cultural fests / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):
► fri + sat (fri 12-6pm, sat 10am-5pm): metropolitan postcard club show + sale: church of the village (greenwich village). $3 admission. >>
► fri thru sun (12-7pm): new york african restaurant week food + music festival: restoration plaza (bed-stuy). >>
► fri thru sun: pee-wee’s playhouse pop-up shop: 213 bowery @ rivington st (les). >>
► sat 11am-6pm (rescheduled from 9/27 due to weather): 51st annual flatbush frolic street fair: cortelyou road between ocean ave and coney island ave, brooklyn. >>
► sat 12-5pm (rescheduled from 9/26 due to weather): thrift2death jersey city thrift market: grove street path plaza (jersey city). >>
► sat 12-6pm (rain date 10/17): junk drawer market: hive mind books (bushwick). >>
► sat 12-7pm (season finale): bronx night market: grand concourse at 161st street. rsvp required. >>
► sat + sun 11am-7pm: electrix vintage pop-up fill-a-bag sale: the maker’s space (williamsburg), $10/bag. >>
► sun 10am-5pm: cozy and crafted bazaar at grand bazaar nyc: 100 w 77th st at columbus ave (indoors + outdoors). free admission. >>
► sun 11am-4pm: the new york mycological society’s 4th fungus festival: the battery. >>
► sun 12-6pm: 62nd annual hispanic day parade: fifth ave from 44th st to 69th st. >>
► sun 2-9pm: please knock presents: fourth annual erotic art fair: tv eye (ridgewood), $5 admission ($20 1pm early entry). >>
► sun 4-9pm: trans art bazaar: brooklyn community pride center (crown heights), $5 suggested donation. >>
► sun + mon (sun 10am to mon 12pm): 11th annual indigenous peoples day: randall’s island. >>
► mon 11-3pm: 82nd annual columbus day parade: fifth ave from 44th st to 72nd st. >>
sponsored
Experience the dynamic energy of the Brooklyn Navy Yard up close on October 17 at their Annual Open House! Step inside the studios of businesses in fashion, design, and technology for exclusive behind-the-scenes access, along with spirits tastings, campus tours, food trucks, live art demos, and more.
Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Annual Open House
Saturday, October 17
12-5pm
FREE
Check in at Building 77, 141 Flushing Ave
film fests/series:
► fri thru 10/15: 15th new york shorts international film festival: cinema village (greenwich village), $19.99. >>
► sun thru 10/15 women in animation: anthology film archives (east village), $14 general, $10 seniors/students. >>
► mon thru 10/17 14th architecture + design film festival: village east by angelika, $17 general, $13 students. >>
friday
fri thru 2/28/2027 (weds-sun 11:30am-6pm): new exhibitions at the american folk art museum: locating girlhood: place and identity in early american ‘schoolgirl’ art and folk nation: crafting patriotism in the united states. american folk art museum (uws), free admission. >>
sponsored: fri + sat (various times): flop house comedy club: nyc’s friendliest indie comedy club—with great comics and a cozy atmosphere—has some incredible lineups this weekend! save 50% with promo code ‘skint’ on tickets to these shows at 362 grand street in williamsburg: friday 8pm, 9:30pm, and 11pm; and the east village location is back at 201 allen st store 2 friday + saturday at 8:00pm. new: monthly member’s pass ($20) to see as many shows as you want + happy hour drinks + secret drop in announcements! >>
fri 6pm (weather permitting): free outdoor movie: back to the future at hudson yards public square and gardens. >>
fri 7pm (monthly): vocabaret: ‘magic’ edition: wordplay takes center stage at vocabaret, a monthly variety show for language lovers where four of nyc’s wittiest wordsmiths serve up slideshows, games, and other entertainment inspired by a theme. hosted by ally spier with nikolai vanyo, jerry gwiazdowski, abe gatling, and tess garcia. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘vocabskint’ (reg. $24-25). >>
fri 7pm: the oldest profession at the hidden jewel box theater: sneak into a tiny theater hidden inside port authority for a mad dash through 10,000 years of history, told from a sex worker’s perspective. kaytlin bailey’s solo show blends stand-up, storytelling, lived experience, and researched history, followed by a chance to meet and learn from local sex worker rights advocates. proceeds benefit old pros, a nonprofit using storytelling to advocate for sex worker rights. $5 with promo code ‘oldpros’ >>
🎃 fri 8pm: scream drag tribute show: ghostface gets a drag makeover with rify royalty, mariyea, miss malice, showponii, k. james, and hanukah lewinski putting a campy spin on the horror classic. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $20.09. >>
fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced-and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s lineup includes grace johnson (vulture), jim search (sirius xm), rohan dias, elliot thompson, andrea more, and binderiya byambasuren. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>
🎃 fri 9pm: venashitshow: night of 666 tim curries round 2: burlesque performer venatrix presents a burlesque and drag show dedicated to the many characters portrayed by tim curry, with all proceeds benefiting dolly parton’s imagination library. footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), $15 suggested donation. >>
fri 10pm: charli xcx vs. slayyyter: a sleaze pop dance party: dj chase coppins spins all things bratty, maximalist and hard by artists like charli xcx, slayyyter, kim petras, addison rae, adéla, and more. the woods (williamsburg), free admission. >>
fri 10:30pm: step on! britpop band/dance party: step into the ’90s with christian dryden’s all star band performing oasis, blur, pulp, the stone roses, james, and more, plus dj ivy oh spinning madchester, britpop, and indie sleaze between sets. alphaville (bushwick), $15 adv, $20 day of. >>
saturday
sat thru 3/27/2027: the rink at rockefeller center: skate at one of the world’s most famous rinks, tucked beneath the towering skyscrapers of rockefeller center. $22+ (skate rental extra, or byo). >>
sat thru 3/21/2027: seeing the cinema: photographic visions of movie theaters: take a nostalgic trip to the movies with museum of the moving image’s latest photo exhibition, highlighting exteriors, auditoriums, drive-ins, and projectionists. the exhibition will be accompanied by a monthly screening series that casts cinemas as key locations, starting 10/30 with tsai ming-liang’s goodbye, dragon inn. museum of the moving image (astoria), $20 general, $12 seniors, $12 students, free thursdays 2-6pm. >>
sat + sun: open studios: see all the art at the harlem open artist studio tour (12-6pm), flatbush artists open studios (12-6pm), and red hook open studios (1-6pm). free admission.
sat 6am-8pm (rescheduled from 9/26 due to weather): daybreaker – alive festival: dance, move, and connect at daybreaker’s first sunrise-to-sunset sober festival in the u.s., bringing 3,000+ people together to brooklyn bridge park’s pier 3 for a full day of music, movement, wellness, laughter, and community. all ages welcome. free admission. >>
sat 1:30pm: get work: comedians interview for real jobs: watch comedians sit down with actual hiring professionals and attempt to land real jobs. the catch? they’re given terrible fake résumés they won’t see until they take the stage. hosted by dan vetrano and nick felton. caveat (les), $8.46 with promo code ‘skinterviews1010′ (reg. $18.76-20). >>
sat 3-10pm: seaport music festival: the seaport music fest takes over fulton + water streets with an all-day concert featuring native sun, snowmen, tall juan, dead tooth, abby jeanne + the shadowband, pippy, cs cleaners, and short porch. bonus: rsvp here for a free heineken. free admission. >>
sat 7pm: carnegie hill concerts new-music chamber music series: the carnegie hill series presents an evening with saxophonist jaleel shaw, performing new music from his latest album, painter of the invisible, with joe block on piano, eric wheeler on bass, and e.j. strickland on drums. church of the advent hope (carnegie hill). choose-what-you-pay admission. >>
sat 7-11pm: uprising/downfall: repression and resistance in the making of democracy: in observance of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence, brooklyn public library hosts a late-night teach-in about political resilience and hope, featuring conversations, readings, debates, music, and performances looking back on the u.s.’s major democratic movements and americans’ struggles for equity. the evening kicks off with a set from dj kofta, followed by a keynote address by physicist karmela padavic-callaghan and living colour guitarist/producer vernon reid. brooklyn public library-central library (grand army plaza), free admission. >>
🎃 sat 8:30pm: improvised slasher movie: with the help of audience suggestions, improv group help me i’m drowning performs an hour-long slasher movie on the fly. brooklyn comedy collective pig pen (williamsburg), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
sunday
sun thru 5/10/2027: roy lichtenstein: like new: the whitney presents the first new york retrospective of roy lichtenstein since 1993, bringing together 130 works, from early pop art to paintings, sculptures, prints, film, and four recreated murals. roy lichtenstein: 1997, on view on the third floor, looks at works from the artist’s final year. whitney museum of american art (meatpacking district), $30 general, $24 seniors/students, free for 25 and under, free for all every friday 5-10pm and every second sunday. >>
sun 12-6pm: (monthly): pioneer works second sundays: pioneer works’ free monthly open house celebrates creativity across art, music, science, and community, with open studios, performances, and programming spread across three floors and the garden. pioneer works (red hook), free admission (donations welcome). >>
sponsored: sun 3pm: men of iron and the golden spike: the china now music festival, chasing dreams, closes its ninth season with zhou long’s men of iron and the golden spike at frederick p. rose hall, jazz at lincoln center. featuring a full symphony orchestra, a 120-voice chorus, and 4 soloists, the powerful symphonic oratorio honors the thousands of chinese laborers who came to america in the 1860s to build the transcontinental railroad. the afternoon also brings the u.s. premiere of li shaosheng’s chasing the sky, a symphonic suite about humanity’s dreams and journey of space exploration. save 30% on tickets with code ‘rift30’ >>
sun 8pm (monthly): disasterpiece movie night: cade the tortured crossing: from the weird to the wondrous, disasterpiece movie night unearths bad flicks for a watch party complete with drinking games, trivia, free pizza, and more. tonight: neil breen’s cade the tortured crossing (2023). wonderville (bushwick), free admission. >>
sun 8pm: glamdammit presents: velvet underground + lou reed tribute: michael t hosts a velvet underground + lou reed tribute concert performed by the richard dev greene players, with glam rock, punk, and new wave sets by sex fixx, the saint marks saints, and push!, plus dj sets by twig the wonderkid, and burlesque by venus in pleather. berlin (east village), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
sun 8:30pm: solving your problems with chloe troast: comedian and actress chloe troast (snl) and her comedy pals team up to tackle the audience’s problems through improv. proceeds will be donated to local mental health charities. ucb (east village), $15. >>
monday
mon 7pm: dirty little secrets improv show: see your secrets turned into comedy gold at the dirty little secrets show, where your anonymously-submitted secrets serve as inspiration for improv performers. the wara theatre (east village), $14 with promo code ‘skintsecrets’ (reg. $22.56). >>
mon 8pm: franklin park reading series: the crown heights bar and beer garden’s fall season continues with an evening of fiction readings from jim shepard (the queen of bad influences), emma copley eisenberg (fat swim), teddy wayne (the au pair), dimitry elias leger (death of the soccer god), grace byron (herculine), and malavika kannan (unprecedented times). books will be available for purchase from indie bookseller unnameable books. free admission. >>
mon 8pm: joke book comedy: gabbie watts and geneva rust-orta assemble ‘brooklyn’s most literate’ comedians for a night of jokes and books at book club bar (bushwick). featuring ginny hogan (the atlantic), kenice mobley (fallon), glorelys mora (netflix is a joke), and kendall farrell (ny comedy festival ‘comic to watch’). free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 50+ ongoing events: 2-for-1 off-broadway tickets, gaia, oktoberfest events, the amazing maize maze, and more. >>
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