Halloween Weekend and Marathon Sunday in LIC
It is a big weekend in Long Island City: Halloween on Saturday, the NYC Marathon on Sunday, and a busy November of new work at Culture Lab LIC after that.
Halloween in LIC 2026 guide graphic: three pumpkins under a starry night sky. Credit: LongIslandCity.info
Halloween is Saturday, October 31. Socrates Sculpture Park closes its season with the Halloween Harvest Festival from noon to 5 PM, with new installations by two 2026 Artist Fellows, workshops, a performance by Flying Leap, a vegan food market and a dog costume contest.
Down at Hunters Point South Park, Halloween on the Waterfront runs from 2 PM to 8:30 PM, with a costume parade and contest at the Oval around 5:30 PM and The Nightmare Before Christmas on a screen at sunset. Later, AUNTS takes over The Chocolate Factory Theater for The hAUNTing, 7 PM to 9 PM, free with RSVP.
Everything else for the holiday is in our Halloween in LIC guide.
Marathon Sunday
The TCS New York City Marathon is Sunday, November 1. Runners cross the Pulaski Bridge into LIC at mile 13.1, the halfway mark, and miles 14 and 15 are ours before the climb onto the Queensboro Bridge. This year marks 50 years of the five borough course. Road closures, the 7 train, the ferry and the best places to cheer are all in our NYC Marathon guide.
November at Culture Lab
The New Works Festival at Culture Lab LIC keeps going with Atalanta: The Long Shot (November 5 to 8), icchā by Barkha Dance Company (November 13 to 15) and Rabbit God (November 19 to 22). The 8th closes the festival December 3 to 6.
The full list is on the LIC events calendar. Discussion, as always, is in the neighborhood discussion board. Get the week's top LIC news every Thursday at the newsletter.