Free NYC events

New York runs deep on free: greenmarkets and night markets, outdoor concerts and movies under the bridge, street fairs, gallery nights, group runs. This page lists every free event we can verify across the five boroughs, refreshed daily. No tickets, no cover. Just show up.

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Free NYC events

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Village Halloween Parade

Halloween Harvest Festival at Socrates Sculpture Park

Day of the Dead Celebration featuring Mariachi Real de Mexico

OktoberFest NYC at Watermark

Día de los Muertos at Campos Community Garden

Astoria Park Pumpkin Smash

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade

Jackson Heights Halloween Parade

PleasingLand

2026 New York City Veterans Day Parade (America's Parade)

Glenwood Road Halloween Parade

Today

Greg's Great Pumpkin Patch at Greenwood Park

TCS New York City Marathon Expo

Wollman Rink free Community Days

Howard Beach Kiwanis Halloween Parade

Annual Urban Meadow Halloween Parade and Party

Dawn McIntyre Annual Halloween Parade

Throggs Neck Halloween Parade

Glendale Kiwanis Halloween Parade

Dumboween

Cobble Hill Halloween Parade

19th Annual Washington Heights Halloween Parade

Park Slope Civic Council Halloween Parade

Sunday, November 1

Pumpkin Arch at the Seaport

2026 TCS NYC Marathon - Bronx - Graham Triangle

2026 TCS NYC Marathon - Manhattan - Abraham Lincoln Playground

2026 TCS NYC Marathon - Manhattan - Stanley Isaacs Playground

2026 TCS NYC Marathon - Queens - Gordon Triangle

2026 TCS NYC Marathon- Thomas Jefferson Park

Wollman Rink free Community Days

Reposo y Recuerdo: Día de Muertos Ofrenda at Green-Wood

Brooklyn FAM 6th Annual Flagship Festival: Shine Your Light

PleasingLand

Sense & the City: Exploring New York City Through the Five Senses

Bluegrass Country Brunch

Monday, November 2

Pumpkin Arch at the Seaport

Line Dance Fitness

New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

Pay-What-You-Wish Days at the Museum at Eldridge Street

Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776

Canstruction at Brookfield Place

Reposo y Recuerdo: Día de Muertos Ofrenda at Green-Wood

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden

New Balance Run House

Day of the Dead Family Celebration at Green-Wood

Pay-What-You-Wish Hour at Cooper Hewitt

Tuesday, November 3

Pumpkin Arch at the Seaport

New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery

Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776

Canstruction at Brookfield Place

Reposo y Recuerdo: Día de Muertos Ofrenda at Green-Wood

Veronica Beard Sample Sale

Ongoing Museum Exhibit: New York's Brick & Terra Cotta Industries

Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community

Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden

Fusalp Sample Sale

SEA New York Sample Sale

Pay-What-You-Wish Hour at Cooper Hewitt

Wednesday, November 4

Pumpkin Arch at the Seaport

Free Wednesdays at the Museum of the City of New York

Canstruction at Brookfield Place

Reposo y Recuerdo: Día de Muertos Ofrenda at Green-Wood

Veronica Beard Sample Sale

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Fusalp Sample Sale

SEA New York Sample Sale

Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays at the Frick

Pay-What-You-Wish First Wednesdays at MAD

Pay-What-You-Wish Hour at Cooper Hewitt

AfterMined: Artist Talk by Rachel Bacon

Thursday, November 5