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Free Friday concerts in Central Park, Rockefeller Center

These are the last few weeks of FREE Friday concerts presented by the Today Show and Good Morning America, which end on Labor Day weekend.  This Friday, in Rockefeller Plaza, its  it’s the popular Country music group, the Zac Brown Band.  Next week, it’s popular  performer Jeff Bridges.  This Friday, in Central Park’s Rumsey [...]

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Free tickets to Andrea Bocelli concert in Central Park now available

Tickets are being given out  today, Thursday, August 4th for the FREE concert by the New York Philharmonic, with special guest star Andrea Bocelli,  in Central Park on September 15th.  A ticket is required for entrance to the Great Lawn.  Tickets are being handed out beginning at 9 a.m.  — a maximum of four [...]

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Free Friday concerts in Central Park, Rockefeller Center

These are the last few weeks of FREE Friday concerts presented by the Today Show and Good Morning America, which end on Labor Day weekend.  This Friday, in Rockefeller Plaza, its rock band Maroon 5, whose lead singer is a judge on the NBC show The Voice.  Next Friday, it’s the popular Country music [...]

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Free tickets to Andrea Bocelli concert in Central Park available on August 4th

Tickets will be given out Thursday, August 4th for the FREE concert by the New York Philharmonic, with special guest star Andrea Bocelli,  in Central Park on September 15th.  A ticket is required for entrance to the Great Lawn.  Tickets are being handed out beginning at 9 a.m.  — a maximum of four per [...]

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Free performance of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in Central Park

Opera in the park.  Grand opera in Central Park. The New York Grand Opera performs what is arguably the most famous and most beautiful opera of them all, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, FREE at the Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, Wednesday, August 3rd at 7:30 p.m.  The bandshell is mid-park at 72nd Street.  Get there [...]

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Free street fairs, parades, concerts this weekend

Enjoy the last weekend of July with these free and frugal family events in NYC –

Saturday street fairs –

Festival of the Americas, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 56th Streets Vanderbilt YMCA Festival — 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Second Avenue, between 46th and 57th Streets

Sunday [...]

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Free Friday concerts: Cee Lo Green in Rockefeller Center, Goo Goo Dolls in Central Park

The FREE Friday concert series competition between the Today Show and Good Morning America continues this week with  top award-winning performers.

Cee Lo Green is the man behind the hit song “Forget You”, and a judge on NBC’s “The Voice”, performing his top hits in Rockefeller Center for the Toyota Today Show Concert Series. The [...]

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Thanks to all who attended my lecture at the NYPL

It was a full house last night at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch for my FREE talk on Peaceful Places in NYC, the title of my most recent travel guidebook.  Everybody had a great time, especially me, because I love to share good news about my home town.  Lots of you asked great questions about [...]

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Free Friday concerts in Central Park: Selena Gomez tomorrow

Selena Gomez is the performer this week at the FREE Good Morning America Summer Concert Series, with a different best-selling recording artist every Friday through September.  The concerts are broadcast live on GMA from 8:30 and 8:45 a.m., and continue past 9 a.m. for the crowd in Central Park.  You can enter the concert location [...]

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Take the kids camping overnight in NYC parks

Sleep in NYC parks with the Urban Rangers

Sleeping in the park overnight is not recommended, unless you are part of the annual Urban Rangers family camping program.  On Friday and Saturday nights in July and August, families can sleep under the stars in NYC parks in all five boroughs, including Central [...]

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Free family concert in Central Park on Sunday celebrates World Environment Day

posted by Evelyn Kanter

Sunday, June 5th is World Environment Day, and what better place to celebrate than in Central Park, the world’s most famous green urban environment.  Even better, celebrate with a special family event.  The Central Park Conservancy’s “A Clearing in the Forest” is a series of performances that combines eco-education [...]

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Free concerts at Central Park SummerStage include Yo-Yo Ma, Reggie Watts, Hugh Masekela

posted by Evelyn Kanter

Even though the Memorial Day Weekend is the official start of summer, New York City’s summer season doesn’t really start until the first free outdoor concerts in Central Park.  The schedule for this year’s SummerStage Main Stage concerts include legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the equally legendary Hugh Masekela, and the [...]

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