It’s a jam-packed weekend of events, so if you want to get the full rundown, make sure to check out our weekend guide at the link in bio!
What’s happening this weekend:
✨ Solid Gold
❔ This shiny new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum features over 500 works celebrating the element that has inspired countless works of art, fashion, and design.
🗓️ Through July 6, 2025
📍 200 Eastern Parkway
✨ BrownstoneJAZZ Ensemble
❔Experience an intimate night of jazz in a beautifully restored 19th-century Bed-Stuy Victorian brownstone. Ticket info at our link in bio.
🗓️ Fridays & Saturdays 7:30pm or 9:30pm, Sundays 4pm or 6pm
📍 107 Macon St.
✨ Poetry Holiday Market
❔Join the Poetry Society of New York for their first-ever Poetry Holiday Market at 3 Dollar Bill. Enjoy a festive atmosphere filled with books, art, jewelry, and unique gifts.
🗓️ Saturday, 2pm-9pm
📍 260 Meserole St.
✨ Welcome Home Bakery’s Grand Opening
❔ Mark your calendars for Saturday morning when Welcome Home, a new kind of neighborhood bakery, opens in Bed-Stuy.
🗓️ Saturday at 8am
📍1047 Bedford Ave.
✨ Dreamland Glow-Up Roller Disco: Reindeer Rave Edition
❔ This festive celebration is filled with twinkling lights, holiday cheer, and dazzling costumes. With an epic playlist, costume prizes, and giveaways, it’s the ultimate holiday bash—so wear your Christmas best and roll-bounce your way over to Xanadu.
🗓️ Saturday at noon
📍262 Starr St.
These little runways had us feeling like Beyoncé. 💫
With over 1 million lights illuminating the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, it’s hard not to get into the festive spirit. Fire pits, snacks, and hot cocoa to keep you cozy — you’ll want to save this for your next date or family outing.
Here’s what’s happening this weekend (get our full weekend guide at the link in bio) ✨️
🎄 Sunset Park Tree Lighting
🗓️ Friday, 3pm-6pm
📍60th Street and 5th Avenue
❔️Family-friendly event featuring free goodie bags for the first 200 kids, a historic trolley, clown performances, music, and an appearance from Santa
🎄 Carroll Park Tree Lighting
🗓️ Friday, 5pm-7pm
📍 Caroll Park
❔️Join Friends of Carroll Park and the Court Street Merchants for music and refreshments. Music starts at 5pm. Tree lighting and special North Pole visitor at 6pm.
🎄 Fort Greene Park Tree Lighting
🗓️ Saturday, 4pm-5pm
📍Myrtle Ave and St Edwards Street entrance
🎄 FAD Holiday Market
🗓️ 11am-6pm, Dec. 7+8, 14+15, and 21+22
📍 Boerum Hill: 51 Bergen Street
📍 Cobble Hill: 190 Court Street
📍 Dumbo: 55 Water Street
❔️ A pop-up celebration of local Brooklyn talent, featuring artists, designers, and makers.
🎄 Japan Village Holiday Craft Fair
🗓️ 11am-5:30pm, Friday-Sunday
📍 934 3rd Avenue, the Loft (second floor of Japan Village)
❔️ Shop a curated selection of jewelry, apparel, ceramics, handbags, and more perfect Christmas gifts.
🎄 Paw-some Holiday Brunch
🗓️ 1pm-4pm, Dec. 7+8, 21+22, 28+29
📍 elNico, 288 N 8th Street
❔️ The Penny celebrates pets and art with its Paw-some Holiday Brunch series. Enjoy a festive brunch while your furry friends pose for free portraits by photographer Will Ferman or sketches by artist Jordan Sondler.
🎄 Wallabout Wonderland Holiday Market
🗓️ 12pm-5pm, Saturday-Sunday
📍 Building 293, Brooklyn Navy Yard (Assembly Road and Gee Avenue). Enter through the Cymer Street Gate.
❔️ The market brings together over 200 local businesses, vendors, and community partners offering unique handmade gifts. From home goods and clothing to art, accessories, and wellness products, there’s something for everyone.
‼️ Save this for later
Here’s what’s happening this holiday weekend (more events at the link in bio)✨
📍Dyker Heights Christmas Light Tours
🗓️ Ongoing through Dec. 30
❓ Dyker Heights is transformed into a dazzling display of Christmas magic, with vibrant lights, towering Santas, festive sleighs, snowmen, and Christmas carols. You can explore the neighborhood on foot, by bus, or even by limo.
📍Bed-Stuy’s Winter Wonderland Market
🗓️ 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursdays through Sundays until Dec. 22
❓Bed-Stuy’s Winter Wonderland Market is back, bringing a month of shopping, live entertainment, fashion showcases, and tunes from local DJs. This year’s market is all about supporting the community.
📍Holiday Projections in Dumbo
🗓️ Ongoing through Dec. 31, from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
❓ Look out for holiday themed projections in Dumbo, nightly on the BQE, Manhattan Bridge, building facades and more.
📍 Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Roebling Rink
🗓️ Daily until Feb. 2
❓Ice skate underneath the historic Brooklyn Bridge while taking in the iconic views of the Manhattan skyline.
📍The Makers Show Holiday Market at City Point
🗓️ Nov. 30 to Dec. 22
❓Enjoy the festive atmosphere and support small businesses this holiday season, featuring over 60 local vendors. Expect family-friendly dance parties and workshops.
We’re on the hunt to find the best mac and cheese. 🧀 Are breadcrumbs necessary? Is it better baked?? What’s the perfect blend of cheeses??? Let us know. 👇
Some places we enjoyed (check out the whole list at the link in bio):
📍Taza Mkt @tazamkt
📍Mac Shack @macshackny
📍Mighty Quinn’s @mightyquinnsbbq
You’ll want to come back to this exhibit more than once 👀
After spending decades at the intersection of graffiti, hip-hop, fine art, and storytelling, multidisciplinary artist @misterkaves brings the borough’s creative legacy to life through the eyes of his own personal journey in an immersive experience he calls @thebrooklynpop. It’s an underdog’s tale rooted in resilience and creativity, with each element carefully curated to transport visitors into the story of Brooklyn’s rich cultural heritage.
#locallegends #immersiveexperience #artexhibit
Now one thing we’re gonna do is ALWAYS save room for dessert. @sgcookiesco has us dreaming about our next visit 🤤
Craving a sweet treat? We’ve rounded up a few of the best dessert shops at the link in bio.
Looking for something to do this weekend? 🤔 Head to the link in bio for our full list of events!!
1. New York Bartender Week @newyorkbartenderweek
2. Lightscape returns to @brooklynbotanic
3. Ice skating is back at the LeFrak Center
4. The Phoenix is hosting a sober dance party
5. DIY zines and accordion-style books with @studio45bk
#weekendguide #brooklyn #winterevents #lightscape #iceskating
Every champion needs some gold 🐘🏆
Brooklyn Museum’s newest exhibition, “Solid Gold,” is dedicated to the element that’s inspired countless works of art, fashion, music, film, and design. Exploring the 6,000-year long history, the exhibit features over 500 golden objects. You can view these gilded treasures up until July 2025.
#SolidGoldBkM #ellietheelephant #brooklynmuseum
Introducing our Bushwick Zayn Malik 👑
Chappell Roan, Spider-Man, tequila festival… get our full weekend guide at the link in bio. 😌
Family-style is the CORRECT way. I don’t make the rules 🤺
Find our top 10 list of Brooklyn vegan restaurants at the link in bio.
