NYC Event Calendar 2008 for Photographers

World Event Guide (Link)

January (avg temp 26 -36F)

1st   - Coney Island's Polar Bear Club New Year's Tradition (Link)
21st - Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade - 1pm (begins on Fifth Avenue at 61st Street)

February
(avg temp 29-32F) 

7th - 10th - Manhattan Chinatown's Chinese New Year Parade - 1pm (Link)(Map)
         
March (avg temp 35-50F) 

17th - St. Patrick's Day Parade
23rd - Easter Parade (Fifth Avenue, from 44th to 57th)(Link)

April (avg temp 45 - 60F)

1st - 30th Cherry Blossom Festival - Sakura Matsur - Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
       Tartan Day (Scottish Parade) (45th Street north on 6th Avenue ending at 58th Street) 

May
(avg temp 55 - 71F)

1st - 31st  Fleet Week
1st - 31st  9th Avenue International Food Festival (area between 37th Street to 57th Street)

June (avg temp 64-79F)

Metropolitan Opera Central Park (Great Lawn - 79th to 85th Street) - 8pm.

July (avg temp 64 - 79F)

4th - Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks (Link)

August (avg temp 69 - 83F) 

2nd - 3rd - Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival - 9am - 5pm (Link)(Map)

September (avg temp 61-76)

October (avg temp 50 - 65)

13th - Columbus Day Parade
31st - Greenwich Village Halloween Parade (6th Avenue between Spring and 21st St.)

November (avg temp 41 - 54) 

2nd   - New York City Marathon (Link)
 27th - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - 9am

December (avg temp 32 - 44) 

31st - New Year's Eve Time Square - 12pm