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Friday Oct. 3, 2025

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

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Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards – Comedy Night with GROWN UPS

Ages: All
Family
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

6 – 8 pm

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensManhattan

Mission

6 – 8 pm

Suicide Noted National Tour: NYC

Metro Baptist ChurchHells Kitchen

6:30 – 9:30 pm

Movies Under the Stars: Wicked

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Morningside ParkManhattan

Vinyl Night

7 – 10 pm

Old Fashioned Vinyl Night at Great Jones Distilling Co.

Free

Great Jones Distilling Co.Manhattan

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10 – 11:30 pm

All-Latin, High-Energy Drag Show at Hell’s Kitchen’s #1 Gay Entertainment Bar

Comedy
Dance

HushHell’s Kitchen

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10:30 pm

Sinatra Under The Stars

Somewhere Nowhere NYCManhattan

Saturday Oct. 4

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

9 am – 2 pm

Baby Gear Trend Show at Nordstrom NYC

Ages: All
Expo
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

MoMA Oct Fam Day

10:30 am – 5 pm

UNIQLO Family Day at MoMA

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Flowers for Skyscrapers

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Wagner ParkBattery Park

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattan

Sailors’ Skills

11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Free October Family Activity Weekends: Sailors’ Skills

WavertreeManhattan

11 am – 6 pm

ASCEND: The Evolution of Identity

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Recorrido gratis del High Line: De rieles de tren a flores | Free High Line Tour: From Rails to Flowers

The High LineChelsea

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11:30 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

Brown Rice Family

Noon – 1 pm

Family Concert: Brown Rice Family

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

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1 – 5 pm

Back to the Banks – A Day of Skate, Music & NYC Culture (10/4)

Free
Music

Brooklyn BanksManhattan

Brown Rice Family

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Family Concert: Brown Rice Family

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

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5 – 7:30 pm

Rhapsody at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 with Keigwin + Company

Dance
Free

Pier 84 Hudson River ParkManhattan

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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7 – 8 pm

Bites by Kay Adshead: A Tasting Workshop

Art
Free

TheaterlabGarment District

Sunday Oct. 5

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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