Arts nonprofit Art For Progress will present their inaugural weekend-long festival, “Brooklyn Beat Music and Arts Festival” June 1st-3rd at the Paper Box in East Williamsburg. To coincide with Bushwick Open Studios, the festival will feature a diverse line-up of live music performances, DJs, performance art, film screenings, video and fashion installations. Live music acts include Apollo Heights, Lachi, Ze Luis Quartet, Push Method,  Comandante Zero, Argotec, and Redheadphone .

Celebrate the 150 Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla with Huapango music by Jarana Beat. A repertoire or Mexican songs by Diana Rosano and Humberto Flores. Finalist children’s drawings from all over the world of Este es Mi Mexico contest. Art by Irwin Sanchez and Cristian Peña. Cielito Lindo Photo Booth- Dress as a Mexican and take a picture. Mexican Food!

The Lower East Side BID is transforming Orchard Street into an “urban backyard”, a three-block special event designed in partnership with Dub Studios. This one-day event will be open to all, to shop and experience the vibrant culture, food, art, music and entertainment that defines the LES.

BayFest 2012 is an all-day, nonstop festival of music by Jay & The Americans plus over 21 fresh, up & coming bands, dance troupes, and kids' entertainers on a main stage and 10 piers of the Sheepshead Bay waterfront.

Taste what Hell's Kitchen is cooking at this annual food festival, where restaurants and vendors serve up food to suit every taste. The 15-block gastronomic extravaganza features cuisine from Poland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Asia and everywhere in between, with music and dancing to match. Merchants will also be on hand selling jewelry, crafts and clothing, among other things. 

Celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of summer with great food, great music, great games, great prizes, and New York City's LONGEST strawberry shortcake! The concert is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It’s a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one weekend each summer, it transforms Governors Island into a large-scale collaborative artwork – and then it’s gone.

Grab your family and get ready to celebrate this jubilant tradition with music, costumes, dance demonstrations, and fun art making for all ages. 

This 10 year old festival celebrates NYC's historic love affair with the pickle. Taste most items for free then purchase jars of your favorites. DIY types can also show off their skills int he home pickling competition.

Every year, more than 50,000 folks parade up Sixth Avenue—decked out in some of the City's scariest, most innovative and most hilarious costumes—while numerous live bands complement the ghoulish revelry. Come up with a creative costume of your own and join the festivities, or take it all in from the sidelines.