Harlem Week 2016 events today, tomorrow

Harlem Week 2016 really should be called Harlem Weekend, with two full days of FREE events including a children’s festival, vintage car show, education fair, concerts, dance performances, health fair, fashion show and more, at  various locations throughout Harlem.

There are four outdoor stages for entertainment, and vendors selling food, arts and crafts, clothing and more.

Here’s the full schedule so you can plan, and let’s hope the weather cooperates for the outdoor events:

Today, August 20, 2016 – “Summer in the City”

NYC “Children’s Festival” – noon to 5pm
For children between ages 5 to 12 years and the adults who love them. Storytelling, tap dancers, step shows, hip hop dancers, theater, poetry and vocalists), arts & crafts, double dutch competitions, face painting, technology, health services, super heroes, dance lessons and sporting events.  Repeats again tomorrow.

• Location: West 135th Street – between Malcolm X & A.C. Powell Jr. Boulevard

Harlem Honey & Bears – 11am to 3pm
Senior citizens as well as the entire family, enjoy swimming demonstrations.

• Location: Hansborough Recreation Center – W 135th Street/between Malcolm X Blvd & Fifth Avenue

Harlem Higher Education Fair – noon to 5pm
Highlighting SUNY, CUNY, Community Colleges, Technical & Trade Schools, and showcasing Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Over 50 colleges, universities and public and private institutions of higher learning will provide information on admissions, scholarships and financial aid.

• Location: West 135th Street between Malcolm X and A.C. Powell, Jr. Boulevard

Alvin Ailey Dancer and WBLS DJs – noon to 12:30pm
Hip Hop ballet and African dance class with Ailey instructor Robin Dunn

• Location: HMF Stage 135th St. & St. Nicholas Ave. Stage 
  

New Yorkers are “Dancing in the Street” – 1pm to 3pm
Street fair with music and dancing

• Location: W. 135th  St. and Frederick Douglass Blvd.

The Fabulous Fashion Flava Show – 3pm to 4pm 
Showcasing fashion from designers of color.

• Location TBD.

HMF “Uptown Saturday Concert” – 4pm to 6pm

• Location: W. 135th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue Main Stage.

International Vendors Village – 11am to 5pm
Featuring Arts & Crafts, Music, Clothing,  Jewelry, Hats, Sculptures, Foods, Job Recruitment, Product Sampling, and Corporate Exhibits

• Location:  W.135th  St.

HMF/Imagenation Film Festival Outdoor Film Festival – 7pm

• Location: Great Lawn of St. Nicholas Park – W. 135th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue

Tomorrow, Sunday, August 21, 2016 – Harlem Day

• Location: W. 135th Street – between 5th Ave & Malcolm X BoulevardHarlem Week/USTA Tri-State Junior Tennis Clinics – 10AM-4PM
• Location: Howard Bennett Playground – W. 135^TH Street Fifth Ave & Malcolm X Blvd

NY “Children’s Festival” – 1pm to 7pm
Theme: “Back to School”.  Featuring exhibits, games, arts & crafts, live music, dance, free health testing and sports clinics

• Location:135th St. (bet. Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Blvds.)

HMF-5^th Avenue Main Stage – 1pm to 7pm

• Location:  W.135th  St.