Brooklyn’s outdoor festival season runs all the way to the holiday lights, and the best stretch of it is still ahead. From a run of Halloween festivals and Day of the Dead celebrations and the first tree lighting of the season, here’s your guide to the street fairs, cultural celebrations and open-air events worth putting on the calendar.
Brooklyn Flea
Saturdays + Sundays | DUMBO Archway | April–December | FREE
The beloved vintage and makers market is back under the Manhattan Bridge arch at 80 Pearl Street in DUMBO, running weekends through December. brooklynflea.com
Brooklyn Museum on Wheels
May–October | Various Brooklyn Neighborhoods | FREE
The Brooklyn Museum’s Airstream-housed mobile arts initiative returns for its 2026 season — traveling to seven Brooklyn neighborhoods from May through October with hands-on art-making, cultural storytelling, games, and pieces from the museum’s teaching collection. Free and open to the public; activities are first come, first served. Brooklyn Bridge Parents is a partner on the season’s opening stop. Full info here.
- October 24 — Kensington: at the Day of the Dead Parade, joining Casa Cultural’s community-led celebration of remembrance and ritual.
Summer at Domino Park 2026
Domino Park’s summer 2026 programming ran June to September. Its fall programming is on Domino Park’s events calendar.
Summer at the Terminal — Brooklyn Army Terminal
June–October | Sunset Park Waterfront | FREE
The 2026 “Summer at the Terminal” series transforms NYCEDC’s 59-acre Brooklyn Army Terminal campus in Sunset Park into a free public destination — waterfront food festivals, outdoor films, community markets, cultural heritage celebrations, and family days running June through October. Full schedule here.
- October 31, 11am–4pm — Día de Los Muertos Celebration: at the BAT Arches rather than Ferry Plaza Park, with ArtBuilt and Casa Cultural — a communal ofrenda, crafts table, face painting, live music and performances.
Brooklyn Bridge Park 2026 Festivals & Special Events
The park’s 2026 festival season closed with the Harvest Festival on October 17. Upcoming programs are on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s events calendar.
Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street | Prospect Heights
The 2026 season of car-free Saturdays on Vanderbilt Avenue ended on October 10. Next season’s dates will come from Prospect Heights Open Streets.
Montague Street Open Streets | Brooklyn Heights
The 2026 season of car-free Sundays on Montague Street ended on October 25. Next season’s dates will come from Montague Street Open Streets.
Flatbush Frolic | Ditmas Park — POSTPONED
New date not yet announced | Cortelyou Road between Ocean and Coney Island avenues | FREE to walk around, rides and food charged separately | all ages
Flatbush’s big annual street festival, run by the Flatbush Development Corporation every year since the mid-1970s, was due on September 27 and has been postponed. The organisers’ own event page now reads “rain date TBD”, so there is no new date to plan around yet. Worth keeping an eye on, because it is one of the larger neighbourhood fairs of the autumn: 200-odd vendors, live performances, carnival rides and a food run the length of Cortelyou Road. FDC posts the new date here.
BKLYN BOO! | Downtown Brooklyn
Friday, October 30 | 4–6 pm | Abolitionist Place, Willoughby Street at Albee Square West | FREE | whole family
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s Halloween afternoon with City Point — music, treats and costumes on the plaza, and an easy one to fold into a Friday pick-up. Downtown Brooklyn.
Dumboween
Saturday, October 31 | March to the Arch gathers 3 pm, Archway party 3:30–6 pm | Washington Street between Front and Water, then the DUMBO Archway | little kids especially
DUMBO’s Halloween: a costume march from Washington Street to the Archway, then crafts, a free photobooth, a costume contest judged at 4 pm, the Howl-o-Ween dog contest and trick-or-treating at more than 50 neighborhood businesses. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so expect a crowd; the Dumbo BID has moved the march earlier to 3 pm for 2026. Dumbo BID.
Park Slope Halloween Parade | Park Slope
Saturday, October 31 | steps off 6:30 pm, line up by 6 pm | Seventh Avenue and 14th Street to the Old Stone House | FREE | all ages, and the smallest children go up front
The Park Slope Civic Council’s children’s Halloween parade has filled Seventh Avenue with costumed kids, puppets and drummers for decades. The route had not been posted when we checked. Park Slope Civic Council.
Creepy Crawly Halloween | Prospect Park
Saturday, October 31 | 10 am–4 pm | Prospect Park | FREE, no RSVP | all ages, best for the bug-curious
Prospect Park Alliance’s Halloween day for kids who like the creatures that give everyone else the creeps: borrow a sketchbook and hunt for spiders, bats and insects (10 am–4 pm), dissect an owl pellet (11 am–2 pm) and try the nature chef’s crunchy treats (12–3 pm). Prospect Park Alliance.
NYC Marathon Mile 8 Cheering Station | Fort Greene
Sunday, November 1 | 9 am–1:30 pm | mile 8 of the course, Fort Greene | FREE
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership sets up at mile 8 with live music, free coffee and free cowbells. One of the easiest big-city spectacles to do with small children — you stand still and the event comes to you. Details here.
Brooklyn FAM Festival: Shine Your Light | Prospect Park
Sunday, November 1 | 11 am–4 pm | Prospect Park Boathouse, 101 East Drive | FREE, register on Eventbrite | all ages | rain or shine
Brooklyn FAM’s flagship festival returns for a sixth year: a free, family-friendly celebration of North, Central and South American Indigenous voices, among them Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Shinnecock, Diné (Navajo), Taíno, Colombian, Mexican and Guatemalan (Maya). Expect music and dance performances, workshops, a drumming circle, a community ofrenda, craft stations and public art for all ages, with food and drink for sale. Presented with the Prospect Park Alliance and the American Indian Community House under this year’s theme, “Shine Your Light.” RSVP here.
Playback’s Street Party | Fort Greene
Saturday, November 7 | 11 am–5 pm | Lafayette Avenue between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street | FREE, first come first served
Playback and The Soapbox Presents, in partnership with BAM Rose Cinemas, turn Lafayette Avenue into an all-day outdoor celebration of local Brooklyn artists and musicians: music from local Brooklyn DJs and Bring Your Own Vinyl, the work of artist Katie Merz, Double Dutch, and food and drink. BAM’s line is “come for a movie, and stay for the party.” Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis; an RSVP gets you updates but does not guarantee entry.
DTBK Gets Lit! | Downtown Brooklyn
Tuesday, November 24 | 6–7 pm | Albee Square, Fulton Street at Albee Square West | FREE
Downtown Brooklyn’s annual holiday lighting, with live music, performances, refreshments and the countdown to switching the lights on. The first of the season and a short, early-evening outing that works with young children. Downtown Brooklyn.
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Updated: October 2026.
