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Special Events Manhattan Antiques and Collectibles Triple Pier Expo, Feb, Hudson River Chinese New Year, new lunar year celebrations, early Feb, Chinatown New York Flower Show, Mar, 90 and 93 51st Street and 12th Avenue Art Expo New York, Mar, Javits Convention Centre St Patrick’s Day Parade, Irish-American parade, 17 Mar, Fifth Avenue Tartan Day, 10,000 pipers and drummers march through city streets in celebration of Scotland, 6 Apr, Manhattan Summerstage, free outdoor concerts, May-Aug, Central Park Ninth Avenue International Food Festival, culinary street fair, May, Ninth Avenue Fleet Festival, nautical festival, late May, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Manhattan Annual Lesbian and Gay Pride March, street march, ending in street festival and dance party, late Jun, upper Fifth Avenue to the Village Fourth of July, annual firework display in celebration of American Independence, 4 Jul, over the East River Feast of San Gennaro, extravaganza of eating, drinking and merry-making, one week mid-Sep, Little Italy Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, exuberant fancy dress procession, 31 Oct, along Sixth Avenue New York City Marathon, early Nov, starts in Staten Island, finishes in Central Park Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York institution featuring huge hot-air balloons in the shape of cartoon characters, such as Snoopy, the Pink Panther and Betty Boop, 4th Thurs in Nov, 145 Street to 34th Street New Year’s Eve, street party, 31 Dec, Times Square |
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