Street Fairs in New York City

Holiday Markets in New York City

• Holiday Shops at Bryant Park: November-January at 6th Avenue and 42nd Street, this NY market takes place Mon.-Fri. 11am-8pm, Sat. 10am-9pm and Sun. 10am-6pm. Bryant Park is transformed into an old-fashioned European holiday market for the season. This free fair features more than 120 merchants and artisans. While you're there you can also take part in the free ice skating at the Pond in Bryant Park. 
• The Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair: This NYC holiday fair takes place November 15-December 24 at Vanderbilt Hall on 42nd Street and Park Avenue, daily from 10am-8pm,  excluding Thanksgiving Day. This annual Holiday Fair features hand-picked vendors who sell unusual, beautiful and exotic goods that are rare elsewhere in the city.

Cultural and Specific Interest Events and Festivals NY

• National Tartan Day Parade:  Celebrate Tartan Day NYC from 2pm-4:30pm starting on April 9, 2011 at 6th Avenue between West 44th and West 58th Streets. This is a whole week's worth of events sponsored and run by the New York Scottish community in celebration of the Scottish-American heritage and culture. Activities include a Dress to Kilt event, Tartan Day Parade and Whistkey Live 2011 at Chelsea Piers.

The Tribeca Film Festival NYC is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world

• Tribeca Film Festival: April 20-May 1, the 10th annual awards festival will be held in Lower Manhattan where you can experience many different events and screenings of the latest movies from some of today's most talented entertainment artists.
• St. Demetrios Cathedral Hellenic Festival 2011: Experience this NY street fair from May 19-22 at 30-11 30th Drive in Astoria, NY Thu.- Fri. 5-11pm and Sat.-Sun. 1-11pm. Fill up on a gyro or spanikopita while enjoying an array of Greek cultural music and dance.
• Brooklyn's West Indian Carnival: This Labor Day Weekend event in NYC will be located between Utica Avenue to Grand Army Plaza along the Eastern Pkwy in Brooklyn. The largest parade and fair in New York City allows guests to take their pick of local food such as Jamaican jerk chicken and Bajan fried flying fish, literally cooked in someones front yard. Celebrate and dance with West Indian Americans, Caribbeans, Brooklynites and visitors alike.

Grand Central Earth Fair New York

EarthFair at Grand Central Terminal is heald between April 18-23.

March-May, 2011, visit Vanderbilt Avenue at 42nd Street and come celebrate the 41st annual Earth Day in NYC with many unique and fun-filled events that will get you pumped and eager to recycle, reduce and reuse.

• Earth Day at Grand Central Terminal: Grand Central Terminal is the site of the actual EarthFair that is held normally between April 18-23 from 10am-7pm and outside the terminal April 22, 12pm-7pm and April 23, 11am-5pm. Inside you'll find a series of environmentally friendly art, exhibits from green businesses and action groups, educational displays, activities and live bands.
• Earth Day in Times Square: Attend this free Earth Day celebration in Times Square from 11am-2pm. For three hours, entertainers, business leaders, government officials, activists and those committed to protecting Mother Earth will take the stage on Broadway between 45th and 46th streets.  

For more information on street fairs NYC, visit our NYC Street Fairs Calendar page.