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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

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    The Bowery Boys: Ghost Stories of Old New York

    Joe's Pub
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    Karaoke with Ray

    Steiny's Pub, Saint George
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    Do You Still Like Me? - A Comedy Dating Show: NAKED EDITION

    Ticketed
    Bushwick
    Unconfirmed
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    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
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    The Big Woozy Band & Kelsey Pierce

    Haswell Green's, Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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    AKATA

    Ticketed
    H0L0, Queens
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    Late Night Sessions

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

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

93 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. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    The Victoria Theater Restaurant

  5. Dev Lemons, Venus & the Flytraps

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Asanabenche "Invention Tour"

    Silvana, Manhattan

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

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

  12. 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

  13. Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. 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

  15. Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free

  16. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    Free

  18. Pinocchio and Gepetto’s Big Apple Adventure

    Free
    Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. 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

  20. Jewish Brighton Beach Walking Tour

    With Svetlana Kershtein

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

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

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

    Dyker Library

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

    With Intan Suwandi
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  25. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. The People Versus Lenny Bruce

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

  27. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Highlights of Brooklyn's Gravesend

    Neck Road Subway station, Brooklyn

  29. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  30. Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

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

  31. Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    Free

  32. A 2-Dimensional Theory of Argument Strength with Applications

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Annual Ridgway Lecture: Oplontis: New Discoveries at Villas A and B

    University of Washington
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Musicology Lecture: Andrea Bohlman, UNC-Chapel Hill

    Biddle Music Building, 104
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Brooklyn Heights at Twilight: The Weird, Wonderful, and In-Between

    Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn

  36. Damian White | Designing the Just Transition

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

  37. CCA Seminar: Jenny Ni, “Remaking Places: Comanche Politics, Rock Art, and the Shaping of Landscapes”

    With Jenny Ni
    Columbia University

  38. Living History After Dark

    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  39. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  40. Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Molly & June's Honky Tonk: Line Dance Classes & Country Music

    SOB’s

  42. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  43. VOCES8 at Trinity Church

    By Kaufman Music Center

  44. Sina Najafi Talks About Genocide With Eyal Weizman

    With Eyal Weizman and Sina Najafi
    Giorno Poetry Systems
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  46. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  47. Abolish Everything: World Championship III

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  48. Ambrose Akinmusire and Aszure Barton

    Rose Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  49. Eleanor Alberga: The String Quartet Cycle with support from Solaris

  50. Vaya Gerardo Contino

    Free
    Lincoln Center, Manhattan
    Free

  51. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  52. Thriller-Themed Zumba Session

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  53. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  54. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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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. The Night Before Halloween Reggaeton Party at Don Rique

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Don Rique's, Brooklyn

  6. An Evening of Live Entertainment

    Dejavu, West Village
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Piano in Bryant Park

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. New York Tamasha Bhoots: Bollywood Halloween Party

    1150 Broadway, Manhattan

  9. Live Music Friday

    Claret Wine Bar, Sunnyside Gardens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. The Cafe Wha? House Band

    Cafe Wha?, Soho

  11. Biggest Halloween Party New York

    The Palace, Queens

  12. NYC Halloween Afterparty Feat. A Boogie

    By allevents.in
    Stage B

  13. The Haunted House: Reggaeton Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skinos, Manhattan

  14. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Live Music Nightly

    Prohibition, Upper West Side
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Live Music

    The Long Room, Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Halloween Norteño y Banda Yacht Party in NYC

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skyport Marina, Manhattan

  18. Live Music

    Ticketed
    Tomi Jazz, Turtle Bay
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Social Salsa at Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Machine Girl Halloween Afterparty

    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Live DJ Nights

    Chorus Karaoke, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Halloween NuevaYol Latin Fridays

    By allevents.inTicketed
    OUT OF ORDINARY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Weekly AFSC Action Hour for Palestine

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Laser ABBA

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Halloween DJ Sets: TYLERFROMWHERE and Lord Fascinator

  29. Dark Strings Trio

    Gallery 198
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Voces8 at Trinity Church

    By Kaufman Music Center
    Trinity Church

  31. Bill Blyer Presents Long Island and The Civil War

    By Queens Historical Society · with Bill Blyer
    Kingsland

  32. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

    The Hugh, Manhattan

  33. New York Night Train 21st Annual Haunted Hop: Devil's Night Edition

    Knockdown Center, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. Poor Unfortunate Souls

    With The Little Mermen & the Princess PalsTicketed
    SoHo Live
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. A Citadel Halloween

    By partiful.com · with jeanchalant, Pea$y and 6 more
    Rodeo BK, Brooklyn

  36. ROA

    Palladium Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Machine Girl Halloween

    By Pioneer WorksTicketed
    Pioneer Works

  38. Halloween Nonstop: DJ Stingray, Convextion, Rene Wise, Juliana Huxtable, DJ Koolt + more

    Ticketed
    Nowadays, Queens

  39. Yacht Party Cruise (Drinks, DJ, Dancing)

    299 South St, Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-10-30
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