The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

Free things to do in NYC

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Sunday Sep. 24, 2023

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

Little ItalyManhattan

All day

FLOOD by Cristián Pietrapiana & Andrés Senra

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

The Rose of Versailles: Remembering Marie Jeanne Bertin

Art
Free

Garment DistrictManhattan

St. Paul Community Baptist Church

All day

The 29th Commemoration of The MAAFA

Art
Free

St. Paul Community Baptist ChurchBrooklyn

All day

Art in Focus: Dominique Fung at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Rockefeller Center PlazaManhattan

8 am – 5:30 pm

Action Speaks Summit

Ikea Planning StudioMidtown

Get Farm Fresh Food

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

Bronx ParkBronx

Urban Farm Volunteers

10 am – 1 pm

Urban Farm Volunteers

Randall’s Island Urban FarmRandall’s Island

10 am – 5 pm

The Giving Table at The Shops at Skyview

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The Shops at SkyviewFlushing

10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Nature’s Masks

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Wave Hill HouseThe Bronx

10 am – 8 pm

The Giving Table at The Shops at Skyview

The Shops at Skyview CenterFlushing

10 am – 1 pm

Free Play 2023

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

National Museum of MathematicsManhattan

11 am – 6 pm

Open Air Fair

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

2 Noble streetBrooklyn

11 am – 5:30 pm

The College Point Street Fair

College Point BoulevardCollege Point

Fountain House Gallery open studio governors island

11 am – 5 pm

Open House @ Fountain House Gallery & Studio

Colonels Row on Governors IslandGovernors Island

11 am – 6 pm

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at Industry City

Industry City Courtyard 1/2Brooklyn

OEM Family Emergency 2022 4

11 am – 3 pm

Family Emergency Preparedness Fair

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

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11 am – 6 pm

Parallel Horizons Exhibition

Art
Free

ChaShaMa’s 320 W 23rd StManhattan

Noon – 5 pm

Tanya Weddemire Gallery presents the Unveiling the Unseen at Industry City

Art
Cultural

Industry CityIndustry City

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Noon – 6:15 pm

16th Annual “Family Day” Celebration on Governors’ Island presented by African Film Festival

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Nolan Park at Governors IslandGovernors Island

Noon – 6 pm

J.Crew 40th Anniversary Seaport Activation

Art
Free

Pier 17Seaport

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Noon – 6 pm

Цlумихъ (Tsumikh – Avar for “At the Eagle’s”)

Art
Film

Canal ProjectsTribeca

1 – 3 pm

Waves of Wonder at bkONE

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

bkONE’s Tom Kane TheatreBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

The Jazz in the Garden: Willie Martinez and his Latin Jazz Collective

Brooklyn MuseumProspect Heights

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3 – 6 pm

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Art
Cultural

Groundswell Community Mural ProjectBrooklyn

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3:30 – 6:30 pm

FREE Live Jazz Jam & Open Mic

Sour Mouse NYCLower East Side

7 – 10 pm

Making Moves Dance Festival 2023

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Jamaica Performing Arts CenterJamaica

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