NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Friday, May 9, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
at Basketball Courts (in Harry Maze Playground), Brooklyn
7:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Toy Story
at P.S 060 (in Equity Playground), Queens
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Tale centering on the rivalry between two children's toys: Woody, a cowboy doll who's the leader and the brains of the group, and a cocky spaceman named Buzz Lightyear.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: 7th Annual New York City Public School Film Festival
at 5th Avenue and Washington Square North (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
8:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Come celebrate some of the best of NYC students’ works with friends and family!
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: 7th Annual New York City Public School Film Festival
at Central Lawn (in Sunset Park), Brooklyn
8:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Come celebrate some of the best of NYC students’ works with friends and family!
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Moana 2
at Entrance - Vernon Boulevard and 41st Avenue (in Queensbridge Park), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Friday, May 16, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Transformers One
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Pontiac Playground), Bronx
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron...
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Moana 2
at 45th Ave. and Broadway (in Moore Homestead Playground), Queens
8:15 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out 2
at Sobelsohn Playground (in Forest Park), Queens 

8:15 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for new emotions.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Friday, May 23, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Up
at Dry Harbor Playground (in Forest Park), Queens
8:15 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
A feisty septuagenarian reluctantly teams up with a young explorer in this Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Film by Pixar.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Dog Man
at Athletic Field (in Hinton Park), Queens
8:15 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
When a dog and a police officer are injured together on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot
at Multi-Purpose Play Area (in Russell Sage Playground), Queens
8:15 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Friday, May 30, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Basketball Courts (in Frank D. O'Connor Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior, must learn balance.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Paddington in Peru
at Skillman Ave. and 43rd Street (in Torsney Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
PADDINGTON IN PERU follows Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Shrek
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Paul Raimonda Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
A green ogre living a life of solitude in a far away swamp, Shrek is suddenly invaded by a horde of fairy tale characters.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Mary Poppins
at P.S. 207 (in Walter Ward Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A stiff banker searches for a nanny for his two mischievous children in London in the early 1900s.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Moana 2
at Crotona Tennis House (in Crotona Park), Bronx 

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of.....
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Friday, June 27, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Mummies
at Softball Field (in Noble Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The film follows the fun adventures of three Egyptian mummies who live in an underground secret city.......
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Asphalt Field (in Allerton Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of.....
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids