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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

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  1. Exclusive Tour Inside the Woolworth Building: NYC’s Cathedral of Commerce

    The Woolworth Building (Inside Lobby), Manhattan

  2. Secrets of the East River: NYC's Hidden Infrastructure by Ferry

    Starbucks (110 Pearl Street), Manhattan

  3. Responding in Ink: Comic Books, Graphic Novels

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  4. School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

  5. In Their Honor: 25 Years of Service

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. La Bohème

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Metropolitan Opera House
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  8. Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Classic Stage Company

  10. NYC Marathon: 50 Years Through the Five Boroughs

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  11. Robert Glasper feat. Derrick Hodge & Chris Dave

    Blue Note, 131 W 3rd St, New York, NY 10012
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. On this Day: Hurricane Sandy

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. The Hails @ Elsewhere

    Elsewhere, 599 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance

    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023, United States
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Trixx

    City Winery, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics

    Ticketed
    Church of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Is Everything Predictable?: AI, Prediction Markets, and the Philosophy of Foresight

    With Emma Stamm
    Index Greenpoint, 698 Manhattan Ave Floors 2 & 3, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Stones in the Water

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

  20. Soulful Maximalism Book Tour

    Adanne Bookshop, Brooklyn

  21. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    The Victoria Theater Restaurant

  23. Dev Lemons, Venus & the Flytraps

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Asanabenche "Invention Tour"

    Silvana, Manhattan

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

    NYC Free Tours, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  26. · Starts in 8h 50m

    Brooklyn Bridge History Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  27. · Starts in 8h 50m

    Transportation in NY Summit

    New York Law School, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  28. · Starts in 8h 50m

    The Venetian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire

    Amphitheater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  29. · Starts in 9h 20m

    Repetition, Contingency, Dialectic

    With Bara Kolenc, Gregor Moder and 1 more
    Friedl 115
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  30. · Starts in 9h 50m

    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
  31. · Starts in 9h 50m

    Voices of 1776

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  32. · Starts in 10h 20m

    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
  33. · Starts in 10h 50m

    Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

    Free
    Conference House Park, Manhattan
    Free
  34. · Starts in 10h 50m

    Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. Stranger Things: The First Shadow

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Marquis Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Longacre Theatre

  3. Petite Rouge by Company XIV

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Théâtre XIV

  4. Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Club

  5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    DR2 Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Pre-Existing Condition

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Greenwich House Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Delirium

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Space at Irondale
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater

  9. Our Sinatra: A Musical Celebration

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater

  10. Secret Parlor Jazz: Home-Cooked Tunes & BBQ Dinner on the Upper East Side

    Parlor Jazz (Exact Meeting Location Revealed in Confirmation Email), Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Drunk Dracula NYC

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Ruby Theatre
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Midnight

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Daryl Roth Theatre

  13. The Imaginary Invalid

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Todd Haimes Theatre

  14. Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Night Egg at the Culture Club

  15. Alice in Wonderland the Musical

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Players Theatre

  16. King of the Yees

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Pershing Square Signature Center
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  17. The Heart

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    The Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

  18. A Few Good Men

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Vivian Beaumont Theater - Lincoln Center Theater

  19. Rope

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Theatre at St. Clement's
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  20. Sea Wall

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Studio Seaview

  21. 2:22 - A Ghost Story

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Lucille Lortel Theatre

  22. The Fantasticks

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Hayes Theater

  23. Downstate

    By newyorktheatreguide.comTicketed
    Booth Theatre

  24. Fall Session

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Axel Tosca's Cuban Jam

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Paige Fish

    Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Lawrence - Staycation

    Brooklyn Paramount, 385 Flatbush Ave Ext, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  28. A. G. Cook

    Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. HARBOUR @ Gramercy Theatre

    Gramercy Theatre, 127 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  30. Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers

    Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
    Conflicting details
    Conflicting details

  31. Blue Glove Presents: 2010’s EDM + Reggaeton Thursday Party

    00:00, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  32. The Barr Brothers

    Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. Patrick Droney - The Made You Look Tour

    Brooklyn Steel, 319 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  34. horsegiirL

    Terminal 5, 610 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Ruppert Park Capital Renovations

    Ruppert Park, Manhattan, New York, NY
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Lawrence - Staycation: Coast-to-Coast

    Brooklyn Paramount, 385 Flatbush Ave Ext,, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, United States
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  37. Nekrogoblikon

    Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  38. Ray and Paul

    Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  39. Karaoke with Ray

    Steiny's Pub, Saint George
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  40. AKATA

    Ticketed
    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  41. Late Night Sessions

    Ticketed
    Dizzy's Club, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  42. Reggaeton Rooftop Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Hotel Chantelle, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  43. Harlem Haunt: Early Trick-or-Treating

    Manhattan Borough President's Office

  44. Jazz & Gin: A Speakeasy Soirée

  45. Haunted Reggaeton Warehouse (18+)

    By allevents.in
    Lottus Event Center

  46. The Night Before Halloween Reggaeton Party at Don Rique

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Don Rique's, Brooklyn

  47. An Evening of Live Entertainment

    Dejavu, West Village
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  48. Piano in Bryant Park

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  49. New York Tamasha Bhoots: Bollywood Halloween Party

    1150 Broadway, Manhattan

  50. Live Music Friday

    Claret Wine Bar, Sunnyside Gardens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  51. The Cafe Wha? House Band

    Cafe Wha?, Soho

  52. Biggest Halloween Party New York

    The Palace, Queens

  53. NYC Halloween Afterparty Feat. A Boogie

    By allevents.in
    Stage B

  54. The Haunted House: Reggaeton Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skinos, Manhattan

  55. Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

    Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  56. Live Music Nightly

    Prohibition, Upper West Side
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  57. Live Music

    The Long Room, Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  58. Halloween Norteño y Banda Yacht Party in NYC

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skyport Marina, Manhattan

  59. Live Music

    Ticketed
    Tomi Jazz, Turtle Bay
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  60. Social Salsa at Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  62. Machine Girl Halloween Afterparty

    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  63. Live DJ Nights

    Chorus Karaoke, Midtown
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  64. Halloween NuevaYol Latin Fridays

    By allevents.inTicketed
    OUT OF ORDINARY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  65. · Starts in 8h 50m

    Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  66. · Starts in 9h 50m

    Mother Goose Magic

    By The New York Society LibraryFree
    Whitridge Room
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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