Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

About ready for the long weekend? Over the next few days, you can celebrate workers’ contributions on Labor Day (Monday, September 2), dance to live music and DJs in the ‘hood, hang out with the kids in the great outdoors, and more.

Thursday, August 29

• Take kids to ride the Prospect Park Carousel for free until 6pm.
• Catch live music from Drew Fleming & The El Pasos at The Castello Plan, 8pm.
• Sign up to for at open mic night 8-8:30pm at 773 Lounge, or watch at 9pm.
• Get a dose of old-timey Appalachian music from The Strung-Out String Band at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Friday, August 30

• John Pinamonti plays American roots music at Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Shape Up NYC hosts a free introductory pilates class in Prospect Park, 12pm.
• Meet fellow moms and dads at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark, 1pm.
• Kids make nature journals and more at Blooming Naturalists, Prospect Park, 2pm.
• Nature on the Go! is at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park, 3pm.
• Happy hour with babies and ice cream happy hour are at Lark, 4pm.

Saturday, August 31

• Yoga at the Prospect Park Peristyle, 11am; kids-only class, 12pm.
• Alex Levin and guests play jazz at Purple Yam, 12-2:30pm.
• Kids can play board games at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-4m.
• Honey, Dear plays vintage jazz at Lark, 4pm.
• Senegalese acoustic music pioneer Pape Armand Boye is at Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Names You Can Trust hosts their weekly party at Sycamore, 10pm.

Sunday, September 1

• Walk up early to take in an early morning bird walk, starting at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, 8am.
• Meditate for free at at Jaya Yoga East, 8:30am.
• Toddlers can play and sing at Toddler Time with Mary Jo, Lark, 10am.
• Ezra Jack Keats Story Hour at the Imagination Playground, Prospect Park, 2pm.
• New moms are welcome to join local Birth Doula and Lactation Counselor Grace Veras Sealy at The Breastfeeding Hour, Lark, 5-6pm.
• The Cortelyou Jazz Jam is at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Monday, September 2

• Attend the West Indian Carnival Day Parade on Eastern Parkway, 11am-6pm.
• The Monday Night Vinyl Club is at Sycamore, 8pm.
• Singer and guitarist Denitia Odigie and bassist Nolan Thies join Cooper Heffley at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Photo via The Strung-Out String Band