JANUARY Chinese New Year (through Chinatown from Columbus Park)

FEBRUARY Frigid Festival (various venues)

BAMkids Film Festival (BAM Rose Cinemas)

MARCH New York Int'l Independent Film & Video Festival (Village East Cinema, 181 2nd Ave)

APRIL Tribeca Film Festival (various venues, near Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street)

Havana Film Festival (various venues, around Midtown and the Upper East Side)

MAY Amsterdam Avenue Street Fair (between 96th and 106th Streets)

Third Avenue Summer Fair (between 14th and 23rd Streets)

Murray Hill Festival (Park Avenue, between 34th to 40th Streets)

New York Arab Comedy Festival (Zipper Theater, 336 West 37th Street)

JUNE Museum Mile Festival (Fifth Avenue, between 82nd and 105th Streets)

NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival (various venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn)

JVC Jazz Festival (various venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn)

NYC Pridefest (on Fifth Avenue, route varies)

Mermaid Parade (Surf Avenue, Coney Island, between W. 10th and 15th Streets)

New York Book Festival (Central Park, Naumburg Bandshell)

New York Asian Film Festival (The IFC Center and Japan Society)

JULY Celebrate Brooklyn (Prospect Park, Brooklyn)

AUGUST Saturday August 25th Gramercy Park Neighborhood Festival (on 3rd Avenue from 14th - 23rd Street)

Sunday August 26th Third Avenue Merchandise Fair (on 3rd Avenue from 23rd - 34th Street)

Friday August 31st
Welcome Back to Columbia University (on 120th Street from Broadway - Amsterdam Avenue)

New York International Fringe Festival (East Village, Lower East Side)

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens)

SEPTEMBER Saturday September 1st
Friends of Dag Hammarskhold Festival (on 2nd Avenue from 45th - 57th Street)

Sunday September 2nd The 23rd Annual Brazilian Day Festival (on 6th Avenue from 42nd - 56th Street & on 46th St. from Madison - 7th Avenue)

Monday September 3rd Labor Day M.E.C.A. Family Festival (on Lexington Avenue from 34th - 42nd Street)

Friday September 7th
United Nations Festival (on 47th Street from 1st - 2nd Avenue)

Saturday September 8th Big Apple Performing Arts Festival (on 7th Avenue from 47th - 57th Street)

Sunday September 9th Midtown Fall Festival (on 52nd St. from Lexington - 7th Avenue)

Friday September 14th Financial Community Day Festival Series (on Maiden Lane from Water - South Street)

Saturday September 15th The Great Irish Festival (on 6th Avenue from 42nd - 56th Street)

Sunday September 16th Tudor City Festival (on 2nd Avenue from 43rd - 53rd Street)

Friday September 21st Fulton Street Follies (on Fulton Street from Water - Gold St.)

Saturday September 22nd 7th Avenue - Guardian Angels Fair (on 7th Avenue from 47th - 57th Street)

Friday September 28th N.Y.C. Police Museum Festival (on Old Slip from Water - South St.)

Saturday September 29th Broadway Autumn Fair (on Broadway from Waverly Pl.- 14th Street)

Sunday September 30th Lexington Avenue Fall Festival (on Lexington Avenue from 34th - 42nd Street)

New York Anime Film Festival (Javits Center, Clinton)

Brooklyn Book Festival (Borough Hall, Brooklyn)

Next Wave Festival (Brooklyn Academy Of Music)

OCTOBER

Saturday October 6th Union Square Autumn Fair (on Park Avenue South from 17th - 23rd Street)

Sunday October 7st N.Y.C. Oktoberfest (on Lexington Avenue from 42nd - 57th Street)

Monday October 8th Columbus Day Festival (On Water Street from Fulton St. - Broad St.)

Saturday October 13th 8th Avenue Autumn Festival (on 8th Avenue from 42nd - 57th Street)

Sunday October 14th Avenue of the Americas Family Expo (on 6th Avenue from 42nd - 56th Street)

Friday October 19th Financial Commumity Day Festival Series (on Maiden Lane from Water - South Street)

Saturday October 20th Washington Square Festival (on Waverly Pl. from Broadway - 5th Avenue)

Sunday October 21st The Great Third Avenue Fair (on Third Avenue from 23rd - 34th Street)

Saturday October 27th Park Avenue South Autumn Fair (on Park Avenue South from 17th - 23rd St.)

Sunday October 28th The 7th Avenue Autumn Carnival (on 7th Avenue from 47th - 57th Street)

CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival (various venues)

New York Horror Film Festival (various venues)

New York Hysterical Festival (Tribeca Cinemas, Zipper Theater, Comix, DCTV)

New York Underground Comedy Festival (various venues)

NOVEMBER Saturday November 3rd A.D.A.'s World's Largest Block Party (on Madison Avenue from 42nd - 57th Street)

Sunday November 4th 6th Avenue Autumn Fair (on 6th Avenue from 34th - 42nd Street)

Saturday November 10th Madison Avenue Holiday Expo (on Madison Avenue from 42nd - 57th Street)

Sunday November 11th University Place Fall Fair (on University Place from Waverly - 12th Street)

Sunday November 11th Veteran's Day Parade Block Party (on 56th Street from Madison - 6th Avenue)

Monday November 12th Veteran's Day Festival (on Water St. from Fulton - Wall Street)

Saturday November 17th Times Sq. Holiday Fair (on 45th St. from 5th - 7th Ave.)

New York Comedy Festival (various venues)

DECEMBER

Big Apple Film Festival (Tribeca Cinema)