Beginning on April 16, Queens Night Market will make its eighth consecutive appearance. On April 16 and April 23, the amazingly diversified weekly food festival, which offers a delicious sampling of everything Queens has to offer, will host two "sneak preview" nights. On the official Queens Night Market website, tickets for those two Saturdays are presently $5 in advance and $8 at the door.

According to a statement from the market, "because of the surprisingly high turnout on opening night our first few years." In order to reduce traffic, congestion, and the impact on the neighborhood, we are only offering a limited number of $5 tickets for sneak peek nights on April 16 and April 23.

• What is it? A wonderfully diverse, weekly food fest, which serves up a delightful taste of all that Queens has to offer.

• Why go? There is a $5 and $6 price cap per item at the market, even with rising food costs. Since the market first opened in 2015, the festival has highlighted cuisine from around 90 countries and averaged 15,000 attendees every Saturday last year alone.

• Don't miss: The Afghan mantu and chapli kababs, Indonesian kue pancong and ote ote, Portuguese pastéis de nata, Filipino balut, dinuguan, and lugaw, Romanian Kürtőskalács, Indian tandoori kebabs, Mexican huaraches, Indian tandoori BBQ, Haitian diri ak djon djon and more!

One of the Best Things To Do in NYC for Locals and Tourists is visiting Met Museum. With "An Anthology of Fashion," the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art returns with part two of this year's major exhibition "In America," offering an even more comprehensive look at the elements that have shaped American fashion over time. The clothing created and worn by its residents serves as an aesthetically stunning tour through hundreds of years of this nation's history.

This year's show explodes throughout the majority of the American Wing of the museum, expanding on last year's sparse, cognitively challenging presentation of clothing organized by the representation of numerous ideas. Here are five items to be on the lookout for during your visit to the popular show.

A coat worn by George Washington (possibly to his inauguration), the Brooks Brothers jacket that Abraham Lincoln was shot in, and a coat (also by Brooks Brothers) that was once a part of a uniform worn by an enslaved man are the first three notable items visitors will see when they enter the exhibition. (Some of the items that were once given away to mourners are missing from Abraham Lincoln's coat.)

• What is it? The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute's part two of this year’s flagship exhibition that takes an even more expansive look at what has defined American fashion over the years.

• Why go? It is a visually splendid tour through hundreds of years of this country’s history told through clothes designed and worn by its citizens.

• Don't miss: A coat worn by George Washington (possibly to his inauguration), the Brooks Brothers jacket that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in and a coat (also designed by Brooks Brothers) that was once part of a uniform worn by an enslaved man. (Lincoln’s coat is missing some pieces that were given away to mourners at the time.)

Due to bad weather, the first one, which was supposed to take place on May 20, has been postponed. It will feature Asian Pacific Islander vendors showcasing their traditional crafts and respective cuisines, including Cambodia Now, Choy Commons, Momo Delight, Pho Master, Twisted Potato, Xiang Mini Cakes, and Chinatown staples Kopitiam and Alimama.

In recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the evening will also feature live performances from the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, which will present its 43rd Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Festival, and Soh Daiko, the Japanese drumming ensemble. Artists will also be invited to display their crafts, including paper cutting, sugar painting, and braised straw figurines.

Nearer to the event, more merchants and performers will be revealed, but Think! The purpose of the event, according to Chinatown, is to increase foot circulation during weekday evenings and create a secure public area for the neighborhood.

The Neighborhoods Now program will host the Chinatown Night Market five times over the course of the summer in collaboration with Asian Americans for Equality, Urban Design Forum, and the Van Alen Institute.

• What is it? Think!Chinatown, a non-profit based in Manhattan’s Chinatown, is throwing its first installment of Chinatown Night Market (formerly known as Chinatown Nights), a monthly summer series of art and food at Forsyth Plaza at the Manhattan Bridge.

• Why go? Asian Pacific Islander vendors will be on display to showcase their traditional crafts and respective cuisines, including Cambodia Now, Choy Commons, Momo Delight, Pho Master, Twisted Potato, Xiang Mini Cakes, and local Chinatown favorites, Kopitiam and Alimama.

• Don't miss: Artisans showing off their crafts, including paper cutting, sugar painting and braised straw figurines and will include live performances from the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, who will put on its 43rd Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Festival, and Soh Daiko, the Japanese drumming ensemble—in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Because June is Pride Month, New York's LGBTQ+ community is prepared to march in the NYC Pride March and other events, party, and celebrate while fighting for equal rights. If you're looking for LGBTQ+ activities, we've got you covered. Toplist has put together the best gatherings, shows, gay bars, and events so you can sing, dance, learn, and feel heard. The largest LGBTQ+ population in America is thought to reside in New York City, despite the lack of an official census or index.

• What is it? June is Pride Month, which means New York’s LGBTQ+ is ready to party, celebrate and stand up for equal rights.

On Saturday, June 25, at 5 p.m., rain or shine, trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary Dykes will march under the banner "D4T-Dykes for Trans Liberation." Come out to support and promote trans liberation. The New York City Dyke March "glows with all hues of the gender spectrum and stands with trans people—both those trans non-dykes with whom we join in solidarity, and those trans dykes we love to see at the Dyke March."

If you're looking for LGBTQ+ activities, we've got you covered. We've put together the best gatherings, shows, gay bars, and events so you can sing, dance, learn, and feel heard.

The biggest outdoor dance floor in the city, "The Oasis," will be one of the stages and include a gigantic 10-foot disco ball. Clint Ramos, a costume and set designer, will design a blue mural/installation with a sea of mirrors that will reflect dancers and performers as they move to live music, silent discos, modified dance lessons, dance parties, salsa, swing, soul, and other genres, all while being illuminated by Andrew Grant's lighting designs. If you'd want to take a mid-day dancing break, the dance floor will be available to the public for free throughout the day.

Additionally, a short film festival from Film at Lincoln Center will be shown in the "Outdoor Cinema" in front of the David Geffen Hall, which is now undergoing renovations. Popcorn and beverages will be provided, and movie audio will be broadcast using Quiet Event headphones.

• What is it? A giant outdoor dance floor at Josie Robertson Plaza is opening for a season of free dance, music and performance as part of Lincoln Center's second iteration of its Restart Stages program.

• Why go? "Summer for the City" will include 300 artistic and civic activations across 10 outdoor stages.

• Don't miss: Over the course of the summer, there will be hundreds of free performances including to all "Summer for the City" performances and events at Damrosch Park, The Oasis on Josie Robertson Plaza, the David Rubenstein Atrium, The Deck, Hearst Plaza, and The Speakeasy on Jaffe Drive as general admission on first-come, first-served basis.

It took three years to produce the show, which was organized in association with the Society for Neuroscience, and with good cause. In order to assist visitors track the evolution of a "average" brain from conception to death, neuroscientists and artists collaborated to recreate a human neuron from the prefrontal cortex, which serves as the exhibit's focal point. That requires some effort.

The display will feature artistic representations of a brain at the cellular level, diluting a tremendous quantity of complex information into manageable morsels comprehensible by the typical non-scientist. According to a press release from the production, "Guests are surrounded by a highly immersive sound design that tells a universal life story, beginning with a baby crying and including sounds of laughter, kids playing in a playground, people singing happy birthday, an ambulance siren, and finally a flatline." The show depicts the life stages of a human neuron from neural migration to aging.

• What is it? "Life of a Neuron" is ARTECHOUSE's latest immersive exhibition opening inside Chelsea Market on May 14.

• Why go? The show, mounted in collaboration with the Society for Neuroscience, reconstructs a human neuron from the prefrontal cortex, which anchors the exhibit and will help visitors follow the development of an "average" brain from pre-birth to death.

One of the Best Things To Do in NYC for Locals and Tourists is to celebrate Mark Juneteenth. The end of slavery in the United States is celebrated and remembered on Juneteenth. Two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers delivered the good news that the war was done and the slaves had been freed to Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. The event was renamed "Juneteenth" and turned into a time for family reunions and prayer. Later, it was widely observed in Texas, where many former slaves and their descendants would travel back to Galveston on this day every year, according to Juneteenth.com.

Juneteenth is approaching, so get ready! Since the late 1800s, Black Americans have celebrated Juneteenth, but in 2020, the festival received fresh prominence as Black Lives Matter protesters demanded (and continue to demand) substantive policy reforms in response to George Floyd's killing at the hands of police officers.

Last year, NYC and New York declared Juneteenth a legal holiday for the first time. It's finally a federal holiday this year.

• What is it? Juneteenth is the celebration and commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers brought news to Galveston, Texas that the war was over and slaves were free (this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.)

It's a wild voyage on A Strange Loop. Michael R. Jackson's musical is the defiant outcome of a single and individual authorial vision in a Broadway scene dominated by performances that frequently seem designed by corporations for audiences of focus groups. As Jackson's apparent alter ego, a queer, Black writer and composer named Usher (Jaquel Spivey), battles to define himself amidst the traps of sex, race, family, body image, religion, and entertainment, this wide-ranging extravaganza dives headfirst into a swirl of ambition and frustration. It is irresistible and howls with laughter and pain.

The show, cleverly directed by Stephen Brackett, created a sensation when it made its Playwrights Horizons debut in 2019. Now, after making numerous top-ten lists and receiving numerous awards (including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award), it has made it to Broadway without compromising its conflicted, difficult, and occasionally actively family-unfriendly content. Usher informs us in the opening song: "A Strange Loop will include Black shit! " The tracks are pleasantly melodic and smart. White shit, too! You'll get both downtown and uptown! Truth-telling and buttfucking, please!

• What is it? A Pulitzer Prize-winning drama featuring a queer, Black writer-composer named Usher (Jaquel Spivey), who struggles to define himself amid traps of sex, race, family, body image, religion and entertainment.

• Why go? It’s screamingly funny and howlingly hurt, and it’s unmissable. The songs are welcomingly tuneful and clever.

SummerStage, one of the Best Things To Do in NYC for Locals and Tourists and the most anticipated summer concerts known for its free tickets and great lineup, heats up as the city does. The City Parks Foundation series is a dominant force in the warm-weather music industry, booking everything from well-known indie rock acts on the Central Park mainstage to vintage New York hip-hop artists in parks in outer-borough NYC. Even film screenings and dance performances have been included to the festival. We wouldn't blame you if you felt a little overwhelmed by Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage 2022 due to its enormous extent.

• What is it? One of the most anticipated summer concerts known for its free tickets and stellar line-up.

• Why go? Frankly, too many acts to list here, but the schedule includes a staggering range of performers such as Modest Mouse, The Barenaked Ladies, Trombone Shorty, Belle & Sebastian, The Decemberists, Andy Grammer, Fitz and The Tantrums, Sharon Van Etten, Lucy Dacus, Angel Olsen and Julien Baker.

• Don't miss: Summerstage's outer-borough events and concerts!

You may have seen it speeding down the river in the past summers; it is the only jet-powered speedboat attraction in New York and travels at a speed of roughly 45 mph while listening to party music. With splash-filled excitement along the way, The Beast's journey takes visitors from Pier 83 to the Statue of Liberty and back. While hurdling down the river, the team also provides some narrative and historical details.

The attraction's video teaser, which reaches its top speed of 45 mph and includes a tight curve in the water, demonstrates how much it resembles a roller coaster. Considering that it is powered by two ZF 3000 marine gears and two Hamilton Jets, it has 1400 BHP.

• What is it? A speedboat-thrill ride that takes people on a rollicking jaunt down the Hudson River while doing figure eights and doughnuts.

• Why go? It is New York’s only jet-powered speedboat attraction that goes about 45 mph to party music. The Beast’s route takes guests from Pier 83 to the Statue of Liberty and back again with splash-filled action all the way. The crew also gives some narrative and historical information while speeding down the river.