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Saturday Dec. 20, 2025

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5 – 11 pm

Bar Après Ski Holiday Pop-up

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

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5 – 6:15 pm

Merry Mayhem

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Comedy
Family

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

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5 – 9:30 pm

Beautifica

Ages: All
Family

Wagner College PlanetariumStaten Island

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5 – 8 pm

FSP End-of-Year Celebration and Rent Party

Freedom HallNew York City

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5 – 8:30 pm

Winter Solstice Pub Night

Wave Hill HouseThe Bronx

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

6 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

6 – 8 pm

From The Other Side of Darkness (When There’s No Place Like Home)

Teatro LATEAEast

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6 – 10 pm

FLAT Market

NYC ResistorBrooklyn

6:30 pm

Riverdale Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx

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7 – 8:30 pm

The Divine Dating Game

Theater

The Players TheatreNew York City

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7 – 9:30 pm

The Dragon (Political Satire by Evgeny Schwartz)

Theater

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7 – 10:30 pm

Universal Temple of the Arts Presents The Staten Island JAZZ Festival 37

St. George TheatreSaint George

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83Manhattan

Brooklyn Dyker Heights Walking Christmas Lights Tour

7 pm

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn

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7 – 8 pm

A Candlelit Christmas: Holiday Hits Unplugged

St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran ChurchChelsea

7 – 8:30 pm

The Doris Dear Christmas Special: Christmas in New York

The Triad TheaterManhattan

7 – 8 pm

A Christmas Carol the Musical

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Family
Holiday

The Players TheatreNew York City

7 – 9 pm

‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Theater at MSGMidtown

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7:15 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn

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7:30 – 10 pm

The Glenn Crytzer Quartet at Festival Café (UES)

Upper East Side (UES)

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7:30 – 9 pm

Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman

Theater

Theater at St. ClementsTheater District

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7:30 – 9 pm

The Slide is the Negative

Theater

The Chain TheatreMidtwon

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7:30 – 10 pm

Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Carmine’s

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

A Holiday Concert with TRANScend

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Wintergrace: A Holiday Concert with TRANScend

LGBTQ+
Music

Christ & St. Stephens ChurchManhattan

7:30 – 10 pm

Night Riot – Punk and Punchlines

Comedy
Music

LittlefieldGowanus

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7:30 – 9 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Ajkun Ballet Theatre at Ballet ArtsManhattan

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8 – 9:30 pm

Killing Mrs. Claus: A new inappropriate holiday comedy

Theater for the New CityManhattan

Santa Rave

8 – 10 pm

Santa Rave

Music

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