Randall's Island

Flotsam River Circus
2025-09-13 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Harlem River Shoreline, North of 103rd Street Footbridge
Come see Flotsam River Circus on Randall’s Island on Saturday, Sept. 13th, and Sunday Sep. 14!

Flotsam is a troupe of musicians, circus artists, and puppeteers traveling on a handmade raft, giving free performances in waterfront towns along the way.

They’ll be performing at the SW side of the Island, right by the Ward’s Island Pedestrian Bridge. Just look for the most unusual ‘boat’ on the water — that’s us!

Our show is family-friendly but intended for audiences of all ages. The performance starts at 6:00 pm and will be finished before 7:30. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, and come early for a good spot!

The show is free to attend, but we keep this crazy project afloat through donations. You can learn more on their website!

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Parking in the area is limited, so if possible, please carpool, bus, bike, kayak, or teleport.

If you are considering arriving by boat, please note that our show is much better viewed from shore — and we ask that no boats position themselves behind the performance.

(Photo credit: Delene)

Fire Cider Volunteer Workshop
2025-09-14 12:30 - 13:30 | Urban Farm
Learn how to make fire cider with farm fresh ingredients!
Make an infused cider with herbs grown at the Urban Farm! We will supply all materials in this guided workshop to help make some Fire Cider!
Location: Urban Farm
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

New York City FC II vs. New England Revolution II
2025-09-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Icahn Stadium
Come catch the fourth of five home games for New York City FC II at Icahn Stadium when the play host to the New England Revolution II!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!
Click here for tickets!

International Coastal Cleanup
2025-09-20 09:30 - 12:00 | Ward’s Meadow Public Bathroom
The International Coastal Clean Up is an annual event that helps us keep our shoreline free of marine plastics and refuse!
Join members from the community and different partners for our annual coastal cleanup with us and the Ocean Conservancy. With miles of rocky coastline, Randall’s Island Park can always use a hand removing marine plastics and litter that gather between the rocks and in our marshes.

Beginning at Icahn Stadium, volunteers will be sent to various places on the island to collect and record what they have removed from the park.

Last year volunteers collected more than 500 pounds of litter and plastics permanently removing them from our water systems!
Registration is required here.
Location: Wards Meadow Public Bathroom
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Natural Dyeing Workshop with the Horticulture Team
2025-09-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Urban Farm
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll create beautiful, eco-friendly dyes using natural materials from our gardens! Then, we’ll transform textiles into works of art. This class is open to all ages; perfect for beginners and those looking to expand their crafting skills.
Registration is required here.
Location: Urban Farm
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Experts Only Festival NYC
2025-09-20 15:00 - 22:00 | Harlem River Event Area
Global dance music phenomenon John Summit introduces Experts Only Festival NYC, a groundbreaking two-day live music event set to take over Randall’s Island on September 20 & 21 presented by Medium Rare, EMW PRESENTS and Relentless Beats. Poised to become the largest dance music festival in NYC, Experts Only Festival is anticipated to draw 50,000 enthusiastic fans across two days.
Curated personally by John Summit, the festival will feature 15+ artists across two stages showcasing the most influential and cutting-edge talent in the dance music scene. This highly anticipated event marks Summit’s return to New York City after his recent Madison Square Garden headline show that sold out in under three minutes.
Experts Only Festival NYC is not just a festival; it’s shaping up to be the Gen Z cultural moment of the year featuring multiple headliners including: 2x Headlining John Summit Performances, Green Velvet B2B Layton Giordani, Kaskade B2B Cassian, LP Giobbi, Kasablanca, AYYBO, Roddy Lima, and more. Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
Purchase tickets here!
Location: Harlem River Event Lawn behind Icahn Stadium

Bike Ride to Harvest Festival
2025-09-28 11:30 - 13:00 | Citi Bike: E 114th Street and 1st Ave
Ride to Harvest Festival with El Barrio Bikes! Meet up at Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem and enjoy a scenic ride along the riverfront and through the park, ending at the festival!
Free Citi Bikes will be provided thanks to our partnership with Citi Bike, and we can offer a limited number of free helmets. In order to reserve a free bike and helmet, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.
There will be a free Bike Valet provided by Transportation Alternatives so you can safely park your bikes and enjoy the festivities with ease of mind. Citi Bikes will not be included in this valet service, so if you take a Citi Bike to the festival, please find the nearest docking station to park, or ask a RIPA staff member where to dock. You can find the four Citi Bike docks on our interactive map!
Registration is required here.
After the festival, enjoy some time exploring the park’s 9+ miles of cyclist and pedestrian pathways!
Location: Citi Bike Station at the NW corner of E 114th and 1st Ave
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Harvest Festival
2025-09-28 12:00 - 15:00 | Fields 62/63
Celebrate the fall harvest at the annual, free Randall’s Island Harvest Festival! At the onset of the cooler months, we’re bringing you a family-friendly day of fun centering the end of the growing season and outdoor recreation. Decorate and bring home your very own pumpkin from our immersive patch, press cider from delicious, fresh apples, participate in a cooking demonstration with seasonal vegetables, enjoy live performances, have your face painted, and learn about nature with our partners.
There will be a free Bike Valet provided by Transportation Alternatives. Safely park your bikes and enjoy the festivities with ease of mind. Citi Bikes will not be included in this valet service, so if you take a Citi Bike to the festival, please find the nearest docking station to park, or ask a RIPA staff member where to dock. You can find the four Citi Bike docks on our interactive map!
We hope you’ll celebrate the park and the beauty of spending time outside in the crisp autumn air amidst the bustle of New York City.
Location: Fields 62/63 and the Urban Farm
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

New York City FC II vs. Chattanooga FC
2025-09-28 19:30 - 22:00 | Icahn Stadium
Come catch the final home game for New York City FC II at Icahn Stadium when the play host Chattanooga FC!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!
Click here for tickets!

City of Forest Day
2025-10-04 09:00 - 11:00 | Icahn Stadium
Join RIPA’s Natural Areas team in celebrating the 2025 City of Forest Day! The Alliance is taking part in Forest for All NYC’s fourth annual City of Forest Day, which features a day of activities across the city to raise awareness of the importance of the New York City urban forest, and the essential role New Yorkers play every day in caring for the “lungs” of our city.
Renowned NYC Naturalist Gabriel Willow will lead a fun-and-fact filled guided walking tour highlighting Randall’s Islands feathered friends and fall foliage. Open to all ages. Registration not required but preferred. Register here!
BYOB-Bring your own binoculars (RIPA will be able to loan out a limited number binoculars for the event on a first come first serve basis)!
Location: Icahn Stadium
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Fungus Festival
2025-10-05 11:00 - 15:00 | Urban Farm
Get ready for our third Fungus Festival, organized by the New York Mycological Society in partnership with the Randall’s Island Park Alliance. We are excited to celebrate the city’s mycelial network, and showcase the breadth of mycological creativity here in New York City.
Come explore diverse displays and programs at the intersection of community art and science, including identification tables of wild mushrooms from the New York area, art and cultivation workshops and activities, lectures, tastings, urban farms, food vendors, costume corner, games and so much more.
This festival is free and open to all! Register for your free tickets here!
Registration to receive updates and for specific workshops coming soon.
For more information on the 2025 Fungus Festival, check out the event’s webpage.
Location: Urban Farm & Fields 62/63
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Bike Ride to Fungus Festival
2025-10-05 11:30 - 13:00 | Citi Bike: E 114th Street and 1st Ave
Ride to Fungus Festival with El Barrio Bikes! Meet up at Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem and enjoy a scenic ride along the riverfront and through the park, ending at the Festival!
Free Citi Bikes will be provided thanks to our partnership with Citi Bike, and we can offer a limited number of free helmets. In order to reserve a bike and helmet, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.
Registration is required here.
Location: Citi Bike Station at the NW corner of Thomas Jefferson Park – 114th and 1st Avenue
After the festival, enjoy some time exploring the park’s 9+ miles of cyclist and pedestrian pathways!
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

ATHLOS NYC25
2025-10-10 17:00 - 23:00 | Icahn Stadium
ATHLOS NYC is the first women’s-only professional track and field competition and is blazing a trail forward in the sport. At the intersection of music, sport, and culture, ATHLOS brings together the most electrifying women in track & field competing for record-breaking prizes—plus a live musical performance—for an unforgettable night in the heart of New York City.

In addition to the purse, all participating athletes benefit from our giveback program, which redistributes 10% of ticket, sponsorship, and broadcast revenue directly to the field—cementing ATHLOS as the most rewarding women’s track-only event in history.

Prepare for an elite lineup of women athletes—including Olympic medalists Gabby Thomas, Tara Davis-Woodhall, Keely Hodgkinson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Masai Russell, Marileidy Paulino, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, and Brittany Brown—all ready to put on a show to remember this October.
Purchase tickets here!
Location: Icahn Stadium

Composting with Big Reuse
2025-10-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Urban Farm
Join the NYC Compost Project with Big Reuse as we manage the 5-bin compost system at Randall’s Island Urban Farm!
We will be breaking down paper bags/sticks/yard waste into appropriate sizes for composting, decontaminating food scraps and chopping whole fruits or vegetables in preparation for the compost pile, turning phase 2 compost piles, as well as sifting out finished compost.
Your volunteer work with us helps divert food scraps and organic waste away from land-fill which decreases greenhouse gas emissions as well as creates a soil amendment out of that organic waste which goes back into parks, gardens, and public green spaces in our local area. This work all goes toward making a more just ecologically sustainable community!
Registration is required here.
Location: Urban Farm
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Team RIVER Saturdays
2025-10-18 09:30 - 12:30
Join our Team RIVER on a Saturday morning to support your park and the community!
In late Autumn, Randall’s Island Park Alliance hosts a volunteer event most Saturdays. Volunteers will work in different areas of the park to clean and beautify this important community resource.
These events have limited capacity and if you have a group larger than 5 persons you must contact us at volunteers@RandallsIsland.org and give us the specifics of your group size.
Registration is required here.
Location: Different locations throughout the park. Register for specifics.
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Halloween Boo Bash
2025-10-25 12:00 - 15:00 | White Garden
Celebrate Halloween park-style at Randall’s Island free, family-friendly Halloween Boo Bash! Come in costume and celebrate Halloween with themed activities, crafts, music, treats, and more! We’ll dance to our favorite music, both spooky-themed and year-round hits, enjoy pastries from a local bakery, hear a Halloween story, and celebrate fall in our beautiful White Garden. We can’t wait to see your awesome costumes and dance moves!
Location: White Garden by Field 74
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Close the Farm Volunteer Day
2025-10-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Urban Farm
Volunteers will help close out the season by clearing planting beds, placing mulch on cleared beds, taking down signs and many other tasks to close the farm for the winter months. Volunteers will also celebrate another successful season.
Location: Urban Farm
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Winter Composting with Big Reuse
2025-11-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Urban Farm

Wild Oyster Survey
2025-11-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Little Hell Gate Salt Marsh
Wild oysters are a key indicator of ecosystem health in the New York Harbor. Randall’s Island Park Alliance is partnering with the Billion Oyster Project to conduct a wild oyster survey in the Little Hell Gate Salt Marsh! Volunteers will have the opportunity to identify oysters and take multiple parameters to determine the abundance, size, and health of the wild oyster population.
Registration is required here.
Location: Little Hell Gate Salt Marsh
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Fall Cleanup
2025-11-08 09:30 - 12:00 | Icahn Stadium
Join the Randall’s Island Park Alliance and our Natural Areas Team for one last push to cleanup the park while the weather is still agreeable. Volunteers will not only help with picking up litter and debris but also remove invasive species, clean walking trail paths and other duties to put us on a good path for the winter months.
Gloves, tools and instructions included.
All participants must sign a Waiver of Liability. Teens aged 16 and 17 years old may volunteer without adult supervision but they must bring a waiver found at this link, signed by a parent or guardian.
Minors under 16 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian or adult and bring the attached waiver signed by a parent or guardian. This waiver should be given to those at the registration table.
Please find a Liability Waiver for minors here: General Volunteer – Randall’s Island
Registration is required here.
Location: Meeting at Icahn Stadium
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Winter Wreath Workshop
2025-12-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Icahn Stadium
Celebrate the season with a cozy, hands-on wreath making workshop! Guided by our Horticulture team, you’ll create your own one-of-a-kind wreath using seasonal greenery, dried flowers, and natural materials foraged from the Park’s landscape. All materials and instruction are provided. No experience necessary!
Registration is required here.
Location: The Classroom at Icahn Stadium
For inquiries about accessibility, to request accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

The 126th Annual Christmas Bird Count
2025-12-14 09:00 - 12:00 | Icahn Stadium
Join the NYC Bird Alliance at Randall’s Island Park for this popular and accessible community science tradition, conducted across North America every year since 1900. The long-term data collected by Audubon Christmas Bird Count volunteers provides a fundamental way to understand the long-term health of bird populations—and has contributed to several recent impactful reports on bird decline in North America.

The Christmas Bird Count is a way that everyone can contribute to scientific knowledge that can help us protect birds. Participants range from expert ornithologists to beginning birders, following established protocols to ensure consistent data collection. Kids are welcome!

Learn more and REGISTER HERE through the NYC Bird Alliance

Location: Icahn Stadium

Dress warmly and don’t forget your binoculars! For more information, email communityscience@nycbirdalliance.org.

For inquiries about accessibility, and to request an accommodation, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

Please note that lunch will not be provided, so please bring your own!

Seed Packaging
2026-01-31 10:00 - 13:00 | Icahn Stadium
Volunteers will package thousands of seeds to give away next season! Each growing season, the Urban Farm gives away hundreds of seed packets at its welcome table during weekend Open Hours. Seed packets are extremely popular with our visitors — so much so that it is hard to keep the table stocked.
This indoor activity will require volunteers to package and label seeds to give away to the public. Snacks, hot chocolate, and tea will be provided.
Registration is required here.
Location: Icahn Stadium
For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.

New York City FC II vs Chattanooga FC
2026-06-21 17:00 - 19:30 | Icahn Stadium
MLS Next Pro returns to Icahn Stadium! Join us for New York City FC II’s Icahn Stadium season opener as they host Chattanooga FC!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!

Gotham FC vs Seattle Reign FC
2026-07-18 12:00 - 14:30 | Icahn Stadium
Come to Icahn Stadium to see Gotham FC, one of the world’s premiere women’s soccer clubs, take on Seattle Reign FC in a NWSL matchup!

New York City FC II vs Philadelphia Union II
2026-08-01 19:00 - 21:30 | Icahn Stadium
Come catch the second of seven home games for New York City FC II at Icahn Stadium when they play host to the Philadelphia Union II!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!

New York City FC II vs Orlando City B
2026-08-12 17:00 - 19:30 | Icahn Stadium
Come catch the third of seven home games for New York City FC II at Icahn Stadium when they play host to the Orlando City B!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!

New York City FC II vs FC Cincinnati 2
2026-08-19 17:00 - 19:30
Come catch the fourth of seven home games for New York City FC II at Icahn Stadium when they play host to FC Cincinnati 2!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!

New York City FC II vs New England Revolution II
2026-08-22 17:00 - 19:30 | Icahn Stadium
The New England Revolution II return to Icahn Stadium as New York City FC II play host to their northern rivals!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!

New York City FC II vs New York Red Bulls 2
2026-09-08 17:00 - 19:30 | Icahn Stadium
The New York Derby makes its Icahn Stadium debut as New York City FC II host their state rivals the New York Red Bulls 2!
Travel to Randall’s Island Park to see some of the best soccer NYC has to offer!
