Beer Fest And Coffee-Con | Brooklyn Weekend Events

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Feel like watching movies in a graveyard, drinking coffee with the experts or racing toward the Atlantic Ocean? Brooklyn has you covered. Here's what's going on in the borough this weekend.

Swamp in the City - A Cajun Music Festival

Neighborhood: Carroll Gardens
What: Celebrate all the best things about Louisiana — music, food, and music and food — during this three-day festival of dance classes, backyard jam sessions and Cajun cuisine.
Where: Jalopy Theatre at 315 Columbia St.
When: Festivities begin 6 p.m. Friday

Brooklyn Writers Space Reading Series: Cohen, Mead & Specht

Neighborhood: Cobble Hill
What: This month Books Are Magic welcomes writers Corey Mead, Julia Specht, and Iris Martin Cohen to the Smith Street bookstore for a reading.
Where: Books Are Magic at 225 Smith St.
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday

Coffee-Con New York

Neighborhood: Williamsburg
What: Coffee lovers will unite to nerd out over their favorite morning (and afternoon, and evening, and whatever time it is now) drink.
Where: Villain at 307 Kent Ave.
When: Doors open at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday

Viking Festival

Neighborhood: Bay Ridge
What: Owl’s Head Park becomes a viking village but with less pillaging and more horned hats (we hope).
Where: Owl's Head Park at Colonial Road and 68th Street
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday

Art And Sewage Festival

Neighborhood: Gowanus
What: This annual festival celebrates the things Gowanus does best: poetry, marching bands and sludge.
Where: Thomas Greene Park at Degraw and Nevins streets
When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday

Fuerza Puerto Rico

Neighborhood: Williamsburg
What: Nitehawk hosts a festival of seven short films by Puerto Rican filmmakers to raise money for Apoyo Empresarial Peninsula Comunidad de Cantera and its post-Hurricane Maria relief efforts.
Where: Nitehawk Cinema at 136 Metropolitan Ave.
When: 11:45 a.m. Saturday

5th Annual Five Boro Craft Beer Fest

Neighborhood: Bushwick
What: Come taste an array of beers produced in New York City.
Where: The Well at 272 Meserole St.
When: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday

Wes Anderson Retrospective

Neighborhood: Bushwick
What: Explore a world of saturated colors, long pauses and statement head adornments at this festival of Wes Anderson's films.
Where: Syndicated Bar at 40 Bogart St.
When: 5:55 p.m. Saturday

This Is What We Mean By Short Films | Opening Night at Green-Wood Cemetery

Neighborhood: Windsor Terrace
What: Watch short films in an old graveyard.
Where: Green-Wood Cemetery at 500 25th St.
When: 7:45 p.m. Saturday

Brooklyn Half Marathon Takes Over Half Of Brooklyn

Neighborhood: From Crown Heights to Coney Island
What: More than 27,000 marathoners will trot from the Brooklyn Museum to the Coney Island Boardwalk for the half marathon.
Where: Brooklyn
When: 7 a.m. to noon Sunday

Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair

Neighborhood: Park Slope
What: This annual fair brings food, music, shopping and more to the streets of Park Slope every year.
Where: Fifth Avenue ... obviously.
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday

Photo courtesy of the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District