12. Governors Island Art Fair

Joining New York City’s Unicycle Festival on Governors Island, is the Governors Island Art Fair. Beginning on Saturday, September 2 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Colonels Row and Liggett Hall will host the art fair every Saturday and Sunday until October 1.

Admission to the tenth annual fair is free and will feature work by 100 new and returning artists setting up their works in the homes of Colonel Row and the ground floor of Liggett Hall.

The Governors Island Art Fair is held by the artist-run non-profit organization 4heads, who was one of the first organizations to recognize the potential of Governors Island when they first began the art fair in 2008.

While admission itself is free, the ferry ride to the island is $2 and catalogues for the event are $20.

If “off-the-beaten-path” ideas aren’t your ideal way to celebrate Labor Day and the long weekend, New York City has plenty of other ways to celebrate, like the U.S. Open, although we at Untapped Cities always find it to be more fun to go with the former.

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