The week · Wednesday 21 to Tuesday 27 October 2026
What’s on in New York this week
328 events, every one read off the venue’s own page by a person. 162 of them cost nothing. Here is the week one day at a time, then cut by what you’re in the mood for. Only after Saturday and Sunday? NYC events this weekend →
328
events this week
162
free
145
classes and workshops
16
screenings, 12 under the stars
Three for the week
FreeFri 23 · 9:30 AMPublic Volunteer Day (full day)Battery Maritime Building · Lower ManhattanEarth Matter NY Compost Learning Center
FreeMon 26 · 9:00 AMMonday Madness: Compost BuildEarth Matter NY Compost Learning Center · Lower ManhattanBronx River Foodway, Concrete Plant Park
Free · registerTue 27 · 10:00 AMTuesday Stewardship Mornings at the FoodwayBronx River Foodway, Concrete Plant Park · The BronxThe week, day by day
Three picks a day. Times are local; prices as printed.
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Cut it by what you’re in the mood for
The same week, four ways. Each one is a path of its own: one stop a day, Monday to Sunday, with the price of the whole week added up.
Free, and worth leaving the house for
6 of the 162. Free means free: where a listing needs registration, the card says so. The whole free week →
FreeWed 21 · 6:00 PMSneaker Cleaning and Customising NightMuseum of Arts and Design · MidtownBlood Root Valley
Free · registerThu 22 · 11:00 AMGreenbelt Adult Hike - Paulo’s PeakBlood Root Valley · Staten IslandProspect Park
FreeFri 23 · 9:00 AMMorning Birding at Prospect Park with Gabriel WillowProspect Park · Lower ManhattanPier 51
FreeSat 24 · 11:00 AMBig City FishingPier 51 · Lower ManhattanGovernors IslandFree · registerSat 24 · 2:15 PMGovernors Island Bird TourGovernors Island · Lower ManhattanWave Hill
Free · registerSun 25 · 1:00 PMGarden Highlights WalkWave Hill · The BronxGet this every Monday morning
One email a week: the day strip and the four cuts. Nothing else, ever. Also in the Local NYC Events app.