The best summer parties in NYC

Warm weather means the long-running Mister Sunday has returned to its home at Nowadays, granting you the opportunity to soak up rays while basking in singular sounds from the likes of Optimo and Beta Librae.

May 12–Oct 20: Sun 3–9pm; $15–$20.

For ready-to-party New Yorkers, one of the season's best shindigs is Tiki Disco at The Well. If you’ve been there, you know the drill—lots of beer-swillin’ dancey-dance fun, with Eli Escobar, Lloydski and Andy Pry serving up the rhythmic-motion-inducing goodness.

Starts May 12; $10. 

NYC fixture Jonathan Toubin’s series takes over the rooftop of Our Wicked Lady from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with live rock & roll bands followed by a dance-party set chock-full of eccentric gems from the depths of Toubin’s crates.

May 26–Sept 1: Sun 5pm–4am; $5.

A chunk of Brooklyn’s top-notch outdoor artists stage a Bushwick street takeover, fully armed with food trucks, live jammin’ and Instagram-worthy graffiti to celebrate the nabe’s trendy art scene. Watch spray-can masters create new masterpieces in real time, while local hip-hop and rock-and-roll artists provide the backdrop tunes.  

Slap on your spats and practice the Charleston because the Jazz Age Lawn party is returning to Governor’s Island. Sip on Prohibition-era cocktails, and none of the back-alley hooch of the day. Food vendors will be on hand to keep your Lindy Hop hoppin’ during incredible daylong jazz performances. Sure to mesmerize is the ultimate 1920s ensemble band Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra, led by the party’s host, crooner-conductor Arenella. As the tunes blast, partake in dance lessons from instructors and perfect your fox-trot.

June 15. $40–$175. 

MoMA PS1’s Warm Up can be crowded and distractingly scene-y, but it’s also the best place in the city to get turned on to boundary-pushing (but danceable) beats.

July–Aug: Sat noon–9pm; $18–$22.

Global megaparty Elrow touches down again in NYC to give Brooklyn Mirage an extreme makeover, creating an immersive, sensory-overload rave fantasia.

July 27 at 6pm; $27–$100.