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130 events

Friday · Oct 30, 2026

57 events shown on this page

  1. Masterpieces: An Experience of the Museo del Prado

    Ticketed
    The Loft (3rd Fl) at Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Intro to Printmaking

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. PONCIA

    Thalia Spanish Theatre, Queens
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  4. Ten Years of Brooklyn Lace Guild

    Textile Arts Center Gallery, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Digital Collage with Adobe CC and its Free Alternatives

    Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics

    Ticketed
    Church of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. LOOK BACK: By onay pl. x Wei-Fang Chang

    onay pl., Manhattan

  8. Healing Leaders Book Tour

    220 Central Park South, Manhattan

  9. Fantasy and Reality: The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel

    Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Day of the Dead Workshop

    92 Ave. C, Manhattan

  11. Bone Sculpting Workshop

    255 McKibbin, Brooklyn

  12. Dev Lemons, Venus & the Flytraps

    Elsewhere - The Hall, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Halloween Pottery: Pumpkin

    136 Bowery, Manhattan

  14. Asanabenche "Invention Tour"

    Silvana, Manhattan

  15. Open hours for "The Carver's Order"

    The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, Manhattan

  16. Bartending Academy Open House: Shake Your First Cocktail

    Coexist GameHouse, Manhattan
  17. · Starts in 7h 41m

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

    Cornell Tech, Manhattan
  18. · Starts in 8h 41m

    Nike: Form Follows Motion Gallery Talk

    Ticketed
    Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  19. · Starts in 8h 41m

    New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

    Free
    Central Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  20. · Starts in 8h 41m

    Morning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel Willow

    Free
    Prospect Park, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  21. · Starts in 8h 41m

    Kissena Park Forest Restoration

    Free
    Kissena Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  22. · Starts in 10h 41m

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

    Free
    Williamsbridge Oval, Manhattan
    Free
  23. · Starts in 11h 41m

    Proximity Exhibition

    Free
    Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  24. · Starts in 13h 11m

    Crafting Community: Work on Personal Projects & Make New Friends

    Free
    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Manhattan
    Free
  25. · Starts in 13h 41m

    The People Versus Lenny Bruce

    By New York Society for Ethical Culture
    Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), Manhattan
  26. · Starts in 17h 41m

    Red Hook Art Project: Adult Figure Drawing Night

    Red Hook Art Project Studio, Brooklyn
  27. · Starts in 17h 41m

    Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
  28. · Starts in 17h 41m

    Mural & Mingle

    With Andrea HerradaFree
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  29. · Starts in 17h 41m

    Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  30. · Starts in 18h 41m

    Abolish Everything: World Championship III

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
  31. · Starts in 19h 11m

    Vaya Gerardo Contino

    Free
    Lincoln Center, Manhattan
    Free
  32. · Starts in 19h 41m

    Nosferatu with Live Piano Accompaniment

    Ticketed
    Museum of the Moving Image, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. 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

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

    00:00, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. AKATA

    Ticketed
    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Reggaeton Rooftop Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Hotel Chantelle, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. The Night Before Halloween Reggaeton Party at Don Rique

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Don Rique's, Brooklyn

  6. Piano in Bryant Park

    Free
    Bryant Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. New York Tamasha Bhoots: Bollywood Halloween Party

    1150 Broadway, Manhattan

  8. Biggest Halloween Party New York

    The Palace, Queens

  9. The Haunted House: Reggaeton Halloween Party

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skinos, Manhattan

  10. Halloween Norteño y Banda Yacht Party in NYC

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Skyport Marina, Manhattan

  11. Social Salsa at Greeley Square Park

    Free
    Greeley Square Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

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

    Free
    Gerritsen Beach Public Library, Brooklyn
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Machine Girl Halloween Afterparty

    H0L0, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. An FIT Future//Forward Conversation with Law Roach

    Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan

  15. Halloween NuevaYol Latin Fridays

    By allevents.inTicketed
    OUT OF ORDINARY, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  16. · Starts in 9h 41m

    American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  17. · Starts in 15h 41m

    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
  18. · Starts in 16h 41m

    Friday Night Function at Whitney Museum of American Art

    Free
    Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  19. · Starts in 16h 41m

    Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan
  20. · Starts in 17h 41m

    Movies Under the Stars: Hoppers | PG

    Free
    Kissena Corridor Park, Manhattan
    Free
  21. · Starts in 18h 41m

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

    Knockdown Center, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
  22. · Starts in 19h 41m

    A Citadel Halloween

    By partiful.com · with jeanchalant, Pea$y and 6 more
    Rodeo BK, Brooklyn
  23. · Starts in 21h 41m

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

    Ticketed
    Nowadays, Queens
  24. · Starts in 21h 41m

    Yacht Party Cruise (Drinks, DJ, Dancing)

    299 South St, Manhattan
  25. · Starts in 22h 11m

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

    BASEMENT, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

43 events shown on this page

  1. Halloween Pottery: Ghost Candleholders

    136 Bowery, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Art in the Park: Upcycled Bike Jewelry

    Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn

  3. Spooktacular Girls in Business

    338 W 36th St., Manhattan

  4. Knifesmithing 101: Forge a Survival Knife

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Woodworking for Beginners: Make a Side Table

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Intro to Leatherwork: Make a Leather Tote Bag

    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. NYC Drawing the Dance Workshop

    Dixon Place, Manhattan

  8. Stained Glass Art for Beginners

    Ticketed
    Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn

  9. Poughkeepsie, A Fall Photo-Walk

    Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

  10. Before-Hours Tours With an Art Historian

    MoMA, Manhattan

  11. Meet Our Animals: Peculiar Pigs

    Ticketed
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Green-Wood Cemetery

    By New York Mycological Society
    Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Shibori: Block and Bind Dye Techniques with Indigo

    By Brooklyn Brainery
    Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife

    Free
    Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Kpop dance class

    X-Space LIC, Queens

  16. Sculpting the (Un)Spoken: A Participatory Performance with Iris van Herpen

    Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  17. Nyc Marathon Poster Making Marathon

    With Andrea HerradaTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Halloween Family Day: Art, Treats, and Beats

    Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  19. Proximity Exhibition

    Free
    Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. NYC Photo Walk: East Village | Halloween Spirit

    PlantShed Cafe, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Exclusive Trip Inside the Loew's Valencia: NYC's First "Wonder Theatre"

    Tabernacle of Prayer for All People (See Confirmation Email for Exact Entrance), Queens

  22. Gowanus Dredgers’ Members Exhibition

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse, Brooklyn

  23. Roll for Friends

    By CaveatTicketed
    Caveat, Manhattan
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  1. Show Brain Halloween at Tompkins Sq Park

    Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan

  2. Standup Show

    Free
    The Gaf West, Manhattan
    Free

  3. Be a Part of the Magic - New York’s 53rd Annual Village Halloween Parade

    Greenwich Village, Manhattan

  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. Halloween Harvest Festival

    By allevents.in
    Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  8. Purgatory

    Refuge, Brooklyn

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

    Littlefield, Brooklyn

  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. The Reggaeton Halloween Party

    Lot45, Brooklyn

  13. Halloween Dance Cruise

    Liberty Belle, Manhattan

  14. Halloween Spooky Silent Disco 21+

    By allevents.inTicketed
    Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden, Queens

  15. Halloween Perreo on the Roof - Costume Party

    High Bar New York, Manhattan

  16. R&B Saturdays Halloween party

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

  17. Off The Record | Halloween Edition

    ARTSPACE, Manhattan

  18. McGolrick Bird Club

    Free
    McGolrick Park, Brooklyn
    Free

  19. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Halloween Hike in Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery

    Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
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