Your budget probably is still recovering from the holidays, but fear not, because NYC is filled with FREE things to do every month, including the second half of the first month of 2020. Put these FREE and cheap events on your calendar for the last two weeks of January and save your money for the next holiday. Our list includes the annual Broadway Week two-for-one ticket … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap Things to Do January 20-31
Bryant Park
NYC Free: Birding Tours in Bryant Park
A little birdie told us that FREE guided birding tours in Bryant Park return for Fall 2019 on Monday, Sept. 9th, through mid-October. You might be surprised to learn that 129 species of birds have been spotted in the park, just a couple of blocks from Times Square. Twice yearly, Spring and Fall, thousands of birds pass over New York City, making their way north in the spring … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Birding Tours in Bryant Park
What to Do Free & Cheap Labor Day Weekend
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this three-day Labor Day Weekend. Four days if you start today. There is FREE opera at the Met Opera Summer HD Festival, FREE Shakespeare in Bryant Park, the FREE annual North River Tugboat Race, street fairs and festivals celebrating the cultures of the Caribbean, Brazil, Japan and … [Read more...] about What to Do Free & Cheap Labor Day Weekend
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend July 18-21
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this mid-July weekend, including celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the big OZY Fest in Central Park. 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 … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap Weekend July 18-21
NYC Free: Carnegie Hall Citywide Concerts
Start your weekend with FREE concerts in Bryant Park. Carnegie Hall Citywide returns today, kicking off five free Friday concerts featuring top classical, folk, Afro-Brazilian, Latin, Celtic, funk, and gospel artists. The first four concerts are 90 minutes, and the final one is a fabulous four-hour extravaganza. On Mondays, there are FREE outdoor movie screenings … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Carnegie Hall Citywide Concerts
NYC Free: Outdoor Movies in Manhattan
Who says NYC has to be expensive? One of the great joys of summer in NYC is all the FREE events, including FREE outdoor movie screenings in NYC parks, gardens and other outdoor spaces. Here is a list of scheduled screenings in Manhattan, on different nights of the week, now through September. Unless otherwise noted, outdoor film screenings are at sunset or just … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Outdoor Movies in Manhattan
NYC Free: Best Things to Do This Week
As we tell you often here on NYC on the Cheap, cheap is good, free is better. Here are the best FREE things to see and do in New York City this week, including NY Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, the Museum Mile festival, outdoor movies, events celebrating NYC Pride Week, and more. Our motto is get more NYC for less money with NYC on the Cheap. Let's hope the … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Best Things to Do This Week
Bryant Park Free Outdoor Movie Lineup 2019
Bryant Park Movie Nights returns for the umpteenth season with another series of FREE outdoor screenings of films with connections to New York City. Once again, the screenings are on Monday evenings, on a new 40-foot high-definition LED screen. The series begins on June 10th with Big, starring Tom Hanks and the late, great, Penny Marshall, and ends on August 12th with a … [Read more...] about Bryant Park Free Outdoor Movie Lineup 2019
NYC Free: Spring Birding Tours of Bryant Park
Some people have said NYC is for the birds. They haven't been to Bryant Park, where birds are so abundant that Bryant Park partners with the New York Audobon Society each spring to conduct FREE birding tours, starting this week. This is the 11th year for the FREE tours, popular with both experienced birders and newcomers to check out the birds who use Bryant Park as a … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Spring Birding Tours of Bryant Park
Best Free & Cheap Things to do in November
There are lots of things to celebrate in NYC in November besides the Veterans Day Weekend and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. As always, most of the NYC on the Cheap things to do list is FREE, and nothing is over $25, although we do make occasional exceptions for charity fund-raisers that benefit NYC parks or support NYC poor and needy, and special theater ticketing. Where … [Read more...] about Best Free & Cheap Things to do in November
