Labor Day is one of the oldest holidays in the United States, and is a part of the “big six” federal holidays.
Here you can find some ideas on how to spend your Labor Day weekend in New York:
Concerts:
• Journey – 9/2 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs
• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – Anderson Center for the Arts – Binghamton
• Aloe Blacc – 9/2 – Highline Ballroom – New York
• Electric Zoo Festival – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Randalls Island – New York
• Incubus – 9/3 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh
• Elton John – 9/3 – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts – Bethel
• Rock The Bells – 9/3 – South Island Field at Governors Island – New York
• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – 9/3 – Belleayre Music Festival – Highmount
• Darius Rucker – 9/3 – NYCB Theatre at Westbury – Westbury
• Elton John – 9/4 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs
• Stevie Nicks – 9/4 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh
• Toby Keith – 9/4 – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center – Darien
• Manu Chao – 9/4, 9/5 – Terminal 5 – New York
Sports:
• 2011 U.S. Open – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5 – Billie Jean King National Tennis Center – Flushing
• Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Yankee Stadium – Bronx
• Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees – 9/5 – Yankee Stadium – Bronx
Theater:
• The Book of Mormon – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Eugene O’Neill Theater – New York
• Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Foxwoods Theatre – New York
• Lion King – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Minskoff Theatre – New York
• Jersey Boys – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – August Wilson Theater – New York
• Wicked – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Gershwin Theatre – New York
• Billy Elliot – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Imperial Theatre – New York
• Anything Goes – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Stephen Sondheim Theatre – New York
• Blue Man Group – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Astor Place – New York
• Avenue Q – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5 – New World Stages: Stage 3 – New York
Miscellaneous:
• Cirque Du Soleil Zarkana – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4 – Radio City Music Hall – New York
• Saratoga Horse Racing – 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5 – Saratoga Race Course – Saratoga Springs
• Chris Tucker – 9/3 – Palace Theatre – Albany
• Chris Tucker – 9/4 – NYCB Theatre at Westbury – Westbury