Things to do on a Sunday in New York

One of the world’s biggest Latin parties is heading to one of New York’s coolest venues. On Saturday, June 21, BRESH is taking over The Rooftop at Pier 17 for a high energy sunset celebration.

Get ready for a glittery bash of all things pop, reggaeton and more. Along with some of the biggest reggaeton hits, guests will be able to take in sweeping sunset views and hit the dance floor to some high energy beats.

With an early start time, this massive party is perfect for night owls and daytime partiers alike. Time Out readers can also take advantage of an exclusive offer of 15% off tickets using the code: BRESHFRIENDS.

Back for its second year, celebrate queer musical talent in all its glory at PRISM Festival from June 14 to June 28 at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village as well as The Brick Theater in Williamsburg. Watch creative teams taking part in concert-style, semi-staged performances dedicated to amplifying the voices of queer artists and musical theater. This is how it works: four creative teams embark on a paid developmental process spanning a minimum of 29 hours of rehearsal, culminating in two captivating weeks of concert-style performances.

The plays at this year's PRISM Festival of New Queer Musicals include be Like BONE, created by Storm Thomas Directed, nicHi douglas and Rose Van Dyne; See/Unsee by Lila Blue, Ren Dara Santiago, Jillian Jetton and Noga Cabo; and others. Tickets go on sale on May 16 here.

This summer, the New York Botanical Garden invites New Yorkers to step into the world of Vincent van Gogh—not through a frame on a museum wall, but through fields of sunflowers, sweeping bursts of color and sculptural still lifes that bloom around you. Van Gogh’s Flowers, on view through October 26, transforms the Garden’s 250 acres into a kaleidoscopic celebration of the artist’s lifelong obsession with nature.

This isn’t just a flower show. The exhibition brings Van Gogh’s expressive canvases off the wall and into the wild, pairing his iconic works with contemporary interpretations and living installations.

Whether you’re a lifelong Van Gogh fan, an avid gardener or just looking for a dose of color and calm, Van Gogh’s Flowers offers a lush, unforgettable journey into the mind of an artist who saw beauty in every petal.

Tap your toes and enjoy the music at the 14th Annual Blue Note Jazz Festival, with performances running through July 2. The festival pops up at major venues across NYC including Sony Hall, Town Hall, National Sawdust, and SummerStage in Central Park. 

This year's performances include: Santigold, Rosali, Brandee Younger, Emily King, Saba, Mohini Dey, Willie Nile, Jesus Molina, and The World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir. Also hear tributes to the Buena Vista Social Club, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and much more.

Here's the full lineup with ticketing info. 

Be warned: despite its glossy cast and slick marketing, Materialists is not a romantic comedy. As to what it is instead, not even its creator seems entirely sure.

At first, writer-director Celine Song (Past Lives) appears determined to turn genre conventions inside out: to expose romance as the soulless simulation it often seems to be. So, in classic romcom tradition, our heroine Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a pragmatic matchmaker so successful in juggling dating algorithms that she's celebrating her ninth client wedding. And it's at these nuptials that she meets Harry (Pedro Pascal), a financier her industry considers a ‘unicorn’: handsome, wealthy, and tall. (Lucy's clients, like the film itself, fetishize male height and female youth, so if you are a man under six feet or a woman over 30, prepare to feel vaguely unworthy.)

Coincidentally, Lucy’s ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) is also at the reception. But while Harry is a guest, John is a waiter. And therein lies her dilemma: does our material girl choose love or money? 

It's in theaters this weekend.

You can set your watch by how reliably awesome the annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival is. All BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! shows take place at the beautiful bandshell in Prospect Park, a scenic amphitheater surrounded by trees. Catching one of these gigs is guaranteed to be a highlight of your summer show-going season, no matter what musical genre genre you're into.

This year's lineup highlights "the diverse cultures that make Brooklyn a global music hub, featuring artists whose work transcends borders and celebrates the exchange of ideas," event organizers say. Here's a full listing of all the shows.

The dates for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! are June 7 to August 16, 2025.

The official marker of summer is back. And, yes, we mean drinking outside.

Torch & Crown Brewing Company has taken over part of Union Square Park for its summertime pop-up: Torch & Crown Beer Garden. For its third season in a row, the brewery is bringing its lineup of locally-made beers and bites to the square now through early November. Commandeering the historic Union Square Pavilion and the square surrounding it, the indoor-outdoor space welcomes all (even dogs!) to enjoy the festivities no matter the weather. The seasonal venue is the brewery's only offshoot outside of its operation in SoHo.  

Just when you thought summer nightlife in New York had peaked, Tao Group Hospitality is taking it way higher. Literally.

The legendary nightlife brand behind Marquee is launching Marquee Skydeck, a pop-up party series perched 1,100 feet above Manhattan at Edge, the city’s highest indoor/outdoor observation deck. Every Friday and Saturday through September, the 21-plus series will feature headlining DJs, sky-high energy and panoramic views more jaw-dropping than current NYC rent prices.

Tickets are on sale now at MarqueeNY.com, with DJ lineups and surprises still to come.

Jean Smart (Hacks) moves to extend her recent cultural dominance into relatively uncharted territory for her—the Broadway stage—as a rural Louisiana woman with a secret in this darkly comic one-woman play by the writer, actor and erstwhile CBS News correspondent Jamie Wax.

The production is Smart's first Broadway role since her Tony-nominated turn in the 2000 revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner; prior to that, her only Broadway credit was a brief turn as Marlene Dietrich in the 1981 bioplay Piaf. Sarna Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George) directs the world premiere. 

Take your pride to the park this June! Presented by NYC Parks' Stonewall Society, Queer in Nature is on display at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park through August 22. The free and open-to-the-public group exhibition features works by 15 artists highlighting the abundance of queerness in everyday urban and natural environments.

Created by the likes of Ben Eshleman, Brien Mosley, Diane Matyas, Ella Mahoney, Kayleen Berry, Noah Bassman, Sachie Hayashi, Shantell Martinand more, the featured artworks "emphasize that cohesion and unity can be found in complexity and diversity" as they connect the queer experience to the natural world.