Exciting Events Around The Bronx: June 2025
Explore exciting community events around the Bronx this month.
First Friday June 2025 Salsa Dance + Live Music!
Friday, June 6th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Free for all ages!
Experience The Bronx Museum after dark! On the First Friday of the month, we keep our doors open late for everyone to enjoy our art exhibitions, as well as music, dancing, and more!
On June 6th, you are invited to experience the interactive exhibition, Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures, plus fun activities for all ages. Details coming soon.
Instructor Talia Castro-Pozo will offer a tutorial in salsa dancing, then open up the dance floor for everyone to enjoy moving to music performed by Uptown Royalty NYC.
Family Time June 2025: with Artist Ari Melenciano
Saturday, June 14th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
FREE for all Ages
Artist Ari Melenciano — whose installation, Cosmeage, is on view at the Museum as part of the interactive exhibition WORKING KNOWLEDGE: Shared Imaginings, New Futures is joining us for this fun-filled afternoon of art-making for all ages!
Open House
Saturday, June 14th from 11:00am to 3:00pm
Location: Crotona Avenue & Crotona Park S
Come to join as a community at Concrete Dreams Community Garden and to learn, grow and meet your neighbors! Help the garden group clean up and beautify the garden and surrounding areas.
Movies Under The Stars: Moana 2
Tuesday, June 24th from 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Crotona Tennis House in Crotona Park
Grab a blanket and come enjoy a movie in a neighborhood park or playground! This summer, NYC Parks and The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment will host family-friendly movie showings across the five boroughs.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.
Movies begin at dusk. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Movies Under The Stars: The Little Mermaid (2023)
Saturday, June 7th from 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Basketball Court in I-Am-Park
Grab a blanket and come enjoy a movie in a neighborhood park or playground! This spring, NYC Parks and The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment will host family-friendly movie showings across the five boroughs.
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
Movies begin at dusk. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Van Gogh’s Flowers
May 24th through October 26th
NYBG becomes the canvas for the colorful brush strokes of one of the world’s most revered artists during Van Gogh’s Flowers, where you’ll revel in the beauty of the flowers that inspired his iconic paintings—by day, and by night. Find yourself immersed in botanical displays and large-scale art as you wander through a breathtaking lawn of monumental sunflowers, and see the expressive masterpieces bloom in recreations made of living flowers. As the sun sets, join us on select evenings for Starry Nights, featuring a dazzling drone show—the first of its kind at a cultural institution in NYC—along with live bistro music, performance art, and cocktails and light bites for purchase.
You’ve seen the paintings, now see them come to life in a way that only NYBG can deliver—and let Vincent van Gogh’s unforgettable world of art and nature envelop you in a vibrant daydream during this botanical celebration of the internationally acclaimed painter.
Dig! Plant! Grow! Scent-sational Herbs
Tuesday, June 17th through Sunday, July 13th
Tuesdays–Saturdays; 1:30–5:30pm
Sundays and Monday Holidays; 10:00am–5:30pm
Follow your nose to the Edible Academy to investigate how herbs – delicious and scented edible leaves – are used in our daily lives, from cuisine to medicine. Take a closer look at (and smell!) some of our favorites, and pot up your own culinary herb to take home.
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Saturdays, 12-1:30p, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7, & 6/14
Bronx River Community Garden, 180th St. & Devoe Ave.
Tuesdays, 7-8:30p, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3, & 6/10
On Zoom
The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat’s groundbreaking debut, now an established classic–revised and with a new introduction by the author, and including extensive bonus materials.
At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.
Seining and Shore Exploration
Sunday, June 1st from 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Section 2 Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park
Explore the shore of Orchard Beach and get ready to get your hands wet; seining program participants don waders and use large nets to catch fish and other marine life. All equipment is provided; this program is recommended for ages 8 years and older.
LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Pride in the Bronx
Sunday, June 8th from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Section 2 Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with NYC Parks. Learn about the history and significance of Orchard Beach within the LGBTQ+ community.
Juneteenth Celebration
Thursday, June 19th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Location: Van Cortlandt House Museum in Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Bronx Arts Ensemble invite you to an evening celebration of Juneteenth on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum.
Come early to eat dinner before the show. From 5 pm, delicious food will be available for sale from Voila Afrique. (First come-first served.)
The ceremony will begin at 6pm on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum with performances, including music and spoken word. Then join us for a procession with drums to the Enslaved African Burial Ground with a libation ceremony, honoring the memory of the enslaved people.
Woodlawn Family Fun Day
Saturday, June 28th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Indian Field in Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, Women of Woodlawn and Woodlawn Taxpayers Association Present Woodlawn Family Fun Day featuring:
- Music & Dance: Domincan Arts Collective
- BioBus: Science Education on Wheels
- Face Painting
- Urban Park Rangers
- Woodland Family Walks
- Nature Crafts
- Bocce
- Games
- And more!
With a Special Ceremony to induct Van Cortlandt Park’s woodlands into the prestigious Old-Growth Forest Network!
Juneteenth Celebration
Thursday, June 12th from 4:30pm to 8:00pm
Tickets: Free, and admission to the grounds is free on Thursdays
Location: Great Lawn; Rain moves indoors
Celebrate Juneteenth with an evening of performances, artmaking and more! Learn how dance and movement can highlight personal expression and history with a workshop led by the Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet. Featuring a performance with students from PS 70 in the Bronx. Take inspiration from the rings of a tree. Discover its story paint your own colorful journey on a tree pendant. The evening concludes with a moving performance by the Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet that explores the history and legacy of the Black experience in America. All ages are welcome.
Pride in the Garden
Sunday, June 22nd, All Day
Tickets: All activities free with admission unless noted in the description
Location: On the grounds
Happy Pride Month at Wave Hill! Spend a day in the garden filled with activities for all ages highlighting community, acceptance, self-expression, and joy. Take inspiration from the rainbow at the Family Art Project. Connect with other nature lovers at Pride Birding. Meet with Destination Tomorrow, the Bronx’s LGBTQ+ center for valuable resources and support.
The garden is open late for a dance extravaganza! Learn about Waacking, a dance style, with the one and only Princess Lockerooo. Experience a dance battle showdown and be entertained by dazzling performances. Show off your best moves and dance the evening away!
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital
featuring Tessa McQueen, Hannah Jones, Sunghoon Han, with pianist Mariam Bombrun
Wednesday, June 11th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Tickets: Free!
Location: Williamsbridge Oval
An annual summer tradition, the Metropolitan Opera’s popular concert series in New York City parks continues with a free outdoor recital series at SummerStage. Three of today’s most exciting young stars– Tessa McQueen, Hannah Jones, and Sunghoon Han– come together for an effervescent evening of favorite arias, duets, and ensembles, accompanied by Mariam Bombrun.
Feel Free Art Festival
Saturday, June 21st from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Tickets: Free!
Location: Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
Feel free to paint. Feel free to dance. Feel free to express yourself. This festival is to allow all people to have the opportunity to enjoy culture and arts. Join us for art workshops for all ages and musical performances.
Did you know that Great Performances is headquartered in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx? We love being a part of the Bronx community, supporting other Bronx-based companies, and giving back to our community.
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