Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in the East Village, Manhattan next weekend, Sep 11–13, 2026: 9 picks, refreshed weekly.
9 picks · checked Sep 2
Recente, East Village, ManhattanTwo bartenders from Dante's World's Best Bar years opened their first restaurant, a coastal Italian aperitivo bar with a courtyard garden. Weekend brunch begins this month.
Recente, East Village, ManhattanTwo bartenders from Dante's World's Best Bar years opened their first restaurant, a coastal Italian aperitivo bar with a courtyard garden. Weekend brunch begins this month.
Webster Hall, East Village, ManhattanThe Bogmen play Webster Hall — a New York band reuniting in the room that made them.
Webster Hall, East Village, ManhattanThe Bogmen play Webster Hall — a New York band reuniting in the room that made them.
Webster Hall, East Village, ManhattanSporty Spice headlines Webster Hall — a DJ-and-vocals night in a landmark East Village room.
Webster Hall, East Village, ManhattanSporty Spice headlines Webster Hall — a DJ-and-vocals night in a landmark East Village room.
Lynn F. Angelson Theater, East Village, ManhattanChekhov's first staged play gets a 100-minute overhaul from a Chekhov scholar, with Sam Underwood as the man everyone keeps trying to save.
Lynn F. Angelson Theater, East Village, ManhattanChekhov's first staged play gets a 100-minute overhaul from a Chekhov scholar, with Sam Underwood as the man everyone keeps trying to save.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanThe restored Oscar-nominated documentary about the 1982 killing of Vincent Chin, screening as the centerpiece of Anthology’s Christine Choy retrospective.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanThe restored Oscar-nominated documentary about the 1982 killing of Vincent Chin, screening as the centerpiece of Anthology’s Christine Choy retrospective.
Together, Together Pop-Up, East Village, ManhattanEva Rinaldi · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHarry Styles' New York merch pop-up, tucked into an East 2nd Street storefront. Free, capped and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Together, Together Pop-Up, East Village, ManhattanEva Rinaldi · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHarry Styles' New York merch pop-up, tucked into an East 2nd Street storefront. Free, capped and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWho Killed Vincent Chin? screens twice at Anthology, alongside Choy's prison, labor and Namibian independence films from her radical documentary run.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWho Killed Vincent Chin? screens twice at Anthology, alongside Choy's prison, labor and Namibian independence films from her radical documentary run.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, Day of Wrath, Ordet and Gertrud in one weekend at Anthology — Dreyer's late run, nearly end to end.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, Day of Wrath, Ordet and Gertrud in one weekend at Anthology — Dreyer's late run, nearly end to end.
20 Blocks, East Village, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNamed for the number of blocks in a mile, this East Fourth Street shop runs a school-cafeteria aesthetic and a roast turkey sandwich worth the trip.
20 Blocks, East Village, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNamed for the number of blocks in a mile, this East Fourth Street shop runs a school-cafeteria aesthetic and a roast turkey sandwich worth the trip.
Big weekends coming up — save them now, plan later.
