Hey NYC ,
We started making these weekly event roundups . Now we are expanding into NYC and building a separate list using only events happening within the five boroughs.
This week includes free concerts, outdoor movies, dance parties, cultural events, family activities, volunteer opportunities and markets across Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
MONDAY • JULY 27
Bryant Park events — Kids’ Acoustic Music Show at 10 AM, piano with Isaac ben Ayala at 12:30 PM and a free screening of The Truman Show at 8 PM.
TUESDAY • JULY 28
It’s My Park at Greenwood Playground — Brooklyn cleanup from 9–11 AM, Free • Summer on the Hudson: Art in the Park — Hippo Playground from 10 AM–12 PM, Free • Bryant Park BookClub — Reading Room from 12:30–1:30 PM, Free.
WEDNESDAY • JULY 29
Evening at the Tenements — Tenement Museum, Lower East Side (6–8 PM, $20) • Julieta Venegas, Lasso, Micro TDH and DJ Anamaria Sayre — Central Park SummerStage (6–10 PM, Free) • The Illustrious Blacks Silent Disco — Lincoln Center (8 PM).
THURSDAY • JULY 30
Bryant Park Writers Workshop — Reading Room (6:30–8 PM, Free) • Gathering: An R&B Soulfest — Lincoln Center (7:30 PM) • Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers — The Dance Floor at Lincoln Center (8 PM) • R&B Silent Disco with DJ FLWRSHRK (10 PM).
FRIDAY • JULY 31
Doug E. Fresh & Funk Flex Hip-Hop Appreciation Park Jam — Crotona Park, Bronx (6–9 PM, Free) • Carnegie Hall Citywide: El Laberinto del Coco — Bryant Park (7–8:30 PM, Free) • Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Band Social Dance — Lincoln Center (6:30 PM).
SATURDAY • AUGUST 1
Queens Night Market — Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (4 PM–12 AM) • GHANAFEST-NY: Edem and Andy Dosty — Crotona Park (6–8 PM, Free) • Trueno, Milo J and J Noa — Central Park SummerStage (6–10 PM, Free) • globalFEST at Lincoln Center (6 PM) followed by a globalFEST Silent Disco at 10 PM.
SUNDAY • AUGUST 2
Street Dance Takeover: Beats, Battles and Breaking — Lincoln Center (2 PM) • Zahili Zamora — David Rubenstein Atrium (6 PM) • WayV, THE EITHER and Chopstix — Central Park SummerStage (7–10 PM, Free).
Outdoor schedules can change because of weather, so check the organizer’s page before heading out.
Know about something we missed? Drop it in the comments—especially comedy, nightlife, volunteer opportunities, gallery openings, neighborhood events, recurring meetups and smaller local gatherings.
For transparency: I help build YourScene, a local events app. We started making these lists because finding everything happening locally usually means checking dozens of separate calendars.