Everybody likes to have something to look forward to. A fun and easy way to look forward to something is while celebrating annual events. Events so fun that when they are over, people say, “we should do this every year!” In our continuous efforts to “connect the fun to the fun people”, we present our MurphGuide List of Annual Events and how to celebrate them in and around NYC.
April:
March 23rd-April 28th: 1st IrishOriginTheatre.org
March 24th-April 7th: Macy’s Flower Show Macys.com
Mar. 29th – Apr. 7th: NY Auto Show AutoshowNY.com
Apr. 1st-7th: BAL Week balweek.com
1st: April Fool’s Day
Apr. 4th: National Burrito Day NationalDayCalendar.com
Apr. 5th: Yankees Home Opener (vs. Blue Jays) Yankees.com
Apr. 5th: The Sideshow Hootenanny ConeyIsland.com
Apr. 5th-11th: Hump! Film Festival Humpfilmfest.com
Apr. 6th: March Madness – NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Final Four NCAA.com
Apr. 6th: New York Tartan Day Parade NYCTartanWeek.org
Apr. 6th: International Pillow Fight Day nationaldaycalendar.com
Apr. 6th: Firefighter Michael J Cawley Benefit FFMichaelJCawley.org
Apr. 7th: National Beer Day NationalDayCalendar.com
Apr. 8th: March Madness – NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game NCAA.com
Apr. 9th: Winston Churchill Day NationalDayCalendar.com
Apr. 10th: City Harvest Gala CityHarvest.org
Apr. 12th: Marty Lyons Foundation Casino Night MartyLyonsFoundation.org
Apr. 12th-13th: Atlantic City Beer & Music Festival ACBeerfest.com
Apr. 13th: St. Jude Hope and Heritage Gala StJude.org
Apr. 15th: Jackie Robinson Day mlb.com
Apr. 15th: Tax Day
Apr. 16th-19th: NBA Playoffs Play-in Tournament begin NBA.com
Apr. 16th: British Ball StGeorgeSociety.org
Apr. 17: Brisket King BrisketKing.com
Apr. 20th: NBA Playoffs begin NBA.com
Apr. 20th: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs begin NHL.com
Apr. 20th: Record Store Day RecordStoreDay.com
Apr. 20th: 420 Day
Apr. 22nd: Earth Day EarthDay.org
Apr. 25th: ANZAC Day (Australia New Zealand)
Apr. 25th-27th: NFL Draft NFL.com
Apr. 25th: Marty Lyons Foundation NFL Draft Party MartyLyonsFoundation.org
Apr. 26th: National Pretzel Day NationalDayCalendar.com
Apr. 27th: Purple Strides NYC PanCan.org
Apr. 29th: Friendly Sons Taste of IrelandMurphGuide.com/fssp
Upcoming:
Posting here for the time being, until we update future months’ pages
May 2nd: American Ireland Fund New York Gala TheIrelandFunds.org
May 4th: Tuesday’s Children Junior Board’s Annual Kentucky Derby Watch Party TuesdaysChildren.org
May 4th: I Love My Park Day NYCGovParks.org
May 5th: Hogs 4 Hope RMH-NewYork.org
May 5th: 5 Boro Bike Tour RMH-NewYork.org
May 10th: Viennese Opera Ball VienneseOperaBall.com
May 10th-11th: New York Golden Festival NY’s largest Balkan music event Goldenfest.org
May 11th: Suds on the Hudson TheBarleyBeachHouse.com
May 13th-14th: Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show WestminsterKennelClub.org
May 16th: Tuesday’s Children 9th Annual Golf Classic TuesdaysChildren.org
May 18th:Brooklyn Half Marathon cancelled. NYRR.org
May 19th: Fabulous Fifth Ave. Fair ParkSlopeFifthAvenueBID.com
May 22nd: RMH Annual Charity Texas Hold’em rmh-NewYork.org
May 24th: The Ireland Fund New York Gala IrelandFunds.org
May 25th: Rib King RibKingNYC.com
June 1st: A Taste of Park Slope ParkSlopeFifthAvenueBID.com
June (t.b.a.): Jersey City Craft Brew Fest BeerFestNewYork.com
June (t.b.a.):Little Baby Face Foundation Golf Outing LittleBabyFace.org
June 5th-16th: Tribeca Film Festival TribecaFilm.com
June 6th: Women of Concern Luncheon ConcernUSA.org
June 8th: Brooklyn Pride BrooklynPride.org
June 10th-11th: Tribeca X TribecaFilm.com
June 22nd: The Mermaid Parade ConeyIsland.com
June 22nd: Spartan Stadion Citifield Spartan.com
June 22nd: Brooklyn Wine Fest WinefestBrooklyn.com
June 27th: St. Jude New York City Wine Tasting StJude.org
July 26th-28th: Broadway Con BroadwayCon.com
Sep. (t.b.a.): Brooklyn Craft Brew Fest BeerFestNewYork.com
Sep. (t.b.a.): Long Island Craft Brew Fest BeerFestNewYork.com
Sep. 24: Pig Island PigIsland.com
Oct. 17: Brooklyn Bowl of ‘Zole BowlofZole.com
Dec. 5th: British Bash StGeorgeSociety.org
Dates Pending
International Nerdlesque Festival ConeyIsland.com
The Concern Spring Run Concernusa.org
Fare Plate: Celebrating Irish Food + Drink FarePlate.com
Brooklyn Folk Festival BrooklynFolkFest.com
The Bloody Mary Fest TheBloodyMaryFest.com
Blue Point Cask Ales Festival BluePointBrewing.com
NYC Hot Sauce Expo NYCHotSauceExpo.com
The Coney Island Ritual Cabaret Festival ConeyIsland.com
Spring Craft Beer Festival Belmont Park Racetrack, Elmont, NY
Tap New York Craft Beer & Food Festival Tap-NY.com [cancelled]
Wine Riot WineRiot.com
NYC Air Sex Championships AirSexChampionships.com
Jackie Robinson Foundation Awards Dinner JackieRobinson.org
Gotham Girls Roller Derby opening night GothamGirlsRollerDerby.com
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival BeerandBourbon.com
Silver Sound Showdown: Showdown.nyc
Miss Twin Peaks Pageant thepinkroomburlesque.com
Poseidon’s Parade PoseidonsParade
Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading threeroomspress.com
