Hand-picked every week — checked against organizers’ own pages.
Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best nightlife in New York City the weekend of Oct 9–12, 2026: 10 picks, refreshed weekly.
10 picks · checked Sep 28
New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDozens of stalls cooking the food of dozens of countries fill a Flushing Meadows lot until midnight, free to walk in, with the season's end near.
New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDozens of stalls cooking the food of dozens of countries fill a Flushing Meadows lot until midnight, free to walk in, with the season's end near.
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Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn50 Cent headlines a Mamacita night at Pacha New York, the club that took over the old Brooklyn Mirage site — 'In Da Club' at an actual club.
Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn50 Cent headlines a Mamacita night at Pacha New York, the club that took over the old Brooklyn Mirage site — 'In Da Club' at an actual club.
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Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, ManhattanOne night of Robert Glasper's month-long Robtober residency at the Blue Note, stripped to a duo with Lalah Hathaway — two sets, 131 W. 3rd Street.
Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, ManhattanOne night of Robert Glasper's month-long Robtober residency at the Blue Note, stripped to a duo with Lalah Hathaway — two sets, 131 W. 3rd Street.
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Pearl Street Plaza: Archway (Pearl Street Plaza) water street between Anchorage Pl and adams st, BrooklynA free open-air dance party takes over Pearl Street Plaza under the Manhattan Bridge Archway — DJs echoing off the stone in Dumbo's coolest space.
Pearl Street Plaza: Archway (Pearl Street Plaza) water street between Anchorage Pl and adams st, BrooklynA free open-air dance party takes over Pearl Street Plaza under the Manhattan Bridge Archway — DJs echoing off the stone in Dumbo's coolest space.
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House of Yes, Bushwick, BrooklynAluna headlines a Libra-season party at House of Yes with Darling Cool and Niara Sterling, with no phones allowed on the dance floor.
House of Yes, Bushwick, BrooklynAluna headlines a Libra-season party at House of Yes with Darling Cool and Niara Sterling, with no phones allowed on the dance floor.
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Times Square, ManhattanFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAt, 100-plus Times Square billboards switch to Dustin Grella's hand-chalked animation of the Moondance Diner and East Village stoops.
Times Square, ManhattanFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAt, 100-plus Times Square billboards switch to Dustin Grella's hand-chalked animation of the Moondance Diner and East Village stoops.
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The Apollo Stages at The Victoria, Harlem, ManhattanRising R&B singer TheARTI$T, fresh off tour with Kehlani, takes over the Apollo's late-night Music Café for an intimate, confessional soul set.
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria, Harlem, ManhattanRising R&B singer TheARTI$T, fresh off tour with Kehlani, takes over the Apollo's late-night Music Café for an intimate, confessional soul set.
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Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandWalk a colonial-era village after dark and step inside its historic houses for stories of Staten Island's dead and the old courthouse trials.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandWalk a colonial-era village after dark and step inside its historic houses for stories of Staten Island's dead and the old courthouse trials.
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54 Below, Midtown, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBroadway performers sing the roles they would never be cast in, late at night in the basement room under Studio 54.
54 Below, Midtown, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBroadway performers sing the roles they would never be cast in, late at night in the basement room under Studio 54.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanNobuhiko Obayashi's man-eating-piano haunted house plays on 35mm at Metrograph, right up against midnight.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanNobuhiko Obayashi's man-eating-piano haunted house plays on 35mm at Metrograph, right up against midnight.
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