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 and south in the … [Read more...]
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 Indonesia, and a lot … [Read more...]
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 NYC on the Cheap … [Read more...]
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 in Bryant … [Read more...]
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 after … [Read more...]
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 weather cooperates with … [Read more...]
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 Fan Choice … [Read more...]
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 pit stop on their … [Read more...]
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