Stumblday calendar · New York

Free things to do in NYC

The free events worth leaving the apartment for: festivals, open studios, outdoor shows and talks, picked from every weekend board and checked against the organizers' own pages.

Hand-picked by Stumblday. Pulled from each week’s NYC board, where every listing is checked against the organizer’s own page.

Upcoming · 88

Friday, Oct 2

5 PM Free Friday Nights at the Whitney Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, Manhattan · Free

5:30 PM Louis Vuitton First Fridays at The Frick Collection The Frick Collection, Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free

5:30 PM Uniqlo Friday Nights at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, Manhattan · Free

7:15 PM Movies Under the Stars: Goat Outdoor Movie at Fred Samuel Playground in Harlem Fred Samuel Playground, Harlem, Manhattan · Free

8 PM Movies Under the Stars: Supergirl Outdoor Movie in Hunts Point Hunts Point Recreation Center Athletic Field, Hunts Point, Bronx · Free

Saturday, Oct 3

7:30 AM Fido Coffee Bark Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free

9 AM NYRR Open Run: Soundview Park Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Run Soundview Park, Lafayette Avenue and Morrison Avenue entrance, Soundview, Bronx · Free

9 AM It’s My Park at Northerleigh Park Staten Island · Free

10 AM Third United Lenape / Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free

10 AM It's My Park at Owl's Head Park Owl's Head Park House, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn · Free

10 AM Introduction to Birdwatching Outings Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free

10 AM Dance Fitness with Shape Up NYC at the Boathouse Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free

10 AM It's My Park at Marine Park Marine Park, Brooklyn · Free

10 AM October Weekend Nature Exploration Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free

10 AM University Open Air Prospect Park Audubon Center and Boathouse lawn, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free

10 AM Babylist Registry Weekend at the Babylist Showroom The Babylist Showroom, SoHo, Manhattan · Free

11 AM Figment NYC 2026 at El Barrio Artspace PS 109 El Barrio Artspace PS 109, East Harlem, Manhattan · Free

11 AM Jewish Museum Free Saturdays The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, Manhattan · Free

11 AM Community Paddle on the Bronx River at Shoelace Park Shoelace Park, 219th Street Boat Launch, Williamsbridge, Bronx · Free

11 AM Birding: Hawk Watch on the Pelham Bay Landfill Pelham Bay Nature Center, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx · Free

11 AM Lil' Studio at Harlem Library NYPL Harlem Library, Harlem, Manhattan · Free

12 PM Little Red Lighthouse Festival in Fort Washington Park Fort Washington Park (Little Red Lighthouse), Washington Heights, Manhattan · Free

12 PM 46th Annual GreenThumb Harvest Fair Herbert Von King Park & Hattie Carthan Community Garden, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn · Free

12:30 PM Traces of Gounouj: Léo Lérus Dance Duet on Governors Island Colonels Row, Governors Island, Manhattan · Free

1 PM Fort Totten Fall Festival Fort Totten Park, Parade Grounds, Bayside, Queens · Free

1 PM Woodlawn Family Fun Day Indian Field, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn, Bronx · Free

1 PM New Classics Film Series: E.T. Free Film Screening at the Library for the Performing Arts New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, Manhattan · Free

2 PM Bargemusic: Resilience: Lost and Reclaimed Voices from the Holocaust Bargemusic, DUMBO, Brooklyn · Free

3 PM Classical For Kids at the Old Stone House Old Stone House, Washington Park, Park Slope, Brooklyn · Free

3 PM MexFest Presents Cuerpxs en Resonancia at Socrates Sculpture Park Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, Queens · Free

3 PM Vibe House Pop-Up x Finback Brewery Finback Brewery — Brooklyn Studio, Gowanus, Brooklyn · Free

4 PM The Village Trip Free Concert: The Slambovian Circus of Dreams Gansevoort Plaza, Meatpacking District, Manhattan · Free

6 PM Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival Floyd Bennett Field, Hangars 3 and 4, Marine Park / Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn · Free

9 PM Mean Girls Party Shania's Max Bet, Gowanus, Brooklyn · Free

10 PM After Dark: Nacho Isa, Santelises & More Unveiled New York, Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Free

Sunday, Oct 4

8 AM Birdwatching: First Sunday Outings Prospect Park, Brooklyn · Free

9 AM Sunday Greenmarket at Bartel-Pritchard Square Bartel-Pritchard Square, Prospect Park, Park Slope, Brooklyn · Free

10:30 AM St. Francis Day and the Blessing of the Earth at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Morningside Heights, Manhattan · Free

11 AM Ricitos and the Three Bears at Marine Park Carmine Carro Community Center, Marine Park, Brooklyn · Free

11 AM Historic New York: Downtown Brooklyn History Super Hike Fort Greene Park Visitor Center (start), Fort Greene / Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn · Free

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