Santa Rosalia Society Festival (a.k.a. the 18th Avenue Feast)
Concludes Thursday through Sunday, August 24-27, various hours
18th Ave. between 67th and 75th Sts., Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/groups/138536509512623
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=rosalia%20bensonhurst&view_all=1
Free admission
Long Island Scottish Games
Saturday, August 26, 8:00-5:00
Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury, New York
www.OldWestburyGardens.org/2023-scottish-games
Admission: adults, $25; seniors age 62 and over, $22; children ages 7-17, $12; ages 6 and under, free
Dragon Fest
Each event covers one block of a longer street festival; repeats periodically, at various locations, through September
Saturday, August 26, 10:00-6:00
Broadway between 12th and 13th Sts., Manhattan
Sunday, August 27, 10:00-6:00
Fourth Ave. between 12th and 13th Sts., Manhattan
www.DragonFests.com
Free admission; online reservation requested
JapanFes
Each event covers two blocks of the same street festivals as the events above; repeats periodically, at various locations, through October
Saturday, August 26, 10:00-6:00
Broadway between 8th and 10th Sts., Manhattan
www.JapanFes.com/new-blog/2023/826east-village
Sunday, August 27, 10:00-6:00
Fourth Ave. between 9th and 11th Sts., Manhattan
www.JapanFes.com/new-blog/2023/828east-village
Free admission
Myanmar Baptist Church Fun Fair
Saturday, August 26, 11:00-5:00
Parish hall of St. James Episcopal Church, 84-07 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo?fbid=668171478678145&set=pcb.668172615344698
Previously, including some long-ago celebrations in a Briarwood backyard: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=%22Myanmar%20Baptist%20Church%20Fun%20Fair%22
Free admission
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