Right here comes the summer season fest foodie quest.
It’s formally the season to eat outside in New York Metropolis and pattern a smorgasbord of meals festivals — that includes many cultures and cuisines — throughout the boroughs.
From beloved staples like Smorgasburg and Style of Tribeca to newer meals occasions like The Nice Nosh and From Sea to SEA, listed below are a number of the greatest fests that each locals and guests can take a chunk out of.
Saturday, Might 16 | Style of Tribeca
Style of Tribeca is extra than simply an out of doors meals pageant — it’s a fundraiser, based in 1994 by mother and father of scholars at NYC’s PS 234 and 150. The annual occasion brings in cooks from greater than 50 neighborhood eating places from 11:30 a.m. to three p.m. Saturday.
Friends can take a look at the Youngsters’ Zone for arts and crafts, take part in video games on the Sports activities Zone, and luxuriate in stay music on the pageant, which spans Duane Avenue, from Hudson Avenue to Greenwich Avenue, and from Jay Avenue to Chambers Avenue. Tickets prematurely for six tastings are $65, or $75 day-of.
Guests not planning to eat can attend the occasion without cost.
Funds raised assist help music, science, chess and dance courses, discipline journeys and extra on the two faculties.
Saturday, Might 16 | eleventh Annual Crawfish Boil
A protracted-standing, “no-frills, high-energy” custom in Harlem, Saturday’s eleventh Annual Crawfish Boil will convey a style of Louisiana to NYC from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. by way of At The Wallace, 3612 Broadway.
Friends can count on “a multitude” of recent crawfish, corn, potatoes and extra on the shindig — a staple for greater than a decade — in a setting that provides off the vibe of a yard feast.
Saturday, Might 23 | Rib King NYC
The most important Rib King NYC but — an all-inclusive fest that includes over 20 cooks, eating places and BBQ consultants vying for the titular crown — kicks off at midday at Business Metropolis’s Courtyard.
Moreover ribs, friends will discover award-winning scorching sauces, desserts, spirits, wine, exhausting cider, craft beer and extra.
Normal admission tickets are $55.49; $82.74 VIP tix include early admission, all-inclusive meals and drinks, mixing and mingling with the cooks, and a Rib King NYC T-shirt.
The 2026 opponents’ roster continues to be being finalized.
Sunday, Might 24 | The Cookout Get together
The Cookout Get together will sizzle Memorial Day Weekend “again to the place it belongs” at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park for a day stuffed with music, meals, video games, drinks and “group vibes.”
“Count on good individuals, lovely vitality, cookout classics on the grill, garden video games, dancing, blankets on the grass, and the sort of summer season day NYC does greatest,” the occasion web page touts, with free burgers and scorching canines, plus music by DJ Savage, Billy Cheesesteak, Musical Mixx and DJ Franchilla, hosted by Jay Juss Vibes.
The precise park location will likely be introduced a day previous to the occasion, which will likely be from 11 a.m. to six p.m.
Sunday, Might 31 | From Sea to SEA: The NYC Southeast Asian Competition
The second From Sea to SEA: The NYC Southeast Asian Competition will shut out AAPI Heritage month at The Chocolate Manufacturing facility in Brooklyn, in partnership with over a dozen group organizations.
The lineup will function about 30 distributors and small companies. Among the many many cultural actions, guests can study and write greetings in several languages, plus strive Ketupat Weaving, an artwork sometimes accomplished throughout Eid in Malaysia; Batik Making, a wax-resist material artwork; and Dreamlink, a Filipino-inspired weaving tapestry.
Normal admission tickets begin at $10.
Sunday, June 7 | The Oxtail Off
The Oxtail Off began as a pleasant yard celebration in Los Angeles, difficult cooks to make one of the best meat dish. Now the viral cooking competitors is hitting the highway to 4 extra cities, with the inaugural New York occasion bringing collectively cooks from eating places, bars and meals vans.
Look ahead to Caribbean performers, stay music and a complete lot of meals from 2-7 p.m. at 99 Scott Ave., Brooklyn. Normal admission and VIP tickets are $20 to $85.
Saturday, June 20 | KokoFest 2026
KokoFest is all about tradition, taste and rhythm.
NYC’s premier Caribbean celebration, again for its fifth 12 months, boasts meals, cocktails and rum tastings, stay performances and extra, all set towards town skyline alongside the Brooklyn waterfront.
Tickets for the occasion, from midday to 10 p.m. at Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Constructing 77, begin at $33.28 and stage off at $179.93 for a VIP expertise.
Sunday, June 21 | The Nice Nosh
The Nice Nosh is returning for its celebration of Jewish culinary heritage at Governors Island subsequent month.
Introduced by the non-profit Jewish Meals Society, the day-long picnic will function immersive artwork, stay music and “surprising Jew-ish cultural connections.”
Look ahead to demonstrations of conventional household recipes that includes inter-generational pairs of cooks at “The Grandmas Tent,” plus once-in-a-lifetime collaborations, together with Bonnie’s x Russ & Daughters serving steamed turnip desserts with every part bagel seasoning and smoked salmon; NARO x Thea Bakery cooking up a Korean fried rooster sandwich on challah; and Santo Taco x Katz’s Deli combining Katz’s pastrami, pickles escabeche, habanero, and avocado salsa on an heirloom corn tortilla.
Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28 | Style the Caribbean
ONSA Basis’s two-day Style the Caribbean celebration at Brooklyn’s Restoration Plaza will function over 50 distributors cooking up roti, jerk rooster, chicharrón, mofongo and far more.
Admission is free, and will probably be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. each days.
Sunday, June 28 | Toñita Fest
Toñita Fest returns for its third 12 months as Brooklyn-based host Caribbean Social Membership — which, owned by 2026 Tremendous Bowl “star” Maria Antonia “Toñita” Cay, counts Unhealthy Bunny as certainly one of its largest followers — celebrates its 52nd anniversary. The annual pageant honoring Toñitas NY celebrates Puerto Rican roots and highlights the position the cultural house holds in New York Metropolis.
The occasion, open to the general public, will run from midday to six p.m. at Grand Avenue between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Avenue in Brooklyn.
Saturday, Aug. 15 | Blues BBQ Competition
A Hudson River Park staple and certainly one of NYC’s longest-running free festivals, the Blues BBQ Competition will function loads of meals and two phases with each common locals and achieved artists alike, curated by the Jazz Basis of America.
The occasion is slated for 1-9 p.m. at Pier 76.
By way of October | Smorgasburg
It wouldn’t be a New York Metropolis summer season meals roundup with out Smorgasburg.
The beloved market is formally again for its sixteenth season throughout a number of places in Brooklyn and Manhattan, that includes over 70 distributors and world bites. Admission is free at each location.
Central Park
For the primary time, Smorgasburg is in Central Park this summer season, bringing greater than 25 distributors to Manhattan’s yard. Having kicked off on Thursday, Might 14, the open-air meals market will function from midday to eight p.m. close to the park’s Columbus Circle entrance each Thursday, Friday and Saturday by Sept. 8.
Prospect Park
In partnership with Prospect Park Alliance, the outpost is 11 a.m. to six p.m. Sundays by Oct. 25. Head to Breeze Hill close to the park’s Lincoln Highway Entrance for a wide range of meals choices.
Williamsburg
The favored fest’s authentic location — “Smorgasburg” being a portmanteau of “smorgasbord” and “Williamsburg” — is open from 11 a.m. to six p.m. Saturdays at Marsha P. Johnson State Park. No pets are allowed.
World Commerce Heart
The fan-favorite out of doors market opened its World Commerce Heart location — on Fulton Avenue between Church and Greenwich streets — final month, working from 11 a.m. to six p.m. Thursday and Friday, and it’ll stay open by Sept. 4.
Eco-friendly distributors and clients can use two compost stations for service ware and meals scraps.
