Today NYC In Focus is tracking 167 public events across New York City, from City-permitted parades and street fairs to concerts, museum programs and neighborhood happenings. Here are 40 picks across all five boroughs, with times and places. Details come from official NYC permits, organizers’ own calendars and ticket listings, and can change, so check with the organizer before you go.
Standouts
- 9:00 AM · Central Park Conservancy Film Festival 2026 · Central Park: Frisbee Hill, Central Park: Bandshell Plaza
- 10:00 AM · Health and Wellness Fair · Richard Harris Terrace (199 Chambers St., near the Panther Station)
- 2:00 PM · The 2026 Banned Wagon Tour — Bushwick Library · Brooklyn Public Library: Bushwick Branch, 340 Bushwick Avenue
- 7:00 PM · Asha Banks: something inbetween tour · Bowery Ballroom
- 7:00 PM · *SOLD OUT* Asha Banks: something inbetween tour · Bowery Ballroom
- 7:00 PM · Everything Everything – Get To Heaven 10th Annivesary Tour · Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G
- 7:30 PM · MSM Composers’ Concert · Manhattan School of Music
- 12:00 AM · Green Market · Bowling Green: Subway Plaza (Cobblestone)
Manhattan
- 7:00 AM · Madison Square Park Sukkah · Madison Square Park: Farragut Lawn
- 8:00 AM · Sukkot · West 110 Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue
- 8:00 AM · Sukkot religious holiday · Duane Street between Church Street and West Broadway
- 9:00 AM · New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery · Arsenal in Central Park
- 9:00 AM · Central Park Conservancy Film Festival 2026 · Central Park: Frisbee Hill, Central Park: Bandshell Plaza
- 10:00 AM · Health and Wellness Fair · Richard Harris Terrace (199 Chambers St., near the Panther Station)
- 3:30 PM · Monday Painting Lab (Ages 5–8) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 5:00 PM · Cardio Sculpt · Dance Room (in Chelsea Recreation Center)
- 5:00 PM · Uptown For Palestine: Ceasefire Now Vigil – WEEKLY Mondays · 720 West 181st St., Manhattan
- 6:00 PM · Hoop Jam in Herald Square Park
- 7:00 PM · Asha Banks: something inbetween tour · Bowery Ballroom
- 7:00 PM · *SOLD OUT* Asha Banks: something inbetween tour · Bowery Ballroom
- 7:00 PM · Everything Everything – Get To Heaven 10th Annivesary Tour · Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G
- 7:30 PM · MSM Composers’ Concert · Manhattan School of Music
- 12:00 AM · Green Market · Bowling Green: Subway Plaza (Cobblestone)
Brooklyn
- 8:00 AM · Model Helicopter Flying · Calvert Vaux Park: Hobby Field
- 8:00 AM · Sukah · Prospect Park: Lincoln Road Lawns
- 10:00 AM · Yoga · Brooklyn Public Library- Gerritsen Beach
- 11:00 AM · SEGA Sonic 35th Anniversary – Club Chaos at 599 Johnson Ave – Brooklyn · Johnson Avenue between Scott Avenue and Gardner Avenue
- 12:00 PM · Third United Lenape \/ Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow · Lefrak Center at Lakeside
- 2:00 PM · The 2026 Banned Wagon Tour — Bushwick Library · Brooklyn Public Library: Bushwick Branch, 340 Bushwick Avenue
- 9:30 PM · Baby's Presents: SAY NOW · Baby's All Right, 146 Broadway
- 12:01 AM · sukka · 18 Avenue between 56 Street and 57 Street
Queens
- 7:00 AM · Outdoor learning · Hinton Park
- 7:00 AM · Tienda de Pueblo · 34 Avenue between 77 Street and 78 Street
- 9:30 AM · Compost Build Community Volunteer Days · Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street
Bronx
- 7:00 AM · Project Street Beat – Keith Haring Foundation Mobile Health Center Community Event · East 161 Street between Walton Avenue and Gerard Avenue
- 9:00 AM · SAIL Structure at Lou Gehrig Plaza · Lou Gehrig Plaza: Lou Gehrig Plaza E. 161st Street between Walton Ave and Grand Concourse
- 10:00 AM · CANCELLED: Monday Morning Pitch In to Pick Up · Bronx River House in Starlight Park
Staten Island
- 9:00 AM · Model Aircraft Flying · LaTourette Park & Golf Course: Model Airplane Field
- 10:00 AM · Tompkinsville Greenhouse · Tompkinsville Park: Tompkinsville Park – Whole Park
- 11:00 AM · Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden · H.H. Biddle House in Conference House Park
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- Things to Do in NYC Today: Saturday, October 3, 2026
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