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DIZZIE
DIZZIE
Dec 7 · 7:00 PM • Free
Groove
Nightmusic Acoustic Series: Big Tiny Man
Nightmusic Acoustic Series: Big Tiny Man
Nov 15 · 8:00 PM • Free
Book Club Bar
En Vivo Chamber Music Concert
En Vivo Chamber Music Concert
Dec 11 · 7:00 PM • Free
El Museo del Barrio
Wilma's Drag Derby
Wilma's Drag Derby
Nov 10 • Free
Red Eye NY
Ninth Avenue Nights
Ninth Avenue Nights
Nov 12 · 7:00 PM • Free
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere Concert Series
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere Concert Series
Nov 19 · 5:30 PM • Free
St. George Theatre
Open Jam
Open Jam
Nov 25 · 8:00 PM • Free
Friends and Lovers
Holy Hand Grenade Free Comedy Show
Holy Hand Grenade Free Comedy Show
Nov 21 • Free
Barrow’s Intense NY Tasting Room
Smalls Afternoon Jam Session Hosted by Ryo Sasaki
Smalls Afternoon Jam Session Hosted by Ryo Sasaki
Nov 15 · 2:00 PM • Free
Smalls Jazz Club
Film Comment Live: Best of 2026
Film Comment Live: Best of 2026
Dec 10 · 7:00 PM • Free
Film at Lincoln Center - Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
Ragtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland
Ragtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland
Nov 13 · 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM • Free
The Morgan Library & Museum
Jazz + Wednesdays
Jazz + Wednesdays
Nov 18 · 1:00 PM • Free
American Folk Art Museum
Flamenco Tuesdays
Flamenco Tuesdays
Nov 10 · 7:00 PM • Free
Socarrat Paella Bar - Nolita
MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ
MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ
Nov 16 · 9:00 PM • Free
The Back Room
Sinatra Under The Stars
Sinatra Under The Stars
Nov 13 · 8:30 PM • Free
Somewhere Nowhere NYC - Lounge, Nightclub & Rooftop Pool
Errant Forms: Retrograde's Shadow
Errant Forms: Retrograde's Shadow
Nov 18 · 10:00 PM • Free
Mood Ring
No Name Variety Show
No Name Variety Show
Nov 17 · 7:00 PM • Free
Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria
Nathaniel Hintz
Nathaniel Hintz
Nov 13 · 6:30 PM • Free
Nod Hill Brewery
Madrigal Singers of Franklin Township High School (Free)
Madrigal Singers of Franklin Township High School (Free)
Dec 5 · 1:00 PM • Free
Abraham Staats House
Rev. Vince Anderson & The Love Choir!
Rev. Vince Anderson & The Love Choir!
Nov 16 · 8:30 PM • Free
Union Pool
GHMS Jazz Vocal Workshop Recital
GHMS Jazz Vocal Workshop Recital
Nov 24 · 7:30 PM • Free
Greenwich House Music School
Catherine Townsend's How to Survive a Murder Investigation
Catherine Townsend's How to Survive a Murder Investigation
Nov 17 · 6:00 PM • Free
Mysterious Book Shop
Steven Beck, piano
Steven Beck, piano
Dec 1 · 6:00 PM • Free
Miller Theatre
KOMPA Tuesdays
KOMPA Tuesdays
Nov 10 · 8:00 PM • Free
The DL
The Gary Randman Project
The Gary Randman Project
Nov 12 · 7:00 PM • Free
Debonair Music Hall
magic showcase
magic showcase
Nov 22 · 5:30 PM • Free
The Fine Grind - A Coffee Bar
Monday Night Open Mic (7:30PM)
Monday Night Open Mic (7:30PM)
Nov 16 · 7:30 PM • Free
Bushwick Comedy Club
Jason Murden
Jason Murden
Nov 20 • Free
The Green Room PLG
Mercer County Symphonic Band
Mercer County Symphonic Band
Dec 22 · 7:30 PM • Free
Kelsey Theatre
The Hipp Pipps Rock’n’Roll Party Earlybird Special!
The Hipp Pipps Rock’n’Roll Party Earlybird Special!
Nov 15 · 6:00 PM • Free
Otto's Shrunken Head
Jazz Nights – Music, Food & Good Vibes🎶
Jazz Nights – Music, Food & Good Vibes🎶
Nov 12 · 6:00 PM • Free
Tio Pepe
Doomscroll
Doomscroll
Dec 7 · 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM +2 more • Free
Pregones/PRTT
90s & 2000s RETRO NIGHT at LOFT
90s & 2000s RETRO NIGHT at LOFT
Nov 14 · 7:00 PM • Free
LOFT by Hot Potato
Radio Stranger LIVE
Radio Stranger LIVE
Dec 12 · 10:30 PM • Free
BOOTS & BONES
Ghost Walks
Ghost Walks
Dec 5 · 7:00 PM • Free
Mabou Mines Development Foundation
The Wet Bandits
The Wet Bandits
Dec 11 · 10:00 PM • Free
Willie McBride’s
Fall 2026 Conservatory Performance
Fall 2026 Conservatory Performance
Jan 7 · 7:00 PM • Free
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
Does this Taste Funny? Humor in Contemporary Art
Does this Taste Funny? Humor in Contemporary Art
Nov 10 · 10:00 AM • Free
Lehman College Art Gallery
November Open Stage at the Puffin!
November Open Stage at the Puffin!
Nov 13 • Free
Puffin Cultural Forum
Live on the Hudson
Live on the Hudson
Nov 21 · 6:00 PM • Free
Riverbank State Park
SUSAN CHEN: RoomS By The sea
SUSAN CHEN: RoomS By The sea
Nov 11 · 1:00 PM • Free
Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center
SOUL HOUSE: Soul - House - R&B
SOUL HOUSE: Soul - House - R&B
Nov 13 · 6:00 PM • Free
OneTwoOne Café
Free First Friday
Free First Friday
Dec 4 · 10:00 AM • Free
The Noguchi Museum
Free Music at PAC NYC
Free Music at PAC NYC
Nov 12 · 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM • Free
Perelman Performing Arts Center
Open Jam
Open Jam
Dec 5 · 8:45 PM • Free
The Barrow Group Performing Arts Center
First Light: things we burn for love by Marcus Yi
First Light: things we burn for love by Marcus Yi
Dec 10 · 3:00 PM • Free
Ensemble Studio Theatre
First Fridays
First Fridays
Nov 13 · 5:00 PM • Free
Cafe Sabarsky
Jazz Vespers
Jazz Vespers
Nov 29 · 5:00 PM • Free
St. Peter's Church
NEU Vitality Arts Fall 2026 Culminating Event
NEU Vitality Arts Fall 2026 Culminating Event
Nov 18 · 12:00 PM • Free
Neuberger Museum of Art
Mondays in the Club with Lance
Mondays in the Club with Lance
Nov 23 · 9:30 PM • Free
Club Cumming

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