Announcing LIC Springs! 2026 Participating Businesses and Organizations!

Saturday, May 30, 12-5 p.m.

LIC Springs! is an annual street festival celebrating Long Island City with live performances, interactive lessons, art, fitness classes, outdoor dining, pop-up activities, and more. The event is organized by Long Island City Partnership and programmed by 120+ local businesses and organizations. Activities are free and open to the community. Save the date and join us for LIC’s biggest block party! Let us know you're coming.

2026 Participating Businesses and Organizations:

Access Self Storage • Aloft LIC – Manhattan View • Art Strong NYC • Astound Broadband • Banhmibois • Bareburger • BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center • Bridges Eyecare • Champions Martial Arts LIC • Charney Brokerage • Chinese Theatre Works • Chun Yang Tea • City Jiu-Jitsu Academy • CityPickle • Court 16 LIC • Court Square Animal Hospital • Courtyard LIC • CrossFit Gantry • Cucala Dance Company • Culture Lab LIC • CuppingNYC • Dexterity Hand Therapy • Digital Memories NYC • djelf7 • Dogtopia of LIC • Doughnut Plant • Earth + Sky Massage and Acupuncture • ellee salon • Energy Tech HS – ETech Chargers Robotics Team • Galliard Music • Gantry Kids • Gantry Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery • GIA FAJA LLC • Growing Up Green Charter Schools • Happy Dogs • Hunters Point Dentistry • Hunters Point Parks Conservancy • Hunters Point Wines & Spirits • Indivisible Western Queens • Industry Gymnastics • Infinite Machine • Izakaya Noname • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Kakes Nyc • K-Talk Korean Learning Center • LiC Artists Inc. • LIC Feral Feeders • LIC Salsa School • LIC Vet Center • Lion Physical Therapy • Little Chef Little Café • Little Laser Clinic Skincare & Injectables • Live Hydration Spa LIC • LiveOnNY • LIC School of Ballet • LIC YMCA • lovebyemma • Magic Eric Q • Manducatis Rustica VIG • Martinez Dance Studio • Materials for the Arts • McManus Irish Dance & Jiggy Tots • Modern Spaces • MoMA PS1 • Mount Sinai Queens • Movement LIC • Music Together with Treble Time Music Studio • Mysttik Masaala • Nana’s wonderland LIC • New York Irish Center • Nicely Fit Co. • NY Preschool and Kids Club • NY State of Health (Part of NYS Department of Health) • O’Donnell Academy of Irish Dance • Office of Council Member Julie Won • Oh! Calcutta Indian restaurant • Orangetheory Fitness LIC • Overflow Coffee • Pacagen • Partake NYC • Pet Island • Plushie • Pure Barre LIC • QBK Sports • QCH – Queens Childcare Network • Queens Community Board 2 • Queens School of Ballet • Reef Physical Therapy • Saang Thai Restaurant • Safir Mediterranean • Sanidas Tutoring • Santa’s Secret Workshop • SculptureCenter • SING LIC • Snapology • Solar One Environmental Education Center • solidcore • Somedays Bakery • Sunnyside Community Services • Sweet Chick • Tend LIC • THE BARONESS burgers + beers • The Blue Bus Project • The Floating Hospital • The Greats of Craft • The Secret Academy • The Sewing Clubhouse • The Trinity Gym • Tiger J Taekwondo • Top Dogs Club • Trends • Tutu School LIC • Urzua Performing Arts • Velvet Turtle Events • Vibe Fitness • VOICE Charter School • Warby Parker • Weill Cornell Medicine Primary Care • Woodbines craft bar & kitchen • Xanh

And more!

LIC Happenings

Wednesday, May 13

6:30 pm: The Moth StorySLAM at MFTA

Thursday, May 14

4 pm: Magic Show With Eric Q at Queens Library LIC

7pm: Paint & Sip at NY Irish Center

7pm: The Trojan Women by Euripides at LPAC

Thursday, May 14-Sunday, May 17

Take Root Presents: Digging in Group at Green Space

Friday, May 15

6 pm: Kids Night Out: The Super Mario Bros. Movie With Art Strong NYC

7 pm: The Pilgrims of Deep Run: Irish Trad Music Night at NY Irish Center

Saturday, May 16-Sunday, May 17

LIC Arts Open Workshops

Court Square Market

Sunday, May 17

2:30 pm: Crafts & Drafts: Fairytale Magic at the Greats of Craft LIC Warehouse

3 pm: Sip & Sensory With Art Strong NYC at Focal Point Brewery

Image courtesy of Art Strong NYC

Utopia Bagels

Utopia Bagels was founded in 1981 and opened its Long Island City location in 2025. They individually hand-roll, kettle boil, and bake in a 1947 carousel oven. They offer catering for all occasions - order today!

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