Thursday evenings in July and August
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Free!
Open Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, and Anton Varga) Artist Talk and Premiere Event
at 14th Street Passage (in The High Line), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Join us for a seated conversation and pierogies with Ukrainian artist collective Open Group in celebration of the New York institutional premiere of their 2024 work, "Repeat After Me"
Category: Art, Film, Talks
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Piece by Piece (PG)
at Playground 103 CIII, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams has made a distinct name for himself in the entertainment industry for over thirty years. The musical narrative charts his life and care
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Ratatouille
at Grassy Area (in Yellowstone Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A rat who dreams of becoming a gourmet chef teams up with an inexperienced kitchen worker at one of Paris' finest restaurants.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Friday, July 11, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out 2 (PG)
at Pool Deck (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpecte
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie
at Ballfields (in Dr. Charles R. Drew Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Saturday, July 12, 2025
New Amsterdam to Manhattan 400 Years of Freedom Ways & Community Upliftment
at Smith Garden- Alfred Smith houses (NYCHA)
12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and The Ancestors Speaks for a Commemoration of the Abolition of Slavery in NYS, July 4, 1827.
Category: Art, Festivals, Film, Talks
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Sol Lain Playground (in Sol Lain Plgd), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Transformers One
at Beach 59th Street Playground (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Despicable Me 4
at Colden St. & 45th Avenue (in Kissena Corridor Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Despicable Me 4
at Stroud Playground, Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Goonies
at Play Area (in Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m.
A group of teenagers finds a map leading to a hidden treasure. They must overcome booby traps, natural obstructions, and a gang of desperate thieves in their race for the loot.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show - Robot Dreams (2023)
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Pack a picnic, bring a friend, and settle in for a night of premier movies on the Pier!
Category: Film, Waterfront
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie
at Suydam Street & Irving Avenue (in Maria Hernandez Park), Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Transformers One
at Oval Lawn (in Police Officer Edward Byrne Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park
at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s most popular series, Pluto TV Movies With A View, shows free outdoor movies on Thursday evenings in July and August
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Despicable Me 4
at Seth Low Playground (in Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square), Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Wicked
at Multipurpose Turf Field (in Detective Keith L Williams Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in a dazzling reimagining of Oz’s untold story of power, friendship, and self-discovery.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Friday, July 18, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out 2
at Lawn Area
9:00 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Inside Out 2 dives back into Riley’s mind as new emotions like Anxiety shake up headquarters—and Joy and the gang aren’t sure how to feel about it.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Toy Story (PG)
at Bella Abzug Park, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Computer-animated tale centering on the rivalry between two children's toys: Woody, a cowboy doll who's the leader and the brains of the group, and a cocky spaceman named Buzz Lightyear
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Dog Man
at 46th Avenue & Oceania St. (in Marie Curie Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
After a fateful surgery fuses a cop and his dog, Dog Man emerges to fight crime—until his feud with Petey the Cat is shaken by the arrival of Lil Petey, a kitten with a big heart.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Queen of Katwe
at Beach 94th St. Amphitheater (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
This biopic of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi traces her journey from the slums of Katwe.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show - Dirty Dancing (1987)
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Pack a picnic, bring a friend, and settle in for a night of premier movies on the Pier!
Category: Film
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie (PG)
at White Playground, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while emba
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Moana 2
at Basketball Courts (in Corona Golf Playground), Queens 

9:00 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Moana 2 reunites Moana and Maui for a daring new voyage into uncharted waters after a mysterious call from her ancestors.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park
at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s most popular series, Pluto TV Movies With A View, shows free outdoor movies on Thursday evenings in July and August
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Wicked
at Vincent F. Albano Jr Playground (in Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misundersto
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens 

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Friday, July 25, 2025
MUTS: A Good Person
at West 174 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: IF
at Lawn Area
9:00 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
From John Krasinski, IF follows a girl who can see imaginary friends and sets off on a magical mission to reunite them with the kids who need them.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Snow White (PG)
at Southeast Corner at Washington Market Park (in Washington Market Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Coming To America
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A wealthy African prince who rebels against an arranged marriage travels to Queens, New York City. Once....
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Transformers One
at Brookville Boulevard and 144 Avenue (in Brookville Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Beach 94th St. Amphitheater (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Monday, July 28, 2025
Waterfront Movies Series
at Great Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
, Great Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens 


7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Bring a chair or blanket, some snacks, and a friend or two!
Category: Film, Theater, Free Summer Concerts, Waterfront
Free!
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Category: Education, Art, Film, History, Best for Kids, Talks, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Little Giants
at Williamsbridge Oval Track and Field (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx 

8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Two brothers, one a former football hero and the other a warm-hearted klutz, find themselves at odds when.....
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!