⚡7:30 PM·Verdi’s Macbeth@Metropolitan Opera House8:00 PM·A FEW GOOD MEN@Lincoln Center TheaterOCT 21·Animal Collective Performs Feels Live@Knockdown CenterOCT 21·Brooklyn Nets Basketball@Barclays Center7:00 PM·The Unbelievers@New York City Center7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·CO_LABaret@Laurie Beechman Theater7:00 PM·SaRon Crenshaw Acoustic@John's of Bleecker Street7:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy Club7:30 PM·Verdi’s Macbeth@Metropolitan Opera House8:00 PM·A FEW GOOD MEN@Lincoln Center TheaterOCT 21·Animal Collective Performs Feels Live@Knockdown CenterOCT 21·Brooklyn Nets Basketball@Barclays Center7:00 PM·The Unbelievers@New York City Center7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·CO_LABaret@Laurie Beechman Theater7:00 PM·SaRon Crenshaw Acoustic@John's of Bleecker Street7:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy Club7:30 PM·Verdi’s Macbeth@Metropolitan Opera House8:00 PM·A FEW GOOD MEN@Lincoln Center TheaterOCT 21·Animal Collective Performs Feels Live@Knockdown CenterOCT 21·Brooklyn Nets Basketball@Barclays Center7:00 PM·The Unbelievers@New York City Center7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library@59E59 Theaters7:00 PM·CO_LABaret@Laurie Beechman Theater7:00 PM·SaRon Crenshaw Acoustic@John's of Bleecker Street7:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy Club
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Live Music

175 this week
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Pop
John Lloyd Young: Songs from the Road
Oct 2054 Below
7:00 PM
Blues
SaRon Crenshaw Acoustic
Oct 20Terra Blues
7:00 PM
Jazz
No(w) Beauty
Oct 20Jazz At Lincoln Center
7:00 PM
Folk
The Tallest Man on Earth
Oct 20Webster Hall
7:00 PM
Blues
SaRon Crenshaw Acoustic
Oct 20John's of Bleecker Street
7:00 PM
Rock
The Courettes • The Dracu-Las • Todd-O-Phonic Todd
Oct 20Union Pool
8:00 PM
Other
SAFKA & Friends, a New Music Residency- new bands monthly (3rd Tuesdays)
Oct 20Freddy's Bar and Backroom
8:00 PM
Hip Hop/r&b
Amber Mark
Oct 20Blue Note Jazz Club

DJ & Dance

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Dj
Open Decks with STEEN & Crescent
Oct 20SILO
8:00 PM
Dj
Delirium Open Decks
Oct 20Delirium Studios
10:00 PM
Dj
KI-HOLE
Oct 20Bossa Nova Civic Club
11:00 PM
Dj
Off The Record - Tuesday Sessions at PUBLIC Hotel
Oct 20Public Arts
6:00 PM
Dj
Playback 0040
Oct 21Bar Laika by e-flux
7:00 PM
Open Format
Open Decks with STEEN and MatchMyFreq Society
Oct 21SILO
7:00 PM
Dj
LUSH: Joopiter, Stevo Blaque, Indigo Heaven
Oct 21Jupiter Disco
7:00 PM
Dj
Joopiter + Special Guests TBA
Oct 21Jupiter Disco

Comedy

163 this week
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7:00 PM
Standup
Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC
Oct 20Broadway Comedy Club
7:00 PM
Standup
Robert Kelly - A One Man Show
Oct 20Comedy Cellar
7:30 PM
Standup
Comedy Spotlight
Oct 20Gotham Comedy Club
7:30 PM
Standup
A Benefit for Little Essentials with David Cross & Friends
Oct 20The Bell House
7:30 PM
Standup
Tuesday Early Comedy Show
Oct 20St. Mark's Comedy Club
8:00 PM
Standup
Not Ripe Bananas
Oct 20West Side Comedy Club
8:00 PM
Other
The Knicks Banner and Ring Ceremony! Knicks VS Philly!
Oct 20The Comic Strip
8:00 PM
Standup
Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy
Oct 20The Tiny Cupboard

Arts

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7:00 PM
Other
Book Launch: Notice and Do by Sam Kelly in conversation with Richelle Fredson
Oct 20POWERHOUSE Arena
7:00 PM
Theater
2:22 – A Ghost Story
Oct 20Lucille Lortel Theatre
7:00 PM
Theater
Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Oct 2059E59 Theaters
7:00 PM
Theater
CO_LABaret
Oct 20Laurie Beechman Theater
7:00 PM
Theater
Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Oct 2059E59 Theaters
7:00 PM
Other
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Red Seal by Rosa Kwon Easton in conversation with Eve Chung
Oct 20POWERHOUSE Books
7:00 PM
Theater
The Unbelievers
Oct 20New York City Center
7:00 PM
Other
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Red Seal by Rosa Kwon Easton in conversation with Eve Chung
Oct 20POWERHOUSE Books

Community

33 this week
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7:00 PM
Other
Closed for a Private Event
Oct 20The Django
Other
Story Time
Oct 21Hoboken Grace Community Church
Other
Lincoln Center Tours
Oct 21Lincoln Center
Other
Brooklyn Nets Basketball
Oct 21Barclays Center
9:30 AM
Other
Farm Community Volunteer Days
Oct 21Queens Botanical Garden
6:00 PM
Other
Skaterobics - All Experience Levels Instructional Class
Oct 21Xanadu Roller Arts
8:45 AM
Other
Horticulture Community Volunteer Days 2026
Oct 22Queens Botanical Garden
10:00 AM
Other
Farm Open Hours
Oct 22Queens Botanical Garden

Food & Drink

8 this week
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Promotion
Entre Manos Agave Tasting & Education
Oct 21Orale Mexican Kitchen - Restaurants Jersey City
Promotion
Tequila & Margarita Experience
Oct 21W Hoboken
6:30 PM
Game/trivia
Brooklyn Trivia, with The Trivia Masters
Oct 21Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library
10:00 PM
Other
Free Karaoke
Oct 22The Tiny Cupboard
11:59 PM
Other
Free Karaoke
Oct 23The Tiny Cupboard
3:00 PM
Other
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
Other
Kooky Spooky Cookies!
Oct 25QED Astoria
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