Things to Do in the Lower East Side, NYC
Stumblday's picks: upcoming events in the Lower East Side — curated from the Stumblday board and refreshed regularly.
27 picks · checked Oct 5
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Exhibitions, shows and runs you can catch any day
Regular programming · tours, recurring sessions and daily hours
Plaza: Sarah Lucas—VENUS Victoria
Regular sessions · through May 12
New Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Facade: Tschabalala Self—Art Lovers
Regular sessions · through Mar 22
New Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Atrium Stair: Klára Hosnedlová—Shelter
Regular sessions · through Mar 22
New Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Friday2 picks
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanVocabaret
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Five pun-competition champions with 100+ titles between them host a monthly variety hour of wordplay and etymology at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanVocabaret
Five pun-competition champions with 100+ titles between them host a monthly variety hour of wordplay and etymology at Caveat.
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Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanDark Streets & Straight To Hell - "Pogues vs Clash"
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Pogues vs Clash: Dark Streets and Straight To Hell trade Pogues reels and Clash anthems in a tribute double bill at Mercury Lounge.
Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanDark Streets & Straight To Hell - "Pogues vs Clash"
Pogues vs Clash: Dark Streets and Straight To Hell trade Pogues reels and Clash anthems in a tribute double bill at Mercury Lounge.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanGet Work
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Comedians interview with real hiring professionals using terrible fake résumés they see for the first time on stage at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanGet Work
Comedians interview with real hiring professionals using terrible fake résumés they see for the first time on stage at Caveat.
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First Street Green Cultural Park, Lower East Side, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsInGardens Festival Closing Weekend
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Bassist William Parker leads PocketWatch and Luke Stewart's big band closes Arts for Art's free garden jazz festival on the Lower East Side.
First Street Green Cultural Park, Lower East Side, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsInGardens Festival Closing Weekend
Bassist William Parker leads PocketWatch and Luke Stewart's big band closes Arts for Art's free garden jazz festival on the Lower East Side.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanModern Whitney
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Comedians guess what famous museum artworks mean, then a real art expert reveals how close they got, in this Caveat matinee.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanModern Whitney
Comedians guess what famous museum artworks mean, then a real art expert reveals how close they got, in this Caveat matinee.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanEarth (1930, 35mm) with Live Music by Fima Chupakhin and Julian Kytasty at Metrograph
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Dovzhenko's silent Ukrainian masterpiece Earth screens on a Warsaw 35mm print with live piano, synths and bandura.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanEarth (1930, 35mm) with Live Music by Fima Chupakhin and Julian Kytasty at Metrograph
Dovzhenko's silent Ukrainian masterpiece Earth screens on a Warsaw 35mm print with live piano, synths and bandura.
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Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanFaux Real
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Brothers Virgile and Elliott Arndt bring Faux Real's theatrical art-pop to Bowery Ballroom, with Babe America and Bryce Xavier opening.
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanFaux Real
Brothers Virgile and Elliott Arndt bring Faux Real's theatrical art-pop to Bowery Ballroom, with Babe America and Bryce Xavier opening.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanArguments & Grievances
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Comedians debate the world's least important arguments and the audience picks the winner at this festival-tested show at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanArguments & Grievances
Comedians debate the world's least important arguments and the audience picks the winner at this festival-tested show at Caveat.
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Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanThis photo was taken by participant/team Team Dustizeff as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on Octobe... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Nite Church Presents The Red Party: Strange Boutique Live!
Lower East Side, Manhattan
The Red Party's all-goth, post-punk dance night takes over Mercury Lounge until 4am, with a live set from cult band Strange Boutique.
Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanThis photo was taken by participant/team Team Dustizeff as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on Octobe... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Nite Church Presents The Red Party: Strange Boutique Live!
The Red Party's all-goth, post-punk dance night takes over Mercury Lounge until 4am, with a live set from cult band Strange Boutique.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanHigh and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 35mm) at Metrograph
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Toshiro Mifune pays a ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped son in Kurosawa's thriller, whose train hand-off still grips on 35mm.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanHigh and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 35mm) at Metrograph
Toshiro Mifune pays a ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped son in Kurosawa's thriller, whose train hand-off still grips on 35mm.
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Pier 36, 299 South Street, Lower East Side waterfront, ManhattanSushi-Con 2026
Lower East Side waterfront, Manhattan
Unlimited samples of bluefin, uni, wagyu and matcha from 60+ exhibitors, plus live 400-pound tuna-cutting shows, one day at Pier 36.
Pier 36, 299 South Street, Lower East Side waterfront, ManhattanSushi-Con 2026
Unlimited samples of bluefin, uni, wagyu and matcha from 60+ exhibitors, plus live 400-pound tuna-cutting shows, one day at Pier 36.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanOnce Upon a Time in China I–iii (Tsui Hark, Jet Li) at Metrograph
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Jet Li's Wong Fei-hung takes on gangsters, traffickers and a Lion Dance contest across Tsui Hark's full Once Upon a Time in China trilogy.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanOnce Upon a Time in China I–iii (Tsui Hark, Jet Li) at Metrograph
Jet Li's Wong Fei-hung takes on gangsters, traffickers and a Lion Dance contest across Tsui Hark's full Once Upon a Time in China trilogy.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanArsenal (1929, 35mm) with Live Piano and Synths at Metrograph
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Dovzhenko's 1929 silent about Kyiv's Arsenal Factory uprising plays on a Warsaw 35mm print with Fima Chupakhin scoring it live.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanArsenal (1929, 35mm) with Live Piano and Synths at Metrograph
Dovzhenko's 1929 silent about Kyiv's Arsenal Factory uprising plays on a Warsaw 35mm print with Fima Chupakhin scoring it live.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanMission to Zyxx Live!
Lower East Side, Manhattan
The cast of the improvised sci-fi podcast Mission to Zyxx builds a brand-new episode live, with guests and on-stage sound design.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanMission to Zyxx Live!
The cast of the improvised sci-fi podcast Mission to Zyxx builds a brand-new episode live, with guests and on-stage sound design.
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Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanFiFi Zhang w/ gum.mp3 + more TBA
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Shanghai-raised, New York-based FiFi Zhang plays Mercury Lounge with frequent collaborator gum.mp3, the producer behind DFAL (Break It Up).
Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanFiFi Zhang w/ gum.mp3 + more TBA
Shanghai-raised, New York-based FiFi Zhang plays Mercury Lounge with frequent collaborator gum.mp3, the producer behind DFAL (Break It Up).
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Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanRobert Lester Folsom
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Georgia songwriter Robert Lester Folsom brings his 1970s-rooted psych-folk to Bowery Ballroom, with Liz Cooper opening.
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanRobert Lester Folsom
Georgia songwriter Robert Lester Folsom brings his 1970s-rooted psych-folk to Bowery Ballroom, with Liz Cooper opening.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians Interview Experts: Checking Health Claims with Ophira Eisenberg and Andrea Love
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Comedian Ophira Eisenberg quizzes immunologist Andrea Love on bogus wellness trends and how to spot health misinformation at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians Interview Experts: Checking Health Claims with Ophira Eisenberg and Andrea Love
Comedian Ophira Eisenberg quizzes immunologist Andrea Love on bogus wellness trends and how to spot health misinformation at Caveat.
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2pmInGardens Festival Closing WeekendThrough Oct 12
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanAbolish Everything! (Live Taping)
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Adam Conover and LegalEagle's Devin Stone argue society's ills out of existence in a Nebula taping of this comedy debate show at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanAbolish Everything! (Live Taping)
Adam Conover and LegalEagle's Devin Stone argue society's ills out of existence in a Nebula taping of this comedy debate show at Caveat.
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Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanBrett Cameron Steinberg
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Alt-pop singer-songwriter Brett Cameron Steinberg, who has opened for Kodaline and Jon Bellion, plays Mercury Lounge with Help Wanted and Kate Keller.
Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanBrett Cameron Steinberg
Alt-pop singer-songwriter Brett Cameron Steinberg, who has opened for Kodaline and Jon Bellion, plays Mercury Lounge with Help Wanted and Kate Keller.
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Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanWesley Joseph at Bowery Ballroom
Lower East Side, Manhattan
British singer-rapper Wesley Joseph brings his genre-sliding hip-hop and R&B to the Bowery Ballroom's close-up stage on the Lower East Side.
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanWesley Joseph at Bowery Ballroom
British singer-rapper Wesley Joseph brings his genre-sliding hip-hop and R&B to the Bowery Ballroom's close-up stage on the Lower East Side.
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