9 venues · 27 upcoming events
Things to do in Queens: free events and every venue
Every place we list events for, grouped by neighbourhood. Each venue page shows what’s coming up (recurring shows on their next date), what we’ve listed there before, the address, the subway and what’s nearby — checked by a person, not a crawler.
Free in Queens this week
17 free events in the next seven days, soonest first. Free means the venue prints it as free; a few still ask you to register.
- Queens Botanical Garden
THURSDAYS · 8:45 AMHorticulture Community Volunteer Days 2026Queens Botanical GardenFree · registration requiredDetails → - Bowne Park
FreeTHU, OCT 22Tiny Tots: Session 1Bowne ParkFreeDetails → - Bowne Park
FreeTHU, OCT 22Tiny Tots: Session 2Bowne ParkFreeDetails → - Kissena Park
FreeTHURSDAYS · FREE · NO EXPERIENCE NEEDEDPaint StudioKissena ParkFreeDetails → - Kissena Park
FreeTHURSDAYS · FREE · ALL AGESBeginner Crochet WorkshopKissena ParkFreeDetails → - Kissena ParkFRI, OCT 23Kissena Park Tree and Shrub PlantingKissena ParkFree · registration requiredDetails →
- Oct23Movies Under the Stars: Hocus Pocus | PGFRI, OCT 23 · Walter Ward PlaygroundFree
- Oct24Kissena Park Tree and Shrub PlantingSAT, OCT 24 · Kissena ParkFree · registration required
- Oct24Juniper Valley Park Fall FestivalSAT, OCT 24 · Juniper Valley ParkFree
- Oct24Movies Under the Stars: Casper | PGSAT, OCT 24 · Lawrence Virgilio PlaygroundFree
- Oct25BHS's 25th Annual Totten Trot 5K Foot RaceSUN, OCT 25 · Fort Totten ParkFree · registration required
- Oct25Yoga at Socrates with Astoria YogaSUNDAYS · 10 AM · UNTIL 27 SEP · Socrates Sculpture ParkFree
Western Queens
- Brickhouse
Brickhouse Ceramic Art Center11 upcomingLong Island CityA big Long Island City ceramics centre with kilns, member studios and a full class timetable, in the warehouse blocks between Vernon Boulevard and the bridge.See what's on → - Doughboy ParkDoughboy Park1 pastWoodsideA small Woodside park where the Urban Park Rangers teach basket weaving using invasive plants pulled from the park itself — a craft class and a removal shift in the same afternoon.See what's on →
- Go TuftingGo Tufting NYC1 upcomingLong Island CityA Long Island City tufting studio running four-hour sessions for adults with no experience, yarn and guns provided.See what's on →
- Jackson Heights GreenmarketJackson Heights Greenmarket2 pastJackson HeightsSee what's on →
- Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park3 upcomingAstoriaA waterfront park in Long Island City that was a landfill until artists cleared it in 1986, now showing large outdoor commissions with free workshops, yoga and outdoor cinema through the warm months.See what's on → - Sunnyside Greenmarket
Sunnyside Greenmarket1 upcomingSunnysideSee what's on →
Central Queens
- Kissena ParkKissena Park5 upcomingFlushingA Flushing park whose field house runs the only free tutored craft we track in this part of Queens — a beginner crochet workshop and a watercolour paint studio, both on Thursdays, both with materials provided.See what's on →
- QBG
Queens Botanical Garden4 upcomingFlushingA working garden and farm in Flushing with four different volunteer mornings a week — farm, horticulture, compost build and compost beautification — and free admission to everyone from mid-December to the end of March.See what's on → - Queens MuseumQueens Museum2 upcomingFlushing MeadowsA museum in the old New York City Building in Flushing Meadows, running one of the very few free structured art-making programmes in the city built specifically for disabled visitors.See what's on →