NYC families should look forward to a fest-tastic weekend ahead! We’ve highlighted four of our favorite fests happening at the end of the week. The entertainment begins on Friday with the opening of The Guggenheim’s annual exhibit “A Year with Children.” Friday also marks Earth Day (for more Earth Day family events, click here) and the start of the Bronx Zoo’s Earth Day Weekend Festival. Saturday brings The Tribeca Film Festival On Location Street Fair and the DUMBO Family Festival. Finally, end the weekend with the Queens Botanical Garden’s Arbor Fest. As if this week could get any busier, Passover begins this Friday night. To read our roundup of family Passover activities, click here.
Beginning Friday, April 22
“A Year with Children 2016” Exhibit
The Guggenheim Museum
10am-5:45pm
The Guggenheim Museum invites families to visit its exhibit, “A Year With Children 2016,” this spring. This exhibition features art created by New York City public elementary school students participating in the Guggenheim’s artist-in-residence program, Learning Through Art! Runs through Sunday, June 12. Free with museum admission.
Friday, April 22-Sunday, April 24
Earth Day Weekend Festival
The Bronx Zoo
11am-4pm
Celebrate Earth Day this weekend with the animals that share our planet during the Earth Day Weekend Festival at the Bronx Zoo! All ages can go on nature walks, explore a fabulous Earth Fair, participate in zookeeper chats and craft activities, and much more. Free with zoo admission.
Saturday, April 23
The Tribeca Film Festival Street Fair
Greenwich Street (between Hubert & Chambers Streets)
10am
Closing out the annual Tribeca Film Festival, the On Location Street Fair invites families to an exciting, free outdoor celebration of storytelling and creativity. Explore the worlds of filmmaking, gaming, sports, and the performing arts with a variety of movie screenings, workshops, family games, musical performances from Broadway shows, food, and more. This event is free.
DUMBO Family Festival
Brooklyn Bridge Park
11am-2pm
Families with children of all ages won’t want to miss the DUMBO Family Festival this Saturday in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The fest will feature classic lawn games, arts and crafts, a Volunteers for Wildlife show, and live musical performances from Mil’s Trills and Moona Luna. Food will be available for purchase from Shake Shack and Lizzmonade. Please note: Face painting will be available for the first 100 children so get there early! This event is free.
Sunday, April 24
Arbor Fest
Queens Botanical Garden
11am-6pm
In honor of Earth Day, the Queens Botanical Garden will host its Arbor Fest this Sunday! During this daylong nature celebration families can enjoy a nature and bird walk, a petting zoo, bounce houses, garden tours, storytelling, arts and crafts, face painting, planting and compost demos, and musical performances. Food and beer garden beverages will be available for purchase. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for children ages 4-18, and free for kids ages 3 and under.
