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JANUARY
New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend: artsandleisureweekend.com
Three Kings Day Parade
Winter Restaurant Week: nycgo.com/restaurantweek
FEBRUARY
Chinese New Year Parade & Celebration: www.chinatown-online.com/year/year.shtml
Fall Fashion Week: mbfashionweek.com
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
MARCH
ArtExpo New York
St. Patrick’s Day Parade (3/17)
Tartan Week - www.tartanweek.com
APRIL
Earth Day in Central Park: earthdayny.org; www.centralparknyc.org
Easter Day Parade
Macy’s Annual Flower Show
International Auto Show NY
NY Yankees & Mets Baseball Regular Season: www.yankees.com; www.mets.com
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: www.ringling.com
Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)
Tribeca Film Festival: www.tribecafilm.com/festival
MAY
Five Boro Bike Tour: www.bikenewyork.org
Fleet Week
Ninth Avenue International Food Festival
JUNE
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party
Central Park SummerStage: www.summerstage.org (through Sept.)
(6/25) Heritage of Pride Week and March: www.nycpride.org
Midsummer Night Swing (through mid July)
Museum Mile Festival
Puerto Rican Day Parade
River to River Festival: www.rivertorivernyc.com (through Sept.)
Shakespeare in the Park: www.shakespeareinthepark.org (through mid Sept.)
JULY
“A Great Day in Harlem”: www.harlemdiscover.com
Lincoln Center Festival
7/4 Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks
New York Musical Festival: nymf.org
Midtown International Theatre Festival: www.midtownfestival.org
7/22-8/27 Mostly Mozart Festival
7/25-8/19 Summer Restaurant Week: www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek
AUGUST
Dominican Republic Day Parade
Harlem Week & Uptown Saturday Night: harlemweek.com
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival
New York International Fringe Festival: www.fringenyc.org
U.S. Open Tennis Championships
SEPTEMBER
9/15-9/25 Feast of San Gennaro
9/17 German-American Steuben Day Parade
Howl! Festival of East Village Arts
Spring Fashion Week: mbfashionweek.com
West Indian American Day Parade wiadca.com
OCTOBER
10/1 Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Chile Pepper Festival bbg.org
Columbus Day Parade: columbuscitizensfd.org
Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
10/7-9 New Yorker Festival: newyorker.com/festival
10/15-16 Open House New York: ohny.org
Pulaski Day Parade: pulaskiparade.com
NOVEMBER
New York City Ballet Presents George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (through Dec.)
New York City Marathon: nycmarathon.org
NY Knicks/Brooklyn Nets Basketball: www.thegarden.com; www.barclayscenter.com (through Apr.)
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (through Dec.)
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (late Nov./early Dec.)
11/28 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
DECEMBER
New Year’s Eve Fireworks & Midnight Run in Central Park: 212-794-6564; centralpark.org
New York National Boat Show: nyboatshow.com (late Dec.-early Jan.)
Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop: timessquarenyc.org
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