⚡OCT 22·Animal Collective Performs Feels Live@Knockdown CenterOCT 22·The Fantasticks@The Hayes Theater6:30 PM·Lauren Minear | Lauren Mian@Bowery Electric6:30 PM·Castle Rat: Summon The Beasts Tour 2026@Webster Hall7:00 PM·Miss Maybell@John's of Bleecker Street7:00 PM·Aliza Kelly’s Haunted Tea Party: The Spooky Season Astrology Tour@Joe's Pub7:00 PM·Leanne Gallati, Waterfall Strainer, Yaely@The Sultan Room7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·Dizzy Gillespie Birthday with Jon Faddis@Jazz At Lincoln Center7:00 PM·The Unbelievers@New York City CenterOCT 22·Animal Collective Performs Feels Live@Knockdown CenterOCT 22·The Fantasticks@The Hayes Theater6:30 PM·Lauren Minear | Lauren Mian@Bowery Electric6:30 PM·Castle Rat: Summon The Beasts Tour 2026@Webster Hall7:00 PM·Miss Maybell@John's of Bleecker Street7:00 PM·Aliza Kelly’s Haunted Tea Party: The Spooky Season Astrology Tour@Joe's Pub7:00 PM·Leanne Gallati, Waterfall Strainer, Yaely@The Sultan Room7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·Dizzy Gillespie Birthday with Jon Faddis@Jazz At Lincoln Center7:00 PM·The Unbelievers@New York City CenterOCT 22·Animal Collective Performs Feels Live@Knockdown CenterOCT 22·The Fantasticks@The Hayes Theater6:30 PM·Lauren Minear | Lauren Mian@Bowery Electric6:30 PM·Castle Rat: Summon The Beasts Tour 2026@Webster Hall7:00 PM·Miss Maybell@John's of Bleecker Street7:00 PM·Aliza Kelly’s Haunted Tea Party: The Spooky Season Astrology Tour@Joe's Pub7:00 PM·Leanne Gallati, Waterfall Strainer, Yaely@The Sultan Room7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·Dizzy Gillespie Birthday with Jon Faddis@Jazz At Lincoln Center7:00 PM·The Unbelievers@New York City Center
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Lauren Minear | Lauren Mian
Oct 21Bowery Electric
6:30 PM
Rock
Castle Rat: Summon The Beasts Tour 2026
Oct 21Webster Hall
7:00 PM
Jazz
Jon Regen "Live in London" Album Release
Oct 21The Django
7:00 PM
Blues
Miss Maybell
Oct 21John's of Bleecker Street
7:00 PM
Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie Birthday with Jon Faddis
Oct 21Jazz At Lincoln Center
7:00 PM
Pop
Leanne Gallati, Waterfall Strainer, Yaely
Oct 21The Sultan Room
7:00 PM
Other
Sonosphere: Episodic Memory, Olivia Mancuso, Kris Harris
Oct 21Sleepwalk
7:00 PM
Pop
John Lloyd Young: Songs from the Road
Oct 2154 Below

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Oct 21SILO
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LUSH: Joopiter, Stevo Blaque, Indigo Heaven
Oct 21Jupiter Disco
7:00 PM
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Chess.irl X Stop1
Oct 21Honey's
7:00 PM
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Out The Bag: Choukroun b2b Monk
Oct 21Outer Heaven
8:00 PM
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Oct 21Xanadu Roller Arts
9:00 PM
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Italo Kiss: Italo Disco and Euro Electronica
Oct 21Danger Danger
10:00 PM
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Bounce Project
Oct 21Mood Ring

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An Hour with Jim Norton
Oct 21Comedy Cellar
7:00 PM
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Ladies of Laughter
Oct 21Laurie Beechman Theater
7:00 PM
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Comedy Open Mic Every Monday & Wednesday
Oct 21Freddy's Bar and Backroom
7:00 PM
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Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC
Oct 21Broadway Comedy Club
7:30 PM
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Down Bad Comedy Show
Oct 21St. Mark's Comedy Club
7:30 PM
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Brett Goldstein Runs His Hour Before His Tour
Oct 21The Bell House
8:00 PM
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Jaime Ferraro en New York
Oct 21West Side Comedy Club
8:00 PM
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New Faces Show by Funny People Productions!
Oct 21The Comic Strip

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Oct 21The Flea Theater
7:00 PM
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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
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7:00 PM
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The Unbelievers
Oct 21New York City Center
7:00 PM
Other
Aliza Kelly’s Haunted Tea Party: The Spooky Season Astrology Tour
Oct 21Joe's Pub
7:30 PM
Other
ABT - Petal
Oct 21David H. Koch Theater
7:30 PM
Other
ABT - Paquita
Oct 21David H. Koch Theater
7:30 PM
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ABT - Petite Mort
Oct 21David H. Koch Theater

Community

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Other
Lincoln Center Tours
Oct 22Lincoln Center
8:45 AM
Other
Horticulture Community Volunteer Days 2026
Oct 22Queens Botanical Garden
10:00 AM
Other
Farm Open Hours
Oct 22Queens Botanical Garden
6:00 PM
Other
Women in Tech New York City - OutGeekWomen
Oct 22New York
Other
Climate Cafe with CUNY
Oct 24Governors Island
12:00 AM
Run
NYCRUNS Haunted Island 10K
Oct 24Governors Island
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NYCRUNS Haunted Island 10K
Oct 24Governors Island
11:00 AM
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Astoria Feminist Book Group
Oct 24QED Astoria

Food & Drink

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Brooklyn Trivia, with The Trivia Masters
Oct 21Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library
10:00 PM
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Free Karaoke
Oct 22The Tiny Cupboard
11:59 PM
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Free Karaoke
Oct 23The Tiny Cupboard
3:00 PM
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K&L New York Grand Opening Tasting
Oct 24K&L Wine Merchants
Performance
Poltergeist (1982) Drag Brunch
Oct 25Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Brooklyn
1:00 PM
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Kooky Spooky Cookies!
Oct 25QED Astoria
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