Join a daylong celebration with free admission to the best of the West Side at the first-ever West Side Fest!

The West Side Cultural Network is a group of more than 18 museums, parks, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions located within a half-mile portion of historic New York.

West Side Fest is a free daylong, multi-site celebration bringing together the best of arts and culture on Manhattan’s West Side. For the inaugural festival, New Yorkers and visitors of all ages can enjoy free admission to participating museums and cultural institutions, and free activities, such as special indoor and outdoor programming, crafts and artmaking, and much more.

There will be art-making, workshops, dancing, crafts, and other special programming at West Side Fest. Experience activities from organizations, including Atlantic Theater Company; Center for Art, Research and Alliances; Chelsea Factory; Dia Chelsea; Hill Art Foundation; the High Line; Hudson River Park; The Joyce Theater; The Kitchen; The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center; Little Island; New York Live Arts; NYC AIDS Memorial; Poster House; Print Center New York; Rubin Museum of Art; The Shed; Westbeth; West Village Rehearsal Co-Op; White Columns; Whitney Museum of American Art.

You can check out the full schedule and website here.