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Thursday · Oct 29, 2026

10 events shown on this page

  1. Signs of Life

    Samuel Oschin Planetarium
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  2. · Starts in 33 min

    The Fly

    Ticketed
    The 3 Luxembourg
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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    The Bowery Boys: Ghost Stories of Old New York

    Joe's Pub
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. New York Comedy Club Presents

    New York Comedy Club Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  2. · Starts in 3 min

    Karaoke with Ray

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

    Ticketed
    Bushwick
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  4. · Starts in 48 min

    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
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  7. · Starts in 1h 48m

    Late Night Sessions

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

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

90 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. West Harlem Forest Tree Club

    Outdoors - Open Spaces,Parks & Streets
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    The Victoria Theater Restaurant

  6. Dev Lemons, Venus & the Flytraps

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Asanabenche "Invention Tour"

    Silvana, Manhattan

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  10. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Forest Fridays

  12. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  16. Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

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

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  19. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. 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

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

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    Free

  24. Pinocchio and Gepetto’s Big Apple Adventure

    Free
    Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  26. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Dyker Library

  29. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Short Story Discussion Group

    Central Library, Art Studio

  31. BCEats Farm Build

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

  32. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  33. The People Versus Lenny Bruce

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

  34. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  35. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  38. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

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

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

    With Eduardo Villablanca, Ph.D.
    CASPARY AUDITORIUM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Biddle Music Building, 104
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  45. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn

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

    SOB’s

  47. VOCES8 at Trinity Church

    By Kaufman Music Center

  48. Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  49. Abolish Everything: World Championship III

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  50. Ambrose Akinmusire and Aszure Barton

    Rose Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  52. Vaya Gerardo Contino

    Free
    Lincoln Center, Manhattan
    Free

  53. Thriller-Themed Zumba Session

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  54. Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Reggaeton Rooftop Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Hotel Chantelle, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Jazz & Gin: A Speakeasy Soirée

  3. Haunted Reggaeton Warehouse (18+)

    By allevents.in
    Lottus Event Center

  4. The Night Before Halloween Reggaeton Party at Don Rique

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Don Rique's, Brooklyn

  5. An Evening of Live Entertainment

    Dejavu, West Village
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Piano in Bryant Park

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. New York Tamasha Bhoots: Bollywood Halloween Party

    1150 Broadway, Manhattan

  8. Live Music Friday

    Claret Wine Bar, Sunnyside Gardens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. The Cafe Wha? House Band

    Cafe Wha?, Soho

  10. Biggest Halloween Party New York

    The Palace, Queens

  11. NYC Halloween Afterparty Feat. A Boogie

    By allevents.in
    Stage B

  12. The Haunted House: Reggaeton Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skinos, Manhattan

  13. Live Music Nightly

    Prohibition, Upper West Side
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Live Music

    The Long Room, Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Halloween Norteño y Banda Yacht Party in NYC

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skyport Marina, Manhattan

  16. Live Music

    Ticketed
    Tomi Jazz, Turtle Bay
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Social Salsa at Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Machine Girl Halloween Afterparty

    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Live DJ Nights

    Chorus Karaoke, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Halloween NuevaYol Latin Fridays

    By allevents.inTicketed
    OUT OF ORDINARY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

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

  27. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. Laser ABBA

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Halloween in the Park: Magic Show, Science Show, Face Painting, Trick-or-Treating, & More

    With Chris Capehart and Crazy ScienceFree
    Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan
    Free

  30. Halloween DJ Sets: TYLERFROMWHERE and Lord Fascinator

  31. Dark Strings Trio

    Gallery 198
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Voces8 at Trinity Church

    By Kaufman Music Center
    Trinity Church

  33. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

    The Hugh, Manhattan

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

    Knockdown Center, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Poor Unfortunate Souls

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

  36. A Citadel Halloween

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