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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

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  1. Aaron McCann, Emma Willmann, Dan Ahdoot, Riley Lassin

    With Aaron McCann, Emma Willmann and 2 moreFree
    New York Comedy Club Upper West Side
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. The Big Woozy Band & Kelsey Pierce

    Haswell Green's, Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. AKATA

    Ticketed
    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Late Night Sessions

    Ticketed
    Dizzy's Club, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Thursday, 2026-10-29

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

96 events shown on this page

  1. Stones in the Water

    By BAM · with Sarah Kay, Clint Smith and 2 more

  2. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  3. Evening of astronomy

    JBENC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. The New Renaissance - A Masquerade Celebrating Black Music in NYC

    The Victoria Theater Restaurant

  7. Dev Lemons, Venus & the Flytraps

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Kids Create: Halloween

    Free
    Brower Park Library, Brooklyn
    Free

  9. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Asanabenche "Invention Tour"

    Silvana, Manhattan

  11. NYC Tour por Times Square, Broadway, Grand Central y la NY Biblioteca

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. New York State Conference on the Environment (recycling, climate)

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  13. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Forest Fridays

  17. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  22. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

    With Bara Kolenc, Gregor Moder and 1 more
    Friedl 115
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Capturing previously un-seen extreme events in complex systems

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. AWW: “A Fever Crept In”: Typhus, Malaria, and the Fate of Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment

    With Woody Holton
    Classroom Building, Room 229, Boyd Seminar Room
    CancelledUnconfirmed
    CancelledUnconfirmed

  25. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Gowanus Canal Conservancy: Rain Garden Stewardship, Sponge Park and Bond Gardens

  27. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Story Time and Meet the Author: A Quilt Of Stars: Astronaut Karen Nyberg Stitches a Dream

    With Karen Nyberg and Ann McCallum StaatsFree
    Air and Space Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Big Moments, Little Stories

    Free
    Anacostia Community Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Fall First Discoveries

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  33. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  34. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Arts, Culture & Fun: Be Bolder - Senior Ballet Programming

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    Free

  36. Pinocchio and Gepetto’s Big Apple Adventure

    Free
    Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Hood Playin' Tricks On Me: East Palo Alto and the Sonic Afterlives of Redevelopment

    With Antonio de Jesús López
    Bryan Center - Multicultural Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  39. Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein

  40. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Minimal hypersurfaces with variable asymptotic directions and the Bernstein problem

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Revolutionary Echoes: Chinese-Language Radio in the Cold War Era

    With Jie Li
    Columbia University, International Affairs Building (IAB)

  43. Dyker's Book Discussion: Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

    Dyker Library

  44. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Indonesia in Global Value Chains: Understanding the New Economic Imperialism

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  46. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  47. BCEats Farm Build

    By Brooklyn College
    Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts

  48. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  49. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  50. The People Versus Lenny Bruce

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), Manhattan

  51. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  52. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  53. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  54. Highlights of Brooklyn's Gravesend

    Neck Road Subway station, Brooklyn

  55. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  56. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  57. Discover-ween Festival

    Free
    Queens Central Library
    Free

  58. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

  59. Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Manhattan
    Free

  60. The Tumultuous Lives of Luminous Stars: Mass Loss, Mass Transfer, and White Dwarf Kicks

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  61. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Reggaeton Rooftop Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Hotel Chantelle, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Harlem Haunt: Early Trick-or-Treating

    Manhattan Borough President's Office

  3. Jazz & Gin: A Speakeasy Soirée

  4. Haunted Reggaeton Warehouse (18+)

    By allevents.in
    Lottus Event Center

  5. Teen Tech Time

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. The Night Before Halloween Reggaeton Party at Don Rique

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Don Rique's, Brooklyn

  7. An Evening of Live Entertainment

    Dejavu, West Village
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Piano in Bryant Park

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. New York Tamasha Bhoots: Bollywood Halloween Party

    1150 Broadway, Manhattan

  10. Live Music Friday

    Claret Wine Bar, Sunnyside Gardens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. The Cafe Wha? House Band

    Cafe Wha?, Soho

  12. Biggest Halloween Party New York

    The Palace, Queens

  13. NYC Halloween Afterparty Feat. A Boogie

    By allevents.in
    Stage B

  14. The Haunted House: Reggaeton Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skinos, Manhattan

  15. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Live Music Nightly

    Prohibition, Upper West Side
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Live Music

    The Long Room, Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Halloween Norteño y Banda Yacht Party in NYC

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skyport Marina, Manhattan

  19. Live Music

    Ticketed
    Tomi Jazz, Turtle Bay
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Social Salsa at Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. The Amazing Ken Presents: Spooky Halloween Comedy Magic Show

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Machine Girl Halloween Afterparty

    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Live DJ Nights

    Chorus Karaoke, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Halloween NuevaYol Latin Fridays

    By allevents.inTicketed
    OUT OF ORDINARY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Hanzi of the Week 本周汉字

    New Utrecht Library

  30. Play at BCM

    Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

    By montefioreeinstein.org
    Bronx- 1410 Pelham Parkway South
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Asphalt Screams

    Free
    Asphalt Green
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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