New York Tonight: Saturday, October 10 Hand-picked every week — checked against organizers’ own pages.
Stumblday's ranked list of the best things to do in New York City tonight, Saturday, October 10: 60 events, led by New York African Restaurant Week Festival, Bronx Night Market: Last Market of the Season and The 115th Anniversary of Double Ten Celebration — concerts, comedy, theater, nightlife, and late-night plans, hand-curated and re-ranked every day. The full list below has every event with times, prices, and how to get there.
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Restoration Plaza, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Oct 9–11, 2026, 12–7pm daily Free
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
A free three-day African food market takes over Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy, with Afrobeat, Amapiano and Soca sets between plates.
Free Food festival Afrobeat & Amapiano
#1 Oct 9–11, 2026, 12–7pm daily · One Weekend Only
Restoration Plaza, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Free Food festival
A free three-day African food market takes over Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy, with Afrobeat, Amapiano and Soca sets between plates.
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161st Street & Grand Concourse, Concourse, Bronx Tdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 12–7pm Free with online sign-up
Concourse, Bronx
Fifty-plus vendors from 40-plus countries take over the Grand Concourse by Yankee Stadium for the market's final free day of the year.
Free Food market Season finale
#2 Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 12–7pm · One Day Only
161st Street & Grand Concourse, Concourse, Bronx Tdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Free with online sign-up Food market
Fifty-plus vendors from 40-plus countries take over the Grand Concourse by Yankee Stadium for the market's final free day of the year.
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Mott St between Canal & Hester St, Manhattan Saturday 4pm–6pm Admission information has not…
Mott St between Canal & Hester St, Manhattan
Chinatown marks 115 years since the 1911 Wuchang Uprising with a Double Ten procession up Mott Street, the heart of Manhattan's old Chinatown.
Parade Manhattan
#3 Saturday 4pm–6pm · One Day Only
Mott St between Canal & Hester St, Manhattan Admission information has not… Parade
Chinatown marks 115 years since the 1911 Wuchang Uprising with a Double Ten procession up Mott Street, the heart of Manhattan's old Chinatown.
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Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Oct 9, 2026 (Closing Night); encore Oct 11, 2026 Individually ticketed
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Ava DuVernay's sequel to 13th, on attacks against the 14th Amendment, premieres as NYFF's closing film with AOC and Hasan Piker on screen.
Closing Night World premiere Documentary
#4 Oct 9, 2026 (Closing Night); encore Oct 11, 2026 · One Weekend Only
Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Individually ticketed Closing Night
Ava DuVernay's sequel to 13th, on attacks against the 14th Amendment, premieres as NYFF's closing film with AOC and Hasan Piker on screen.
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Francesca Beale Theater and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Oct 9, 2026 (with Q&A) and Oct 12, 2026 Individually ticketed
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Rami Malek plays a 1980s New York cabaret star living with AIDS in Ira Sachs's new drama, with Malek and Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the Q&A.
Rami Malek Q&A Main Slate
#5 Oct 9, 2026 (with Q&A) and Oct 12, 2026 · One Weekend Only
Francesca Beale Theater and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Individually ticketed Rami Malek
Rami Malek plays a 1980s New York cabaret star living with AIDS in Ira Sachs's new drama, with Malek and Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the Q&A.
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn Friday, October 9, 2026 — 6–8pm and 6:30–8:30pm entries $30
Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn
Walk Green-Wood's hills after dark by flashlight, then step inside the Catacombs, a vault normally locked to the public.
Tour Spooky season
#6 Friday, October 9, 2026 — 6–8pm and 6:30–8:30pm entries · One Day Only
Green-Wood Cemetery, Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn $30 Tour
Walk Green-Wood's hills after dark by flashlight, then step inside the Catacombs, a vault normally locked to the public.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens Oct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 11, 2026 at Lincoln Center $40
Astoria, Queens
Pedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
Pedro Pascal NYFF Centerpiece Queens
#7 Oct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 11, 2026 at Lincoln Center · One Weekend Only
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens $40 Pedro Pascal
Pedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
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Stern 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)
Midtown (57th Street), Manhattan
The Berlin Phil and Kirill Petrenko play Elgar's Enigma and Tchaikovsky 4, then Brahms with Víkingur Ólafsson, at Carnegie.
Classical Berlin Phil Season opening week
#8 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) · One Weekend Only
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, Midtown (57th Street), Manhattan Ticketed (via Carnegie Hall) Classical
The Berlin Phil and Kirill Petrenko play Elgar's Enigma and Tchaikovsky 4, then Brahms with Víkingur Ólafsson, at Carnegie.
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Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Don Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Saturday, October 10, 2026, 9:15 pm; also Monday, October 12, 2026, 9:15 pm (NYFF64)
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas, a film about an actress writing her friends into a script, gets late screenings at Lincoln Center.
NYFF64 Main Slate
#9 Saturday, October 10, 2026, 9:15 pm; also Monday, October 12, 2026, 9:15 pm (NYFF64) · One Weekend Only
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Don Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons NYFF64 Main Slate
Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas, a film about an actress writing her friends into a script, gets late screenings at Lincoln Center.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens Oct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2026 at Lincoln Center $35
Astoria, Queens
John Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
John Turturro NYC story Queens
#10 Oct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2026 at Lincoln Center · One Weekend Only
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens $35 John Turturro
John Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
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Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane, Manhattan Jet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · 5:00pm
18 Minetta Lane, Manhattan
A Ghost in Your Ear has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
Limited Run
#11 Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · 5:00pm · Limited Run
Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane, Manhattan Jet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Limited Run
A Ghost in Your Ear has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
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Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Midtown, Manhattan Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors 7pm) Ticketed (via msg.com / Ticke…
Midtown, Manhattan
Steve Lacy brings his Oh Yeah? album tour to Radio City, one of the marquee stops on a 27-date fall run.
R&B Radio City New album
#12 Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors 7pm) · One Day Only
Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Midtown, Manhattan Ticketed (via msg.com / Ticke… R&B
Steve Lacy brings his Oh Yeah? album tour to Radio City, one of the marquee stops on a 27-date fall run.
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Barclays Center, Prospect Heights / Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn Tdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors one hour earlier) Ticketed (via Ticketmaster)
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.
Reggaeton Arena show Hispanic Heritage Month
#13 Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors one hour earlier) · One Day Only
Barclays Center, Prospect Heights / Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn Tdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Ticketed (via Ticketmaster) Reggaeton
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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The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Saturday · October 10, 2026
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Mozart's Così fan tutte moves to a 1950s Coney Island boardwalk, with fire-eaters and sword-swallowers woven into Phelim McDermott's staging.
Opera Lincoln Center
#14 Saturday · October 10, 2026 · One Day Only
The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Opera Lincoln Center
Mozart's Così fan tutte moves to a 1950s Coney Island boardwalk, with fire-eaters and sword-swallowers woven into Phelim McDermott's staging.
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Beacon Theatre, Upper West Side, Manhattan Photo: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors 7pm); also Oct 12 and 13 Ticketed via Ticketmaster
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.
Country Album anniversary Theater-size show
#15 Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 8pm (doors 7pm); also Oct 12 and 13 · One Weekend Only
Beacon Theatre, Upper West Side, Manhattan Photo: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Ticketed via Ticketmaster Country
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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Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 10pm–4am From $90 (early entry)
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
50 Cent headlines a Mamacita night at Pacha New York, the club that took over the old Brooklyn Mirage site — 'In Da Club' at an actual club.
Hip-Hop Club Night 21+
#16 Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 10pm–4am · One Day Only
Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn From $90 (early entry) Hip-Hop
50 Cent headlines a Mamacita night at Pacha New York, the club that took over the old Brooklyn Mirage site — 'In Da Club' at an actual club.
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Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills, Queens SWinxy · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Saturday · October 10, 2026
Forest Hills, Queens
Foster the People play the historic Forest Hills tennis stadium under open October sky, with Goth Babe opening the Good Mourning Sunshine Tour.
Concert Outdoors
#17 Saturday · October 10, 2026 · One Day Only
Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills, Queens SWinxy · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Concert Outdoors
Foster the People play the historic Forest Hills tennis stadium under open October sky, with Goth Babe opening the Good Mourning Sunshine Tour.
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The Rooftop at Pier 17, Seaport, Manhattan Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 7pm (doors 6pm) Ticketed via AXS
Seaport, Manhattan
San Holo brings his TRUE LOVE IN A MADE UP WORLD tour to the open-air Pier 17 rooftop over the East River, with yetep and Leotrix opening.
Electronic Rooftop concert Pier 17
#18 Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 7pm (doors 6pm) · One Day Only
The Rooftop at Pier 17, Seaport, Manhattan Ticketed via AXS Electronic
San Holo brings his TRUE LOVE IN A MADE UP WORLD tour to the open-air Pier 17 rooftop over the East River, with yetep and Leotrix opening.
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The Bell House, Gowanus, Brooklyn Saturday · Oct 10–11, 2026 — four shows (6pm & 8:30pm, then 5pm & 7:30pm) Ticketed via Ticketmaster
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Maria Bamford's voice-shifting, deeply personal stand-up fills the Bell House for four shows across two nights, all listed sold out.
Stand-up Four shows Bell House
#19 Saturday · Oct 10–11, 2026 — four shows (6pm & 8:30pm, then 5pm & 7:30pm) · One Weekend Only
The Bell House, Gowanus, Brooklyn Ticketed via Ticketmaster Stand-up
Maria Bamford's voice-shifting, deeply personal stand-up fills the Bell House for four shows across two nights, all listed sold out.
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Artist studios throughout Red Hook, Red Hook, Brooklyn Saturday · October 10–11, 2026, 1–6pm FREE
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook artists throw open their working studios for two afternoons — painters, printmakers and sculptors, free, across the waterfront neighborhood.
Free Art Red Hook
#20 Saturday · October 10–11, 2026, 1–6pm · One Weekend Only
Artist studios throughout Red Hook, Red Hook, Brooklyn FREE Art
Red Hook artists throw open their working studios for two afternoons — painters, printmakers and sculptors, free, across the waterfront neighborhood.
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Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, Queens October 9–11, 2026, 11am–9pm Individual tickets $20
Forest Hills, Queens
Forty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
Caribbean film Three days only Queens
#21 October 9–11, 2026, 11am–9pm · One Weekend Only
Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, Queens Individual tickets $20 Caribbean film
Forty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
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The Paley Museum, 25 West 52nd Street, Midtown, Manhattan Saturday, October 10, 2026, 6pm Main theater sold out
Midtown, Manhattan
Sylvester Stallone and writer Terence Winter screen the Tulsa King season 4 premiere early, then talk the show on stage.
Sylvester Stallone TV premiere PaleyFest
#22 Saturday, October 10, 2026, 6pm · Limited Run
The Paley Museum, 25 West 52nd Street, Midtown, Manhattan Main theater sold out Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone and writer Terence Winter screen the Tulsa King season 4 premiere early, then talk the show on stage.
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Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Office of the Press Secretary · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2026 Individually ticketed
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Kate and Rooney Mara play sisters who speak in unison in Werner Herzog's first NYFF film since Fitzcarraldo, shot in Irish caves.
Werner Herzog Spotlight Mara sisters
#23 Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2026 · One Weekend Only
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan Office of the Press Secretary · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Individually ticketed Werner Herzog
Kate and Rooney Mara play sisters who speak in unison in Werner Herzog's first NYFF film since Fitzcarraldo, shot in Irish caves.
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House of Yes, Bushwick, Brooklyn Select nights Oct 9–23, 2026 Ticketed
Bushwick, Brooklyn
House of Yes stages Rocky Horror live with drag star God Complex as Frank-N-Furter — costumes and callbacks encouraged, for an October run only.
Drag Cult Classic 21+
#24 Select nights Oct 9–23, 2026 · Limited Run
House of Yes, Bushwick, Brooklyn Ticketed Drag
House of Yes stages Rocky Horror live with drag star God Complex as Frank-N-Furter — costumes and callbacks encouraged, for an October run only.
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