There's still time to get FREE tickets to the Global Citizen Festival, NYC's biggest annual outdoor concert, with a blockbuster line-up including Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Carole King, One Republic, Ben Platt and Queen with Adam Lambert. Hugh Jackman returns as host for the sixth year. Global Citizen Festival 2019 is Saturday, Sept.28, in Central Park. It blends great music with … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend August 22-25
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this final weekend before Labor Day. This weekend it's all about music, including the start of the FREE Met Opera Summer HD Festival, the FREE Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and the FREE Blues BBQ Festival. There's so much to see and do in NYC and never enough time to see and do it all. All events are FREE and … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Met Opera Summer HD Festival
See ten nights of FREE Metropolitan Opera performances on a giant screen in Lincoln Center Plaza, starting this weekend. This 11th anniversary Met Opera Summer HD Festival features ten performances from the Met’s Live in HD series of cinema and TV transmissions, including such favorites as Aida and Carmen. As always, the series begins with the screening of a film about opera. … [Read more...]
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Free Concerts & Events
All that jazz! The annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival begins this weekend, honoring the legendary music pioneer with a ten days of FREE concerts, films about jazz and more, in NYC parks and other locations including the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Concerts include both contemporaries of Charlie Parker and young jazz musicians from the USA, Africa and the Caribbean continuing the art … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend July 26-28
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this final weekend of July weekend, including FREE outdoor music and dance performances at Lincoln Center, NYC Restaurant Week and more. There's so much to see and do in NYC and never enough time to see and do it all. All events are FREE and family-friendly, unless otherwise noted. The NYC on the Cheap motto … [Read more...]
Midsummer Night Swing Final Week
This is the third and final week of the annual Midsummer Night Swing, with dancing to live bands outdoors under the stars in Lincoln Center. It's another blockbuster week including Big Band, Tango and New Orleans Blues, and a FREE dance lesson for people with limited mobility, including seated versions of dances. As always, Midsummer Night Swing winds up with a special FREE dance for kids on … [Read more...]
Midsummer Night Swing Week Two
Get those dancing shoes shined up and ready. This is the second week of the annual three-week Midsummer Night Swing, with dancing to live bands outdoors under the stars in Lincoln Center. This is the 30th anniversary of Midsummer Night Swing, with another great rotating roster of local and international Swing, Salsa, Disco, Pop and R&B bands. Advance tickets are $18 with tickets at … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend June 28-30
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this final June weekend, including the final weekend of the month-long NYC Pride events, dancing under the stars at Midsummer Night Swing, two fireworks displays to give us a head start on July 4th, and more. There's so much to see and do in NYC and never enough time to see and do it all. All events are FREE … [Read more...]
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