NYC Weekend Freebie Roundup 8/11 - 8/13
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MULTI DAY
Multi-Borough
🎥 Free outdoor movies NYC Parks Movies Under the Stars across all boroughs
🛶 Free Kayaking in NYC at 10+ locations
Manhattan
🎤 Run DMC pop-up & art installation thru Sat (96 Christopher St)
👛 Coachtopia Upcycling Lab 12-6pm w/ trunk show, screen printing, temporary tattoos, cotton Candy & more 12pm - wsl Sat & Sun (143 Prince St)
🧴Shopify Fresh Face Lab w/ DIY mask workshop Fri & Sun + mini cryo facials Sat (131 Greene Street)
🪩 Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City: final day is Saturday - celebrate with Hip Hop events & more
📱 Samsung Galaxy Open Market (50 W 34th St)
🍻 Eat Drink & Be Merry Bar Scavenger Hunt (3 Sheets, Hair of the Dog & more) for free open bar
🎶 The Shed Summer Sway live music & more 5pm-sunset (Fri & Sat)
🪴 Chandon Garden Spritz: takeover of Elizabeth Street Garden Fri-Sun w/ special events at SoHo stores
💓 BLACKPINK Born Pink pop-up with free photo booth & photo opps through Sat (541 West 25th Street)
🐾 Puppet Fringe Festival with free puppet performances all weekend (107 Suffolk St)
Brooklyn
🎤 BRIC Celebrate BK Hip-Hop 50th Anniv. Weekend performances, screening of Brown Sugar 6pm Fri & Sat (Lena Horne Bandshell, Prospect Park)
🎤 Brooklyn Library The Book of HOV JAY-Z tribute
Queens
🐉Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Sat & Sun 9a-5p (Flushing Meadows Corona Park)
FRIDAY
Manhattan
🍟 Bel Fries FRYday free fries 1pm wsl (132 Ludlow St)
💃 34th Street Midtown Dance salsa class & party led by @taliacp 6-8pm (Herald Sq Plaza)
🌅 Sunset on the Hudson music series 7pm (Pier 45)
🏓 Bumble for Friends free pickleball at City Pickle Wollman Rink 7-9pm
☕️ Matto last day of free coffee (1105 2nd Ave)
🧺 Bryant Park Picnic Performance Joe’s Pub: Shaina Taub
🌅 Sunset on the Hudson music series 7pm (Pier 45)
Brooklyn
🌮 East Coast Street Tacos free tacos, Jarritos, giveaways & more 5:30-7:30p (521 Stanley Ave)
🥤Versed x United Sodas Hydration Station free skincare & soda 3-5pm (McCarren Park)
🎇 Coney Island weekly fireworks on Friday nights 9:45pm
Bronx
🎤 Universal Hip Hop Museum 50th Birthday Jam Block Party music, food, drinks, live graffiti, a rap showcase and an open cypher 12-6pm (Mill Pond Park, Bronx NY)
Staten Island
🎤 5x5 Block Party 3-9:30pm performances, street-art, food vendors, talks & more (Castleton Avenue & Davis Avenue)
SATURDAY
Manhattan
🚴 2023 Summer Streets 7a-1p w free workout classes, sampling, performances, Citi Bike & more (Brooklyn Bridge to W 125th St)
🦁 ROAR Summer Festival free food, workouts & more 11a-3p (SDR Park- Stanton St)
🖤 AFRIBEMBÉ Black to the Future festival 12-6pm (Harlem Art Park & E 120th St)
🧘🏽♀️ Weekly Free Yoga at Bella Abzug Park 10:30am
🌲 Harlem Meer Summer Festival w multicultural music performances & movement classes
Brooklyn
💪🏻 Domino Park fitness class 10am
Bronx
🎤 5x5 Block Party 3-9:30pm performances, street-art installations, food vendors, talks (1520 Segwick Avenue)
Staten Island
🎤 SummerStage concert ft. Frankie Cutlass, The Original Cover Girls 5-9pm (Stapleton Waterfront Park)
Queens
🧪 NY Science: Science in the Park: free hands on science programming 1-2:30pm (Alley Pond Park)
🩺 Charles B. Wang Community Health Fair with free health screenings, activities & more (135-26 37th Ave in Flushing)
SUNDAY
Manhattan
🐶 Bond Vet x Plump Cosmetics Puppy + Parent Spaw Day 12-3pm (first 100 free botox brow lifts & nail trims for pups) (447 3rd Avenue)
🇩🇴Dominican Day Parade starting 12pm (6th Ave from 37th to 52nd St)
Brooklyn
🎤 SummerStage Funk Flex & Friends birthday concert 6-9pm (Coney Island Amphitheater)
☀️ Pioneer Works Second Sundays ft live workshops w artists, music & more (Red Hook)
🖤 Africa Everything NYC takeover of Barclays Center festival w music & more 12-6pm