Today NYC In Focus is tracking 194 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
- 11:30 AM · Knicks Celebration · Borden Avenue between Center Blvd and 2nd Street
- 1:00 PM · Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations · 250 Broadway – 8th Floor – Hearing Room 1
- 4:00 PM · Valence Fall Fest · Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Around the Unisphere
- 7:00 PM · Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE Home on the Range Tour 2026 · Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn
- 8:00 PM · Ghostbusters In Concert · Keswick Theatre
- 8:00 PM · VIP Bowling Lane Add On – AJ McLean – Not a Concert Ticket · Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn
- 8:00 PM · Toad The Wet Sprocket – Rings: The Acoustic Tour · Sony Hall
- 8:00 PM · Express Entry – AJ McLean – Not a Concert Ticket · Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn
Manhattan
- 6:15 AM · Rowing in Inwood Park · Inwood Hill Park: Muscota Marsh
- 7:00 AM · UKF Iron23 Production Curb Lane · West 24 Street between 5 Avenue and 6 Avenue
- 8:00 AM · Billie Brightpaw Activation at Grand Central Terminal – Vanderbilt Hall · East 42 Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue
- 9:00 AM · DOT Partner Pell Open Streets Events · Pell Street between Bowery and Mott Street
- 10:00 AM · Committee on Criminal Justice · 250 Broadway – 8th Floor – Hearing Room 3
- 1:00 PM · Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations · 250 Broadway – 8th Floor – Hearing Room 1
- 3:30 PM · Monday Painting Lab (Ages 5–8) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 5:00 PM · Uptown For Palestine: Ceasefire Now Vigil – WEEKLY Mondays · 720 West 181st St., Manhattan
- 5:30 PM · Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy · Columbus Circle
- 7:00 PM · New York Rangers vs. Anaheim Ducks · Madison Square Garden
- 7:00 PM · NY Rangers vs Anaheim Ducks Premium Seating · Madison Square Garden
- 7:30 PM · Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto · Nicolas str, City Hall Park Path
- 8:00 PM · Toad The Wet Sprocket – Rings: The Acoustic Tour · Sony Hall
- 12:00 AM · Green Market · Bowling Green: Subway Plaza (Cobblestone)
Brooklyn
- 8:00 AM · Immigrant Culture Month at Avenue C Plaza Extension – September · Avenue C Plaza: Avenue C Plaza MCDONALD AVENUE between AVENUE C and CHURCH AVENUE
- 8:00 AM · Model Helicopter Flying · Calvert Vaux Park: Hobby Field
- 8:00 AM · Rain or Shine Diaper Distro – WEEKLY Mondays · The Living Gallery (Bushwick / Bed-Stuy)
- 9:30 AM · Bike Safety Class – McCarren – October 2026 · McCarren Park: Bayard/Union Lawns
- 3:00 PM · Haunted Mission · Beat The Bomb Brooklyn, 255 Water Street
- 7:00 PM · Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE Home on the Range Tour 2026 · Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn
- 7:30 PM · BrickFlix and Hoff’s HorrorFest Present Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dementia 13” · Brick Theater, 579 Metropolitan Ave
- 8:00 PM · VIP Bowling Lane Add On – AJ McLean – Not a Concert Ticket · Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn
- 8:00 PM · Express Entry – AJ McLean – Not a Concert Ticket · Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn
Queens
- 7:00 AM · Outdoor learning · Hinton Park
- 9:30 AM · Compost Build Community Volunteer Days · Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street
- 11:30 AM · Knicks Celebration · Borden Avenue between Center Blvd and 2nd Street
- 4:00 PM · Valence Fall Fest · Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Around the Unisphere
- 4:30 PM · STEM Collective Workshop Series: Micropl… · Jackson Heights
Bronx
- 7:30 AM · Street Health Outreach and Wellness · East 147 Street between Willis Avenue and Bergen 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
- 9:30 AM · Bike Safety Class – St Marys – October 2026 · St. Mary's Park: St Mary's Playground East
- 12:00 PM · Workshop: “Building a Knowledge Graph of Classical Rabbinic Literature” · O’Hare Special Collections Room, Walsh Library
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
More NYC guides
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- Things to Do in NYC Today: Sunday, October 18, 2026
- Things to Do in NYC Today: Saturday, October 17, 2026
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