Summer & August Team Events in NYC

Team workshops through July and August — when your team is here and every venue is not

Yes, we are open in August

New York goes quiet in late summer: venues close, planners disappear, and the teams still in the office get nothing. We run all summer — guided craft workshops at our Midtown and FiDi studios or at your office, sized for the interns, summer cohorts, and half-staffed teams that August actually contains.

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The counter-seasonal move

August is a scheduling advantage, not a dead month

Everyone plans team events for December, when every venue is triple-booked and every colleague is stretched. The same event in August costs less friction in every direction.

Empty calendars

Your team has fewer conflicts in August than any other month — attendance problems mostly disappear.

Available dates

We can offer prime weekday slots in July and August that simply do not exist in Q4.

The people still here

Interns, summer associates, new-hire cohorts, and the teams covering the quiet weeks deserve better than a farewell pizza.

Formats that fit a summer headcount

Summer groups are odd sizes — eight interns, a half-staffed pod of fifteen, a floor of sixty for an end-of-summer send-off. Studio sessions, office onsites, and multi-event bundles all flex to the roster you actually have, indoors and air-conditioned.
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How it works

Simple planning, smooth execution

Summer events should not take a committee.

Share your basics

Share your basics

Headcount, date window, studio or your office.

Pick a format

Pick a format

One event, or a summer bundle across several dates.

We deliver

We deliver

Facilitators and materials, everything included.

Everyone keeps something

Everyone keeps something

A handmade object that outlasts the summer Friday.

Guests making Turkish mosaic lamps during a team building workshop in New York City

Why summer teams book this

Prime July and August dates actually available

Indoor and air-conditioned — cannot be rained out or heat-waved

Works for interns, summer cohorts, and end-of-summer send-offs

Summer bundles: several small events instead of one December scramble

Alcohol-free by default and no catering required — kosher, halal, vegetarian, Jain, fasting, sober and allergy-sensitive teammates all join without special arrangements

Midtown and Financial District studios, or onsite at your office

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Class ideas

What your group can make

Every workshop below can anchor your event — beginner-friendly, guided end to end, and everyone leaves with what they made.

Turkish Mosaic Lamp

Turkish Mosaic Lamp

Candle Making

Candle Making

Terrarium

Terrarium

Moss Wall Art

Moss Wall Art

Sea Glass Art

Sea Glass Art

Resin Jewelry

Resin Jewelry

Block Printing

Block Printing

Perfume Making

Perfume Making

A better use of a Summer Friday

Half-days thin out the office from late June. A morning workshop before the early close gives the team a real reason to come in — and gives the office a moment that is not a leaving card. Buildings and tenant-engagement teams use the same slot for summer programming.
Running a summer associate program?
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Summer team events FAQ

Quick answers

So planning feels easy

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Indoor, bounded, and easy to attend. A guided workshop at a Midtown or FiDi studio fills ninety minutes, needs no RSVP chase, and works at the odd headcounts August produces.
Yes — it is one of our most open months, including prime weekday dates that are impossible to get in Q4.
Intern cohorts are exactly who this fits: structured, social, alcohol-free by default, and produces a keepsake from the summer.
Yes — summer bundles cover a series of sessions across July and August at a better rate than booking one by one.
Yes. The format needs tables, not staging — we bring everything else.
No. The workshop is the event — there is no meal built in, so there is nothing to certify and nobody to accommodate separately: kosher, halal, vegetarian, Jain, allergy-sensitive, fasting, and alcohol-free teammates simply join in. Plenty of teams add their own refreshments afterward; it is always optional, never required. See our inclusive team events page for the full rundown.

Claim a date everyone else abandoned

Tell us your headcount and window in July or August. Same-week quote, and better date choice than you will see again until spring.
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