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Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting
The spectacular annual Rockefeller Center Tree lighting ceremony in Manhattan signals the start of the Christmas season in New York City. The Christmas tree glitters with more than 25,000…
Each year the venerable Carnegie Hall hosts one of the oldest and most renowned musical institutions in the world, the Vienna Boys' Choir. Their annual concert is one of the highlights in a…
Winter Solstice Concerts at St John the Divine
In celebration of the winter solstice - the shortest day and longest night of the year - the Cathedral of St John the Divine hosts special concerts. The concert is made up of fantastical…
The hugely popular Candlelight Carol Festival at Manhattan's Riverside Church is a wonderful way to celebrate the Christmas season. The choirs of Harlem NY put on a swinging festive show which…
Macy's New York department store at Herald Square hosts its annual Christmas extravaganza. A huge area of the eighth floor is bedecked in twinkling lights, sparkling stars and outsized…
Wild Holiday Party - Presents to the Animals
During Wild Holiday Party, held on three consecutive December weekends every year, visitors to Central Park's Wildlife Center can watch the resident polar bears tear open their Christmas presents.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
A spectacular show at the dazzling 1930s art deco landmark Radio City Music Hall, this music and dance revue has been going strong since 1933, making it staple Christmas fodder along with The…
Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration
Times Square is a magnet for New Year's Eve revellers in New York. Bring a bottle and dress up warm to watch the crystal ball drop on the stroke of midnight at one of the world's biggest…
New Year's Eve Fireworks in New York City
In New York City, New Year's Eve is celebrated with vigour as the traditional midnight fireworks are let off in Central Park, South St Seaport and Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
A party with a difference, the four-mile Midnight Run in Central Park is a New Year's Eve event for fitness fanatics. Live DJs and dancing, a costume parade and fireworks are all part of the…
New Year Swimmers at Coney Island
Brace yourself for the start of the New Year by joining New York's eccentrics as they plunge into the freezing cold sea at Stillwell Ave and the Boardwalk on Coney Island. Or better still…
Three Kings Day Parade & Community Celebration
The Three Kings Day Parade is a colourful and festive Christmas affair, Latin American-style, that fills the streets of Spanish Harlem every year. A community celebration offering family…
The lighting of the spectacular Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree signals the start of the festive season in New York City. With more than 25,000 colourful twinkling lights, the tree is loved…
Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center
Few scenes are more heart-warming than the rink full of happy skaters cavorting in front of the floodlit towers of New York's Rockefeller Center. The rink has welcomed skaters every Christmas…
Three Kings Day Parade & Community Celebration
The Three Kings Day Parade is a colourful and festive Christmas affair, Latin American-style, that fills the streets of Spanish Harlem every year. A community celebration offering family…
The Chinese New Year Spectacular at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall is presented by New Tang Dynasty TV, a multilingual, non-profit TV network based in New York.
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
America's top annual dog show fills two days at Madison Square Garden in New York. Each year the show attracts 2500 dogs for 29 gruelling hours of judging. By Tuesday evening, only seven…
Valentine's Day Weddings on the Empire State Building
On top of the world is how you should be feeling on your wedding day, and it's where you could be if you decide to get married on top of the Empire State Building. To add to the buzz, why not…
In a city of parades, this is the daddy. New York's spinal cord, 5th Avenue, hosts the largest street parade in the city every St Patrick's Day as thousands of Americans of Irish descent march…
With a backdrop of Manhattan skyscrapers, New York's Central Park has two picturesque ice-skating rinks that are open daily in the winter months: Lasker Rink (north-Park at 106th St) and…
