NYC Mental Health Offerings for May 2026
IndieSpace shares this month’s collection of free and pay-what-you-can wellness, creative, and community offerings for indie performing artists.
These events across the NYC boroughs and online are here to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
In the Boroughs
May 4 in Manhattan – Fit & Lit with Janeil Mason
May 4 in Queens – Men & Mascs Community Mixer
May 5 in East Harlem – Graphic Novel Workshop Series
May 5 in Queens – Trans & Gender Diversity Meet-Up
May 6 in Queens – Old School: HIV Long-Term Survivors Group
May 7 in Manhattan – Shelf Life: New Works from the Archives
May 7 in Queens – Women and Femmes Community Mixer: Bingo Night
May 7 in Staten Island – The Birds are Back!!
May 8 in Brooklyn – Community Mental Wellness & Resilience Workshop
May 8 in Brooklyn – TroubleMakers OpenMic at Crossroads Cafe
May 8 in Manhattan – Anime Themed Jazz Performance
May 8 in Staten Island – Spring Book Swap & Upcycled Paper Crafts with NYPL
May 9 in Manhattan – Broadway, Bars, and Fortune: A Story of Incarceration and Redemption
May 9 in Manhattan – Chamber Music Masterclass with Joshua McClendon & Phoenix Avalon
May 9 in Manhattan – Take the Bait: Free Public Fishing Clinic at Pier 42
May 9 in Manhattan – The Harlem in Havana Story: Film Screening & Panel Discussion
May 9 in Staten Island – GCC: May the Forest be with You
May 10 in Brooklyn – Monuments to Motherhood: Mother's Day Celebration
May 11 in Queens – OPEN JAM! At Sanger Hall
May 11 in Queens – Trivia Night!
May 12 in Harlem – CRUX LGBTQ Climbing
May 12 in The Bronx – Literary Social Club
May 13 in Manhattan – Zumba with Maria Assis
May 14 in Brooklyn – Exhibit Opening: The Shirley Chisholm Way: Brooklyn's Blueprint for Change
May 14 in Manhattan – IndieSpace Together
May 16 in Manhattan – Library for the Performing Arts Teen Theater Ensemble Final Presentation
May 17 in Brooklyn – Pinkster Celebration in Prospect Park
May 17 in Staten Island – Bloom on the Trail
May 18 in Manhattan – Orchestra of St. Luke's and Joseph Parrish: Finding an American Voice
May 18 in Manhattan – The Fight Is Global: LGBTIQ Activists in Conversation
May 20 in Brooklyn – Public Craft Night
May 20 in Manhattan – The Dance Historian Is In: Lori Belilove on Maria-Theresa Duncan
May 21 in Staten Island – Adult Hike - Silver Lake Park
May 22 in Brooklyn – Community Mental Wellness & Resilience Workshop
May 22 in Harlem – Harlem Arts Alliance Townhall Meeting
May 23 in Manhattan – Ethical Night Rangers: 'Our Companion: The Moon'
May 23 in Queens – Quintet of the Americas
May 23 in Queens – Spring Garden Tour with Horticulture Director Andi Pettis
May 23 in Staten Island – Celebrate World Turtle Day
May 25 in Brooklyn – Remembering the U.S. Colored Troops of Brooklyn
May 26 in Brooklyn – Let's Talk! – A discussion about mental health awareness
May 26 in Harlem – CRUX LGBTQ Climbing
May 27 in Brooklyn – NYCResistor Ham Radio Club
May 27 in Manhattan – Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour
May 30 in Brooklyn – Bike Day in Prospect Park
May 30 in Brooklyn – Yoga for Hackers
May 30 in Manhattan – Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations
May 30 in Manhattan – Tree Leaf ID Walk
May 30 in The Bronx – Toma el control NYC: Taller gratuito sobre la diabetes
May 31 in Brooklyn – Healing Through Art in the Park
May 31 in Staten Island – Spring in Full Swing Hike
Mondays in Manhattan – Bryant Park Public Tours
Wednesdays in East Harlem – Words that Dance: A Movement and Storytelling Workshop
Thursdays in Brooklyn – 2026 Prospect Park Stroller Walks
Fridays in Brooklyn – 2026 Prospect Park Wellness Walks
Fridays in East Harlem – Gardening Club
Saturdays in The Bronx – BronxRockets Run/Walk Group
Online Events
May 6 – Reducing Stress Through Meditation
May 20 – Hypertension 101
May 21 – Get Shameless Workshop #6: How to pay down your debt and still have a life
May 21 – National Diabetes Prevention Program
May 26 – Partners in Health Chat
May 28 – National Diabetes Prevention Program
Tuesdays in May – Reproductive Health Concerns - Online