From bandshell openings in Wantagh to lighthouse 5Ks in Montauk — every dated listing below is what's actually happening on Long Island this week: concerts, festivals, family activities, and outdoor things to do. Five free picks every Thursday in the Briefing. The full calendar is for Insiders.
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Looking for things to do on Long Island today — or activities for this weekend? This page is the running calendar — every listing below is dated, so you can scan straight to tonight, tomorrow, or the weekend. We track concerts at the bandshells, street fairs and festivals, farmers markets, 5Ks, fireworks, vineyard events on the North Fork, and the kid-friendly activities that save a rainy Saturday — across both Nassau and Suffolk County. Free things to do, family activities, and date-night ideas are all tagged so you can find them fast.
Plenty of it is free: free things to do on Long Island today are tagged Free right on the card. Planning further out? The weekend picks land every Thursday, and town-by-town calendars live in our town guides. Hungry before or after? Start with the Best of LI 2026 rankings or this week's restaurant pick.
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Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Long Island.
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Avenue, East Meadow will host its End of Summer Festival on Saturday, September 5 (rain or shine) from 10 AM…
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Filter by town, kid-friendly, free, rainy-day. Save your favorites and build your weekend. Refreshed daily.
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The Greenport Fall Craft Fair will be held in the picturesque town of Greenport on Labor Day weekend at the Greenport Schools grounds.
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Enjoy an evening of live music at Jones Beach with Breaking Benjamin! Tickets are available here
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Every listing on this page is dated, so the top of the calendar is what is on today and tonight — concerts, library programs, markets, festivals, and family activities across Nassau and Suffolk. We rebuild the calendar every week from what the venues actually published, and the day's picks also lead the Long Island Today home page.
Most weeknight listings start between 6 and 8pm: live music at the theaters and North Fork vineyards, tap-room and trivia nights, library workshops, and the summer bandshell concerts. Every card on the calendar shows its start time and its town, so you can tell at a glance what you can still make tonight.
This Weekend's Top Picks at the top of this page is our Friday-to-Sunday shortlist — free picks pulled from the full calendar every week: street fairs and festivals, farmers markets, fireworks, vineyard afternoons on the North Fork, and the big theater and concert nights. The rest of the week sits right below it, and our 50 best things to do on Long Island guide covers the year-round list.
Plenty. Free events are tagged Free right on the card — community BBQs, beach and park concerts, library programs, farmers markets, and most street festivals. Our weekend shortlist is free-first by design, so the picks at the top of this page rarely cost anything.
Family listings run all week: library story hours and craft clubs, children's theater and magic shows, museum and nature-center programs, plus the beaches and parks that need no ticket at all. Kid-friendly events carry a Family tag on the card, and our town guides break the weekend down town by town.
Every Thursday morning — the weekend's top events, the good news, this week's restaurant pick, and the #1 in Best of LI. Free forever.
