The Best FREE Things to Do on Long Island

Friday Aug. 22, 2025

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

Royal Botania, Thayers, and The Roundtree, Amagansett Launch a Summer Design Pop-Up

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

All day

Long Island History Hunt

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All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

9 am – 9 pm

“Narratives in Motion – The Evolution of a Storyteller” a solo exhibit by Jennifer A. Uihlein

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

9 am – noon

Paper shredding event at the Great Neck Library

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

Art
Classes

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

11 am – 9 pm

“Narratives in Motion – The Evolution of a Storyteller” a solo exhibit by Jennifer A. Uihlein

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

Noon – 5 pm

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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Noon – 5 pm

JHB Gallery at Jetsam Studio

Art
Free

Jetsam StudioSouthampton

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

Noon – 6 pm

Bridgehampton Art Affair

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

The Corwith HouseBridgehampton

1 – 3 pm

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

2 – 6 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

5 pm

Light, Sand, and Sea: Hamptons Artists and Their Studios with Coco Myers and Jaime Lopez

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

6 – 11 pm

The 52nd Great Feast of Mother Cabrini

Suffolk County Community CollegeBrentwood

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Ocean Beqch – Fire Island

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Free things to do on Long Island

Friday Aug. 22, 2025

Royal Botania, Thayers, and The Roundtree, Amagansett Launch a Summer Design Pop-Up

Long Island History Hunt

Long Island History Hunt

“Narratives in Motion – The Evolution of a Storyteller” a solo exhibit by Jennifer A. Uihlein

Paper shredding event at the Great Neck Library

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

“Narratives in Motion – The Evolution of a Storyteller” a solo exhibit by Jennifer A. Uihlein

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection

JHB Gallery at Jetsam Studio

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Bridgehampton Art Affair

Word Game Palooza

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

Light, Sand, and Sea: Hamptons Artists and Their Studios with Coco Myers and Jaime Lopez

The 52nd Great Feast of Mother Cabrini

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

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The Apollo in the Hamptons
Sí Sí at EHP Resort & Marina

Pilobolus Dance Company at Landcraft Garden Foundation
Landcraft Garden Foundation

Long Island Family Day 2025
Cradle of Aviation Museum

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