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Come Out and Play Festival
July 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - July 9, 2016 @ 4:00 pm
Come Out & Play returns to New York City in 2016 for another year of extraordinary outdoor games.
We’ll take over DUMBO on July 8 with an evening of street games and play. Then we’ll move the fun to Governors Island on July 9 for a day of field and family-friendly games.
Lace up your running shoes and get ready for another two days of wild new games and playful experiences.
Come Out & Play is an annual festival of street games that turns New York City & San Francisco into a giant playground. We provide a forum for new types of public games and play by bringing together players eager to interact with the world around them and designers producing innovative new games and experiences.
Events and locations:
After Dark
DUMBO, Brooklyn, July 8 from 7 PM to 10:30 PM
Each year After Dark turns the city streets in a particular neighborhood into an arcade with social party games, large physical video games and wild new street games. After Dark showcases street games and technology enabled live-action game experiences.
This year After Dark returns to DUMBO where it will light up the Manhattan Bridge Archway Plaza (just across from 155 Water Street).
Field Day
Governors Island, Parade Ground Field, July 9 from 11 AM to 5 PM
Field Day showcases spectacular new field games & sports for adults to play. Now an institution within Come Out & Play, the Field Day in the Parade Grounds on Governors Island is your chance to play wild new sports and giant game spectacles with the skyline of New York City as your backdrop.
Governors Island, July 9 from 11 AM to 4 PM
Come Out & Play Family Day offers games designed specifically for families and children of all ages, brought to the festival by ESI Design, one of the world’s foremost experience design firms. All of the games connect together with a fun story line about Time Travel — complete with an official Time Travel Agency, games throughout time, a growing timeline, and imminent threats to the space-time continuum! Play just one or two games, or try them all of for an epic Time Travel adventure.