Things to do in NYC on Friday, Oct 9

Hand-picked every week — checked against organizers’ own pages.

Stumblday's ranked list of the best things to do in New York City on Friday, October 9: 73 events, led by New York African Restaurant Week Festival, Italian Festival at The Mount (Staten Island Italian Feast) and 14th — Nyff64 Closing Night World Premiere (Ava DuVernay) — each one checked against the organizer's own page. Below them, 24 exhibitions and shows running through the day.

The 10 best things to do in NYC on Fri, Oct 9

  1. New York African Restaurant Week Festival12 PM · Restoration Plaza · Free
  2. Italian Festival at The Mount (Staten Island Italian Feast)12 AM · The Mount · $5 admission
  3. 14th — Nyff64 Closing Night World Premiere (Ava DuVernay)6 PM · Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater · Individually ticketed
  4. Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko at Carnegie HallStern Auditorium / Perelman Stage · Ticketed
  5. Dexter: Resurrection and 20 Years of Dexter at PaleyFest NY6:30 PM · The Paley Museum · Main theater sold out
  6. Masters at Work I7:30 PM · David H. Koch Theater
  7. Steve Miller at the Rose Theater7:30 PM · Rose Theater · Ticketed via Jazz at Lincoln Ce…
  8. The Format: One Night Only at Radio City Music Hall7:30 PM · Radio City Music Hall · Ticketed
  9. Opening Celebration for ‘The Woods Woman Method,’ ‘Beyond the Margins,’ and ‘Public Addre…6 PM · The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Free
  10. The Man I Love (Ira Sachs, Rami Malek) at Nyff643:30 PM · Francesca Beale Theater and Walter Reade Th… · Individually ticketed

Fri night (from 5 PM)

  1. 14th — Nyff64 Closing Night World Premiere (Ava DuVernay)6 PM · Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater · Individually ticketed
  2. Dexter: Resurrection and 20 Years of Dexter at PaleyFest NY6:30 PM · The Paley Museum · Main theater sold out
  3. Masters at Work I7:30 PM · David H. Koch Theater
  4. Steve Miller at the Rose Theater7:30 PM · Rose Theater · Ticketed via Jazz at Lincoln Ce…
  5. The Format: One Night Only at Radio City Music Hall7:30 PM · Radio City Music Hall · Ticketed
  6. Opening Celebration for ‘The Woods Woman Method,’ ‘Beyond the Margins,’ and ‘Public Addre…6 PM · The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Free
  7. Green-Wood After Hours6 PM · Green-Wood Cemetery · $30
  8. Behemoth! (Tony Gilroy, Pedro Pascal) — Nyff64 at Museum of the Moving Image6:30 PM · Museum of the Moving Image · $40
  9. The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (John Turturro) — Nyff64 at MoMI9:15 PM · Museum of the Moving Image · $35
  10. Kelela: new avatar live at Brooklyn Paramount7 PM · Brooklyn Paramount · Ticketed via Ticketmaster

Top picks for Fri, Oct 9

#4
Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko at Carnegie HallStern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, Midtown (57th Street), Manhattan
Fri Oct 9, 2026, 8pm and Sun Oct 11, 2026, 2pm (Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 with Víkingur Ólafsson, replacing Daniil Trifonov; Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra); Sat Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (Elgar Enigma Variations; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4)Ticketed (via Carnegie Hall)

Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko at Carnegie Hall

The Berlin Phil and Kirill Petrenko play Elgar's Enigma and Tchaikovsky 4, then Brahms with Víkingur Ólafsson, at Carnegie.

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#4Fri Oct 9, 2026, 8pm and Sun Oct 11, 2026, 2pm (Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 with Víkingur Ólafsson, replacing Daniil Trifonov; Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra); Sat Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (Elgar Enigma Variations; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4) · One Weekend Only
Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko at Carnegie HallStern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, Midtown (57th Street), Manhattan
Ticketed (via Carnegie Hall)Classical

Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko at Carnegie Hall

The Berlin Phil and Kirill Petrenko play Elgar's Enigma and Tchaikovsky 4, then Brahms with Víkingur Ólafsson, at Carnegie.

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Wycliffe Gordon: Welcome to Georgia Town at Jazz at Lincoln CenterThe Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, ManhattanMarianparedes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Friday · Oct 9–10, 2026 (four performances)Ticketed via Jazz at Lincoln…

Wycliffe Gordon: Welcome to Georgia Town at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon tells his Georgia childhood in music in the Appel Room, where a glass wall frames Central Park behind the band.

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