Things to Do in Midtown Saturday Night, Oct 10

Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Midtown on Saturday night, Oct 10: 12 picks, refreshed weekly.

12 picks · checked Sep 15

#3
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.

ClassicalBerlin PhilSeason opening week
#3Fri 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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#10
Chrono Trigger Orchestra Concert: Melodies Across Time at the Infosys Theater at MSGInfosys Theater at Madison Square Garden, Midtown (above Penn Station), ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 7pm (doors 6pm)Ticketed (via msg.com / Ticke…

Chrono Trigger Orchestra Concert: Melodies Across Time at the Infosys Theater at MSG

A full orchestra plays the Chrono Trigger soundtrack at MSG's theater, the Comic Con weekend pick for 16-bit RPG diehards.

Video game musicOrchestraComic Con weekend
#12
MasqueradeMasquerade NYC, Midtown West, Manhattan
Immersive off-Broadway run at 218 West 57th Street; performances Fri–Sun, Sep 18–20, 2026 (booking through Feb 28, 2027)Ticketed

Masquerade

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Paulus rebuilt a West 57th Street mansion into a walk-through Phantom of the Opera for about sixty guests at a time.

ImmersivePhantomSmall groups
#12Immersive off-Broadway run at 218 West 57th Street; performances Fri–Sun, Sep 18–20, 2026 (booking through Feb 28, 2027) · Limited Run
MasqueradeMasquerade NYC, Midtown West, Manhattan
TicketedImmersive

Masquerade

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Paulus rebuilt a West 57th Street mansion into a walk-through Phantom of the Opera for about sixty guests at a time.

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