Upcoming 2025 Events
5/10: Asian Burlesque Festival
Join Hostess Calamity Chang and an amazing international cast for the 13th Annual NY Asian Burlesque Festival at Le Poisson Rouge on Saturday May 10th, 2025.
The New York Asian Burlesque Festival is not only the biggest Asian burlesque event on the international calendar, it is the only one of its kind and brings the finest of Asian burlesque and cabaret artists from all over the world to New York City for a night of spectacular performances!
This year’s 13th anniversary feature performers including: Agent Wednesday (NYC), Aza Lia (Toronto), Calamity Chang (NYC/PA), Cheeky Lane (NYC), Celesta O’ Lee (Montreal), Frankie Fictitious (SF), Fortune Cookie (NYC), Honey Bee Rose (Chicago), Malaya Sol (NYC), Mandy Mango (Philly), Mercy Masala (NYC), & Phoenix A’Blaze (San Diego).
Plus DJ Momotaro & ABF Crew: Persimmons Peaks, Sunny Moon, Joy Vicious and Filthy Mari Chino
5/17: Ridgewood Open Studios
Our storefront will be open Saturady: May 17!
All artists in Ridgewood NYC - In the spirit of DIY, we are putting this together because it’s about time. Free and simple just like the old days. May 16 - 18, 2025
Details: https://www.ridgewoodopenstudios.org/
5/18: Fab 5th Ave Street Fair, Park Slope, BK
Come celebrate my birthday!
Huge street fair in Park Slope, spanning 18 blocks along 5th Ave – from Sterling Pl to 12th St. Vendors, music, performances, and more! A Park Slope tradition! The event is sponsored by the 5th Ave Park Slope BID and runs from 10am – 6pm.
5/31: Bushwick Collective Block Party
The Bushwick Collective Block party is an annual art event in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Combining graffiti, street-art, music, food trucks and local vendors, the Collective brings together the best of the community.
15 Scott Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237
6/01: Queens Pride
33rd anniversary of Queens Pride on Sunday, June 1, 2025 from 12:00PM – 6:00PM on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights!
The Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival is the second oldest and second largest pride parade in New York City. Founded in 1993, it is held annually on the first Sunday in June, in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights.
6/07: Pride Month - 1st Saturdays at the BK Museum
The First Saturday Night Market is an indoor market that is part of the monthly Brooklyn Museum First Saturday celebration. FSAT markets are curated according to the theme of the FSAT event & spotlight different communities. They take place on the 3rd floor of the museum surrounding Beaux-Arts Court, from 5-9:45pm. These events have DJs, and multiple other activations during the event, so be prepared for a good time!
https://www.brooklynpop-up.com/
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/event-series/first-saturdays
6/14: Brooklyn Pride
Brooklyn Pride is a 501(c)(3) wholly volunteer-managed, tax-exempt, non-profit organization working for and on behalf of all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Brooklynites and all others who support the struggle for equality of this Community.
On 5th Avenue from 9th Street to Union Street
6/21 Mermaid Parade:
The Parade starts at 1pm, rain or shine, on West 21st and Surf Avenue. It rolls east to West 10th Street, where the marchers and push-pull floats proceed to the Boardwalk and continue their march to Steeplechase Plaza, under the Parachute Jump, where the Parade will disband.
Vendors will be on Stillwell Avenue near Nathon's Famous!
After the parade, usually around 4pm, there’s a procession led from the Judge’s stands at 19th Street and Surf Avenue, through Maimonides Park Parking lot, to the beach. Marchers and spectators are welcome to join. Marchers can join the procession from the end of the parade route under the Parachute Jump. On the beach, the official beach ceremony will take place, and the ocean will be opened for the summer swimming season.
https://www.coneyisland.com/mermaidparade
6/28: Harlem Pride!
"We welcome you to be part of Harlem Pride 2025 as we present NYC’s ONLY Same Gender Loving, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer festival and celebrate our 15th Annual Harlem Pride Celebration Day!"
12th Ave. btwn W. 133rd & W. 138th Streets Near Skinny’s Cantina on the Hudson, 701 W 133rd St, New York, NY 1002
- Saturday, June 28
- 12 PM – 6 PM
"We are expecting over 30,000 participants throughout June and over 20,000 attendees at our annual Harlem Pride Celebration Day festival. The annual festival is designed for open-ended appeal to our diverse community. There is something truly energizing, exciting and empowering about presenting Harlem Pride because it solidifies the notion of SGL•LGBTQ people as contributing members of our larger Harlem community. It also demonstrates the strength, vitality and unity of our community within the collective fabric of New York City."
6/29: PrideFest
PrideFest is thrilled to return for its highly anticipated annual LGBTQIA+ street fair, a vibrant celebration that brings together community members, allies, and visitors for a day of equality, joy, and togetherness. 🌈
PrideFest 4th Avenue Manhattan, NY 10003
Sunday, June 29 · 11am - 6pm EDT
https://www.nycpride.org/event/pridefest
7/12: 14th Annual WitchsFest USA
Ye Olde Pagan Faire! Join us at Astor Place in Manhattan on July 12th, 2025, for a free Saturday festival!
The event will feature workshops, presentations, performances, and a lively vendor market, bringing the pagan lifestyle to life.
10 AM - 5 PM
7/13: Bastille Day
Join the Bastille Day celebration on Sunday, July 13, 2025, from 12pm to 5pm — a festive day of French culture, food, music, and more on Madison Avenue!
L’Alliance’s popular Madison Avenue street fair celebrating the Fête Nationale Française—commemorating the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, which birthed the modern French nation—is New York City’s largest public celebration of Bastille Day, drawing crowds in excess of 30,000 people for more than 20 years.
The Bastille Day celebration takes place across four blocks of Madison Avenue, as well as inside L’Alliance New York, with live music and dance performances, champagne parties, film screenings, booths representing the best of French and New York City local businesses, and kids’ activities.
https://lallianceny.org/bastille-day/
8/16 - 17: Flamecon
The world’s largest LGBTQ+ comics and pop culture convention is back for another electrifying year! Come spend 2 days of queer, geeky fun with us this summer.
Flame Con is Returning to the Sheraton Times Square
811 7th Avenue, W 53rd st, New York, NY 10019
Details: https://www.flamecon.org/
8/23: Bushwig
NYC: Aug 23 ✨ 2025 💋
DRAG + MUSIC + LOVE
Knockdown Center Sat, Aug 23, 2:00 PM
Address: 52-19 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378
9/14: Autumn Myrtle Ave "Queens" Fair
On Myrtle Avenue from Wyckoff to Fresh Pond
We will between Weirfield and Centre Street.
Our store will be open too!
10am-6pm