NYC Street Fairs and Festivals

Street fair season is back! In New York, every warm-weather weekend brings multiple street fairs and with them come chances to sample greasy food, find bargains, and get chair massages. Some fairs even feature live entertainment.

Most of the festivals run from about 11 am to 6 pm. Following is the street fair schedule for April 2012 (also see our street fair schedules (updated as information becomes available) for May, June, July, August, September, and October).

Please note that this schedule may change without notice due to inclement weather.

Ongoing April Farmers Markets

See our NYC Farmers Market Guide

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Waverly Place Festival
Christopher- MacDougal Streets Financial.

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Sixth Avenue Chelsea Festival
Sixth Avenue between 23rd and 32nd Streets

National Tartan Day Parade, 2PM-4:30PM
West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, West 45th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Sixth Avenue between West 44th and 55th Streets, West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

Union Square/Broadway Festival
Broadway between 17th and 23rd Streets

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

Astor Place Festival
Lafayette Street - Broadway

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

NYPD Holy Name Society Parade, 11AM-11:45AM
East 51st Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues, West 51st Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Sixth Avenue between West 51st and 55th Streets

Persian Day Parade, 12PM-2PM
Madison Avenue between East 41st and East 40th Streets, Madison Avenue between East 41st and East 26th Streets, Madison Avenue between East 26th and East 25th Streets

Myrtle Avenue Festival
Myrtle Avenue between Seneca and Wyckoff Streets

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Earth Day at Times Square, 11AM-5PM
Pedestrian Plaza on Broadway between West 42nd and West 48th Streets, West 46th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenues, West 46th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

22nd Annual Upper Broadway Spring Festival
Broadway between West 110th and West 116th Streets

Sunnyside Skillman Festival
Skillman Avenue between 43rd and 48th Streets

Greenwich Avenue Festival
Greenwich between Sixth and Seventh Avenues

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

21st Annual West Side Spring Festival
Broadway between West 96th and West 102nd Streets, Broadway between West 102nd and West 106th Streets

Chinatown Festival
Lafayette Street between Canal and Leonard Streets

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Eighth Avenue Festival
Eighth Avenue between 14th and 23rd Streets

National MS Society Parade, 9AM-1PM
South Street between Fulton and Beekman Streets, Fulton Street between South and Pearl Streets, Pearl Street between Fulton and Frankfort Streets, Frankfort Street between Pearl Street and Park Row, Park Row between Frankfort and Centre Streets

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Steinway Street Festival
Steinway between 34th and 28th Avenues

Sikh Cultural Society Parade, Noon-3PM
East 37th and 38th Streets between Park and Fifth Avenues, East 36th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, Madison Avenue between East 38th and 27th Streets, East 27th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues

See summer street fair schedule for May

See other NYC event listings for April 2012