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DTSTART:20260516T110000
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SUMMARY:Kite Festival
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate spring and kick off the season at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s beloved annual Kite Festival!\nWatch your kite soar above the city skyline – this is the one day of the year you can fly a kite at Brooklyn Bridge Park! Decorate your own free kite to take home (while supplies last), borrow a kite to fly, or bring your own to show off!\nEnjoy live music, crafts, games, and activities from local partners at this family-friendly event. Learn and celebrate global origins of kite flying and kite making from international community partners.\nActivities include:\n\nStop by Brooklyn Museum on Wheels on-site activation which will translate the movement, flight, and material innovation of their Iris van Herpen exhibition into a hands-on experience.\nDecorate your own kite to take home with Private Picassos and Magic Mesita (while supplies last)\nPark Slope Parents bring their giant magical bubbles!\nFree face painting by Melinda’s Face Painting (first come, first serve; one facepaint per child)\nBrooklyn Book Bodega will be giving away books at our reading nook on the turf. Take a book home, or sit down to take a break and read\nLearn about the science of flight with STEM activities by NORY\nLearn and make your own Indian art using rice powder and flower petals with The India Center\nTake part in a Guatemalan community kite-making workshop with Ixmucane Artisan\nKite-building and kite-flying instruction from Women for Afghan Women\nWatch and learn from professional kite flyers on-site including Glenn Davidson\nEnjoy live group drumming performances from BKSteppers to open the festival and midday!\nEnjoy a variety of lawn games on the field\nLive music by Brooklyn funk, R&B, alt rock, indie-pop fusion band The Deep Pockets\n\nPartners, activities, and times subject to change. 
LOCATION:Soccer Fields – Pier 5
URL:https://brooklynbridgepark.org/event/kite-festival/
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