The Best FREE Things to Do on Long Island

Friday Dec. 5, 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

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 – 5 pm

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

1 – 8 pm

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

4 – 5 pm

Orient Beach State Park Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Orient Beach State ParkOrient

4:30 – 6 pm

Exhibit Reception – Homefront to Battlefront: Southampton during WWII

southampton cultural centerSouthampton

5 – 7 pm

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State ParkGreat River

5 – 9 pm

Meet Santa at the Tree

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

5:30 – 7 pm

Country Line Dancing

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

6 – 7 pm

Christmas Tree Lighting / Hanukkah Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

6 pm

Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

Holtsville Ecology SiteHoltsville

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Free things to do on Long Island

Friday Dec. 5, 2025

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

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

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Orient Beach State Park Tree Lighting

Exhibit Reception – Homefront to Battlefront: Southampton during WWII

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Meet Santa at the Tree

Country Line Dancing

Christmas Tree Lighting / Hanukkah Menorah Lighting

Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

Featured Events

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

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

“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

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

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds
Arts Center at Duck Creek

Exhibit Reception – Homefront to Battlefront: Southampton during WWII
southampton cultural center

Country Line Dancing
Connetquot Public Library

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

Hamptons JazzFest | Jazz Without Borders
Masonic Temple

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: A Creole Christmas
The Suffolk

Toddler & Teeny Tumbling (ages 18mos – 3yrs)
Project Most Community Learning Center

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

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