Things To Do in NYC This Week

⚡7:30 PM·Chucho Valdés 85th Birthday Celebration With Special Guests Joe Lovano and Terence Blanchard@Jazz At Lincoln Center·7:30 PM·Puccini’s La Bohème@Metropolitan Opera House·7:30 PM·Eclectic NYCB I@David H. Koch Theater·8:00 PM·A FEW GOOD MEN@Lincoln Center Theater·8:00 PM·Best of the Best presented by Resorts World New York City: Celebrating James Beard Award-Recognized Chefs hosted by Jonathan Waxman and Keith Hernandez@New York·OCT 17·Connecticut Table: A Farm and Sea Dinner hosted by Michel Nischan, David Standridge, Renee Touponce and Jade Ayala@James Beard Foundation·6:30 PM·Friday Early Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club·6:30 PM·The Gotham All-Stars@Gotham Comedy Club·6:30 PM·Lips: Rocky Horror@House of Yes·6:30 PM·The Gotham All-Stars (The Vintage Lounge)@Gotham Comedy Club·7:30 PM·Chucho Valdés 85th Birthday Celebration With Special Guests Joe Lovano and Terence Blanchard@Jazz At Lincoln Center·7:30 PM·Puccini’s La Bohème@Metropolitan Opera House·7:30 PM·Eclectic NYCB I@David H. Koch Theater·8:00 PM·A FEW GOOD MEN@Lincoln Center Theater·8:00 PM·Best of the Best presented by Resorts World New York City: Celebrating James Beard Award-Recognized Chefs hosted by Jonathan Waxman and Keith Hernandez@New York·OCT 17·Connecticut Table: A Farm and Sea Dinner hosted by Michel Nischan, David Standridge, Renee Touponce and Jade Ayala@James Beard Foundation·6:30 PM·Friday Early Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club·6:30 PM·The Gotham All-Stars@Gotham Comedy Club·6:30 PM·Lips: Rocky Horror@House of Yes·6:30 PM·The Gotham All-Stars (The Vintage Lounge)@Gotham Comedy Club·7:30 PM·Chucho Valdés 85th Birthday Celebration With Special Guests Joe Lovano and Terence Blanchard@Jazz At Lincoln Center·7:30 PM·Puccini’s La Bohème@Metropolitan Opera House·7:30 PM·Eclectic NYCB I@David H. Koch Theater·8:00 PM·A FEW GOOD MEN@Lincoln Center Theater·8:00 PM·Best of the Best presented by Resorts World New York City: Celebrating James Beard Award-Recognized Chefs hosted by Jonathan Waxman and Keith Hernandez@New York·OCT 17·Connecticut Table: A Farm and Sea Dinner hosted by Michel Nischan, David Standridge, Renee Touponce and Jade Ayala@James Beard Foundation·6:30 PM·Friday Early Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club·6:30 PM·The Gotham All-Stars@Gotham Comedy Club·6:30 PM·Lips: Rocky Horror@House of Yes·6:30 PM·The Gotham All-Stars (The Vintage Lounge)@Gotham Comedy Club

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Live Music

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Rock

Billboard Style (record release) + Like A Doll + Many Shining Windows

Oct 16Union Pool

7:00 PM

Other

Drone Lab & VoicePlay + Open Projector

Oct 16Delight Factory

7:00 PM

Rap

Open Mike Eagle

Oct 16The Sultan Room

7:00 PM

Other

Sapphira Cristál: Sapphi Don't Sing The Blues

Oct 1654 Below

7:00 PM

Alternative

DJ_Dave, Arushi Jain, Char Stiles, autumnatic, Computer Art, LLC, Jewelssea

Oct 16Elsewhere Zone One

DJ_Dave, Arushi Jain, Char Stiles, autumnatic, Computer Art, LLC, Jewelssea

Oct 16Elsewhere

7:00 PM

Acoustic

David “Doc” French Trio

Oct 16Terra Blues

DJ & Dance

214 this week

Friday Night Adult Skate ft. Donis

Oct 16Xanadu Roller Arts

Outer Heaven Records 002 Release Party: A.Wild

Oct 16Outer Heaven

8:00 PM

SlaySistasNYC 3rd Fridays BK

Oct 16Sleepwalk

9:00 PM

House

Groove Therapy presents Jorge Caiado

Oct 16Honey's

9:00 PM

Amber Valentine // ALL NIGHT LONG

Oct 16Gabriela

Comedy

180 this week

Oct 16Gotham Comedy Club

6:30 PM

Standup

The Gotham All-Stars (The Vintage Lounge)

Oct 16Gotham Comedy Club

6:30 PM

Standup

Friday Early Comedy Show

Oct 16St. Mark's Comedy Club

7:00 PM

Standup

Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC

Oct 16Broadway Comedy Club

7:00 PM

Standup

Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy

Oct 16The Tiny Cupboard

Oct 16Gotham Comedy Club

Arts

159 this week

Oct 16The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Oct 16The Flea Theater

7:00 PM

Theater

Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library

Oct 1659E59 Theaters

7:00 PM

Other

Buffering the Vampire Slayer presents HOMECOMING WEEKEND 2026

Oct 16Littlefield

7:00 PM

Theater

Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library

Oct 16Samuel J Friedman Theatre

7:30 PM

Theater

Crazy Mama: A True Story of Love and Madness

Oct 1659E59 Theaters

Community

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Other

unmixed Panel: Music, Copyright & AI

Oct 16Signal after bar & lounge

11:59 PM

Other

Free Karaoke

Oct 16The Tiny Cupboard

Festival

Open House New York Weekend: The Climate Imaginarium, Day 1

Oct 17Governors Island

Celebration

Indigenous Peoples' Week Celebration

Oct 17Governors Island

Autumn Yoga In The Park – Pershing Field Park

Oct 17Pershing Field Park

Other

Career Fair hosted by Congressman Rob Menendez and HC Executive Craig Guy

Oct 17County Prep High School

Run

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk – Together We Fight

Oct 17James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park

Food & Drink

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Other

Dinner hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli, Ava Clark and Jet and Ali Tila

Oct 16Clara

7:00 PM

Other

Cuba Meets Peru: A Dinner hosted by Nando Chang and Osmel Gonzalez part of the James Beard House Dinner Series

Oct 16James Beard Foundation

7:00 PM

Other

Chef’s Corner hosted by Stephanie Izard

Oct 16WSA

7:00 PM

Other

Dinner hosted by Ayesha Nurdjaja, Al Nurdjaja, JoAnn Nurdjaja and Lei Jiang part of the Invesco Dining Series

Oct 16The Fulton by Jean-Georges

7:00 PM

Other

Dinner hosted by Alain Ducasse and Friends: featuring Max Boonthanakit, Igor Almeida Cabral and Lucile Plaza

Oct 16Benoit New York

7:00 PM

Other

Dinner hosted by Byron Puck and Cedric Vongerichten

Oct 16New York

7:00 PM

Other

Dinner hosted by Marc Forgione, Antonia Lofaso and Michael Symon part of the Invesco Dining Series

Oct 16New York

7:15 PM

Other

Steak & Whiskey hosted by Bryan and Michael Voltaggio part of the Norwegian Cruise Line Rooftop Series

Oct 16The Rooftop at Pier 17

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Friday Early Comedy Show

Oct 16 · 6:30 PMSt. Mark's Comedy Club

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The Observant Eye

Oct 16 · 6:30 PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Lips: Rocky Horror

Oct 16 · 6:30 PMHouse of Yes

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The Gotham All-Stars

Oct 16 · 6:30 PMGotham Comedy Club

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The Gotham All-Stars (The Vintage Lounge)

Oct 16 · 6:30 PMGotham Comedy Club

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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library

Oct 16 · 7:00 PM59E59 Theaters

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DJ_Dave, Arushi Jain, Char Stiles, autumnatic, Computer Art, LLC, Jewelssea

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