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Friday Oct. 24, 2025

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5 – 10 pm

Not That Deep Gallery Closing Reception

Art
Free

Not That Deep GalleryBushwick

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Release Party for PANTHER CITY: Tales of a Gen X Grade 3 Class Project Run Amok

Quimby’s Bookstore NYCWilliamsburgh

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7:30 – 10 pm

“She Ate” The Ultimate Drag Dinner Show at Branded Saloon

Art
Comedy

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

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8 – 10 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

Saturday Oct. 25

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

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All day

AkumuFest – An Interactive Japanese Horror Experience

Japan Village at Industry CitySunset Park

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick

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8 – 9 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

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10 – 11 am

Nature Journaling

Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park

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10 am – noon

FREE Kids Pickleball Clinics presented by Raising Cane’s

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Sports

CityPickle Atlantic TerminalDowntown Brooklyn

FAD Market at The Invisible Dog

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

St. Paul ChurchCobble Hill

11 am – 12:30 pm

Upcycling Halloween Crafts for Kids

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Fort Greene Park Visitor Center

Noon – 4 pm

FREE Brooklyn RISE Fall Harvest Festival

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn RISE Charter School

Noon – 3 pm

Kids Fall Spooktacular

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Wyckoff House MuseumEast Flatbush

1 – 5 pm

3rd Annual DVAM Skate Meetup & Fundraiser 💜🛼

Ages: 9 and up
Classes
Community
Family

Lincoln Terrace ParkCrown Heights

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7:30 – 11:30 pm

HOME/LAND: a blend of theater, dance, projection, and demonstration

Dance
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sunday Oct. 26

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge Park

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USAConey Island

Brooklyn Walk cover (1)

10 am – noon

Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Brooklyn

Korean War Veterans PlazaBrooklyn

FAD Market at The Invisible Dog

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

St. Paul ChurchCobble Hill

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11 am – 2 pm

Celebrate Halloween at IKEA Brooklyn

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Craft & DIY
Family

IKEA BrooklynRed Hook

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11 am – 4 pm

Woof-o-ween presented by The Farmer’s Dog

Free

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12:30 – 3:30 pm

NYC Pride Presents: Family Movie Night – Hocus Pocus

Ages: All
Family
Free

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2:30 – 3:30 pm

TalkDeath’s Cemetery Scavenger Hunt at The Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood 500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232

3 – 5:30 pm

Regina Opera’s Free Fall Festival Concert

Free
Music

Our Lady of Perpetual Help SchoolSunset Park

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4:40 – 6:30 pm

The Makanda Project

Art
Dance

All Saints Church

Monday Oct. 27

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

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Tuesday Oct. 28

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

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4 – 8 pm

Brooklyn Public Hearing – New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies

Bethany Baptist Church

Dance Journey with Adult Ballroom picture

6 – 7:30 pm

Step Into Dance: Ballroom Workshop Series at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BaySheepshead Bay

OCTOBER 28

7 – 8 pm

We Love a Theme: A Storytelling Show

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreWilliamsburg

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