Things to Do in Manhattan on Saturday, Oct 24

Saturday, Oct 24 · 74 picks hand‑checked by Stumblday against organizer pages · 3 free in the top 10 · updated Oct 5

The 10 best things to do in Manhattan on Saturday, Oct 24

  1. Diwali at Times Square — Saturday, October 24 · Free · Times Square
  2. The New Yorker Festival 2026 — October 23–25 · Manhattan
  3. Lee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun — On view through Oct 24 · Free · Chelsea
  4. Riverside Park Pup Halloween Parade — Saturday, October 24, 12pm–3pm · Free · Upper West Side
  5. NewFest38: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival — Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 25 · Various
  6. Proof — On Broadway · Tickets from ~$80 · Theater District
  7. Joe Turner's Come and Gone — On Broadway · Theater District
  8. Death Becomes Her — Through October 25 · From $89 · Theater District
  9. Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany — October 22 – February 7 · Upper East Side
  10. Jordan Wolfson Gallery Opening at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street — Opening reception Sep 18, 6-8pm · Chelsea

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Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You at the GuggenheimSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
On view Sep 18, 2026–Mar 14, 2027Included with museum admission

Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You at the Guggenheim

Upper East Side, Manhattan

Taryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.

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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Manhattan on Saturday, Oct 24: 74 picks, refreshed weekly.

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