Free This Weekend!

What’s up this weekend that’s actually free? Here’s a list of fun activities in the city!

(Note: this stuff is in addition to the big-name free events like SummerStage in Central Park or the Good Morning America concerts—everyone goes to those, and I thought folks would appreciate activities off the beaten track.)



Friday, August 14th:

- Metropolitan Opera in Coffey Park, Red Hook, 7pm
- East River Park Dance, 4pm
- GlobeSonic Dance Party, Riverside Park South, 70th St, pier 1, 7-11pm
- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd in Long Island City, 5 pm
- Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Slavic Soul Party, North Plaza, 7pm
- Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Plastic People of the Universe, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30pm
- Jazzmobile: Jazzberry concert at Marcus Garvey Park, 122nd and 5th, 7pm


Saturday, August 15th:

- East River Park Dance, 4pm
- East Indian Family Dance Party, Esplanade Plaza, Battery Park, 6:30-8pm
- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd in Long Island City, 5 pm
- Inwood Hill Park Stargazing, Seaman Ave & Isham St., family activity, 8:30-10pm, cloudy sky cancels
- Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dance Theater, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30pm
- Jazzmobile: Ray Schinnery, 153rd st. at Convent and Amsterdam, 7pm


Sunday, August 16th:

- Summer on Hudson Lawn Party, 3-5pm, Riverside Park South
- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd in Long Island City, 5 pm
- Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Afro-Cuban Dance, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 3pm; African Dance at 7:30pm