Queens Parades & Ethnic & Cultural Festivals NYC 2026

Schedule of Parades and Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC

March 27, 2026 / Queens Neighborhoods / Queens Parades / Queens Buzz

This report provides a rotating schedule of the parades held in the Queens each year.

We update or add parades and festival events as we approach the event date. Pay attention to the dates / year as only asterisked events have been updated to 2026.

The parades we feature not only include the majors but also the minors and the new ones as we become aware of them. We expect to add about 5 to 10 new parades or events to each month as the year progresses. As the year unfolds, you will be able to scroll down to see for yourself.

At the end of this report there are links to the parades and festivals in the other four boroughs of NYC.

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Queens Parades & Ethnic & Cultural Festivals NYC 2026

Schedule of Parades and Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC

March 27, 2026 / Queens Neighborhoods / Queens Parades / Queens Buzz. Continued.

Editor's Note. We didn't begin updating parades until late February 2026, so the first two months generally reflect the 2025 parades.

January Parades & Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC 2026

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• Elmhurst _ Saturday, January 4, 2025 from 2 to 4 pm - Three Kings Celebration - at the Pan American High School 45-10 94th Street in Elmhurst in Queens. A celebration of the three wise men, in the Biblical tale of Jesus' birth. Free. Announced by The 34th Avenue Open Streets Coalition - https://www.34aveopenstreets.com / FB - https://www.facebook.com/34AveOpenStreets

• Flushing _ January 10, 2025 - Chinese Puppet Show by Chinese Theatre Works for Lunar New Year - at Glow Cultural Center at 133-29 41st Avenue in Flushing. For details see - https://glownyc.org

• Queens _ January 17, 18, 19 & 20, 2025 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend in Queens NYC

• Astoria _ January 24 - February 9, 2025 at various times - Triborough Film Festival - at the Hellenic Cultural Center Thespis Theater in the AFC [Astoria Filmmakers Club] Headquarters at 25-02 Newtown Avenue in Astoria. A wide variety of mostly locally produced independent films. For mostly $15 tickets and details see - https://www.astoriafilmmakers.org

February Parades & Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC 2026

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• Astoria _ January 24 - February 9, 2025 at various times - Triborough Film Festival - at the Hellenic Cultural Center Thespis Theater in the AFC [Astoria Filmmakers Club] Headquarters at 25-02 Newtown Avenue in Astoria. A wide variety of mostly locally produced independent films. For mostly $15 tickets and details see - https://www.astoriafilmmakers.org

• Flushing _ Saturday, February 1, 2025 beginning at 11 am - Queens Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing - begins at the corner of Union Street and 39th Avenue in Flushing. Click this link & scroll down to the map to see the Flushing Queens Chinese New Year parade route from prior years, which [unconfirmed] I believe is the same as this year. Organized by the Flushing Chinese Business Association. For details see - https://fcbainc.org
  • The year of the snake brings challenges but also luck. Chinese New Year Parade Route in Flushing Queens begins between 37th and 39th Avenues along Union Street, marches south to Sanford Avenue, turns right [west] until reaching Main Street, where it turns right again [north] and heads back to the Queens Crossing Mall at 39th Avenue in Flushing. Free and well worth the visit. Click here for prior coverage of the Queens Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing which includes a parade route map. For details see - http://flushingfantastic.nyc

• The photo shows the Flushing Chinese New Year Parade in a prior year. Click the link above for reports from prior years about the parade and some of its history. Click this link to view a map showing the Chinese New Year parade route and viewing locations from a prior year which haven't substantively changed.

• Flushing _ Sunday, February 2, 2025 beginning at x am [it started at 11.30 am in 2024] - Glow Cultural Center & Flushing Town Hall Chinese New Year Parade and Celebration - at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. A Lion Dance, Peking Opera and cultural booths on the first floor at Flushing Town Hall generally centered around food, calligraphy and possibly some artisanal work. For details and tickets see - https://glownyc.org

• LIC _ Saturday, February 15, 2025 from 3 to 10 pm - Lunar New Year Lamp Festival - at Culture Lab at 5-25 46th Avenue in LIC Queens. An Asian Art Exhibit in the year of the dragon. They describe the event as follows, "... a dazzling array of traditional and contemporary performances, delicious food, unique artisan vendors, and a hilarious stand-up comedy show ...". For $12 tickets [$39 for family of 4] and details copy & paste - https://www.culturelablic.org

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2026 PARADES BEGIN

• Saturday, February 21, 2026 beginning at 11 am - Flushing Chinese Lunar New Year Parade - begins at the corner of Union Street and 37th Avenue in Flushing. Click this link & scroll down to the map to see the Flushing Queens Chinese New Year parade route from prior years, which [unconfirmed] I believe is the same as this year. This is the year of the Horse. Organized by the Flushing Chinese Business Association. For details see - https://fcbainc.org

March Parades & Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC 2026

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• * Sunnyside _ Sunday, March 1, 2026 beginning at 12 noon - The 27th Annual St. Pat's for All Parade in Sunnyside - begins with speeches and music at 12 noon at Skillman Avenue and 43rd Street in Sunnyside, Queens. The parade kicks off at 1 pm, marching east and uphill for 15 blocks, before ending at 58th Street in Woodside. This link will take you to a section of our coverage of the St Pats Parades in Queens NYC. Please be advised that as of this post [3/1/26] I've not yet finished cleaning up the linked section. For details see - https://www.stpatsforall.org/

The photo at right was taken at the St Pats for All Parade in Sunnyside in 2012. This link will take you to a section of our coverage of the St Pats Parades in Queens NYC. Please be advised that as of this post [3/1/24] we've not finished cleaning up the linked section since we migrated to a new web platform late last year.

• * Saturday, March 7, 2026 beginning at 1 pm - 51st Annual Queens County St Patricks Day Parade - beginning at Beach 129 th Street and Newport Avenue, with the formation between Beach 132nd - 136th Street in the Rockaways. The parade marches east along Newport Avenue until it reaches 116th Street where it zigs right down a block to Rockaway Beach Blvd, where it continues east. The parade terminates along Rockway Beach Blvd at Beach 100th Street at St Camilus using their parking lot to disperse. In 2025, prior to the parade, there were Church services at Francis de Sales Church [129th and Newport Avenue] which were held beginning at 9 am, followed by a brunch by invitation only [pre-parade services and brunch unconfirmed for 2026]. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/p/Queens-County-St-Patricks-Day-Parade-61565869880495/

• * Long Island City _ Tuesday, March 17, 2026 from 3 to 9 pm - 40 Shades of Green - at the NY Irish Center at 1040 Jackson Avenue in LIC. Forty performers provide six hours of live Irish cultural entertainment. For details and $45 tickets copy & paste - https://www.newyorkirishcenter.org

• * Astoria _ Friday - Thursday, March 20 - 26, 2026 beginning at various times - Art House Cinema Week - at participating cinemas in Manhattan, Brooklyn & Queens. A well curated selection of interesting films - not like the shallow, predictable Hollywood reruns and remakes. For details and tickets see - https://www.arthouseny.org

• * Long Island City _ Tuesday - Friday, March 10 - 22, 2026 beginning at 3 pm or 7 pm - Rough Draft Festival - at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in LIC Queens. This weekend, March 22, 2026 beginning at 7 pm there's The Artist Incubator which they describe as, "... A one-night adrenaline sprint where the artist incubator cohort of student writers, directors, and actors create brand-new plays from scratch and perform them, all in just 24 hours ...". For details and $12 tickets copy & paste - https://www.lpac.nyc/

• * Astoria _ Saturday, March 21, 2026 from 1 to 6 pm - Eid Festival & Market - in Little Egypt in Astoria. Little Egypt is located along the north end of Steinway Street and the festival is from 25th to 28th Avenues. There will be " ... halal street food and shopping from community vendors offering delicious foods, modest fashion, handmade goods, and unique gifts perfect for Eid ...". Proceeds go to a cultural organization. For details, $8 - $15 donation tickets and details, see - https://www.malikah.org/events

• * Bayside _ Saturday, March 28, 2026 beginning at 1 pm - 8th Annual Bayside St. Patrick's Day Parade - marches down Bell Blvd beginning at 214th Place & 35th Avenue and marching down to 43rd Avenue. The parade is a 'relatively' new one, now in its eighth year [2026]. For further details see WS - https://baysidesaintpatricksdayparade.org or FB - https://www.facebook.com/baysidestpatricksdayparade/

• * Rockaways, Forest Hills & Cunningham Park _ Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 2 to 4 pm - No Kings Day Protests - see details above in the Things to do in NYC. There are a few Queens Meet Ups for it. FYI - Here are the times / locations of two of the meet ups - 10am at MacDonald Park (87-20 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills and 12pm at Cunningham Park (196-10 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows and also from 1 to 2 pm at the Rockaways Beach Amphitheater at 1-12 Cross Bay Parkway at Beach 94th in the Rockaways. For details on the last one, see - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/911303/ The others may be found on the same site using the search eyeglass. Please note that No Kings asks all protesters to conduct themselves peacefully - even when confronted by those who disagree with them.

• * Richmond Hill _ Sunday, March 29, 2026 assembling at 10 am & kicking off at 12 noon [post parade festivities run until 6 pm] - the Phagwah Parade - beginning at 133rd Street and Liberty Avenue in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens NYC.  The parade route is - Liberty Avenue and 133rd Street, west on Liberty, north on 124th Street to 97th Avenue and then east to 125th Street to Smokey Oval Park / at Phil Rizzuto Park at 125th Street. At the park there will be a Phagwah Festival until about 6 pm which includes music and cultural performances, and there's also usually an assortment of food and other vendors there, generally selling various culturally related items. For details see - FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/phagwahparade/

WE ADD ABOUT 6 - 18 NEW EVENTS EACH MONTH.

THE NEW EVENTS ARE ADDED WEEKLY.

ONLY ASTERISKED EVENTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO 2026

April Parades & Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC 2026

• * NYC _ Wednesday, April 1 - Thursday, April 9, 2026 - Passover. The Jewish celebration their flight from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago. Communal feasts, also known as Seders are generally held the first night.

• * NYC _ Thursday, April 2, 3 & 5, 2026 - Christian Lent Ends, Holy Friday & Easter - celebrated respectively. Easter commemorates the Biblical stories of Christ's death on the cross and resurrection from the dead.

• Jackson Heights / Corona _ Sunday, April 13, 2025 from 12 noon to 3 pm - Bangladeshi Parade - along 37th Avenue marching from 69th to 89th Streets. Queens parades and street fairs in Jackson Heights / Corona.

• Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 10 am to 12 noon - Queens Easter Festival - in Gantry Plaza State Park at Center Blvd and [4-44] 47th Rd in LIC Queens. It's an Easter Egg Hunt at Gantry Plaza, wherein kids ages 2 - 10 get to go Easter Egg hunting for free. But the kids are organized into groups which are timed starting with ages 2 - 3 at 10.10 am and closing with kids ages 9 - 10 starting at 11.50 am. For free, but required, rsvp tickets and details, copy & paste - http://www.queenseasterfestival.com/lic

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WE ADD ABOUT 6 - 18 NEW EVENTS EACH MONTH

THE NEW EVENTS ARE ADDED WEEKLY

ONLY ASTERISKED EVENTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO 2026

May Parades & Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC 2025

• Queens & NYC - Sunday, May 4, 2025 first wave beginning at 7.30 am & officially over at 6 pm - 5 Boro Bike Ride. It starts between Canal Street and the Battery in Manhattan, depending on the cyclist wave folks are in. And it ends at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. Not a street fair per se, but rather a major cycling event. For details, copy & paste - https://www.bike.nyc

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• Memorial Day Parades Queens NYC - This is Queens Memorial Day parades only and provides details for all of the Memorial Day Parades & commemorations noted as follows:

• Saturday, May 24, 2025 from 11 am to 12 noon - Memorial Day Service with the Scouts

• Sunday, May 25, 2025 assembles at 1.30 pm & kicks off at 2 pm - The 104th College Point Memorial Day Parade

• Sunday, May 25, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm - The Maspeth Memorial Day Parade

• Monday, May 26, 2025 beginning at 9 am - Laurelton Memorial Day Parade

• Monday, May 27, 2023 - The Douglaston - Little Neck Memorial Day Parade

• Monday, May 26, 2025 from 11 am - 1 pm - Ridgewood / Glendale Myrtle Avenue 87th Memorial Day Parade

• Monday, May 26, 2025 beginning at 11 am - Whitestone Memorial Day Parade

• Monday, May 26, 2025 begins at 11 am - The Rosedale Memorial Day Parade

• The American Legion Forest Hills Memorial Day Weekend Parade

WE ADD ABOUT 6 - 18 NEW EVENTS EACH MONTH

THE NEW EVENTS ARE ADDED WEEKLY

ONLY ASTERISKED EVENTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO 2026

June Parades & Cultural Festivals in Queens NYC 2025

• Jackson Heights _ Sunday, June 1, 2025 from 12 noon to 6 pm - 33rd Annual Queens Pridefest Parade & Festival - The parade begins at 12 noon at 89th Street, marching west along 37th Avenue to 75th Street. It ends at 37th Road where there's a festival along 37th Road from 73rd to 77th Street and in Diversity Plaza. Organized by Queens Pridefest. For details see - https://newqueenspride.org

• CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER FORECAST _ Sunnyside _ Saturday, June 14, 2025 beginning at 11 am - 56th Annual Sunnyside Kiwanis Flag Day Parade - Along Greenpoint Avenue from 40th to 48th Street in Sunnyside NYC. Followed by a celebration at 49th and Queens Blvd in Veterans Memorial Sabba Park. For details see - http://peterswebdesigns.com/kiwanissunnysideflagdayparade/index.asp | https://www.kiwanisoftherockaways.org | FB page - https://www.facebook.com/people/Kiwanis-Club-of-Sunnyside-Queens-New-York/100080380816153/
  • There's also a block party on this same day - see street fairs page.

• Thursday, June 19, 2025 from 12 noon to 7 pm - Juneteenth Celebration - in Roy Wilkins Park. - for details see - https://www.juneteenthinqueens.com

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  The photo at right was taken in a prior year of one of the many musicians who bring a bit of joy to NYC during the Summer Solstice.

• Jackson Heights / Corona _ Sunday, June 22, 2025 from 12 noon to 3 pm - The Queens Dominican Parade marches from 69th Street along 37th Avenue and ends at 86th Street and ending sometime between 2 and 3 pm. It's generally followed by a street fair held in the vicinity of the parade ending point. For details see - https://www.instagram.com/queensdominicanparadeinc/?hl=en

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• Tuesday, June 6, 2023 beginning at X - a Filipino Independence Day celebration at Queens Borough Hall in the Kew Gardesn neighborhood of Queens. For details see - https://newyorkpcg.org/pcgny/2023/06/21/philippine-consulate-general-new-york-participates-in-the-celebration-of-philippine-independence-day-in-queensborough-queens-new-york/

WE ADD ABOUT 6 - 18 NEW EVENTS EACH MONTH

THE NEW EVENTS ARE ADDED WEEKLY

ONLY ASTERISKED EVENTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO 2026

2ND HALF OF 2026 YEAR WILL APPEAR SOMETIME IN JUNE 2026 - IF NOT BEFORE

WE UPDATE WEEKLY. ONLY ASTERISKED EVENTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. Pay Attention to Dates / Years.

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