🇺🇸 new york weekend guide: july 4 edition
This Fourth of July, New York’s rooftops are the place to be. Bar Blondeau’s garden party and Harriet’s Rooftop at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge offer skyline views of the fireworks.
If you want your independence served with a buffet and beats, Time Out Market Dumbo has frozen cocktails and live DJs lighting up the night. When the party heats up, drop your pants (yes, really) at the Star Spangled Banger at C’mon Everybody’s dance party or boogie from afternoon till dawn at Le Bain’s rooftop rave.
Prefer your music on screen? Metrograph’s ’90s music film series, beginning Friday, is a nostalgic trip through punk, grunge, and hip-hop.
Happy 4th,
Friday, July 4
🎇 July 4th Garden Rooftop Party at Bar Blondeau
Celebrate the Fourth of July at Bar Blondeau’s Garden Rooftop Party atop the Wythe Hotel. Enjoy front-row seats to the Macy’s Fireworks, farm-fresh bites, and cocktails crafted with local spirits, all in a lush urban garden setting. Tickets are $135.
🎆 July 4 at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
Celebrate Independence Day 11 floors up at Harriet’s Rooftop with panoramic skyline views, house specialty cocktails, and live music: plus prime seats for the Macy’s Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge. 21+ only. General admission starts at $495.99 and premium tables and poolside packages available.
🎧 Fourth of July Celebration at Time Out Market New York
Celebrate the Fourth of July at Time Out Market New York’s rooftop in Dumbo with unbeatable views of the Macy’s fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge. Enjoy live music from DJ Price Is Right, Soul in The Horn, and DJ Scratch, plus specialty frozen cocktails and a delicious open buffet featuring top local vendors. The party runs from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets start at $150 for rooftop access, with VIP options including open bar and buffet available for $300.
🤘 Come As You Are: '90s Music on Screen Opens July 4 at Metrograph
Metrograph presents Come As You Are: '90s Music on Screen, a film series exploring the decade that shaped punk, grunge, hip-hop, and NYC’s underground scenes. Running July 4 to August 31, the lineup features iconic documentaries and features like 1991: The Year That Punk Broke, Decline of Western Civilization Part III, High Fidelity, and Madonna: Truth or Dare. Dive into ’90s culture with this cinematic Lollapalooza celebrating music, style, and rebellion.
Get your freedom (and your underwear) out for the Star Spangled Banger! This July 4th dance party with beats by The Illustrious Blacks will keep you moving (and maybe blushing). Friday at 10:30 p.m. at C’mon Everybody. Don’t forget your stars, stripes, and skivvies.
🍹 Clinton Hill's Casanara 4th of July Weekend Parties
Casanara in Clinton Hill is throwing a weekend-long July 4th bash with DJ sets from 9 p.m. to close Thursday through Saturday. Expect sophisticated sips with a twist, like their festive Blue Margaritas that somehow manage to be red, white, *and* blue.
🪩 July 444th Party at Le Bain & The Rooftop
Celebrate July 4th the right way at Le Bain’s 444 Party, a 12-hour rooftop dance marathon with killer Hudson River and Manhattan skyline views. From 4 p.m. to 4 a.m., groove to daytime vibes and then party all night with Zillion & Friends. Free entry, limited capacity, so come early.
