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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

80 events shown on this page

  1. Dev Lemons, Venus & the Flytraps

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Amazing Conifers Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Asanabenche "Invention Tour"

    Silvana, Manhattan

  4. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan

  6. BioE Seminar: Dr. Millicent Sullivan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Forest Fridays

  8. New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

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

    With Themis Sapsis
    Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  14. Enid A. Haupt Garden Tour

    Free
    Smithsonian Gardens
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Daffodil Bulb Giveaway & Volunteer Gardening Registration

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Central Park Woodland Walk: The Ramble

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Multilingual Business Help

    Sunset Park Library
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    Free

  19. Pinocchio and Gepetto’s Big Apple Adventure

    Free
    Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. 5 Tips for Success in Entertainment, Media, and the Arts

    By Brooklyn College
    Online
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  22. Tech Help for Your Job Search

    Central Library, Business & Career Center, Room 7

  23. Multiscale Analysis of Wave Propagation in Random Media

    With Josselin Garnier
    Warren Weaver Hall 1302
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Drop-In Resume & Career Help (Central Library)

    Central Library, Business & Career Center

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

    With Jinxin Xue
    Warren Weaver Hall 512
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Local Noon in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor

    Free
    Gottlieb Transit Corridor
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. BCEats Farm Build

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

  28. Seasonal Highlights Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic GardenFree
    FreeHidden gem

  29. The People Versus Lenny Bruce

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

  30. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  31. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

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

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

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

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

    Biddle Music Building, 104
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn

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

    SOB’s

  40. Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. VOCES8 at Trinity Church

    By Kaufman Music Center

  42. Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  43. Abolish Everything: World Championship III

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan

  44. Ambrose Akinmusire and Aszure Barton

    Rose Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

  46. Vaya Gerardo Contino

    Free
    Lincoln Center, Manhattan
    Free

  47. Thriller-Themed Zumba Session

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  48. Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Halloween Norteño y Banda Yacht Party in NYC

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skyport Marina, Manhattan

  2. Live Music

    Ticketed
    Tomi Jazz, Turtle Bay
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Social Salsa at Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Machine Girl Halloween Afterparty

    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Live DJ Nights

    Chorus Karaoke, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Halloween NuevaYol Latin Fridays

    By allevents.inTicketed
    OUT OF ORDINARY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Fall Garden Highlights Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Shenandoah Hiking, Winery, and Sunsets Weekend

    Explorer Chicks of NYC
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Info Session | M.S. Urban Data Science

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Free

  11. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Neuroscience WIP series: Dr. Oriol Basquets Figueras

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

  13. Ask a Tech at the Sheepshead Bay Library

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Laser ABBA

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. 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

  17. Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan

  18. Halloween DJ Sets: TYLERFROMWHERE and Lord Fascinator

  19. Dark Strings Trio

    Gallery 198
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Voces8 at Trinity Church

    By Kaufman Music Center
    Trinity Church

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

    Knockdown Center, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Poor Unfortunate Souls

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

  23. A Citadel Halloween

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

  24. ROA

    Palladium Times Square
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Machine Girl Halloween

    By Pioneer WorksTicketed
    Pioneer Works

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

    Ticketed
    Nowadays, Queens

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

    299 South St, Manhattan

  28. BOUND Blackout: Laure Croft / SKIN / Katie Rex / Kim Anh / Dj Warning / likeholywine / nonsuit

    BASEMENT, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Late Night Sessions

    Ticketed
    Dizzy's Club, Midtown

  30. 8Ball-O-Ween

    Ticketed
    8 Ball Community
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Karaoke Friday

    The Local Bar, Astoria
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. Dianne Brill Presents Hot or Horror @ The Nines

    By partiful.com
    The Nines
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

20 events shown on this page

  1. Spooktacular Girls in Business

    338 W 36th St., Manhattan

  2. Dia de los Muertos at the Queens Zoo

    Queens Zoo
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Show Brain Halloween at Tompkins Sq Park

    Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan

  2. Saturday Open Mic

    The Local Bar, Astoria
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Standup Show

    Free
    The Gaf West, Manhattan
    Free

  4. Nexo NYC Halloween Edition - District Saturday | The Sound of New York

    NEXO NYC, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. The Official Village Halloween Parade Silent Disco

    By allevents.inTicketed
    New York's Village Halloween Parade, Manhattan

  6. Haunted Ballroom with Live Performance by Rack

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Melrose Ballroom, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Purgatory

    Refuge, Brooklyn

  8. Slow Jams NYC - Halloween Slow Jams & RnB Party

    Littlefield, Brooklyn

  9. Bronx Carnival - Dancehall & Soca Halloween Day Party

    Bronx Brewery Back Yard Entrance, The Bronx

  10. Saints or Sinners: Reggaeton Halloween Night

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skinos, Manhattan

  11. East New York Farms Volunteer Days

    ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Fall Foliage Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. The Reggaeton Halloween Party

    Lot45, Brooklyn

  14. Halloween Dance Cruise

    Liberty Belle, Manhattan

  15. Halloween Spooky Silent Disco 21+

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden, Queens

  16. Halloween Perreo on the Roof - Costume Party

    High Bar New York, Manhattan

  17. R&B Saturdays Halloween party

    By allevents.in
    The RnB room at Kiss Lounge (queens), Queens

  18. Much Ado About Nothing

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Winter Garden Theatre
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31
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