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Event Directory New York City
Concerts, festivals, food, art, and more happening soon.
Explore upcoming events and local discoveries in New York City, across every kind of experience. Check each listing for confirmed dates, times, and its official source.
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10:00am
October 8–11, 2026
Javits Center · Hudson Yards
Explore comics, cosplay, artists, and pop-culture programming at New York Comic Con. The show floor opens at 10am each day; it closes at 7pm Thursday through Saturday and 5pm Sunday. Panels and Artist Alley have separate hours.
12:00pm - 4:00pm
October 18, 2026
Invesco QQQ Festival Campus in the Seaport · Seaport
Taste food, wine, and spirits and watch culinary demonstrations at the waterfront festival campus. Ayesha Nurdjaja and Michael Symon host the Sunday tasting. Ages 21 and over; food and drink are included in the ticket.
7:00pm
October 25, 2026
SVA Theatre · Chelsea
NewFest’s closing-night event features Ira Sachs’ drama The Man I Love, starring Rami Malek. The in-person screening starts at 7pm at SVA Theatre. Check the organizer’s ticket page for availability and party details.
7:30pm
October 16, 2026
Alice Tully Hall · Lincoln Square
Sekou McMiller directs and choreographs a New York premiere celebrating Black and Brown cultural connections through Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, jazz, house, salsa, mambo, stepping, and street dance traditions.
7:30pm
October 21, 2026
Alice Tully Hall · Lincoln Square
Unsound New York opens with a three-set evening of U.S. premieres featuring sound artist FUJI|||||||||||TA, Ka Baird, music pioneer Actress, and Team Rolfes’ multimedia theater.
7:30pm
October 30, 2026
David Rubenstein Atrium · Lincoln Square
Bandleader Gerardo Contino brings contemporary Cuban music to the David Rubenstein Atrium as part of Lincoln Center’s Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival. The free event is general admission with Fast Track access opening the Monday before.
6:00pm
October 23, 2026
Webster Hall · East Village
The New Yorker Festival hosts Hannah Einbinder in conversation with staff writer Rachel Syme at Webster Hall. The event is scheduled for Friday, October 23 from 6 to 7pm, with ticket tiers listed on the festival page.
7:30pm
October 7, 2026
David Rubenstein Atrium · Lincoln Square
Lincoln Center’s Festival of Firsts presents Blossom & The Shrub-Tones at the David Rubenstein Atrium. The event page lists Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30pm and describes the hometown debut as uplifting jazz and puppetry.
11:00am
October 10, 2026
David Rubenstein Atrium · Lincoln Square
Mick Sullivan brings The Past and The Curious podcast to Lincoln Center for a free live family show about forgotten firsts in history. The Festival of Firsts listing confirms the October 10 performance, relaxed-performance access, and David Rubenstein Atrium venue.
11:00am
October 24–25, 2026
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Explore a free campus-wide Open House with family-friendly performances, workshops, storytimes, music, dance, costume and puppet making, and participatory activities across Lincoln Center.
8:00pm
October 28, 2026
David Rubenstein Atrium · Lincoln Square
Rapper, producer, and filmmaker Topaz Jones brings hip-hop, funk, soul, jazz, and pop to Lincoln Center for a free one-hour concert marking the 10th anniversary of his debut album Arcade.
9:00pm
October 23-24, 2026
Industry City · Sunset Park
Enter City of Gods, a two-night immersive Halloween music and arts festival from House of Yes and ZERO with stages, installations, costumes, food, and indoor-outdoor experiences at Industry City.
Wed-Fri 5:30pm; Sat-Sun 5:00pm; Oct 21-25 5:00pm
October 14-25, 2026
Josie Robertson Plaza · Lincoln Square
Step into Andrew Schneider’s free Lincoln Center Immersive work, a 45-minute outdoor piece that turns Josie Robertson Plaza, its crowd, and everyday city coincidences into a responsive public artwork.
7:30pm
November 5, 2026
David Rubenstein Atrium · Lincoln Square
Lincoln Center hosts a spoken-word theater evening that reimagines themes of freedom and justice through recitations from A People's History of the United States.
7:30pm
November 12, 2026
David Rubenstein Atrium · Lincoln Square
Composer, lyricist, and performer Miranda Ferriss Jones brings the New York premiere of her new musical to Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium with a free general-admission option.
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