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Thursday Dec. 4, 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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4 pm

DUMBO Annual Holiday Tree Lighting

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7 – 9 pm

Divination Exchange Party

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8 – 9:30 pm

Slander Factory at Talon Bar! Free Stand-Up Comedy Every Thurs. in Bushwick

Comedy
Free

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBushwick

Friday Dec. 5

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

5 – 6 pm

11th Annual Fort Greene Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Fort Greene Tree LightingFort Greene

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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 Dec. 6

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8 – 9 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

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10 am – 4 pm

Brooklyn District Attorney’s Gun Buyback

St. Paul Community Baptist Church

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

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Noon – 4 pm

BRIC’s Winter Wonderland 2025

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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1:30 – 3 pm

Celebrate the Salt Marsh Nature Center

Salt Marsh Nature CenterMarine Park

St. Nicholas on Horse

2 – 4 pm

Sinterklaas: Saint Nicholas Day!

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumEast Flatbush

Sunday Dec. 7

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

51 Bergen StreetBoerum Hill

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Monday Dec. 8

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Tuesday Dec. 9

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

8 – 10 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judySouth Slope

Wednesday Dec. 10

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

6 – 7:30 pm

Caregiver Connection PLUS Youth Hangouts LIVE!

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

St. Michael Friary & ParishBrownsville

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