Manhattan Parades NYC 2026
Schedule of Parades and Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC
March 6, 2026 / Manhattan Neighborhoods / Manhattan Parades / Manhattan Buzz NYC
This report provides a schedule of the parades held in Manhattan each year.
We update parades and festival events as we approach the event date. Pay attention to the dates / year as only asterisked events have been updated to 2026.
The parades we feature not only include the majors but also the minors and the new ones as we become aware of them. We expect to add about 10 to 20 new parades or events to each month as the year progresses. As the year unfolds, you will be able to scroll down to see for yourself.
At the end of this report there are links to the parades and festivals in the other four boroughs of NYC.
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Manhattan Parades NYC 2026
Schedule of Parades and Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC
March 6, 2026 / Manhattan Neighborhoods / Manhattan Parades / Manhattan Buzz NYC. Continued.
Editor's Note. We didn't begin updating parades until late February 2026, so the first two months generally reflect the 2025 parades.
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January Parades & Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC 2026
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- Ending Saturday & Sunday, January 11 & 12, 2025 from 11 am to 2 pm - Mulchfest NYC - at various parks in all five boros around NYC. Mulch your Christmas trees, wreaths and similar items into wood chips you can take home for your garden or donate to the park to use for their grounds. Free. For details see - https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest
- Mulchfest is an NYC Parks Department program to recycle Christmas trees and wreaths by mulching them and then either keeping the mulch to be used in NYC Parks or returning the mulch to the tree donor for them to use in their garden or house plants. The Mulchfest sites in each borough are: Brook Park in the Bronx, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, Juniper Valley Park in Queens and Cloves Lake Park on Staten Island.
- * Friday, January 5, 2024 from 11 am - 12 noon, 47th Annual Three Kings Parade at El Museo del Barrio at 1230 5th Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets. The parade begins at 106th along Park Avenue, ending at 115th Street in Harlem. The parade includes camels, floats and music and is free. Following the parade there will be a performance from 1.30 - 3 pm at El Museo del Barrio. For details see - https://www.elmuseo.org/.
- * January 10 - 28, 2024 at various times - Under the Radar Festival at Lincoln Center. Tickets range in price from $31 - $68 [more or less]. For details and tickets see - https://utrfest.org/schedule/
- January 17, 18, 19 & 20, 2025 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend in Manhattan NYC
- * Thursday, January 11, 2024 beginning at 11 pm, Joe Lovano & Shabaka help kick off Winter Jazzfest at Dizzy's at Jazz at Lincoln Center [aka JALC] at 10 Columbus Circle in Manhattan. There are numerous other events January 10 - 18, 2024 around NYC, including in the outer boroughs. For details see - https://www.winterjazzfest.com.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025 beginning at 5.30 pm - Lunar New Year Gala of Music and Dance - at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music at 450 West 37th Street in Manhattan. For details and tickets see - https://www.nainichen.org
- Friday thru Sunday, January 24 to February 2, 2025 begins at 12 noon & ends at times ranging from 4.30 to 8 pm - The Winter Show - at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue on the UES. For $40 tickets and details see - https://www.thewintershow.org
- Wednesday thru Sunday, January 22 - 26, 2025 from 12 noon to 8 pm except Saturday & Sunday when it opens at 10 am & on Sunday it closes at 6 pm - The NYC Boat Show - returns to the Javits Center at 655 West 34th Street. For $20 tickets and details see - https://www.nyboatshow.com/about
- * Wednesday - Sunday, January 24 - 28, 2024 from 12 noon to 8 pm except Saturday & Sunday opens at 10 am and Sunday closes at 6 pm - NY Boat Show at the Javits Center at 655 West 11th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Tickets $18 / $65 for opening night gala at https://www.nyboatshow.com
February Parades & Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC 2026
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- Cancelled _ February 2025 - Winter Carnival - at and around the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. This event has not happened since 2020. No explanation has been given by the NYC Parks Department. But that said, because we no longer get a snowfall that stays on the ground, it's likely this event is a permanent casualty of climate change. Thank you oil companies and drivers of large gas guzzling vehicles that carry only one person most of the time.
- This a winter themed event including skiing, sledding, dodgeball, ice bowling and other wintry sports. As we've really not had any snow this winter, the Parks Department had arranged to have snow machines there to provide what Mother Nature is no longer giving us in 2024, but then reconsidered. This year [2025] it was almost not even discussed.
- Wednesday, January 29, 2025 beginning at 11 am - Chinese New Year Firecracker Celebration - at Sara D Roosevelt Park along Chrystie Street near Grand Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For details see - https://welcometochinatown.com/news/lny-events-in-chinatown-2025
- Free. For details also see - https://betterchinatown.com.
- Saturday, February 8, 2025 beginning at 10.30 pm - NY Chinese Free Masons Athletic Club [NYCFAC] Lion Dance - in Chinatown, south of Canal along Bowery Street at Pell Street / Chatham Square. About 20 groups of Lion dancers parade around Chinatown blessing and eating offerings. NYCFAC is only one of the 20 plus groups and each is responsible for obtaining the 5th Precinct parade permit. This is a good chance to mingle with the Lion Dancers vs the Chinese New Year Parade next weekend 2/16 where attendees are held behind the NYPD barricades. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/ChineseFreemasons/ or https://www.liondance211.org/supersaturday
- Sunday, February 16, 2025 beginning at 1 pm - 27th Chinese Lunar New Year Parade - "... starts at Hester and Mott Streets ending on Broome Street near Sara D. Roosevelt Park ..." according to https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nyc-lunar-new-year-parade-and-festival-year-of-the-snake/. The cultural / merchandise / food booths are on Bayard Street between Mott and Mulberry in Chinatown in Manhattan. For details see - https://betterchinatown.com
- This info is from 2024 which is a bit more in-depth and as the source quoted above is new to me, I'm not 100% sure of it. There are festival booths on Bayard Street between Mott and Mulberry Streets. The parade route is as follows - Begins at Mott & Canal to Chatham Square to East Broadway towards the Manhattan Bridge, completing on Eldridge and Forsyth Streets towards Grand Street next to Sara D. Roosevelt Park. For details & a map see - https://betterchinatown.com/lny-parade/.
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- * February 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2026 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Lunar New Year Holiday Market & Celebration in Chinatown. At Kam Man at 200 Canal Street in Chinatown. There will be 20+ AAPI vendors selling home decor, food and other cultural offerings. It's on the 2nd floor and it's recommended you rsvp - https://welcometochinatown.com/news/lny2026-vendors
March Parades & Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC 2026
- * Sunday, March 1, 2026 with Pre Parade markets opening at 11.30 am - 28th Annual Chinese New Year Parade - the parade begins at 1 pm at Hester and Mott, traveling south to Worth, and then heading east along East Broadway, before turning north along Forsythe up to Sara Roosevelt Park where the parades ends. There will be booths selling various Chinese cultural goods and food along Bayard between Mulberry and Mott Streets in Chinatown until 3.30 pm. For details see - https://betterchinatown.com/lny-parade/
- * Thursday, March 5, 2026 - from 6 - 8 pm - Korean Social - at the Korean American Association of Greater New York HQ [KAAGNY] at 149 West 24th Street on the 4th Floor in South Midtown Manhattan. For details see - https://kaagny.org
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- * Saturday, March 7, 2026 beginning at 2 pm - Anti Iran War Protest - in Union Square in the Village / Chelsea / South Midtown at Park Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.
- * Saturday & Sunday, March 7 & 8, 2026 beginning at 7.30 pm Friday & Saturday and at 2 pm Sunday [2 hours no intermission] - 25th Annual Flamenco Festival - at NY City Center at 131 West 55th between 6th & 7th Avenues in Midtown Manhattan NYC. Top flamenco dancers from Spain will dance into your heart. For $45 tickets and details see - https://www.nycitycenter.org
WE UPDATE WEEKLY, AND GENERALLY ADD 10 TO 20 PARADES OR EVENTS TO EACH MONTH - THAT WERE NOT LISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. FOR EXAMPLES SEE LISTINGS ABOVE. MANHATTAN BUZZ IS THE BEST PLACE TO OBTAIN THE MOST COMPLETE & UP-TO-DATE VIEW OF PARADES ACTIVITIES IN MANHATTAN.
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- Coming Tuesday 3.17.26
- Midtown / UES _ Monday, March 17, 2025 beginning at 11 am and running until about 5 pm - The 264th St. Patrick's Day Parade. The parade begins on 5th Avenue at 44th Street marching north to 79th Street. There are generally about 150,000 participants and about two million spectators. For details see - https://www.nycstpatricksparade.org
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- Coming Late April 26, 2026
- UES _ Sunday, March 30, 2025 beginning at 1.30 pm until 5.30 pm - the Greek Independence Day Parade will march up 5th Avenue beginnning at 64th Street and ending at 79th Street. For details and related events see - https://www.nycgreekparade.org / or https://www.facebook.com/NYGreekParade/ [previously - https://www.hellenicsocieties.org/]
WE UPDATE WEEKLY, AND GENERALLY ADD 10 TO 20 PARADES OR EVENTS TO EACH MONTH - THAT WERE NOT LISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. FOR EXAMPLES SEE LISTINGS ABOVE. MANHATTAN BUZZ IS THE BEST PLACE TO OBTAIN THE MOST COMPLETE & UP-TO-DATE VIEW OF PARADES ACTIVITIES IN MANHATTAN.
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April Parades & Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC 2025
- Midtown _ Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - The 40th Annual April Fools Parade - begins sharply at 12 noon at Grand Army Plaza at 59th Street and 5th Avenue and marches down 5th Avenue to Washington Square Park. The King or Queen of Fools Award will be given out when the parade congregates in Washington Square. The event organizer, Joey Skaggs, informs us that this is the 40th year of the parade. This years theme is Exposing Fools & Mocking Madness. Skaggs writes a press release for the event each year, which you can find on his website at - https://joeyskaggs.com/april-fools-day-parade-press-release/
- This year we sponsored one of the floats, so look and wave to us.
- Midtown _ Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm - the 27th Annual Tartan Day Parade. Beginning at 6th Avenue at 44th Street, marching north to 55th Street in Midtown. The festivities begin the week preceding it and there's an after party. From 4.30 - 8.30 pm there's an after party. In 2024 it was at Sony Hall at 235 West 46th Street in Manhattan costing $109 which includes drinks and entertainment. This year it's been SOLD OUT. But the parade is free for all and no rsvp needed. For details see https://www.nyctartanweek.org/. Tartan Day parade in Manhattan.
- Midtown _ Sunday, April 20, 2025 from 10 am to 4 pm - Easter Bonnet Parade. The parade takes place along 5th Avenue between 49th to 57th Streets. It's more of a milling about in bonnets and Easter outfits, than it is a real parade. More like a themed costume party. It has no official organizer, so no official website.
- Midtown _ Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 12 to 5 pm - Sikh Day Parade - begins at 37th Street, marching south along Madison Avenue, ending at Madison Square Park at 24th Street where there will likely be an after party. For details see the Facebook page of the organizers - FB - https://www.facebook.com/SikhDayParadeNewYork/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/Gurdwara.Sangat.Sikh.Cultural.Society.Ny/
- Midtown _ Sunday, April 27, 2025 beginning at 11.30 am - the Persian Day Parade kicks off from 39th Street at Madison Avenue in Manhattan, marching south along Madison before ending in Madison Square Park [at 27th Street]. In 2023 the theme was 'women, life, freedom' which I reckon was in honor of those women seeking freedom from the Supreme Dictator in Iran. I don't see any theme referenced for this year. For details see - https://persianparade.com/
WE UPDATE WEEKLY, AND GENERALLY ADD 10 TO 20 PARADES OR EVENTS TO EACH MONTH - THAT WERE NOT LISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. FOR EXAMPLES SEE LISTINGS ABOVE. MANHATTAN BUZZ IS THE BEST PLACE TO OBTAIN THE MOST COMPLETE & UP-TO-DATE VIEW OF PARADES ACTIVITIES IN MANHATTAN.
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May Parades & Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC 2025
- UWS _ Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 11 am to 5 pm - Japan Parade & Street Fair - the parade marches from 81st Street to 67th Street along Central Park West and this is UNCONFIRMED but in prior years the parade kicked off at 1 pm. There's a Japan Parade Street Fair that runs from 11 am to 5 pm along 72nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Street fairs on the UWS in NYC. For details see - https://japanparadenyc.org/
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- Chelsea / East Village _ Saturday, May 17, 2025 beginning at 11.45 am - the Dance Parade - begins at 17th Street and 6th Avenue in Chelsea. It marches down along Sixth Avenue to 8th Street where it turns left / east and heads into Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. The Dance Festival follows from 3 to 7 pm with five stages in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. Free. For details see - https://danceparade.org/
- - Along 5th Avenue from 62nd Street to 74th Street. Upper East Side NYC parades Manhattan. Note that they changed the name of the parade and website url, that they had been using for close to a decade and possibly even far longer. The old name is https://celebrateisraelny.org and the new name is https://israeldayon5th.com |
- - Along 5th Avenue between 57th Street and 74th Street. This is followed by a block party on 63rd Street between Madison & 5th Avenues. Upper East Side NYC parades Manhattan.
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- Wednesday - Tuesday, May 21 - May 27, 2025 - Manhattan Fleet Week. Update for 2025 coming next weekend. The details of 2023 are below, including a url.
- There was a fly over by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday afternoon [5/23/23] over the East Coast Memorial at Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan. In addition to three U.S. Navy ships, there will also be ships from Italy, Canada and the U.K. The ships will be docked at Piers 88 & 90 on the west side of Manhattan, as well as at the Homeport Pier on Staten Island. For details of the events see - http://militarynews.com/app/fleetweeknewyork/events.html
- There does not appear to be any Memorial Day Parades planned in Manhattan BUT there are Memorial Day related events at the Intrepid Air & Space Museum, as well as at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn and at Port Pier at 305 Front Street in Stapleton on Staten Island. Fleet Week runs from the middle of the week prior to Memorial Day and ends the Tuesday 5/30/23 following Memorial Day. So say hello and greet / salute the visiting members of the U.S. Navy when you see them. For details of the Memorial Day Fleet Week events see - http://militarynews.com/app/fleetweeknewyork/events.html
- Unable to find anything about 2025 as of this post. The AAPI Parade started in 2022 and ran in 2023 and 2024. Check this url for related events - https://asianpacificheritage.gov/Events.html
- * Midtown _ Sunday, May 19, 2024 from 12 noon - 3 pm - Asian American Pacific Islander Parade - 3rd parade - The opening ceremony is at 12.30 pm and the parade begins at 1 pm. AAPI is comprised of thirty ethnic groups, speaking 50 different languages. Marching up 6th Avenue from West 44th to West 53rd streets in Midtown. For details see - https://aaari.info or https://betterchinatown.com
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WE UPDATE WEEKLY, AND GENERALLY ADD 10 TO 20 PARADES OR EVENTS TO EACH MONTH - THAT WERE NOT LISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. FOR EXAMPLES SEE LISTINGS ABOVE. MANHATTAN BUZZ IS THE BEST PLACE TO OBTAIN THE MOST COMPLETE & UP-TO-DATE VIEW OF PARADES ACTIVITIES IN MANHATTAN.
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June Parades & Cultural Festivals in Manhattan NYC 2025
- Flatiron District _ Sunday, June 1, 2025 - Parade 12 noon - 2 pm / Festival 2 - 6 pm - 127th Annual Philippine Independence Parade & Fair - The parade begins at noon along Madison Avenue starting at 38th south to 26th Street where it ends about 2 pm. The Street Fair & Festival runs from 2 to 6 pm and is along Madison Square Park between 24th and 26th Streets in Midtown NYC. For details see - https://pidci.org
- Tribeca _ Wednesday through Sunday, June 4 - 15, 2025 - The Tribeca Film Festival - at Spring Studios at [6 St Johns Lane] but generally the entrance on Varick between York and Laight Streets in Tribeca is the most frequently used. There are a multitude of free and paid live and online events and films covering a variety of subjects including but not limited to LGBTQ, LatinX and Juneteenth to view at various venues around the city. For details see - https://tribecafilm.com
- Midtown / UES _ Sunday, June 8, 2025 beginning at 11 am - The Puerto Rican Day Parade returns. It will kick off at 5th Avenue at 43rd Street marching north to 79th Street on the UES. This is one of the largest parades in NYC and it celebrates various aspects of Puerto Rican culture. For details see - https://www.nprdpinc.org/
- The photo shown above or at right was taken in a prior year at the Manhattan Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Village / Midtown _ Saturday, June 14, 2025 - Festival of India Parade & Sri Jagannath Ratha Yatra Festival -
- TB Updated for 2025. What follows is from 2024 _ from 11 am to 7 pm On Saturday June 8th the parade assembles at 45th St & 5th Avenue at 11 am and begins at 12 noon, ending at West 8th Street at Washington Square Park in the Village where there's a festival from 12 noon to 7 pm that includes chanting, dancing & praying Hare Krishna style. For details see - https://iskconnyc.com/
The photo at right shows people enjoying and participating in the Sri Jagannath Parade in Midtown last year. The parade and festival in Washington Park returns this weekend - see details below.
- West Village / Chelsea _ Sunday, June 29, 2025 between 11 am to 3 pm - Gay Pride Parade - The parade begins at 12 noon at Madison Square Park at 25th Street & Fifth Avenue, marches down 5th Avenue toward Washington Square, turns west at 8th Street, continues onto Christopher Street, then turns north on 7th Avenue, ending at 15th Street, where the parade ends / disperses. For details on this and related events, copy & paste - https://www.nycpride.org
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WE UPDATE WEEKLY, AND GENERALLY ADD 10 TO 20 PARADES OR EVENTS TO EACH MONTH - THAT WERE NOT LISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. FOR EXAMPLES SEE LISTINGS ABOVE. MANHATTAN BUZZ IS THE BEST PLACE TO OBTAIN THE MOST COMPLETE & UP-TO-DATE VIEW OF PARADES ACTIVITIES IN MANHATTAN.
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