The Best FREE Things to Do on Long Island

Free things to do on Long Island

Find upcoming events in your neighborhood

Find fun free things to do

Post an Event

Friday Aug. 22, 2025

FitzhughKarol_Beligila, Matailanga_SxSCottesloe2021_PhotoLouiseCoghill001_HR

2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

Screenshot

2 – 6 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

8-22 light sand and sea small

5 pm

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

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

tokyo drift

6 – 11 pm

The 52nd Great Feast of Mother Cabrini

Suffolk County Community CollegeBrentwood

IMG_3128_cc7ea6

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Ocean Beqch – Fire Island

Saturday Aug. 23

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

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

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Long IslandLong Island

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

1000032409

All day

Witness the Live Recording of Unscripted: Artists Outside the Frame

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

Round Pond in mist

8 – 10 am

Round Pond Hike with Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

RoundPondSag Harbor

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

9 am – 9 pm

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

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

Great+Pond.JPG copy 2

9 – 11 am

Great Pond Cleanup and Coffee (Southold)

Great PondSouthold

lif-calendar-Long-Island-Nets-Summer-Fest-photo-LI-Nets-2025-08

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Long Island Nets Summer Fest

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Jones Beach (Field 4) – Basketball CourtsWantagh

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

West Wind by Jon Van Brunt

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

2025 Vintage SQ

10 am – 4 pm

Antique & Vintage Outdoor Market Hosted By Rosie’s Vintage

Free
Markets

Rosie’s VintageHuntington

The Ark Digital Calendar Banner 27

11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

11 am – 6 pm

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

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

11 am – 5 pm

Fifth Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color: Art Show & Sale, and Book Signing

The ChurchSag Harbor

20230812_123148

11 am – 2 pm

Rubber Duckie Race on Reeves Bay

Ages: All
Family
Free
Fundraisers

Flanders Men’s ClubFlanders

20230812_123148_b74b78

11 am – 2 pm

Rubber Duck Race on Reeves Bay to Benefit Big Duck Ranch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Fundraisers

Flanders Men’s ClubFlanders

allofme_d17afe

Noon – 5 pm

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

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

AC001_Annette_Cords_In_Other_Words_silver_DETAIL

Noon – 5 pm

JHB Gallery at Jetsam Studio

Art
Free

Jetsam StudioSouthampton

7.26 Chris Mack

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

Noon – 2 pm

Back to School Bash: Supplies, Smiles, and Style

Ages: All
Family
Free

Green Acres MallValley Stream

8-22 art affair small

Noon – 6 pm

Bridgehampton Art Affair

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

The Corwith HouseBridgehampton

Art gallery promo pic

Noon – 5 pm

DETOUR VI Summer Art Exhibition Closing Day

East End Arts Art GalleryRiverhead

Noon – 5 pm

Ocean Bay Park Community Fair

The Schooner InnOcean Bay Park

+ Export Events

More from Around Long Island

The Board of Education is preparing in anticipation of the first day of classes.

Long Island Press

Carle Place Board of Education hold final meeting before first day of school

Family Beach parents and kids

Things to Do with Your Kids on the East End This Week, August 22-27, 2025

East Hampton, Lily Pond Lane

Behind the Hedges

Oceanfront East Hampton Estate on Lily Pond Lane Has Found a Buyer

New York Liberty fall to the Chicago Sky 91-85 at Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, NY.

Liberty doomed by fouling, rebounding troubles, drop to Sky