The Best FREE Things to Do on Long Island

Friday Dec. 12, 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

9 am – 9 pm

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery

Art
Free

Port Washington Public LibraryPort Washington

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 – 3 pm

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

1 – 8 pm

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

1 – 4 pm

Meet Santa at Willy Nilly Trading

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Willy NillyBay Shore

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

5 – 9 pm

Meet Santa at the Tree

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

5:30 – 7:30 pm

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic ParkOyster Bay

7:30 – 8:30 pm

Shades of Music

Free
Music

James Wilson Young Middle SchoolBayport

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Free things to do on Long Island

Friday Dec. 12, 2025

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

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

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery

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

Word Game Palooza

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Meet Santa at Willy Nilly Trading

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Meet Santa at the Tree

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Shades of Music

Featured Events

Holiday Tree Lighting Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach Village Green

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery
Port Washington Public Library

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

Polar Bear Plunge – Heart of the Hamptons
Coopers Beach

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

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

Inclusive Move & Play (ages 5-10yrs)
Project Most Community Learning Center

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

Inclusive Move & Play (ages 6-11yrs)
Project Most Community Learning Center

Cantabile Youth Chorus of the Hamptons Candlelight Christmas Concert
Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral

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

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