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Governors Island is open from 7AM to 6PM on Indigenous Peoples' Day (Monday, October 12, 2026), with Governors Island ferries running on a weekend schedule from Manhattan and Brooklyn. For NYC Ferry info, visit ferry.nyc.

Governors Island is open from 7AM to 6PM on Indigenous Peoples' Day (Monday, October 12, 2026), with Governors Island ferries running on a weekend schedule from Manhattan and Brooklyn. For NYC Ferry info, visit ferry.nyc.

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Jul 25, 2026
Governors Island - Governors Island - Colonels Row Green

Pre­sent­ed by Gwen Black Arts/​Arts and Jaz­zfest NYC™, vis­it Colonels Row on Sat­ur­day, July 25, for the 6th Annu­al Jazz By The Water™ con­cert series. The event kicks off at 11:45am near Sois­sons Land­ing with a Sec­ond Line New Orleans March cel­e­brat­ing the leg­endary Louie Arm­strong, pre­sent­ed by Roz Nixon on Stage and It’s Our Time, Inc. See per­for­mances by five incred­i­ble bands cel­e­brat­ing Jazz Yes­ter­day and Today™. Per­form­ers include Mark Adams Jazz­i­cal Sex­tet, with a trib­ute to leg­endary Roy Ayers; Lady Cantrese and her Gents; the Joe Baione Quin­tet; Eric Per­son Quar­tet; and pianist Sharp Rad­way and his band. 

Jul 25, 2026
Governors Island - Governors Island - Colonels Row Green