Everything on at Midtown this weekend and in the weeks ahead — hand-checked, free events first.
6 picks · checked Sep 1
Midtown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
Midtown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
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Midtown, ManhattanJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsThe Egyptian satirist once called the Jon Stewart of the Arab world brings his Belly of the Beast tour to The Town Hall for a solo night of political stand-up.
Midtown, ManhattanJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsThe Egyptian satirist once called the Jon Stewart of the Arab world brings his Belly of the Beast tour to The Town Hall for a solo night of political stand-up.
Midtown, ManhattanSee-ming Lee from Hong Kong SAR, China · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDean Wareham's Luna — the New York band he started in 1991 after Galaxie 500 — plays Sony Hall's basement cabaret with Sub Pop songwriter Lael Neale opening.
Midtown, ManhattanSee-ming Lee from Hong Kong SAR, China · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDean Wareham's Luna — the New York band he started in 1991 after Galaxie 500 — plays Sony Hall's basement cabaret with Sub Pop songwriter Lael Neale opening.
Midtown, ManhattanTwenty-two professional and amateur MMA and kickboxing bouts and Flex Fight Series' first card at the Infosys Theater inside Madison Square Garden.
Midtown, ManhattanTwenty-two professional and amateur MMA and kickboxing bouts and Flex Fight Series' first card at the Infosys Theater inside Madison Square Garden.
Midtown, ManhattanDavid Shankbone · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA Saturday-afternoon reggae day party at Sony Hall, with a seven-piece live band, a resident DJ and an MC playing lovers rock and golden-era reggae.
Midtown, ManhattanDavid Shankbone · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA Saturday-afternoon reggae day party at Sony Hall, with a seven-piece live band, a resident DJ and an MC playing lovers rock and golden-era reggae.
Midtown, ManhattanDavid Shankbone · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA seated dinner-and-show night at Sony Hall, with live vocalists and a full band running the Motown and classic soul canon.
Midtown, ManhattanDavid Shankbone · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA seated dinner-and-show night at Sony Hall, with live vocalists and a full band running the Motown and classic soul canon.
This list covers the weekend of Sep 4–7, 2026, and it refreshes automatically every week.
Stumblday curates and re-ranks NYC events each week from official venue and city sources — so you get a short, vetted shortlist instead of an endless calendar.
