These Are the Best Holiday Events on Long Island

Holiday events on Long Island

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Friday Nov. 21, 2025

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

allison and kids

Noon – 7 pm

Ann’s Place 23rd Annual Festival of Trees

The Summit at DanburyDanbury

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Little New-Yorkers: Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade

New-York Historical Society

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Thanksgiving Gratitude Hour

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Holiday

Tottenville LibraryStaten Island

4 – 4:30 pm

Book Adventures: Thanksgiving Craft

Ages: 8 and under
Books & Readings
Craft & DIY
Family

Adams Street LibraryBrooklyn

4:30 – 6:30 pm

Gingerbread House Painting

COLOR ME MINE UPPER WEST SIDE

5 – 11 pm

Magic of Lights

Jones Beach State ParkWantagh

DoNYC – 4×5

5 – 11 pm

Bar Après Ski Holiday Pop-up

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

5 – 8:30 pm

Thanksgiving Kids Night

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Holiday

Mud GeniusBayside

5 – 6:30 pm

Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

7:30 – 9 pm

Gingerbread House Painting

COLOR ME MINE UPPER WEST SIDE

Saturday Nov. 22

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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Radio City Music Hall

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Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

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Various

Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

All day

Santa Photo Experience

The WestchesterWhite Plains

Various

Santa Photos

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

Various

Santa Photos at The Mall at Bay Plaza

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

Various

Santa at Ridge Hill

Ridge HillYonkers

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All day

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

9:30 am – 4 pm

Junior League of Central Westchester Holiday Boutique

10 Church LaneScarsdale, NY

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

10 am – 2 pm

The 61st Annual Thanksgiving Parade

New Rochelle Thanksgiving ParadeNew Rochelle

allison and kids

10 am – 5 pm

Ann’s Place 23rd Annual Festival of Trees

The Summit at DanburyDanbury

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10 am – 4 pm

The Great Holiday Train Show

New Castle Historical SocietyChappaqua

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