#1
Prospect Park, BrooklynSaturday · 2026-10-04 12:00pmFree
Third United Lenape / Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow
Third United Lenape / Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Weekend Only
Free Things to Do in New York the Weekend of Oct 2–4, 2026
Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best free things to do in New York City the weekend of Oct 2–4, 2026: 57 picks, refreshed weekly.
57 picks · checked Sep 7
57 picks
Prospect Park, Brooklyn#1Saturday · 2026-10-04 12:00pm · One Weekend Only
Prospect Park, BrooklynThird United Lenape / Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow
Third United Lenape / Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#2
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynSaturdays through Oct 17Free
Toasting to Time: A Journey Through Green-Wood Cemetery with Crafted Cocktails
A guided trip through Green-Wood Cemetery's history, told through cocktails at Fort Hamilton Distillery's Industry City bar.
FreePopupIndustry City
#2Saturdays through Oct 17 · Limited Run
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynToasting to Time: A Journey Through Green-Wood Cemetery with Crafted Cocktails
A guided trip through Green-Wood Cemetery's history, told through cocktails at Fort Hamilton Distillery's Industry City bar.
#3
Prospect Park, BrooklynSunday · 2026-10-04 11:00amFree
Smorgasburg
Smorgasburg has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#3Sunday · 2026-10-04 11:00am · One Day Only
Prospect Park, BrooklynSmorgasburg
Smorgasburg has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#4
Staten IslandSaturday · 2026-10-03 9:00amFree
It’s My Park at Northerleigh Park
It’s My Park at Northerleigh Park has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#4Saturday · 2026-10-03 9:00am · One Day Only
Staten IslandIt’s My Park at Northerleigh Park
It’s My Park at Northerleigh Park has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#5
Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Boulevard, Rosebank, Staten IslandOn view through winterSuggested donation
Andrea Modica: Italian Story
Photographer Andrea Modica's forty-year Italian journey — 67 intimate tritone images — fills Alice Austen's harborside Victorian cottage museum.
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#5On view through winter · Limited Run
Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Boulevard, Rosebank, Staten IslandAndrea Modica: Italian Story
Photographer Andrea Modica's forty-year Italian journey — 67 intimate tritone images — fills Alice Austen's harborside Victorian cottage museum.
#6
El Museo del Barrio, East Harlem, ManhattanSep 10, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 · Thu–Sun 11 AM–5 PMPay-what-you-can (suggested $…
Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art
The first major retrospective of Teddy Sandoval, a central figure of LA's queer Chicano avant-garde, opens at El Museo del Barrio for its New York run.
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#6Sep 10, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 · Thu–Sun 11 AM–5 PM · Limited Run
El Museo del Barrio, East Harlem, ManhattanTeddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art
The first major retrospective of Teddy Sandoval, a central figure of LA's queer Chicano avant-garde, opens at El Museo del Barrio for its New York run.
#7
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSep 18–Oct 24Free
Jordan Wolfson at Gagosian
Provocateur Jordan Wolfson debuts a room of uniformly scaled new sculptures at Gagosian, each one built around found color and archival photographs.
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#7Sep 18–Oct 24 · Limited Run
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanJordan Wolfson at Gagosian
Provocateur Jordan Wolfson debuts a room of uniformly scaled new sculptures at Gagosian, each one built around found color and archival photographs.
#8
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOn view through Oct 24Free
Lee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun
Korean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
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#8On view through Oct 24 · Limited Run
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanLee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun
Korean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
#9
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOn view September 9, 2026 – August 29, 2027Free
Camille Henrot: Dogs
Bronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
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#9On view September 9, 2026 – August 29, 2027 · Limited Run
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCamille Henrot: Dogs
Bronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
#10
City Hall Park, Civic Center, ManhattanMomos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOn view through November 15Free
Genesis Belanger: Heads or Tails
Concrete birds pluck pennies from the City Hall Park fountain and two bronze Lady Justices preside — Genesis Belanger's first big public show.
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#10On view through November 15 · Limited Run
City Hall Park, Civic Center, ManhattanMomos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGenesis Belanger: Heads or Tails
Concrete birds pluck pennies from the City Hall Park fountain and two bronze Lady Justices preside — Genesis Belanger's first big public show.
#11
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynSaturdays through Oct 10Free
Revolutionary Spirits Trolley Tour
A trolley links Fort Hamilton Distillery to Green-Wood Cemetery for two and a half hours on Brooklyn's long, strange history of booze.
FreePopupIndustry City
#11Saturdays through Oct 10 · Limited Run
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynRevolutionary Spirits Trolley Tour
A trolley links Fort Hamilton Distillery to Green-Wood Cemetery for two and a half hours on Brooklyn's long, strange history of booze.
#12
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynSaturdays through Oct 17Free
Industry City Gourmet Food and Drinks Tour
Industry City Gourmet Food and Drinks Tour at Industry City.
FreePopupIndustry City
#12Saturdays through Oct 17 · Limited Run
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynIndustry City Gourmet Food and Drinks Tour
Industry City Gourmet Food and Drinks Tour at Industry City.
#13
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSeptember 27 – June 13, 2027Free
Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design
Thirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
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#13September 27 – June 13, 2027 · Limited Run
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFull Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design
Thirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
#14
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynSundays through Oct 18Free
Sunday Sessions: Live Jazz & Blues
Free live jazz and blues sessions fill an industrial Brooklyn venue evenings, drawing musicians and listeners alike.
FreePopupIndustry City
#14Sundays through Oct 18 · Limited Run
Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynSunday Sessions: Live Jazz & Blues
Free live jazz and blues sessions fill an industrial Brooklyn venue evenings, drawing musicians and listeners alike.
#15
Prospect Park, BrooklynFriday · 2026-10-02 10:00amFree
Prospect Park Wellness Walk
Prospect Park Wellness Walk has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#15Friday · 2026-10-02 10:00am · One Day Only
Prospect Park, BrooklynProspect Park Wellness Walk
Prospect Park Wellness Walk has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#16
Jack Shainman Gallery, 46 Lafayette Street, Tribeca, ManhattanSep 18–Nov 7Free
Gordon Parks: Voices in the Mirror
Gordon Parks' civil-rights photographs return with new written reflections from the families of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X in a landmark Tribeca show.
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#16Sep 18–Nov 7 · Limited Run
Jack Shainman Gallery, 46 Lafayette Street, Tribeca, ManhattanGordon Parks: Voices in the Mirror
Gordon Parks' civil-rights photographs return with new written reflections from the families of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X in a landmark Tribeca show.
#17
Prospect Park, BrooklynFriday · 2026-10-02 10:00amFree
October Weekday Nature Exploration
October Weekday Nature Exploration has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#17Friday · 2026-10-02 10:00am · One Day Only
Prospect Park, BrooklynOctober Weekday Nature Exploration
October Weekday Nature Exploration has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#18
Hudson Yards, ManhattanSep 11 - Oct 31, Tue - SatFree
Anthony McCall: Solid Light, 1973, 2020, 2026
Three of McCall's solid-light works spanning fifty years, including the 1973 Line Describing a Cone and a new premiere, Swarm. Free walk-in at Sean Kelly.
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#18Sep 11 - Oct 31, Tue - Sat · Limited Run
Hudson Yards, ManhattanAnthony McCall: Solid Light, 1973, 2020, 2026
Three of McCall's solid-light works spanning fifty years, including the 1973 Line Describing a Cone and a new premiere, Swarm. Free walk-in at Sean Kelly.
#19
Prospect Park, BrooklynSaturday · 2026-10-03 10:00amFree
Introduction to Birdwatching Outings
Introduction to Birdwatching Outings has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#19Saturday · 2026-10-03 10:00am · One Day Only
Prospect Park, BrooklynIntroduction to Birdwatching Outings
Introduction to Birdwatching Outings has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#20
Prospect Park, BrooklynSaturday · 2026-10-03 10:00amFree
Dance Fitness with Shape Up NYC at the Boathouse
Dance Fitness with Shape Up NYC at the Boathouse has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#20Saturday · 2026-10-03 10:00am · One Day Only
Prospect Park, BrooklynDance Fitness with Shape Up NYC at the Boathouse
Dance Fitness with Shape Up NYC at the Boathouse has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#21
Pace Gallery, 508 and 510 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSeptember 11 - October 24, 2026Free
Arlene Shechet: She Said She Said
Monumental bent-metal sculptures and a new burnished clay series from Arlene Shechet, with artist-made aluminum chairs to sit and look from.
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#21September 11 - October 24, 2026 · Limited Run
Pace Gallery, 508 and 510 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanArlene Shechet: She Said She Said
Monumental bent-metal sculptures and a new burnished clay series from Arlene Shechet, with artist-made aluminum chairs to sit and look from.
#22
BrooklynSaturday · 2026-10-03 10:00amFree
It’s My Park at Owl’s Head Park
It’s My Park at Owl’s Head Park has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#22Saturday · 2026-10-03 10:00am · One Day Only
BrooklynIt’s My Park at Owl’s Head Park
It’s My Park at Owl’s Head Park has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
#23
Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSeptember 15 - October 24, 2026Free
Hiroshi Sugimoto
New Sugimoto photographs shot inside the American Museum of Natural History dioramas, plus washi paper screens that turn images into byobu.
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#23September 15 - October 24, 2026 · Limited Run
Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanHiroshi Sugimoto
New Sugimoto photographs shot inside the American Museum of Natural History dioramas, plus washi paper screens that turn images into byobu.
#24
Prospect Park, BrooklynSaturday · 2026-10-03 8:00amFree
Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza
Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
FreeOne Day Only
#24Saturday · 2026-10-03 8:00am · One Day Only
Prospect Park, BrooklynGreenmarket at Grand Army Plaza
Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
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