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Free NY Guitar Festival performance tonight at WFC Winter Garden

The New York Guitar Festival opens tonight with a free performance in honor of the 30th anniversary of Brian Eno’s tribute to the NASA moon landings, Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks.  This is a  a live re-imagining of this sonic masterpiece featuring the ambient ensemble itsnotyouitsme, along with guitar master Larry Campbell and special guests [...]

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Free New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Peace on earth, goodwill to man.  That’s a universal wish, no matter which holiday you celebrate this season.  Take your peaceful wishes to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on New Year’s Eve for the annual FREE Concert for Peace.  The centerpiece of this year’s concert will be the oratorio A Child of [...]

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Free Dixieland jazz performance at Lincoln Center

Get those toes tapping at this free performance by the six-piece Gotham Jazzmen.  It’s the last performance of 2011 for Toe Tappin’ Tuesdays  at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in Lincoln Center.  The music is Tuesday, December 27th, noon to 1:30 PM at the Bruno Walter Auditorium.  There are no [...]

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Free music concerts Monday celebrate Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square

There’s a long list of FREE concerts and dance performances Monday, November 28th, as part of the festival Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square that begins with a tree lighting ceremony at Broadway and 63rd St.  Here’s a partial list –and remember — everything is FREE –

Folk icon Arlo Guthrie performs at 5:30 PM at [...]

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Free Michael Buble, Neil Diamond concerts at Rockefeller Plaza

Last week, it was Justin Bieber and Mary J. Blige giving free concerts in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.  This week, it’s popular crooners Michael Buble and Neil Diamond, also appearing as part of the Toyota Concert Series on the NBC Today Show in the days before and after Thanksgiving and the [...]

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Five free and cheap things to do in NYC this Thanksgiving holiday weekend

Give your credit card a rest from Black Friday shopping with these free and cheap events and activities around town this weekend –

Walk off Thanksgiving Day dinner with a 12-mile stroll along the Hudson River with Shorewalkers on Saturday.  Meet at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Whitehall Street at 10 a.m., and walk [...]

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Free Justin Bieber concert in Rockefeller Center

Teen idol Justin Bieber is giving a FREE concert in Rockefeller Plaza on Wednesday, November 23rd, the day before Thanksgiving.  The free performance is outside  the NBC Today Show window-on-the-world studio, at 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.  He’ll be performing between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM, with segments aired live on the morning TV [...]

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Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park Friday, Sept. 30th

There are no more FREE tickets available for the Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park on Friday, Sept. 30th, but there are still tickets available for purchase — click here to purchase tickets.  VIP tickets cost $250. The concert — originally scheduled for June 9th — was rained out and rescheduled for this [...]

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Andrea Bocelli concert tonight in Central Park requires ticket for entry

All tickets for the free Andrea Bocelli concert in Central Park tonight, with the New York Philharmonic, have been given out.  There are no more free tickets to this concert, and a ticket is required for entrance to the Great Lawn. You will not be allowed inside the gates without a ticket.  But that doesn’t [...]

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9/11 Anniversary free events calendar for Sat., September 10, 2011

World Trade Center, not Ground Zero

There are many free events and museum and gallery openings on Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September. 11, 2011, in honor of the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11.  Here’s a partial list –  be aware that it will be quite difficult getting around Lower Manhattan on Sunday, even [...]

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9/11 Anniversary event today: Broadway show tunes concert in Times Square

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Today, Broadway theater commemorates the Tenth Anniversary of September 11 with a FREE concert by Broadway show performers in Times Square.  The special performance of New York, New York replaces New York City’s  annual Broadway on Broadway concert.   Probably the most famous version of the iconic song, originally composed by Kander [...]

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Moby gives talk,performs songs from new CD Destroyed at Barnes & Noble

Moby

Moby is one of a handful of performers famous enough to go by just one name.  Moby is one of them.  Moby fans can see him live, FREE, at Barnes & Noble, chatting about Destroyed, his new book of photos about life on the road, and hear him perform cuts from his [...]

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