Spring has sprung in the city and we couldn’t be happier. April showers are bringing May flowers, city-dwellers far and wide are filled with a sense of reinvigoration. Springtime is full of opportunity to spend time with family in Central Park, enjoy outdoor food markets in Brooklyn, and spot new talent at the Tribeca Film Festival. And the season offers ample opportunity to celebrate as well, from Earth Day and Mother’s Day to Memorial Day and more.
Here are nine (9) Spring New York Adventures for you and your family:
Macy’s Flower Show
Brooklyn Folk Festival – April 28th-30th
The Brooklyn Folk Festival strives to present the best in American and world folk music. Located in the heart of Brooklyn, NY our festival is a celebration of down home music, cultural diversity and memory. Each year we draw talent from New York’s own thriving folk music scene as well as from the national and international world of folk, traditional and vernacular music.- Brooklyn Folk Festival
Frieze Art Fair
View and buy art from more than 1,000 of today’s leading artists and experience a curated program of talks and site-specific artist commissions. –Frieze Art Fair
NYC Vegetarian Food Festival – May 20-21st
Vegetarian Food Festival Schedule of Events
Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit –Memorial Day Weekend May 27, 28, 29 and June 3 and 4
One balmy spring day in 1931, in the midst of the Depression Era. Jackson Pollock, desperately in need of funds to pay the rent on his Greenwich Village studio that also served as his home, took a few of his iconoclastic paintings down several flights of stairs and set them up on the sidewalk near Washington Square Park. His friend and fellow Village artist, Willem DeKooning, in equally desperate financial straits, soon joined him.. –Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit
Shakespeare In The Park: Julius Ceasar
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Shakespeare In The Park: Julius Ceasar
Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossom Festival – Saturday, April 29–Sunday, April 30, 2017 | 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sakura Matsuri, the annual cherry blossom festival at BBG, offers over 60 events and performances that celebrate traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. The festival marks the end of hanami, the Japanese cultural tradition of enjoying each moment of the cherry blossom season.-Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossom Festival
Boating On The Lake
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Central Park Discovery Walks
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