Flea Market Betty

This flea market organized by commercial real estate broker Jill Pescatore offers a mix of food, used and locally designed clothing, crafts and accessories. Read…

MTA Nostalgia Train to Coney Island

MTA Transit Museum Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn

This subway ride to the beach might just be more fun than the beach itself. On Jul 12, hop aboard a train made up of…

$25 – $50

Steve Keene's Brooklyn Experience

Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, New York

Steve Keene, speed painter extraordinaire and cover artist for Pavement and Soul Coughing among others, is Brooklyn Public Library's artist-in-residence for the summer. An exhibition of…

Free

Hester Street Fair

Corner of Hester and Essex Street Hester and Essex, Lower East Side

Manhattan's counterpart to Brooklyn Flea has expanded into Seward Park this year, which means more food and vintage and craft vendors. Among those debuting this…

Free

Smorgasburg

East River State Park Williamsburg

Every week, rabid foodies bounce from stall to stall at this cornucopia of food vendors, each with their own gimmick. There tend to be lines…

Free

4Knots Music Festival

South St. Seaport Fulton and Water Streets, new york

This offshoot of the Siren Festival, produced by the Village Voice, features live performances from Dinosaur Jr, Mac DeMarco, Viet Cong, Nude Beach, Dead Stars and more.

PS1 Warm-Up

MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City

The lineup of this annual courtyard rave features a lot of new blood. Plus sets from Todd Edwards (a producer on Daft Punk’s last album),…

$18 – $20

The Quantum Eye at Theatre 80

Theatre 80 80 St Marks Pl , East Village

Mentalist Sam Eaton performs in this weekly magic and mentalism show that explores the limits of perception and deception.

$51 – $81

Le Bingo! w/Linda Simpson

le poisson rouge 158 Bleecker St., New York

Drag queen Linda Simpson, who got her start in the East Village's Pyramid Club in the '90s, has been hosting bingo for years. Each evening…

Brooklyn Night Bazaar

165 Banker Street 165 Banker Street, Brooklyn

It used to be that Brooklyn Flea had the lock on North Brooklyn mega bazaars, but the BK Night Bazaar upped the ante with live…

Free

Bayside! The Musical!

Theatre 80 80 St Marks Pl , East Village

This super raunchy send-up of everyone's favorite '90s show has seen drop-ins from the actors who played the original Mr. Belding and Screech. But even…

What I Did For Love at UCB East

UCB East 153 E 3rd St , East Village

Some of Upright Citizens Brigade's top improvisers grill audience members for love life details then perform comedic versions of their tales.   Performers include, 30 Rock writer, Tracey…

$10

Coney Island Laser Show

Sideshows by the Seashore 1208 Surf Ave, Brooklyn

Far out, dude! Laser spectaculars are hard to come by in NYC. This homegrown one isn't as polished as the ones you saw in the planetariums of your…

$15

Mr. Choade's Upstairs Downstairs

Slipper Room 167 Orchard St, Lower East Side

This long-running variety show merges sideshow/vaudeville acts, go-go girls, comedy, and burlesque, often to raunchy effect (performers include Donny Vomit of Coney Island Sideshow fame…

$15 – $20