2012 Summer Outdoors Events Calendar
New Yorkers love to enjoy the outdoors — and there are outdoor FREE events, concerts, dances, theater performances and more every night of the week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Here’s a partial calendar of events and resources to help you enjoy NYC on the Cheap –
Free daytime concerts
Toyota Today Show Summer Concert Series – Friday mornings in Rockefeller Plaza
Good Morning America Summer Concert Series – Friday mornings in Central Park
Free Music Under the Stars
Lincoln Center Out of Doors — Hundreds of events and artists
Celebrate Brooklyn — Concerts Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights at Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park, through Aug. 7th
Bryant Park After Work — Wednesdays, Bryant Park
Riverside Park Sunset Concert Series — Saturday evenings, Riverside Park
New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks – Free classic music, July 11 to July 17
Harlem Meer Performance Festival – Doncerts and dance performances along the lake at Central Park’s Harlem Meer, 110th St. and Lenox Ave. Sundays, 2-4 p.m.
Dancing Under the Stars
- Midsummer Night Swing – Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center – $17
- Moondance - Sundays, Pier 84, Hudson River Park — FREE. Free dance lesson at 6:30 p.m., live music 7-10 p.m.
Movies Under the Stars
- Bryant Park Summer Film Festival — Mondays, June 18 to August 20th
- RiverFlicks for Kids – Fridays, Pier 46, Hudson River Park
- RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups — Wednesdays, Pier 63 Lawn, Hudson River Park
- Rooftop Summer Series – Rotating schedule of Underground and Indie films, in Manhattan and Brooklyn
- Scyfi Movies With A View — Thursday evenings in Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Intrepid Summer Movie Series — Friday night family flicks on the top deck
- Tompkins Square Movie Series — Thursday evenings, through August 16th