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Indoor Things to Do in NYC This Weekend

Oct 9–12 · 60 picks hand‑checked by Stumblday against organizer pages · 1 free in the top 10 · updated Oct 8

The 10 best indoor things to do in NYC this weekend (Oct 9–12)

  1. Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko at Carnegie Hall — Fri Oct 9, 8pm and Sun Oct 11, 2026 · Midtown (57th Street)
  2. Dexter: Resurrection and 20 Years of Dexter at PaleyFest NY — Friday, October 9, 6:30pm · Midtown
  3. Indigenous Peoples Day at Queens County Farm Museum — Monday, October 12 · Floral Park
  4. Studio Sunday at the Studio Museum in Harlem — Sunday, October 11, 11am–6pm · Free · Harlem
  5. Don Omar: The Last King World Tour at Barclays Center — Saturday Oct 10, 8pm (doors one hour earlier)
  6. Chrono Trigger Orchestra Concert: Melodies Across Time at the Infosys Theater at MSG — Saturday Oct 10, 7pm (doors 6pm) · Midtown (above Penn Station)
  7. The Chicks: Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary at the Beacon Theatre — Sat, Oct 10, 8pm (doors 7pm) · Upper West Side
  8. Tulsa King Season 4 Premiere with Sylvester Stallone at PaleyFest NY — Saturday, October 10, 6pm · Midtown
  9. Whitney Biennial 2026 — On Partial view through Oct 12 · Meatpacking District
  10. Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous — Sunday Oct 4 – Jan 31, 2027 · Upper East Side
#1
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

Midtown (57th Street), Manhattan

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

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#1Fri 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
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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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Don Omar: The Last King World Tour at Barclays CenterBarclays Center, Prospect Heights / Atlantic Terminal, BrooklynTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors one hour earlier)Ticketed (via Ticketmaster)

Don Omar: The Last King World Tour at Barclays Center

Prospect Heights / Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn

Reggaeton royalty Don Omar brings The Last King World Tour to Brooklyn for a Barclays arena night in the thick of Hispanic Heritage Month.

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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

Midtown (above Penn Station), Manhattan

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

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The Chicks: Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary at the Beacon TheatreBeacon Theatre, Upper West Side, ManhattanPhoto: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors 7pm); also Oct 12 and 13Ticketed via Ticketmaster

The Chicks: Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary at the Beacon Theatre

Upper West Side, Manhattan

The Chicks play Taking the Long Way for its 20th anniversary in the 2,900-seat Beacon, a rare theater-size show from an arena band.

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Stumblday's 60 hand-checked picks for Oct 9–12: rainy-day-proof plans — Broadway and off-Broadway stages, comedy clubs, jazz rooms, cinemas, and museums around New York this weekend.

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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.

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New York Comic Con 2026 at the Javits CenterJacob K. Javits Convention Center, Hudson Yards, Manhattan
The Rink at Rockefeller Center Opening DayThe Rink at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, Manhattan
Yoshitaka Amano: Origins at the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, Manhattan