Free & Cheap Things to Do in New York This Weekend (October 13, 14, 15, 2017)

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Sunday October 15, 2017

Looking for free and cheap things to do in New York City this weekend?  We have scoured the internet to find fun, interesting, artsy, tasty, active, educational and unique experiences that you can do this weekend in the city for free or cheap.

If you’re on a budget (or even if you’re not), check out the chronological list below for ideas on what to do this weekend without breaking the bank. Whatever your interests – food, music, movies, theater, dance, comedy, classes, tours, art or games – there’s definitely something here for you!

 

Friday October 13, 2017

Art in Odd Places | Art

  • 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River, All Day, (Free!)
  • Visual and performance art in unexpected public spaces. Innovative performances, installation art, and immersive experiences.
  • Event Website

Horror Film Fest | Film Fair/Festival

  • Various Locations in Brooklyn, 4:00 PM – 12:00AM ($13-$18)
  • In addition to film screenings, the festival hosts parties, Q&A’s with filmmakers, panels, events, food & drinks and more.
  • Event Website

“Hotel Transylvania 2” Screening | Film

  • Maria Hernandez Park (Brooklyn), 6:15 PM – 8:15 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: Dracula has opened the Hotel Transylvania’s doors to humans. Everything is great. Except, he’s secretly worried that his half-human grandson, Dennis, isn’t showing his vampire side. So, he puts the boy through “monster-in-training” boot camp.
  • Event Website

“The People Under the Stairs” Screening | Film

  • Brower Park (Brooklyn), 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: A young boy breaks into the home of the slumlords who evicted his family. But, once inside he discovers that the mansion is a chamber of horrors
  • Event Website

“Beauty and the Beast” Screening | Film

  • Highbridge Recreation Center (Manhattan), 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: Belle is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.
  • Event Website

Questival | Active

  • Commodore Barry Park (Queens), 7:00 PM – 7:00 PM Saturday (24 hours straight), ($49)
  • Team up with your closest friends and experience 24 hours of outdoor mayhem. You’ll complete hundreds of challenges in categories that range from adventure & fitness to food, service, and more. You’ll ALSO complete dozens of NEW fall-themed challenges: costume contests, epic leaf-jumping, and beautiful ventures into your state’s wilderness.
  • Event Website

St. Francis Men’s Soccer Game | Active

  • Pier 5 Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00 PM (Free!)
  • The St. Francis College Men’s Soccer Team will call BBP home for the fifth year in a row. Last year, the Terriers were NEC regular season champions and NEC Tournament champions.
  • Event Website

Think Olio Lecture & Discussion | Class

  • Strand Bookstore (Manhattan), 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ($15, beer and wine included)
  • This week’s topic: An exploration of how Buddhism can help us arrive at a more philosophically robust concept of human rights that entails more than just theory, but also a set of introspective tools for realizing a human rights culture. In our analysis we’ll also consider new psychedelic research that may also contribute to this goal. Teacher: Christopher Kelley who holds a doctorate in Buddhist Studies from Columbia University.
  • Event Website

Throwing Shade Comedy

  • The Bell House (Brooklyn), 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM ($25)
  • The boundary-pushing political comedy podcast and tv show hosted by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi who bring their fresh takes on pop culture, women’s rights, and LGBT rights live to the stage for an evening of hilarity and vulgarity.
  • Event Website

Imagine Science Film Festival | Fair/Festival Art Film

  • 10 Venues across NYC, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM ($8+)
  • The Imagine Science Film Festival was created in the hybridization of art and science and mixing subjects, genres, and even fact and fiction, is still at the core of all of our interests. Featuring dozens of films with additional talks, lectures, and panels.
  • Event Website

“Hidden Figures” Screening | Film

  • Ferry Point Park (Bronx), 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: Three brilliant African-American women at NASA serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.
  • Event Website

Museum of Modern Art | Museum/Art

  • 11 W. 53rd St., 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Free!)
  • Free admission to the MoMA courtesy of Uniqlo
  • Recurring every Friday
  • Event Website

Free Music Fridays | Music

  • American Folk Art Museum, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Free!)
  • This week’s feature includes Dougmore, Juliet Kleber and Xeno.
  • Recurs every Friday
  • Event Website

Morgan Library & Museum | Museum/Art

  • Madison Ave & 36th St., 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Free!)
  • Free admission to the library and museum.
  • Recurring every Friday
  • Event Website

Whitney Museum | Museum/Art

  • 99 Gansevoort Street (Chelsea), 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Free!)
  • Free/pay what you wish admission to the Whitney Museum.
  • Recurring every Friday
  • Event Website

Karaoke | Music Fun & Games

  • Union Hall (Brooklyn), Midnight – Late (Free!)
  • Karaoke!
  • Recurring every Friday night
  • Event Website

 

Saturday October 14, 2017

Open House New York | Fair/Festival Tour

  • Throughout NYC, All day Saturday and Sunday, (Free!)
  • An annual event in which hundreds of sites that are generally closed to the public are open to everyone. There are more than 275 participating sites with an estimated 85,000 visitors and more than 1,200 registered volunteers. There are tours, talks, and events at many sites. Some require pre-registration.
  • Event Website

Imagine Science Film Festival | Fair/Festival Art Film

  • 10 Venues across NYC, 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM ($8+)
  • The Imagine Science Film Festival was created in the hybridization of art and science and mixing subjects, genres, and even fact and fiction, is still at the core of all of our interests. Featuring dozens of films with additional talks, lectures, and panels.
  • Event Website

NY Coffee Festival | Food Fair/Festival

  • Metropolitan Pavilion (Manhattan), 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM ($24.50)
  • This year’s festival will feature live experiences from over 85 coffee, food and equipment suppliers. Visitors will enjoy endless free coffee tastings, interactive workshops, demonstrations from world-class baristas, delicious street food, intoxicating coffee cocktails, live music, art and so much more.
  • Event Website

Art in Odd Places | Art

  • 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River, All Day, (Free!)
  • Visual and performance art in unexpected public spaces. Innovative performances, installation art, and immersive experiences.
  • Event Website

Brainfood | Food Fair/Festival Class

  • Brooklyn Expo Center, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM ($50)
  • A behind the scenes look at what’s actually happening in the food world, with incredible talks, new food startups, networking opportunities, food art installations, and of course, a ton of free food.
  • Event Website

Jimmy Fallon | Comedy

  • Barnes & Noble Union Square, 12:00 PM (Free!)
  • Jimmy Fallon reads from his new children’s book Everything is… MAMA.
  • Priority Given to those who purchase the book.
  • Event Website

Horror Film Fest | Film Fair/Festival

  • Various Locations in Brooklyn, 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM ($13-$18)
  • In addition to film screenings, the festival hosts parties, Q&A’s with filmmakers, panels, events, food & drinks and more.
  • Event Website

Oktoberfest NYC: Sausage Fest Climax Party | Food Fair/Festival

  • Loreley Restaurant & Biergarten (LES), All day and night, (Free!)
  • Celebrate Oktoberfest with a 12 different kinds of sausage, drink specials, and a ceremonial keg tapping.
  • Event Website

Blocktoberfest | Fair/Festival

  • The Well (Brooklyn), 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM ($10)
  • At our 4th Annual Blocktoberfest, the NYC Brewers Guild will bring together 25 of those breweries for an awesome backyard bash featuring beer, live music, and yard games.
  • Event Website

Nature Walk | Active Tour

  • Washington Square Park, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Free!)
  • Join NYC naturalist Leslie Day for a nature walk through WSP to learn about the botanical history of the threes and the diverse bird life of the park.
  • Event Website

It’s My Park Day | Active

  • Various Locations, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Free!)
  • Help with fall park projects on this city-wide day of Park volunteerism! Activities range from spreading woodchips, weeding, planting and picking up debris, to a whole host of other beautification efforts.
  • Event Website

Hispanic Heritage Dance-Mania | Dance

  • Gertrude Ederle Rec Center (Manhattan), 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Free!)
  • Enjoy four hours of free dance lessons in salsa, flamenco, Samba, and the Latin hustle!
  • Event Website

Arctic Sunrise | Tour

  • Pier 6 Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Free!)
  • Join Greenpeace on board the Arctic Sunrise and learn about life at sea as an activist, take a guided tour of the ship, immerse yourself in the history of environmentalism and snap a photo in front of the iconic dove and rainbow on the ship’s bow. Be a part of the 2017 Atlantic Coast Ship Tour and learn about how we can all work together to protect our communities, our coasts, and our climate.
  • Guided tours take about 20 minutes, with groups moving through five stations – on the pier to view the whole ship, on the outside rear deck, the bridge, the bow and into the hold of the ship.
  • Event Website

Closer-Look Tour | Tour

  • American Folk Art Museum, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Free!)
  • A tour of War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics, led by museum gallery guides.
  • Event Website

Pop-Up Concert | Music

  • Strand Bookstore (Manhattan), 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Free!)
  • Don’t miss the new writers, Melissa Rose Hirsch and Christopher Hlinka, as they host an acoustic “pop-up concert” in the second-floor Children’s Department of songs from their new musical, “Bradical and the Pink Socks!” This is a sneak peek performance before the full production comes back to NYC for five performances in November.
  • Event Website

History of the DJ Class

  • Q.E.D. (Astoria), 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ($10)
  • A look at the history of the DJ from its humble beginnings in the radio booth to the block parties of the south Bronx to mega stadiums around the world. The class will examine the feedback loop between dancing, technology, music and culture as it pertains to the DJ and surrounding subculture. No stone will be left unturned.
  • Event Website

“Candyman” Screening | Film

  • Herbert Von King Park (Brooklyn), 6:15 PM – 8:00 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: The film follows a graduate student completing her thesis on urban legends. She stumbles upon the legendary “Candyman”, an artist and son of a slave, who had his hand severed and was then murdered.
  • Event Website

“Juan of the Dead” Screening | Film

  • Maria Hernandez Park (Brooklyn), 6:15 PM – 8:15 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: This hilarious zombie comedy tells the story of a group of slackers who face a horde of zombies that the Cuban government claims are dissidents revolting against the government. 
  • Event Website

“Monsters Inc.” Screening | Film

  • Cedar Playground (Bronx), 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: Sullivan is a huge, intimidating monster with blue fur, large purple spots and horns. His scare assistant, best friend and roommate is a green, opinionated, feisty little one-eyed monster. Visiting from the human world is Boo, a tiny girl who goes where no human has ever gone before.
  • Event Website

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Screening | Film

  • Sol Lain Playground (Manhattan), 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM (Free!)
  • Synopsis: An ex-stormtrooper, a scrappy desert dweller, and a droid companion embark on a journey that brings them face-to-face with heroes from the past, who are now battling a fascist regime called the First Order.
  • Event Website

A Raisin in the Sun | Theater

  • Harlem Repertory Theatre, 7:00 PM ($15)
  • The play’s social impact transcends generations and cultures with universally recognizable themes and characters. This iconic piece of African American dramatic literature will move audiences of all ages with its passion, humor, and humanity.
  • Event Website

Book Club: A Comedy Show | Comedy

  • Union Hall (Brooklyn), 8:00 PM ($6 Advance, $8 Door)
  • Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to
  • Event Website

Party Like It’s 1999 Dance Music

  • The Bell House (Brooklyn), 10:00 PM (Free!)
  • Unhitch that overall strap, lace up your Docs, tie that flannel around your waist, put on that matte brown lipstick, and set your VCR to record My So-Called Life. Party Like It’s 1999 is a dance party where you’ll shake it to the best pop, rock, hip hop and R&B jams of the 90’s.
  • Event Website

A 19th Century Home in Mourning | Tour

  • Merchant’s House Museum (Manhattan), 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM ($15)
  • Step back in time to 1865, when family patriarch Seabury Tredwell died at home in his second floor bedroom. Poignant scenes of death and grief recreated in the House will explore mid-19th century mourning customs. Pay your last respects at his deathbed upstairs, or join the mourning in the double parlor, hung with black crepe and set for a mid-19th century funeral. And stage your own “postmortem” photograph in our 19th century coffin.
  • Recurs through October 30
  • Event Website

Chelsea Flea Market | Fair/Festival

  • West 25th Street, between 6th Ave & Broadway, 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM ($1 admission)
  • Features up to 135 vendors selling antiques, collectibles, ephemera, decorative arts, vintage clothing, jewelry, and other types of antiques (items more than 100 years old), vintage items (including Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern items), and other desirable items from the past
  • Recurring weekly
  • Event Website

Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market | Fair/Festival

  • West 39th Street, between 9th & 10th Ave, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Free to enter, goods for purchase)
  • A place where collectors and top-notch hagglers including fashion hunters, designers, celebs, tourists, and residents shop for antiques, collectibles, vintage clothing, home decorations, furniture, ephemera, jewelry, and more
  • Recurring weekly
  • Event Website

Highline Tour: From Freight to Flowers | Tour

  • The High Line, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM (Free!)
  • A 75-minute-long tour led by High Line Docents, knowledgeable volunteer guides, will offer you an insider’s perspective on the park’s history, design, and landscape.
  • Recurs weekly through October
  • Event Website

The Green Team | Active

  • Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Free!)
  • Volunteer with the Green Team: The Green Team provides essential horticultural care to the Park, including planting, mulching, and removing invasive plants. The Green Team is a wonderful opportunity to learn about gardening, enjoy nature, and make the Park look its best.
  • Recurs Saturdays
  • Event Website

Garden Highlights Walk Tour 

  • Wave Hill, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Free!)
  • Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights.
  • Event Website

The Amazing Maize Maze & Maze By Moonlight | Active

  • Queens Farm, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM ($10)
  • Find your way out of this three-acre corn labyrinth! The adventure begins with a “Stalk Talk” to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles, and making your way out of the maze.
  • This weekend (and next), the maze stays open until moonlight. Recurs weekends through October.
  • Event Website

Urban Farm Exploration Day | Active

  • Randall’s Island Park (Manhattan), 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Free!)
  • Explore and learn about the great variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, chickens, and even rice paddies.
  • Recurs Saturdays and Sundays through mid-October
  • Event Website

Smorgasburg | Food Fair/Festival

  • Willamsburg (Saturday) and Prospect Park (Sunday), 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Free to enter, food and drink for purchase)
  • 75-100 food and drink vendors
  • Recurring weekly, April through October
  • Event Website

Long Island City Flea & Food | Fair/Festival Food

  • 5-25 46th Avenue, LIC, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Free to enter, goods for purchase)
  • The market has over 80 carefully curated vendors that sell items such as internationally inspired food & drink, antiques, art, furniture, fashion, jewelry, arts & crafts and much more
  • This week: Beer Festival ($29) – unlimited beer from many of the best breweries in NYC.
  • Recurring weekly
  • Event Website

Brooklyn Brewery Tours | Tour Food

  • Brooklyn Brewery, 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Free!)
  • Tour the brewery and learn how beer is made.
  • Recurs every Saturday & Sunday
  • Event Website

Union Square Park Tour | Tour

  • Union Square, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (Free!)
  • Explore the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood and learn about the people and events that shaped this vibrant historical community.
  • Recurring every Saturday
  • Event Website

Bargemusic Music

  • Brooklyn Bridge Park, 4:00 PM (Free!)
  • Walk across the gangplank of a renovated coffee barge for a one-hour, family-friendly concert by Bargemusic.
  • Recurs Saturdays
  • Event Website

Queens Night Market | Fair/Festival Food

  • New York Hall of Science, 6:00 PM – Midnight (Free to enter, food and drink for purchase)
  • Open-air market that celebrates the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of Queens and NYC through affordable street food, art, and performances.
  • Recurring every Saturday
  • Event Website

Trivia Night | Fun & Games

Last Stop Laughs | Comedy

  • Q.E.D. (Astoria), 11:00 PM – 12:30 AM (Free!)
  • Late night stand up.
  • Recurs every Saturday
  • Event Website

 

Sunday October 15, 2017

NY Coffee Festival | Food Fair/Festival

  • Metropolitan Pavilion (Manhattan), 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM ($24.50)
  • This year’s festival will feature live experiences from over 85 coffee, food and equipment suppliers. Visitors will enjoy endless free coffee tastings, interactive workshops, demonstrations from world-class baristas, delicious street food, intoxicating coffee cocktails, live music, art and so much more.
  • Event Website

Open House New York | Fair/Festival Tour

  • Throughout NYC, All day Saturday and Sunday, (Free!)
  • An annual event in which hundreds of sites that are generally closed to the public are open to everyone. There are more than 275 participating sites with an estimated 85,000 visitors and more than 1,200 registered volunteers. There are tours, talks, and events at many sites. Some require pre-registration.
  • Event Website

Art in Odd Places | Art

  • 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River, All Day, (Free!)
  • Visual and performance art in unexpected public spaces. Innovative performances, installation art, and immersive experiences.
  • Event Website

Pickle Day | Food Fair/Festival

  • Orchard St. (Manhattan), 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Free!)
  • Three full blocks of the best in LES restaurants and boutiques – packed with giant games, a face painter, live DJs, balloon animals, carnival games, and giveaways galore! Come on down to enjoy all things pickled with 20+ picklers, 30 local eateries, specialty ice cream surprises, pickles on a stick, and our giant talking pickle mascot!
  • Event Website

Harvest Fest & Pumpkin Patch | Fair/Festival

  • Queens Botanical Garden, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM ($12)
  • Live music, bounce houses, petting zoo, face painting, tours, composting demonstrations, craft and food vendors, beer & wine tent, the ever-popular Pumpkin Patch, and more.
  • Event Website

Horror Film Fest | Film Fair/Festival

  • Various Locations in Brooklyn, 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM ($13-$18)
  • In addition to film screenings, the festival hosts parties, Q&A’s with filmmakers, panels, events, food & drinks and more.
  • Event Website

Imagine Science Film Festival | Fair/Festival Art Film

  • 10 Venues across NYC, 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM ($8+)
  • The Imagine Science Film Festival was created in the hybridization of art and science and mixing subjects, genres, and even fact and fiction, is still at the core of all of our interests. Featuring dozens of films with additional talks, lectures, and panels.
  • Event Website

Apple Picking | Active

  • Manhattan Land Trust, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ($20)
  • Let’s Pick Apples! Manhattan Land Trust is hosting a field trip to the Hudson Valley for apple picking. Join us as we take a trip to: Liberty View Farm!
  • Register in advance – meeting location in Manhattan TBD.
  • Event Website

Arctic Sunrise | Tour

  • Pier 6 Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Free!)
  • Join Greenpeace on board the Arctic Sunrise and learn about life at sea as an activist, take a guided tour of the ship, immerse yourself in the history of environmentalism and snap a photo in front of the iconic dove and rainbow on the ship’s bow. Be a part of the 2017 Atlantic Coast Ship Tour and learn about how we can all work together to protect our communities, our coasts, and our climate.
  • Guided tours take about 20 minutes, with groups moving through five stations – on the pier to view the whole ship, on the outside rear deck, the bridge, the bow and into the hold of the ship.
  • Event Website

Central Park Tour: North Woods | Tour

  • 110th between Lenox & 5th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PM (Free!)
  • Highlights include Harlem Meer, Huddlestone Arch, the Loch, Glenspan Arch, several cascades, and the Pool.
  • Event Website

Picture This! | Comedy

  • Union Hall (Brooklyn), 7:30 PM ($8 Advance, $10 Door)
  • Picture This! is a live comedy show with stand-ups performing while they are drawn live by some of the best animators, cartoonists, and other artists.
  • Event Website

Buffy Trivia| Film Fun & Games

  • Videology Bar & Cinema (Brooklyn), 8:00 PM (Free)
  • 5 Rounds of Buffy Trivia: there will be a clips round, a picture round, two general knowledge rounds, and a surprise round, giving you plenty of time to settle your Angel vs. Spike debate.
  • Event Website

Bitch Street Comedy

  • Q.E.D. (Astoria), 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM ($8 Advance, $10 Door)
  • In this interview-style, Lyssa Mandel invites guests to present poignant/painful creations from their adolescence on stage and follows with engaging questions that cut to the heart of how all our teenage pain is the same.
  • Event Website

Chelsea Flea Market | Fair/Festival

  • West 25th Street, between 6th Ave & Broadway, 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM ($1 admission)
  • Features up to 135 vendors selling antiques, collectibles, ephemera, decorative arts, vintage clothing, jewelry, and other types of antiques (items more than 100 years old), vintage items (including Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern items), and other desirable items from the past
  • Recurring weekly
  • Event Website

Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market | Fair/Festival

  • West 39th Street, between 9th & 10th Ave, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Free to enter, goods for purchase)
  • A place where collectors and top-notch hagglers including fashion hunters, designers, celebs, tourists, and residents shop for antiques, collectibles, vintage clothing, home decorations, furniture, ephemera, jewelry, and more
  • Recurring weekly
  • Event Website

Grand Bazaar | Fair/Festival

  • 77th St. & Columbus Ave., 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM (Free!)
  • Recurring every Sunday
  • The largest curated weekly market on the Upper West Side: indoors & outdoors, local artist, designers, and antique/vintage dealers sell one-of-a-kind and limited edition art, antique watches, vintage collectibles and fashion, handmade jewelry and furniture.
  • Event Website

Big City Fishing | Active Class

  • Pier 25 (Tribeca), Pier 84 (Chelsea), 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Free!)
  • Learn how to fish while engaging with trained environmental educators about river science topics. Rods, reels, and instruction provided.
  • Event Website

The Amazing Maize Maze | Active

  • Queens Farm, 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM ($10)
  • Find your way out of this three-acre corn labyrinth! The adventure begins with a “Stalk Talk” to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles, and making your way out of the maze.
  • Recurs weekends through October
  • Event Website

Smorgasburg | Food Fair/Festival

  • Willamsburg (Saturday) and Prospect Park (Sunday), 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Free to enter, food and drink for purchase)
  • 75-100 food and drink vendors
  • Recurring weekly, April through October
  • Event Website

Long Island City Flea & Food | Fair/Festival Food

  • 5-25 46th Avenue, LIC, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Free to enter, goods for purchase)
  • The market has over 80 carefully curated vendors that sell items such as internationally inspired food & drink, antiques, art, furniture, fashion, jewelry, arts & crafts and much more.
  • This week: Beer Festival ($29) – unlimited beer from many of the best breweries in NYC.
  • Recurring weekly
  • Event Website

Brooklyn Brewery Tours | Tour Food

  • Brooklyn Brewery, 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Free!)
  • Tour the brewery and learn how beer is made.
  • Recurs every Saturday & Sunday
  • Event Website

Shell-ebrate Oysters | Active Class

  • Pier 25 (Tribeca), 4:00 PM (Free!)
  • Oysters filter water, engineer reef habitat, and stabilize shorelines. Work alongside Park staff to restore oysters and learn how these bivalves benefit the health of the river.
  • Recurs through October 15; registration recommended
  • Event Website

Trivia Night | Fun & Games

  • Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor Soha (by Columbia), 7:00 PM (Free!)
  • Recurring every Sunday
  • Each week features an “On This Day In History” round, a rapid-fire “Name Threes” round, the best-curated audio round in the city, and tons of prizes, including books, theater tickets, & other prizes (many of them drinkable).
  • TriviaNYC Website
  • Venue Website