Downtown Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Greek Festival
2026-06-01 11:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Welcome to THE Brooklyn Greek Festival!
Join Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral June 1 – 7, 2026 on Schermerhorn Street!
Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Brooklyn, an iconic spiritual and cultural center, annually hosts a vibrant and lively outdoor Greek festival that celebrates the rich heritage and traditions of Greece. This eagerly anticipated event typically spans several days over the first full week in June, and attracts both members of the Greek Orthodox community and individuals from diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods of Brooklyn eager to experience Greek culture. The festival embodies the warmth and hospitality for which the Greek community is renowned, welcoming all to revel in the festivities.
Visitors to the Greek festival are treated to an immersive experience that includes a feast of traditional Greek cuisine. Delightful aromas fill the air as attendees sample a wide array of mouthwatering dishes, from gyros and souvlaki to moussaka and baklava. The event provides an opportunity for attendees to savor authentic flavors prepared with love and expertise, offering a genuine taste of Greece right in the heart of Brooklyn.
Beyond the delectable food, the festival is a showcase of Greek music and dance, transporting attendees to the vibrant streets of Greece. Live performances, featuring traditional Greek music and lively folk dances, create an electric atmosphere that encourages participation and leaves everyone captivated. The colorful costumes, energetic movements, and joyous expressions on the faces of the dancers add to the festival’s exuberance and cultural immersion.
The Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Brooklyn Greek festival is a true celebration of Greek culture, inviting all to partake in the festivities and experience the warmth and vibrancy of the Greek community!
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Rally to turn Columbus Park into a Park
2026-05-31 12:00 - 14:00
Join Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Councilmember Lincoln Restler to rally support for giving Columbus Park back to the community.
For decades, judges in Brooklyn have parked their cars on public parkland in Downtown Brooklyn. The City has allocated $21 million to transform Columbus Park into a dynamic green space for the neighborhood, but the project faces challenges before it can proceed..
Please come out and send a strong message: Parks are for people, not parking. Show your support to help to make this happen.

James Blake - Trying Times Tour
2026-05-30 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-29 20:00 - 22:00
Acclaimed British singer, songwriter, and producer James Blake comes to Brooklyn Paramount as part of his Trying Times Tour!

Finding Grace Community Workshop
2026-05-30 14:00 - 15:15
Inspired by Ronald K. Brown’s Grace, this workshop introduces participants to his movement style through a guided warm-up and choreography. Participants explore themes of transformation, healing, and compassion through movement; discovering how grace can be embodied in dance and in everyday life. Presented by BAM and Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.

The Met in HD: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
2026-05-30 13:00 - 15:50
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. A reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell.

Friday Nights with Quiana Parks
2026-05-29 20:00 - 2026-05-30 01:00, 2026-05-22 20:00 - 2026-05-23 01:00
Quiana Parks takes over the Lobby of Ace Hotel Brooklyn for a Friday night residency bringing her soulful blends, high-energy cuts, and timeless classics to the decks.
Quiana Parks is a multidisciplinary artist and DJ whose presence behind the booth mirrors the pulpit she grew up around—commanding, connective, and spiritually charged, yet infused with a youthful, joyful energy that is unmistakably her own.
Blending open format, house, hip hop, Jersey club, and timeless classics, her sets create an atmosphere that feels both sacred and electric—where rhythm becomes release and every room turns into a shared experience.

John Zorn: New Masada Quartet
2026-05-29 20:00 - 21:00 | Roulette Intermedium, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, United States
Advance tickets for this event are sold out. There will be tickets available on a first come, first served basis when Roulette’s Box Office opens at 7pm on the day of the event.
The New Masada Quartet—saxophone legend John Zorn’s beloved ensemble featuring guitar master Julian Lage, bass wizard Jorge Roeder and 30-year Zorn veteran Kenny Wollesen—returns to Roulette for the fifth consecutive year!
Performing classic compositions from the Masada songbooks in one fiery set, NMQ is a unit of like-minded virtuosi and one of the best groups Zorn has ever had. Led by Zorn’s versatile sax and stop and start conducting, the music is filled with burning solos, harmonious group interaction, heartfelt lyricism, and hypnotic grooves.
John Zorn sax
Julian Lage guitar
Jorge Roeder bass
Kenny Wollesen drums

New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury (Pride Night)
2026-05-29 19:30 - 21:30
Kick off Pride season courtside at the New York Liberty’s Pride Night! Cheer on the Liberty’s as they take on the Phoenix Mercury in a night packed with’ basketball, celebration, and Pride festivities throughout the arena.

Mizik Ayiti! Residency Late Spring Series | Rasin Okan
2026-05-28 18:00 - 21:00
Join HCX on Thursdays for the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. The Spring residency will be held by Rasin Okan!
This residency honors the legacy of mizik rasin in Haiti and abroad and its role in collective storytelling. Rasin Okan will share popular folk songs from legends such as Lenord Fortune (a.k.a. Azor) and Jacques Fortere (a.k.a. Wawa), as well as original songs that echo the courage of Haiti’s freedom fighters while calling us to remember, reconnect, and rise. This residency is a sacred pilgrimage home—a journey for healing, reflection, and protection. We invite you to take this symbolic trip with us through rhythm, drum, dance, and song. Let the music move your spirit. Let the memory ignite your soul.
45-minute performances will take place at 6:30 & 7:45 PM on each Thursday.

About Rasin Okan: Born of Haiti’s mizik rasin movement, Rasin Okan is a Brooklyn-based Haitian roots ensemble. In the spirit of rasin sèch (directly translated to dry roots), Rasin Okan emphasizes the sounds and songs of traditional Haitian Vodou ceremonial music without much electric accompaniment. Led and co-founded by Jean E. Montina, Sanba Mayombe, the group writes original songs and evocative folk music to insight the revolutionary spirit of Haiti’s freedom fighters, set to a pulsating rhythm.
Members: Jean E Montina (Sanba Mayombe), Trudy Pierre (Sanba Verite), Wilgainson Toussaint (Sanba Nènèl), Gregory Fanor (Atis Alèz), Véronëque Ignace (Awoyo)

Tickets include a complimentary beverage.
Special pop-up offerings from Bon Pâtés.
Limited capacity, RSVP strongly recommended.

Table Tennis Thursdays
2026-05-28 12:00 - 14:00
Team DBP will be serving a series of lunchtime ping pong games. Find a partner, grab a paddle and let the games begin!
Each week’s event will be divided into 15-minute session. Please sign up for the session you wish to attend – one registration per person. If you wish to play with a friend, please sign up individually for the same session.
REGISTER HERE

Sound + Fury Trivia Nights
2026-05-27 19:00 - 21:30, 2026-05-20 19:00 - 21:30
Wednesday night is Trivia Night at Sound + Fury, where you can pit your trivia skills against others and compete for prizes. Craft beer and great food are, of course, all part of the evening’s festivities!

Bazaar Kreyòl | Memorial Day Weekend Market
2026-05-25 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-05-24 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-05-23 12:00 - 22:00
Join HCX for a special Memorial Day edition of Bazaar Kreyòl! Shop from a curated array of local Haitian vendors or take home unique artisanal goods from the HCX Boutik. Savor Brooklyn’s historic first step into the sunshine season with a cool drink, a tasty bite, and afternoon DJ sessions with Okai Musik right here on Lafayette Ave.

The Post Office
2026-05-21 19:30 - 20:40, 2026-05-20 19:30 - 20:40, 2026-05-19 19:30 - 20:40, 2026-05-17 19:30 - 20:40, 2026-05-16 19:30 - 20:40
The ghost of Benjamin Franklin, the first US Postmaster General, is drawn into a thoroughly contemporary conflict among co-workers in a one-room post office about gay marriage, free speech, racial and class divides, and democracy itself in a provocative new opera by composer Laura Kaminsky (As One) and poet/librettist Elaine Sexton (Site Specific).
Produced by American Opera Projects, The Post Office makes its New York premiere featuring a cast of five singers and piano, and a set designed by Charles Renfro, a partner in the distinguished architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro with a long history of involvement in the performing arts.

The Kid LAROI - A Perfect World Tour
2026-05-19 18:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-18 18:30 - 21:30
Australian singer The Kid LAROI comes to Brooklyn Paramount for A Perfect World Tour!

Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs
2026-05-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-14 19:30 - 21:30
PoetWarrior Productions and the Black Rock Coalition present Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs, a three-night celebration.
Between 1972 and 1976, Stevie Wonder released five albums that changed the course of popular music: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness’ First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. The BRC Orchestra, an all-star collective of premier musicians and world-renowned guests, performs those five masterpiece albums in their entirety over the course of three nights.
Thursday, May 14 at 7:30pm
Music of My Mind and Talking Book
Featuring Ray Angry, David Ryan Harris, Sandra St. Victor, Peter Lord, Grégoire Maret, Mark Whitfield
Friday, May 15 at 7:30pm
Innervisions and Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Featuring Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Ray Angry, David Ryan Harris, Sandra St. Victor, Peter Lord, Grégoire Maret, Mark Whitfield
Saturday, May 16 at 7:30pm
Songs in the Key of Life
Featuring Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Ray Angry, David Ryan Harris, Sandra St. Victor, Peter Lord, Grégoire Maret, Mark Whitfield

Slide Away Music Festival 2026
2026-05-16 18:00 - 2026-05-17 00:00, 2026-05-15 18:00 - 2026-05-16 00:00
SLIDE AWAY music festival is coming to Brooklyn Paramount on May 15-16!
The festival that celebrates itself.

A genre that lends itself to loudness can still be overheard from its origins in the 1980s. Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Ambient, or whatever you may call it, has carried itself gracefully through decades while inspiring countless subgenres and infecting all walks of music along the way.
The audience reflects back the legacy and continued impact with a feeling of mutual admiration and respect is palpable across generations and identities – no matter the coast.
SLIDE AWAY is a celebration of the genre and all artists who shape sound in the most unique of ways, all the while bridging the gap between the diverse cast of boundary pushing mavericks of yesterday with the genre bending savants of now.

Mizik Ayiti! Residency Spring Series | Twoubadou Lakay
2026-05-14 18:00 - 21:00
Join Haiti Cultural Exchange on Thursdays for the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. The Spring residency will be held by Twoubadou Lakay.
Twoubadou Lakay is a collective of master musicians rooted in the rich traditions of Haitian music. The ensemble blends the storytelling spirit and dancing guitars of Haitian Twoubadou with deep Haitian rhythms, jazz sensibilities, and improvisational dialogue. Twoubadou Lakay is tradition reimagined through a contemporary lens. Their sound is both intimate and expansive—grounded in lakou culture, yet reaching across the diaspora—creating a musical space where heritage, memory, and innovation meet.
Twoubadou Lakay’s Haiti Cultural Exchange residency will feature core members Bobby Raymond, Markus Schwartz, Gary Josama, Gama Josama, Joe Montour, Camille Hostin and Roland Cameau in revolving formations. Twoubadou Lakay invites audiences into a living, breathing experience of Haitian musical expression—honoring the past while shaping its future.
Twoubadou Lakay’s five-week residency at HCX will feature unique performances weekly.
