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Take advantage of the special events in the harbor, e.g., many fireworks are scheduled each year.  This calendar will be updated often during the year:

 

ESB = Empire State Building lighting

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May 8 Fireworks off Liberty Island 8:00 pm - 9:10 pm
May 11 Fireworks off Liberty Island 11:00 pm -00:10 am
May 15 Fireworks off Liberty Island 8:15 pm -9:28 pm
May 16 Fireworks off Pier 35 - East River 8:00 pm -9:10 pm
May 20 ESB = FDNY, National EMS Week Yellow/White/Blue
May 21 ESB = NYU Commencement Purple/Purple/White
May 22 ESB = NYU Commencement Blue/White/Blue
May 23 Fireworks off Liberty Island 9:15 pm - 10:25 pm
May 22-30 Fleet Week and Op Sail  
May 24-27 ESB = Memorial Day Red/White/Blue
May 31 ESB = Children's Miracle Network Yellow/Yellow/Red
May 31 ESB = Alliance for Young Writers & Artists Yellow/Yellow/Yellow
June ? ESB = 63rd Celebrate Israel Parade Blue/White/Blue
June ? ESB = Belmont Stakes Green/White/Green
June 7 Parade of Ships - Silver Bell Awards off Pier 60 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
June ? ESB = United Nations World Oceans Day Purple/Blue/White
June 14 ESB = Flag Day Red/White/Blue
June ? ESB = Filming Red/White/Blue
June ? ESB = United Way Blue/Blue/Blue
June? ESB = NYC Pride Week Rainbow colors
June ? ESB = Stand Up to Cancer Red/Blue/Red
June ? ESB = Canada Day Red/White/Red
July 1 Fireworks - Edgewater, Hudson River 8:30 pm - 9:50 pm
July 1 - 4 ESB = Independence Day Red/White/Blue
July 4 Macy's Fireworks on the Hudson 8:50 pm - 10:00 pm
July ? ESB = Broadway Barks Adopt-a-thon Purple/Pink/Yellow
July ? ESB = Colombia Independence Bicentennial Red/Blue/Yellow
July 14 Fireworks - Pier 54 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
July 16 City of Water Day-Governor's Island&Liberty State Park 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
July 25 ESB = Be Smurfy, Donate to UNICEF  Blue/Blue/Blue
July 31 Fireworks - Pier 54 (14 St) 9:00 pm - 10:06 pm

August 4

Fireworks - Pier 16 9:45 pm - 10:20 pm

July 26 - August 12

ESB = 2012 London Olympics Various country colors
August ? ESB = Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Green/Red/Red
August ? ESB = India Independence Day Green/White/Orange
August 31-September 3 ESB = Labor Day Weekend Red/White/Blue
September 2   NY Tugboat Festival - Hudson River 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
September 4 ESB = NY1 News 20th Anniversary Blue/Yellow/Blue
September 6 ESB = Fashion's Night Out Red/Red/Red
September 7 Fireworks off Pier 84 8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
September 7 - 9 ESB = US Open Finals Yelow/Yellow/Yellow
September 8 Fireworks off Pier A 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
September 9   NY Superboat Race - Hudson River 4:00 pm
September 11 ESB = In Memory of 9/11 Red/White/Blue
September 14 ESB = Steuben Day Parade Yellow/Red/Black
September 15 ESB = FDNY's Emerald Society 50th Green/White/Green
September 16 ESB = Mexico Independence Bicentennial Red/White/Green
September ? ESB = 170th Anniversary of the New York Philharmonic White/Red/White
September 21 Fireworks off Liberty Island 8:45 pm - 10:00 pm
September ? ESB = Family Day, A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children Blue/Red/Blue
September 27 Fireworks off Pier 16, East River 9:30 pm - 10:45 pm
September 29 Fireworks off Ellis Island 8:30 pm - 9:45 pm
September ? ESB = Robin Hood and the Black Eyed Peas and Friends Concert 4 NYC Green/Green/Green
October 1 ESB = Breast Awareness Campaign Pink/Pink/Pink
October 2 Fireworks off Pier 16, East River 6:45 pm - 8:10 pm
October 3 Fireworks off South Street Seaport 7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
October 6 Fireworks off Pier 60, Hudson River 10:00 pm - 11:10 pm
October 8 ESB = Columbus Day Red/White/Green
October 7 Fireworks off Pier 16 6:45 pm - 8:07 pm
October 9 Fireworks off Pier 84 9:30 pm - 10:45 pm
October 10 ESB = Plan International & UN International Day of the Girl Pink/White/Pink
October 11 MWA Gala Boat Parade, Chelsea Piers 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
October 16 ESB = Only Make Believe

Purple/Yellow/Blue

 

October 20

 

Fireworks off Roosevelt Island 6:15 pm - 7:25 pm
October 20 Fireworks off Hyatt Regency Pier, Jersey City 10:15 pm - 10:25 pm
October ? ESB = Alzheimer's Association Purple/Purple/White
October ? ESB = Doe Fund Blue/Blue/Blue
October 31 ESB = Halloween Orange/Black/White
November ? ESB = Food Bank for NYC Orange/Orange/White
  November ?   ESB = NYC Marathon  Orange/Orange/Blue
  November ?   ESB = Veterans Day  Red/White/Blue
November 11 Fireworks off Liberty Island 8:25 pm - 9:40 pm
November ? ESB = Lupus Foundation Orange/Orange/White
November 17 Fireworks off Pier 84, Hudson River 9:00 pm - 10:10 pm
November ? ESB = Toys For Tots Green/Green/Red
November ? ESB = Thanksgiving Red/Orange/Yellow
November ? Lighted Boats Parade - East River and Hudson River 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm
December ? ESB = World Aids Day Red/Red/Red
December 14-16 ESB = Chanukah Blue/White/Blue
December 21-27

ESB = Christmas

 

Red/Green/Green

 

December 28 ESB = Pinstripe Bowl - Syracuse and West Virginia

Orange/Orange/Orange

Blue/Yellow/Yellow

December 31 Fireworks off Liberty Island 11:30 pm - 00:10 am
December 29 - January 6 ESB = Christmas Red/Green/Green
January 14 ESB = Facebook Color Selection Voting Red/Red/Red
January 15 ESB = Facebook Color Selection Voting Orange/Orange/Orange
January 16 ESB = Facebook Color Selection Voting Yellow/Yellow/Yellow
January 17 ESB = Facebook Color Selection Voting Green/Green/Green
January 18 ESB = Facebook Color Selection Voting Blue/Blue/Blue
January 19 ESB = Facebook Color Selection Voting Purple/Purple/Purple
January 20 ESB = Facebook Color Selection Voting Pink/Pink/Pink
     
January 21 ESB = Dr. Martin Luther King Day Red/Black/Green
February 6   ESB = Empire State Building Run Up Orange/Orange/White
February   ESB = Westminster Kennel Club Show   Purple/Purple/Yellow
February 14   ESB = St. Valentine's Day   Red/Pink/White
February 18   ESB = Presidents Day   Red/White/Blue
February 25 ESB = Int'l Corporate Philanthropy Day Green/Blue/Green
February 26 ESB = National Eating Disorder Week

Green/Blue/Green

March 1 ESB = MSK and Cycle for Survival Orange/Orange/Orange
March 15 - 17   ESB = St Patrick's Day   Green/Green/Green
April 2 ESB = Autism Speaks Blue/Blue/Blue
April 6 ESB = NCAA Final Four Teams' colors
April 7 ESB = 2013 Wrestlemania 29 Blue/Yellow/Blue(Halo)/Yellow/Blue(Fins)
April 8 ESB = NCAA Championship Winning team's colors
April 10 ESB = Central Park Conservancy Green/Green/Green
April 13 Fireworks off Hoboken 10:15 pm - 10:30 pm
April ? ESB = Earth Day Green/Green/Green
April ? ESB = Coty Linked Against Leukemia Red/Red/White
April ? ESB=Sakura Centennial Pink/Pink/White
     
     
     

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