March Madness 2019 in New York City

The NYC AIDS Memorial and the NYC Department of Transportation’s Art Program commemorate WorldPride and Stonewall 50 with an educational installation featuring the sobering work of eight artists, including Keith Haring and Catherine Opie. View the exhibit on Greenwich Avenue, adjacent to the NYC AIDS Memorial Park between West 12th Street and Seventh Avenue.

St. John’s in the Village celebrates Pride all month long with a variety of LGBTQ+ shows, classical performances, cabarets and art exhibits including the Stonewall Chorale, a "Sex in the (Ancient) City" symposium, a "Gai Paris!" concert and many others.

Zip around to sites of LGBTQ+ historical interest on a double decker bus with CitySightseeing New York's special Pride Experience Bus Tour. Hostess Anita Buffem entertains and performs during the two-hour tour, while a licensed New York City tour guide explains the importance of local landmarks from Hell’s Kitchen to Greenwich Village and everywhere in between.

Join Taste Harlem for a 2-hour walking tour on LGBTQ+ history and the Harlem Renaissance. Led by local historian Michael H. Adams, the tour explores the lives of notable cultural icons such as Langston Hughes, Audre Lorde, Bessie Smith, Josephine Baker and Alain Locke—as well as some of the popular queer gathering places in the neighborhood, past and present.

Celebrate LGBTQ+ cinema with The Museum of the Moving Image’s Pride Month series “Grit and Glitter,” showcasing thirteen films made both before and after Stonewall. Films include Jack Smith’s “Flaming Creatures” (1962), Stephen Frear’s “My Beautiful Laundrette” (1985), and many other notable queer films from the past sixty years.

Murals in Harlem honoring John James Audubon shine a light on endangered birds.

Free downtown performances focus on classical theater.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Tribeca's Soho Photo presents “Photography After Stonewall” an exhibit featuring over 70 photographs focusing on LGBTQ+ subjects taken by 23 artists. The show will demonstrate how the uprising in the summer of '69 made possible an explosion of imagery that earlier generations had to hide and suppress.The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Grammy and Tony Award-winning actor Billy Porter, who plays Pray Tell in the hit series Pose, and artist-scholar Madison Moore will be at the Met for a discussion on the concept of camp in performance and how ballroom style impacts pop culture and fashion. This 1-hour event is free with admission to the museum.

Lanford Wilson’s play surveys relationships and the raw attraction between two people.

This exhibit examines Coney Island’s role in providing a new life for European immigrants.

Luxury shopping, dining and culture complex Brookfield Place celebrates WorldPride with a variety of art installations and events. There is the massive “Thrive” on display in the Pavilion for the month of June. From June 25 through July 7, there is an interactive installation on the Waterfront Terrace. The terrace also hosts a WorldPride happy hour event on June 27, on the same night an exhibition opens in the Winter Garden from the AIDS Memorial Quilt Initiative. Throughout the month-long celebration, Brookfield Place will pledge $1 to the Hetrick-Martin Institute for each @BFPLNY and #BFPLpride tag posted to social media.

Wicked shows us how two unlikely friends grew to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch—long before Dorothy dropped into the land of Oz.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most famous creation, based on a popular French novel, is the longest-running musical on Broadway.

Jersey Boys tells the story of '60s musical sensation The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi.

This quintessential Broadway experience features show-stopping tunes, slinky dancing and a story of murder, betrayal, revenge, friendship, fame and all that jazz.

More than 90 million people around the world have seen this popular Disney musical, based on the animated movie of the same name.

The women of a family gather in their recently departed matriarch’s attic to sort through her belongings, and end up telling the story of the black female experience in America

Missing Carrie & Co? Now that the long-awaited film has debuted, put on those Manolo Blahniks and come with a thirst for Cosmopolitans and nostalgia for the show. Trace their footsteps on a tour of sites associated with the program, with stops at several of their frequented bars. $15 For times, dates and reservations: 212-465-3331

BAMcafé Live features a diverse mix of free live music and performance in BAM's Lepercq Space, a lounge and bar space in the Peter Jay Sharp Building. Recent series include the on-going residency with Black Rock Coalition (BRC). This year you can find some of the best artists from Brooklyn and beyond performing on the BAMcafé Live stage every Friday and Saturday night from October through June. The bar is open for drinks and light menu items beginning at 8pm. There is no cover charge and no drink minimum.

A favorite among Brooklyn’s summertime concert series, Celebrate Brooklyn! is set at the beautiful Prospect Park Bandshell.

NYC embraces its diversity as a source of strength, and that's never more evident than during Pride Week, a citywide celebration of the progress made since the Stonewall Riots of 1969.