{"id":246959,"date":"2026-05-28T21:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/246959\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:49:23","slug":"the-best-things-to-do-in-new-york-city-this-summer-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/246959\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Things to Do in New York City This Summer (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The summer concert lineups are hot this year. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foresthillsstadium.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forest Hills Stadium<\/a>, the open-air venue in an otherwise residential neighborhood of Queens, shows off the talents of musical stars like Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews Band, and Jon Batiste. There\u2019s really no bad seat in the house, and for a change, you don\u2019t have to settle for mediocre concert fare to sate your appetite, thanks to a stellar lineup of food stalls. Fan favorites include Rokstar Chicken, a Korean chicken shop; Stacked, for hearty sandwiches; and Empanada Shop, for a traditional taste of Latin cuisine. Groups can consider a Speakeasy Suite\u2014with its private entrance, viewing porch, and restrooms, it\u2019s the ultimate way to take in live music in style with seven or more of your closest pals.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The summer concert lineups are hot this year. At Forest Hills Stadium, the open-air venue in an otherwise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4982,1349,34761,2576,9,2827,56,63,65,64,96536],"class_list":["post-246959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-arts","tag-arts-culture","tag-best-of-new-york","tag-museums","tag-new-york","tag-nightlife","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-things-to-do-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}