What's on in New York this month
64 events across New York. The calendar leans towards Festivals, Family and Workshops. Every one of the 64 has free entry. Curated listings are drawn from official city and venue agendas and were last re-checked on 7 Oct 2026.
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- Juggling Classes in Bryant Park
- PLAZA by Andrew Schneider
- PLAZA by Andrew Schneider
- Queens Night Market (24 October)
- Studio Sunday at the Studio Museum in Harlem (25 October)
- Lincoln Center Open House (25 October)
- Grave Beginnings: Green-Wood by Trolley (25 October)
- Lincoln Center Open House (Sunday)
- Studio Sunday (25 October)
- Rest in Pace
- Come and Sing: Climate Songs
- Halloween: Wags to Witches
- Halloween Costume Parade and Party in Washington Market Park
- Bargemusic: Shadow and Light: Piano Trios of Beethoven and Brahms (25 October)
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison (25 October)
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Lefferts Historic House
- Shadow and Light: Piano Trios of Beethoven and Brahms (second performance)
- Shadow and Light: Piano Trios of Beethoven and Brahms (Sunday)
- Cemetery Scavenger Hunt
- Studio Salon: Touched by the Mother
- 100 Years of Latin New York
- Book Talk: Intuition by R. Buckminster Fuller
- Spine Chillers Horror Book Club: The City We Became
- Toddler Takeover at the Green-House (27 October)
- Juilliard Rush Hour Performance (27 Oct)
- Juilliard, The New Series: A Halloween Concert
- Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park opens
- Opening day: The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village
- Jazz at One: Jazz House Collective
- Juilliard Wednesdays at One: Music for Piano
- Release of the Fishes
- Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York (28 October)
- Free Late-Night Wednesdays at MCNY (28 October)
- Juilliard Rush Hour Performance (28 Oct)
- Third- and Fourth-Year Vocal Performance Class Recital
- Topaz Jones
- Horror Classics Book Club: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Horticulture Community Volunteer Days (29 October)
- Midtown Concerts: Edson Scheid: J. S. Bach, The Complete Sonatas and Partitas (Part 3)
- Midtown Concerts: Edson Scheid – Bach Sonatas and Partitas, Part 3
- Midtown Concerts: Edson Scheid, Bach's Complete Sonatas and Partitas, Part 3
- Juilliard Rush Hour Performance (29 Oct)
- Opening Reception: Song, Photographs by Ocean Vuong
- The Pulse Nightclub Memorial: Designing for Remembrance and Healing
- The Diane Lewis Student Lecture Series: Christine Chang, Dialogue as Method
- Orchestra in Miniature
- PuppetMobile: Pinocchio and Gepetto's Big Apple Adventure (30 October)
- Halloween in East Midtown
- Free Friday Night at the Whitney Museum (30 October)
- Juilliard Rush Hour Performance (30 Oct)
- Archtober x Data Vandals: Rats in the City Costume Competition
- Gerardo Contino
- Jesse Owens Track and Field Youth Program (31 October)
- Seaport Halloween + Kids Food Festival
- Last Saturdays: Open Classroom
- Halloween Harvest Festival
- Día de Muertos at St. Mark's Church
- Bargemusic: Special Solo Piano Concert for Halloween with Rob Schwimmer
- BAMboo!
- Hippo Halloween Parade
- Juilliard MAP Open Recital
- 53rd Annual Village Halloween Parade
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan