The Best FREE Things to Do on Long Island

Saturday Dec. 6, 2025

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

All day

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

Noon – 9 pm

Meet Santa at the Tree

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

Noon – 5 pm

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

1 – 4 pm

Holiday Cookie Decorating with Citarella

Ages: 5 – 8
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Guild HallEast Hampton

1 – 5 pm

4th Annual East Quogue Holiday On Main

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Family
Festivals

East Quogue Main StreetEast Quogue

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

3 – 8 pm

2025 Riverhead Holiday Extravaganza

Riverhead Town HallRiverhead

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Annual Tree Lighting & Santa Visit

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

3:30 – 6 pm

Tree Lighting on the Cutchogue Village Green

Cutchogue New Suffolk Historical CouncilCutchogue

4 – 6 pm

Belmont Lake State Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Belmont Lake State ParkNorth Babylon

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Free things to do on Long Island

Saturday Dec. 6, 2025

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Meet Santa at the Tree

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Holiday Cookie Decorating with Citarella

4th Annual East Quogue Holiday On Main

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

2025 Riverhead Holiday Extravaganza

Annual Tree Lighting & Santa Visit

Tree Lighting on the Cutchogue Village Green

Belmont Lake State Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Featured Events

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park
Hallock State Park Preserve

15th ANNUAL FRIENDS BAZAAR
Ashawagh Hall

The Atelier at Flowerfield presents the Fifth Annual Middle and High School Student Artists Juried Show exhibiting February 12th through March 12th, 2026
The Atelier at Flowerfield

Mighty Movers (ages 2.5-4)
Project Most Community Learning Center

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial
The Church

Gingerbread House Challenge
Rogers Memorial Library

“Through Our Eyes”: An exhibition featuring work by local artists from the LI State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Program at Stony Brook University
The Long Island Museum

Fit Games (ages 5-7)
Project Most Community Learning Center

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply
Alex Ferrone Gallery

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum
Heckscher Museum of Art

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience
Heckscher Museum of Art

Long Island Family Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo – Cradle of Aviation
Cradle of Aviation Museum

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