Event Information

• Walking Tour – Madison Avenue: High Fashion and Historic Preservation, Thursday, September 5 Join AIANY and the Madison Avenue BID as we discover the history behind Madison Avenue’s landmark buildings, and explore how high fashion retail has been incorporated into the district to create a world-famous shopping destination. The area evolved from brownstones built in the 1870s and 1880s, to lavish Beaux Arts townhouses by celebrated architects such ... Read more
• Estee Lauder Beautiful Belle Weekend on Madison Avenue, October 12-13, 2019 Estee Lauder Beautiful Belle Wedding Weekend on Madison Avenue will be a dream experience for brides and grooms planning their wedding and new life. On October 12 & 13, 2019, The Bridal Council and the Madison Avenue BID will partner to present a dynamic series of educational and entertaining consumer experiences for the engaged. These ... Read more

Past Events

• New York City Restaurant Week® on Madison Avenue: July 22 – August 16, 2019 Nine Madison Avenue restaurants are participating in the annual summer NYC Restaurant Week®. Enjoy 2-course lunches for $26 and 3-course dinners for $42.     Participating Madison Avenue Restaurants Altesi Ristorante, 26 East 64 Street Bar Italia, 768 Madison Avenue Cafe Boulud, 20 East 76 Street Il Mulino New York Uptown, 37 East 60 Street Lavo Restaurant, 39 East 58 Street Match 65 Brasserie, ... Read more
• Madison Avenue Celebrates World Pride Many retailers on Madison Avenue are featuring special programming in June to celebrate World Pride. For example: alice + olivia at 755 Madison Avenue unveiled their alice + olivia x The Trevor Project Tee! The t-shirt donates 50% of net proceeds to the Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis ... Read more
• 9th Annual Madison Avenue Watch Week, June 10-15, 2019 Madison Avenue will once again become the epicenter of haute horlogerie during the 9th Annual Madison Avenue Watch Week. Slated this year for June 10-15, Madison Avenue’s premiere watch retailers and brands will preview their newest and most exceptional timepieces that recently debuted at Baselworld and at SIHH in Switzerland, along with a weeklong ... Read more
• Galerie Magazine Panel on Landmarks of Style, May 14 An official NYCxDesign Event: Galerie editor-in-chief Jacqueline Terrebonne hosts a talk on “Landmarks of Style: Modern Interpretations of Timeless Architecture” Panelists include Steven Harris; Gray Davis & Will Meyer; Robert Tierney Tuesday, May 14, 5:00pm Hotel Plaza Athenee, 37 East 64 Street RSVP by May 12 to events@galeriemagazine.com Space is limited. Read more
• Madison Avenue Gallery Walk, Saturday, April 27, 2019 ARTnews and the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District hosted the third annual Madison Avenue Gallery Walk on Saturday, April 27. This free event invited the public to visit 49 galleries and attend over sixty events led by curators and artists on Madison Avenue and its adjacent side streets from East 57th St to East 86th ... Read more
• Make a Wish at Madison Avenue’s Lunar New Year Celebration, Saturday, February 9-16, 2019 Madison Avenue celebrated the Year of the Pig by creating a “wishing tree” on Madison Avenue between East 62 and East 63 Streets. Since ancient times, hanging wishes on “wishing trees” for the New Year is synonymous with luck and good fortune, and is believed to encourage dreams to come true. And they will come ... Read more
• Holiday Season Shopping on Madison Avenue There’s no time as magical as the holidays on Madison Avenue! View the illuminated holiday displays throughout the district, pop-in to one of our seven Madison Avenue holiday pop-ups, and warm up at one of our cafes! Read more
• 32nd Annual Miracle on Madison Avenue, Saturday, December 1, 2018 The magic of Miracle on Madison Avenue reappears on December 1, from 10am to 5pm. A cherished New York City shopping tradition for 32 years, Miracle on Madison is the day to fill your holiday gift list as 20 percent of the day’s sales (up to $15,000 per store) will benefit the pediatric ... Read more
• Obsessorize on Madison Avenue, October 4 – November 12, 2018 Shop your favorite brands and discover the accessory-inspired public sidewalk art installation created by the BFA Design department from New York’s School of Visual Arts. Join us for a free public walking tour of the exhibit at 2pm each Saturday. Please click here to register. Obsessorize Public Art Displays by SVA are located on the ... Read more
• American Ballet Theatre on Madison Avenue: September 20-27, 2018 Join us as we celebrate American Ballet Theatre’s 2018 Fall Season at the David H. Koch Theater. American Ballet Theatre (ABT) on Madison Avenue shall be a weeklong festival of in-store receptions, family-friendly dance workshops and ballet-related window displays to entice clients to shop for and with the dancers to benefit ABT’s Costume Fund. ABT on ... Read more