Festivals
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LONG DAY OF FUN Families can celebrate the longest day of the year at an event featuring transformative face painting by Agostino Arts, music by the Main Squeeze Orchestra, and snacks from Sage American Kitchen. Tonight, 5-9 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd. at Broadway, Long Island City, Queens, 718-956-1819, free.
SOLSTICE, SWEDISH-STYLE The Swedish Midsummer Festival invites New Yorkers to celebrate the summer solstice in the Swedish tradition – on the Friday closest to the solstice – by picnicking, gathering flowers for headdresses, and listening to Scandinavian music. Barnklubben Elsa Rix and the Swedish Folk Dancers perform. Friday, 5-8 p.m., Robert F. Wagner Park, at Battery Place and West Side Highway, 212-267-9700, free.
To submit an event for consideration for the Calendar, please wire the particulars to calendar@nysun.com, placing the date of the event in the subject line.
