January

• New Year's Day Swim at Coney Island
• Chinese New Year Parade & Festival
• Winter Jazz Festival

February

• New York Fashion Week
• NYC Restaurant Week

March

• Saint Patrick's Day Parade
• The Armory Modern Art Show
• Pulse Art Fair

April

• Tribeca Film Festival

• Easter Parade
• Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival

May

• Fleet Week New York
• Electric Daisy Carnival
• NYC Independent Film Festival

June

• Gay Pride Week
• Coney Island Mermaid Parade
• Governors Ball Music Festival

July

• Fourth of July Fireworks
• Shakespeare in the Park
• Bastille Day

August

• PotterCon
• Jazz Age Lawn Party at Governors Island
• Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

September

• Oktoberfest
• West Indian Day Parade
• New York Film Festival

October

• New York Film Festival
• New York Comic Con
• Halloween in Central Park

November

• Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
• New York City Marathon
• Union Square Holiday Market

December

• Radio City Christmas Spectacular
• Grand Central Holiday Market
• New Years Eve Times Square