New Yorklocation-guides.com - location guide to New York featuring New York Festivals information, annual festival listing for New York, New York (NY), USA - Last updated 18/11/2008.
About New York Festivals
(New York, New York, NY, USA)
One of the world's largest and most famous cities, New York features an endless selection of festivals, with an extensive calendar of events. Taking place all through the year, many of New York's most popular festivals are held during the summer. Popular festivals in New York include the following events.
Annual New York Festivals
March: St. Patrick's Day Parade, held each year on March 17th, including the world's biggest civilian parade, with over 150,000 participants along New York's Fifth Avenue
May: Memorial Day Parade, including a number of large and colorful processions around the streets of central New York
May: Martin Luther King Memorial Day Parade, a notable parade which takes place along Fifth Avenue, between 44th and 86th streets
June: Lesbian and Gay Pride Week, with a range of festivities around Greenwich Village, and a notable parade from Fifth Avenue up to Washington Street
August: US Open Tennis Championships, major tennis tournament and one of New York's most noteworthy sporting events
September: Broadway on Broadway, a popular show which is free-of-charge, taking place at Times Square in central New York
August: New York Fringe festival , known for its unusual and somewhat radical theatrical performances
October: New York City Marathon, an enormous sport event usually taking place towards the end of the month, attracting huge numbers of both runners and spectators
October: Greenwich Village Halloween Festival, held each year on October 31st, with many parties and costumed parades
December: New Year's Eve Celebrations at Times Square, attracting large crowds who celebrate the arrival of the new year