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FEATURED EVENTS

2026 Kite Festival - Brooklyn Bridge Park- Pier 5

Celebrate spring and kick off the season at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s beloved annual Kite Festival! Watch your kite soar above the city skyline – this is the one day of the year you can fly a kite at Brooklyn Bridge Park! Decorate your own free kite to take home (while supplies last), borrow a kite to fly, or bring your own to show off! Enjoy live music, crafts, games, and activities from local partners at this family-friendly event. Learn and celebrate global origins of kite flying and kite making from international community partners.
Dates: 
05/16/2026
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: 
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, NY, USA
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Opening Weekend Photoville Festival 2026

To celebrate the opening of the festival, Photoville will present a free Community Weekend (May 16 and 17), a visual storytelling event bringing various artists to Brooklyn Bridge Park, featuring 65 exhibitions and free public programming from VSCO, the Penumbra Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, Creatively Wild, and Cynthia Santos Briones. As you take in all the festivities, we invite you to relax at the Leica Camera Lounge, or grab a bite at our Smorgasburg pop-up. Join us on opening night, Saturday May 16, for Boroughs In Focus, a special presentation of photos projected on the Brooklyn Bridge featuring photo collections highlighting New York’s five unique boroughs from over 35 photographers.
Dates: 
05/16/2026
05/17/2026
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Location: 
Photoville, 20 Jay Street #207, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States
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