Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Manhattan the weekend of Sep 25–27, 2026: 226 picks, refreshed weekly.
226 picks · checked Sep 7
Mulberry Street, Little Italy, ManhattanMusikAnimal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe feast's centrepiece: floats, celebrities and the gondola down Mulberry Street.
Mulberry Street, Little Italy, ManhattanMusikAnimal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe feast's centrepiece: floats, celebrities and the gondola down Mulberry Street.
Central Park, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe free, action-earned Global Citizen Festival returns to Central Park's Great Lawn with Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
Central Park, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe free, action-earned Global Citizen Festival returns to Central Park's Great Lawn with Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
Theater District, ManhattanFor one Sunday a year Broadway sells itself off folding tables: shows and theater organizations line West 44th and West 45th Streets with posters, props and costume pieces, with a silent auction in Shubert.
Theater District, ManhattanFor one Sunday a year Broadway sells itself off folding tables: shows and theater organizations line West 44th and West 45th Streets with posters, props and costume pieces, with a silent auction in Shubert.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Main Slate lands at Lincoln Center with the year's Cannes and Venice titles, most screenings introduced by their directors.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Main Slate lands at Lincoln Center with the year's Cannes and Venice titles, most screenings introduced by their directors.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanPercy Rainford [1] · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNew York's flagship international art fair returns to the Javits Center with roughly 230 galleries, a 2026 program spotlighting Caribbean art, large-scale installations, performance and a new after-hours.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanPercy Rainford [1] · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNew York's flagship international art fair returns to the Javits Center with roughly 230 galleries, a 2026 program spotlighting Caribbean art, large-scale installations, performance and a new after-hours.
Washington Heights, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe American Academy of Arts and Letters reopens its Audubon Terrace galleries after a summer closure with a Yoshitaka Amano survey, alongside Arakawa and Madeline Gins' The Poetic Jump and a Christopher.
Washington Heights, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe American Academy of Arts and Letters reopens its Audubon Terrace galleries after a summer closure with a Yoshitaka Amano survey, alongside Arakawa and Madeline Gins' The Poetic Jump and a Christopher.
Midtown, ManhattanNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
Midtown, ManhattanNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTakashi Yamazaki world-premieres his Godzilla Minus One sequel at NYFF64, with the director and cast on hand for both Q&A screenings.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTakashi Yamazaki world-premieres his Godzilla Minus One sequel at NYFF64, with the director and cast on hand for both Q&A screenings.
Meatpacking District, ManhattanA 16,000-square-foot Peanuts fashion exhibition in the Meatpacking District, free and walk-in, on its final weekend. Open Friday and Saturday only; it closes before Sunday.
Meatpacking District, ManhattanA 16,000-square-foot Peanuts fashion exhibition in the Meatpacking District, free and walk-in, on its final weekend. Open Friday and Saturday only; it closes before Sunday.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDamon Mah · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsJames Gray's Cannes competition title lands its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall, with Gray and cast expected in the room.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDamon Mah · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsJames Gray's Cannes competition title lands its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall, with Gray and cast expected in the room.
New Museum, Bowery, ManhattanJakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsArthur Jafa takes over the New Museum's expanded Bowery building, in the first season of its new 60,000-square-foot galleries.
New Museum, Bowery, ManhattanJakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsArthur Jafa takes over the New Museum's expanded Bowery building, in the first season of its new 60,000-square-foot galleries.
Upper East Side, ManhattanFifty-six dealers of twentieth-century art, in the Breuer building for the first time. The fifth edition and it runs only.
Upper East Side, ManhattanFifty-six dealers of twentieth-century art, in the Breuer building for the first time. The fifth edition and it runs only.
South Street Seaport, ManhattanDowntown's annual culinary festival puts Seaport and Financial District restaurants on Piers 16 and 17, with tastes redeemed from a pre-bought card, drinks and a KidZone.
South Street Seaport, ManhattanDowntown's annual culinary festival puts Seaport and Financial District restaurants on Piers 16 and 17, with tastes redeemed from a pre-bought card, drinks and a KidZone.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAna Paula Hirama · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA new Met show explores how artists across centuries have rendered the body as instrument and music as form—opening day at one of the city's biggest museums.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAna Paula Hirama · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA new Met show explores how artists across centuries have rendered the body as instrument and music as form—opening day at one of the city's biggest museums.
Upper East Side, ManhattanJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsSimon Stone's North American premiere resets Chekhov's last play in present-day Seoul, performed in Korean with English captions inside a transparent glass house in the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
Upper East Side, ManhattanJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsSimon Stone's North American premiere resets Chekhov's last play in present-day Seoul, performed in Korean with English captions inside a transparent glass house in the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
Financial District, ManhattanChina Institute's family Mid-Autumn festival pairs Dunhuang dance and traditional music with hands-on workshops in snow-skin mooncake making, rice dough sculpture, sugar painting and lacquer fan art.
Financial District, ManhattanChina Institute's family Mid-Autumn festival pairs Dunhuang dance and traditional music with hands-on workshops in snow-skin mooncake making, rice dough sculpture, sugar painting and lacquer fan art.
Midtown West, ManhattanMore than a hundred curator-driven projects on the theme HIDE N SEEK, in a raw Midtown office floor. The scrappier half of the city's art week.
Midtown West, ManhattanMore than a hundred curator-driven projects on the theme HIDE N SEEK, in a raw Midtown office floor. The scrappier half of the city's art week.
Marcus Garvey Park: Amphitheater, ManhattanAn all-day open-air music jam takes over Marcus Garvey Park's amphitheater — Harlem rhythm traditions ring out from the historic stage, free.
Marcus Garvey Park: Amphitheater, ManhattanAn all-day open-air music jam takes over Marcus Garvey Park's amphitheater — Harlem rhythm traditions ring out from the historic stage, free.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanSeventy large-format photographs of American factories fill the Carnegie Mansion, with a pay-what-you-wish hour daily.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanSeventy large-format photographs of American factories fill the Carnegie Mansion, with a pay-what-you-wish hour daily.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanSee-ming Lee from Hong Kong SAR, China · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGustavo Dudamel leads the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 5 alongside the world premiere of Imagenes mestizas, a Philharmonic commission from Pulitzer Prize winner Tania Leon, at David Geffen.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanSee-ming Lee from Hong Kong SAR, China · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGustavo Dudamel leads the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 5 alongside the world premiere of Imagenes mestizas, a Philharmonic commission from Pulitzer Prize winner Tania Leon, at David Geffen.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanThe No Other Land co-directors return with a rooftop-shot documentary on the targeting systems behind Israel's bombing of Gaza. North American premiere.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanThe No Other Land co-directors return with a rooftop-shot documentary on the targeting systems behind Israel's bombing of Gaza. North American premiere.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanChris Rock's Hollywood drama gets its U.S. premiere at NYFF64, with Rock in person after both weekend shows and Rosalind Eleazar leading the cast.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanChris Rock's Hollywood drama gets its U.S. premiere at NYFF64, with Rock in person after both weekend shows and Rosalind Eleazar leading the cast.
The Drawing Center, SoHo, ManhattanEdward Lamson Henry · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsAsmaa Walton's 800-volume Black Art Library takes over The Drawing Center's bookstore as a free reading room. Closes Sunday.
The Drawing Center, SoHo, ManhattanEdward Lamson Henry · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsAsmaa Walton's 800-volume Black Art Library takes over The Drawing Center's bookstore as a free reading room. Closes Sunday.
Midtown, ManhattanA Miffy and Just Dutch shop inside Kinokuniya's Sixth Avenue bookstore, free to browse, in its final week.
Midtown, ManhattanA Miffy and Just Dutch shop inside Kinokuniya's Sixth Avenue bookstore, free to browse, in its final week.
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