u/Naive_Attempt9764

Hey Friends! We're back, and this time we're hitting LES!!

I've had a blast hosting these again over the last few weeks. We've been meeting some great people, getting some solid turnouts (30+ people last week), and making friends along the way. Lets get ready for another fun Friday!

Its getting warmer everyday. Lets have something to look forward to.

Us:

group of friends in our early to late 20's-30's trying to enjoy the spring/summer and nightlife while it lasts, while making new friends along the way. The more the merrier

You:

also in your 20s to 30s looking for a good group of both friends and strangers to meet, mingle, dance and have a good time.

Where:

This time we're starting with Karaoke!

Boho Karaoke -> Sour Mouse -> Mercury lounge -> The Delancey

When:

9pm - May 22nd

We go out every Friday night!

TLDR:

we'll be hitting LES and checking out some fun places.

Starting at Boho Karaoke while we wait for everyone for about an hour and a half, before moving to the next spot

Looking forward to another great night!

Our little discord community is growing by the day (over 400 members), Discord invites being sent! And you can add our insta.

Looking forward to another great night.

Sorry for the late post but here are a few things to get into today: Free sumo wrestling in Brooklyn. The 20th anniversary of the NYC Dance Parade with 10,000 dancers and 100 styles of dance taking over Manhattan. A premium sake tasting with 30+ breweries at one of the best Japanese restaurants on the Bowery. And a Bushwick vendors market with 20+ local makers and a chance to win a free gift just for showing up. All happening today. Here's everything:

🏆 EMPIRE CUP SUMO 2026 AT JAPAN VILLAGE Today, Saturday May 16 | 11AM–6PM | 934 3rd Ave, Brooklyn | Free | All Ages

As seen in the New York Times — New York's only officially sanctioned sumo tournament is back and it's happening today at Japan Village in Brooklyn. Hosted by the New York Sumo Club and backed by the US Sumo Federation, the Empire Cup brings together serious competitors from across the country battling for glory on the dohyo — and this year they're specifically calling out the jiu jitsu community to step up and compete. The tournament is open to everyone. Alongside the matches, Half Sumo is running a pop-up shop with exclusive drops, and anyone who RSVPs on Eventbrite and shows up in person gets a surprise in-store gift. Plus Japanese food, culture, and energy all day long at one of Brooklyn's most beloved Japanese destinations. It's free to attend, all ages are welcome, and it runs from 11AM to 6PM. This is a genuine New York City experience and you should absolutely be there. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/empire-cup-sumo-2026-tickets-1987134480724

💃 NYC DANCE PARADE — 20TH ANNIVERSARY Today, Saturday May 16 | Manhattan Streets | Free

Twenty years. Over 10,000 dancers. More than 100 styles of dance taking over the streets of Manhattan today — and it is completely free to watch, join, and celebrate. The NYC Dance Parade is one of this city's most joyful and underrated annual traditions, bringing together performers and dance communities from every corner of the five boroughs and beyond. Ballet next to breakdancing next to Afrobeats next to tango next to kathak next to voguing — all on the same streets, on the same day. This is New York City showing off its full range and it is genuinely one of the most beautiful things the city does all year. Go outside and be part of it. More info: instagram.com/danceparadenyc\

🍶 SAKE-CON NYC 2026 SPRING Today, Saturday May 16 | 12PM–5PM | Sake No Hana, 145 Bowery | From $85 | 21+

The 5th annual SAKE-CON is happening today at Sake No Hana on the Bowery — one of NYC's premier Japanese dining destinations — and it is the most impressive sake experience happening in New York this year. Thirty-plus breweries from Japan and the United States, 50+ premium sake varieties, chef-curated sushi and seasonal bites, A5 Kagoshima wagyu, Kochi Crown Melon samplings, a live TAO DJ set, and a Japanese marketplace with artisan vendors. VIP guests get access to rare labels almost never poured by the glass, a complimentary wagashi workshop, and your own personalized sake glass inscribed by renowned calligrapher Seicho. VVIP guests get an intimate guided master tasting class with Timothy Sullivan — Sake Samurai and America's foremost sake educator — featuring two super premium sakes and a full appetizer spread. This is not just a tasting event. It is a full cultural experience and one of the most thoughtfully produced evenings in NYC this month. Tickets: theticketing.co/e/sakecon-2026

🛍️ BUSHWICK VENDORS MARKET Today, Saturday May 16 | 1–6PM | Bushwick, Brooklyn | Free Entry

Bushwick's monthly vendors market is back today with 20+ local makers, artists, and small businesses set up and ready to show you what they've got. RSVP before you go for a chance to win a free gift when you arrive — one of the most fun little incentives a market has ever offered. Come browse, come support local, come discover something you didn't know you needed. Bushwick on a Saturday afternoon is always the right call. RSVP: partiful.com/e/T5vXS2h4ExamyxOCtrKz

first time in nyc June 4-23 for Vogue Summer School pre-college (June 7-19) staying at the Aman and I'm in my "I might just live here permanently" era
• fashion pop-ups / sample sales / events
• parties
• fancy dinners & cafes
• rooftop nights + skyline views + late dinners that somehow turn into early mornings !!
• jazz bars / lounges / nightlife
• niche art shows / gallery openings / creative events
• shopping
• spontaneous side quests
• late night car rides
• early morning runs
• pilates
• pool parties ?

if u know any June events, hidden spots, or anything actually worth going to drop them and I'm down to meet people who are also actually exploring the city and not just staying in one place

Okay Thursday May 14th is genuinely stacked and we need to talk about it. Smorgasburg officially arrives at Central Park today with 25+ vendors and free entry. Tonight the New York Short Film Festival kicks off its week with a party at The Skinny Bar on Orchard Street. And also tonight, a monthly comedy show called Whack Job is bringing the weirdest and most unhinged comedians in the city to Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg. Three very different vibes, all happening today. Here’s the full breakdown:

🌳 SMORGASBURG IN CENTRAL PARK — OPENING DAY
Starting Today, Thursday May 14 | Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12–8PM | Columbus Circle Entrance, Central Park | Free
This is a big deal. Smorgasburg — New York City’s legendary weekly food market — is heading uptown and planting itself at the Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday starting today. We are talking 25+ vendors serving up some of the most exciting and creative bites in all of New York City, right at the edge of the park so you can grab your food and disappear into the greenery for the most elevated picnic situation imaginable. And it is completely free to enter. Whether you go today for opening day or make it a weekly tradition all summer long, this is one of those NYC developments that makes the city feel absolutely magical. Go hungry.
RSVP: partiful.com/e/WawmsUbIIfb9Cyg4Z6EY

🎬 SPRING 2026 NEW YORK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL — KICKOFF PARTY
Tonight, Thursday May 14 | Doors 6:50PM, Event 7–10PM | The Skinny Bar and Lounge, 174 Orchard St, Lower East Side | 21+
The New York Short Film Festival is kicking off its Spring 2026 week of screenings tonight at The Skinny Bar and Lounge on Orchard Street — and the kickoff party is the move if you are a filmmaker, a film lover, or just someone who wants to be in a room full of creative people on a Thursday night in Manhattan. Mingle, network, drink, and celebrate the start of a week dedicated to short film in one of the best cities in the world for independent cinema. If you’ve never been to a film festival kickoff before, this is a great first one. Low pressure, high energy, the kind of night that turns into a genuinely great story.
Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/spring-2026-new-york-short-film-festival-kickoff-party-tickets-1988562038588

😂 WHACK JOB: COMEDY SHOW AT PETE’S CANDY STORE
Tonight, Thursday May 14 | Doors 6:30PM, Show 7–8:30PM | Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Monthly. Stand-up. Comedy. Featuring the weirdest and most whacky comedians in New York City. That is the entire pitch for Whack Job and honestly it does not need another word. Hosted by Jenna Sherriton, Rylan Sylvester, and Molly Zalman, tonight’s lineup features Mark Volinsky, Alex La, Tom Sarabok, Sara Hennessey, Michael Green, Celeste Winter, and more. Pete’s Candy Store is one of those Williamsburg institutions that has been quietly one of the best small venues in Brooklyn for decades — cozy, unpretentious, and exactly right for a comedy show that promises to be anything but ordinary. An hour and a half of weird, wonderful stand-up on a Thursday night in Brooklyn. You know what to do.
Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/whack-job-comedy-show-tickets-1988952259750

Smorgasburg in Central Park, a film festival kickoff on the LES, and a comedy show called Whack Job in Williamsburg. NYC Thursday said today is the day and we fully agree. 🗽

🌉 On June 20th, we’re heading across two of NYC’s most iconic bridges for a golden hour city walk through Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Join us as we catch skyline views, waterfront sunsets, and some of the best photo spots in the city while walking from Brooklyn into Manhattan and back again.

📍 Meetup: Brooklyn Bridge Park at 6 PM
We’ll gather for 30 minutes before starting the walk.

Along the way, we’ll pass through some of NYC’s most scenic spots:

• Brooklyn Bridge Park - waterfront views of Lower Manhattan before we begin
• Brooklyn Bridge - walk across one of NYC’s most famous bridges during golden hour, with skyline and river views the entire way
• Manhattan Bridge - cross back into Brooklyn with evening views of downtown Manhattan and the East River
• DUMBO - finish in one of Brooklyn’s most iconic neighborhoods

🚶 Walk: ~2 hours at a relaxed pace

🌆 Tips for enjoying the walk:
• Wear comfortable shoes
• Bring water

It's free to join! Everyone 18+ is welcome 🎉

📸 RSVP via our Instagram bio:
https://www.instagram.com/nycfoodies.club

I’m hosting a free ping pong tournament! Here are the details:

When: Saturday, May 16, 2-6 PM

Where: 23rd & FDR Drive - Asser Levy Rec

Details: The tournament will be a double elimination bracket, so even if you lose the first round, you’ll then be paired with someone who also lost their first match. All equipment provided.

The link to sign-up is outdoorpingpongleague.com/signup

Full disclosure: this is part of a free outdoor ping pong league, so if you play 3 or more matches (75% of players will) then you’ll get a rating

Hope to see you there!

alana amore colvin playing a solo jazz guitar/avant-garde set sitting in the balance between soft ☁️ delicate tones and raw distorted noise 💥

Kenyon Duncan & Kite Shepherd bringing a 2x 🎹 and 2x 🎤 heartbreaking duo set with stunning vocal harmonies and influences of folk, soul, and ambient music. 

food court people finishing out the night w/ a 5-piece indie jazz rock band ☄️ featuring strings 🎻 and building a cinematic world

we’d love to meet you afterwards and connect ♥️ ticket link at the bottom of the post

$10 adv / $15

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This Saturday alone you've got a free video game festival hosted by the Mayor's Office, Muay Thai fights in downtown Manhattan, a Pride disco bar crawl through Williamsburg, a daytime disco party that ends at 10PM so you can actually get some sleep, and a US Air Guitar Championship where the winner goes straight to nationals in San Francisco. Then Sunday brings a Mother's Day bouquet and cake decorating workshop that is genuinely the cutest thing on this list. Here is everything:

🎮 NYC VIDEO GAME FESTIVAL 2026 — ALL AGES Saturday, May 9 | 9AM–6PM | Convene Brookfield Place, 225 Liberty St, Downtown Manhattan | $10

The NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment is putting on the city's largest student gaming showcase and it is open to absolutely everyone for just ten dollars — and all proceeds go toward prizes for the winning collegiate esports teams. We are talking live Minecraft, Valorant, and League of Legends finals where NYC public school teams from all five boroughs compete for the Mayor's Cup, college esports circuit finals with teams from across New York State, indie game playtesting, robot dancing, tech-powered darts, AI-powered media creation, arcade games, a cosplay parade, and a full festival floor of experiences you simply cannot get anywhere else. Nine hours of content, all ages welcome, and ten dollars. This is genuinely one of the best things the city is doing this weekend. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/nyc-video-game-festival-2026-tickets-1984555961303

🥊 BATTLE IN THE BASEMENT 20 — MUAY THAI AT CHURCH STREET BOXING GYM Saturday, May 9 | Doors 2:30PM, Fights 3:30PM–7PM | Church Street Boxing Gym, 25 Park Place, Downtown Manhattan

Church Street Boxing Gym — one of the most legendary boxing gyms in all of New York City — is hosting its 20th Battle in the Basement and it is sanctioned by GAMMA, presented in conjunction with Three Pillar Promotions, and sponsored by SUPERARE. Classic Muay Thai action up close and personal: punches, kicks, knees, and elbows. Between rounds there's a live DJ and a full bar including the debut of Polish Punisher Pilsner, brewed specifically for tonight's promoter — seven-time WKA world amateur champion Chris "The Polish Punisher" Kwiatkowski. Can't make it in person? Catch it live on warriorscup.tv. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/battle-in-the-basement-20-tickets-1987161785393

🏳️‍🌈 ROAD TO PRIDE DISCO CRAWL — WILLIAMSBURG EDITION Saturday, May 9 | 2–5PM | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | 21+

NYC Pride is kicking off the Road to Pride season with a disco bar crawl through three of Williamsburg's best LGBTQIA+ spots — Oberon, The Exley, and Animal — hosted by this year's GLAM Award winner for Entertainer of the Year, Essa Noche. Come in your best sequined jumpsuit or bell bottoms, bring old friends, make new ones, and support queer nightlife and NYC Pride all in one afternoon. Ten percent of all bar sales at each stop goes directly toward NYC Pride's work creating safe spaces for the local LGBTQIA+ community. And if you're planning on doing all three Road to Pride crawls this year, grab a Passport Ticket for a $10 discount. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/road-to-pride-presents-disco-crawl-williamsburg-edition-tickets-1983726999857

🕺 MATINEE DISCO AT JOYFACE Saturday, May 9 | 5–10PM | Joyface, 104 Loisaida Ave, East Village | 21+

Someone looked at the nightlife landscape and said "what if we made a dance party for people who also want to be home by 11?" and then they went ahead and built it. Matinée Social Club's weekly disco party at Joyface runs from 5 to 10PM and it is the most fun you will ever have before midnight. 70s Disco, Funk, Motown, 80s Pop, and a splash of 90s Dance — ABBA, Donna Summer, Madonna, Rick James, Crystal Waters, Robyn — on a 70s-inspired cocktail lounge floor with confetti, bubbles, and pizza served around 8PM included with your ticket. Past attendees have called it "the most fun I've ever had before 9PM" and a Gen Z attendee once said "I feel way too young to be here" which is the best possible review. Come as you are, dance until 10, sleep like a baby. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/matinee-disco-joyface-tickets-1985208701667

🎸 US AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS — BROOKLYN REGIONAL Saturday, May 9 | 7–10PM | Barrow's Intense Tasting Room, 86 34th St, Brooklyn

This is not a joke. This is the actual US Air Guitar Championships Brooklyn Regional qualifier, where the winner earns a direct spot at the National Finals in San Francisco on August 1st — no extra battles, no second chances, just straight to the big stage. Real competitors, real judging, real commentary, real stakes — all without anyone touching a single actual string. Barrow's Intense Tasting Room is serving NYC's largest selection of locally distilled spirits plus beer, wine, and non-alcoholic options throughout. Come to compete, come to watch, come to cheer on strangers with your whole chest. This is one of those only-in-New-York nights that you will absolutely not forget. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/us-air-guitar-championships-brooklyn-heck-yeah-tickets-1986646027748

🌸 MOTHER'S DAY MINI BOUQUET + CAKE DECORATING WORKSHOP Sunday, May 10 | 11AM–2PM | Kitsby Studio | Ages 10+

This one is for the moms, the people who love their moms, and honestly anyone who wants a genuinely beautiful Sunday morning activity. Kitsby Studio is hosting a Mother's Day workshop where you decorate your own two-layered, fluffy earl grey chiffon cake with strawberry jam and Swiss meringue buttercream frosting, and build a mini bouquet with fresh flowers — all while sipping a signature lychee-rose spritz called the "Juliet." You leave with a special holder designed to carry both your bouquet and cake home. Whether you're bringing your mom out for a date, celebrating someone you love, or just treating yourself — this is as wholesome as the weekend gets. Tickets: partiful.com/e/In3Y6UgZU9qvwnX1Q1KF

Video games, Muay Thai, Pride disco, air guitar, a daytime disco with pizza, and a cake and bouquet workshop.🗽

Hey everyone! We're hosting a Devil Wears Prada Trivia Night on Wednesday (5/13) at 7 pm at IYKYK Lounge. It's a short ride away from midtown on the F or E.

Questions will be drawn from both the original film and the sequel.

Bring your friends along and play as a team or fly solo—both are welcome! If you're arriving by yourself and want to join a team, just let the host know before the game and we’ll happily match you with other solo players. If you prefer, you can also take on the challenge individually.

Please be aware that IYKYK is 21+ lounge.

***Reserve your free spot here***:  https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/trivia-night-at-iykyk-lounge-4820210

Prizes are as follows: 1st Place: $50 Gift Card. 2nd Place: $25 Gift Card. 3rd Place: 2 Free Drinks

Address: 70-13 Austin St, Forest Hills, NY 11375