Your weekend begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this weekend. No worries that it starts with Friday the 13th because there are FREE tree lighting ceremonies, FREE holiday light shows and train shows, and MTA Holiday Nostalgia Train rides to enjoy. In this big lead-up weekend to Christmas and Chanukkah, here's your complete guide to the best of New York … [Read more...]
NYC Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ceremonies
The world's largest Hanukkah menorah will be lit every evening for eight nights on Fifth Avenue at 59th Street, starting Sunday, Dec. 22nd A slightly smaller one also is being lit nightly in Brooklyn, celebrated each evening with live music, latkes, and gifts for children with a live kickoff concert on the first night. Both menorahs are at their respective Grand Army Plaza locations, at … [Read more...]
Times Square Wishing Wall Turns Wishes Into Confetti
Make your wishes for 2020 part of the confetti that sprinkles celebrants at the world's largest New Year's Eve party, in Times Square. Once again this year, you can add your own wishes, hopes and dreams to the annual virtual Times Square New Year's Eve Wishing Wall. Each year, people from around the planet include their wishes for the new year on pieces of official Times Square New Year's … [Read more...]
Get Comp Tickets to Shows, Events, Cruises
Get aboard the Comp Train to get FREE tickets to shows and concerts, sports events, foodie and art events, party cruises and more, in New York City and in cities nationwide. If you don't live in NYC or aren't visiting soon, there are Comp Train freebies to shows and events nationwide, including nearby Philadelphia and Boston, plus Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Denver, Chicago and more … [Read more...]
NYC Walks: Best Holiday Decorations in Midtown
NYC is magical any time of year, especially at the holidays, when there are sparkling lights everywhere. Here are the best decorations, including department store windows, Christmas trees and other delights, around Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Ave., Columbus Circle. It's an easy itinerary that can take two hours or two days, depending on what else you take in, such as ice … [Read more...]
Where to See Santa in NYC
It's time to take the kids to see Santa, and have their photo taken for a lifetime of happy holiday memories. Here are the best places to see Santa in all five boroughs of NYC. Most visits are FREE, including reservations to reduce the time you spend on line. It's the photos that cost, and some packages start at a Grinch-like $30, which is neither NYC on the cheap or Santa on the … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Best Holiday Light Shows
NYC is magical any time of year, especially at the holidays, when there are special FREE holiday light shows to dazzle us and entertain us. Here are the NYC on the Cheap choices of the eight best - in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island - including returning favorites, the first-ever holiday light show at the new Hudson Yards, and one that is not free but definitely worth the … [Read more...]
Kids Night on Broadway Free Tickets to Shows
Tickets are on sale now for Kids' Night on Broadway, the annual event when kids ages 18 and under can see top family-friendly Broadway shows for FREE when accompanied by a full-paying adult. Participating family-friendly shows include The Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen, Mean Girls, Wicked and To Kill a Mockingbird. Kids' Night on Broadway 2020 is Tues., Feb. 25, 2020, and some tickets include … [Read more...]
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