NYC Weekend Freebie Roundup 6/30 - 7/2
Happy 4th of July Weekend! Please monitor all event pages in case of cancellations due to air quality (especially on Friday!).
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MULTI DAY
Manhattan
🎮 Nintendo America Summer of Play: free video games, prizes, claw machine through Sun (60 10th Ave). More details here
🎭 Shakespeare in the Park (daily at 8pm). See how to get free tickets here
🪞 Yayoi Kusama's exhibit at David Zwirner gallery (519 W 19th Street)
🪩 Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City events all weekend. See Reel here on all the new spaces & designs this summer, including a greenhouse area & a speakeasy!
Brooklyn
🌮 King David Tacos 7th Anniversary with Vital Farms: free breakfast tacos 12-4pm Sat & Sun (Vanderbilt Open Streets)
Multi-Borough
🎥 Free outdoor movies NYC Parks Movies Under the Stars across all boroughs
🛶 Free Kayaking in NYC at 10+ locations
🏫 Bank of America Museums on Us: 10+ free museums with your BoA card
FRIDAY
Manhattan
☕️ Blank Street x Free People Summer Fridays: free cold brew 12-4pm in the app
🚢 Intrepid Museum Free Fridays with free admission & movie screening 5-9pm
🎥 Asphalt Green UES Movie Night: Cruella w popcorn 8pm (555 E 90th St)
🧺 Bryant Park Picnic Performance: Jalopy Theatre folk festival 7pm
🪩 Lincoln Center disco live performance 7pm followed by silent disco 10pm
🎉 Seaport Summer Fridays Day Party on Front Street with DJ 2-5pm
🍹 Bottle Rocket NYC craft cocktail tasting with Via Carota cocktails 5-8pm (5 W 19th St)
💃🏽 Alvin Ailey hip hop dance workshop in Times Square at 5pm
🎀 Maria Nila Stockholm free haircare samples (Spring & Lafyette)
Brooklyn
🎇 Coney Island weekly fireworks on Friday nights 9:45pm
SATURDAY
Manhattan
☂️ Big Umbrella Day at Lincoln Center 11am-7pm with performances, workshops & more for neurodivergent audiences & their families
🧘🏽♀️ Weekly Free Yoga at Bella Abzug Park 10:30am
🌲 Harlem Meer Summer Festival w multicultural music performances & movement classes (double Dutch 1pm)
🇨🇦 11th Annual Canada Day in NYC at Dream Hotels Downtown with free poutine first hour 2-6pm (355 W 16th St). RSVP here
Brooklyn
🇭🇹 @dripbk summer kickoff w free pizza & drinks 11am-4pm (830 Rogers Ave)
Bronx
🇯🇲 Golden Krust Bronx Grand Opening with free samples & live music 1-5pm (358 E 149th St)
Governors island
🐝 The Bee Conservancy Urban Farm Tour at Governors Island 2-3:30pm
SUNDAY
Manhattan
🇧🇷 Summer Stage Brasil Summer Fest concert w Brazilian artists 5pm (Central Park)
Brooklyn
🧺 Booze-Free Picnic Party with Third Place Bar for the 4th of July with non-alcoholic drinks, food, and lawn games (Prospect Park)
Staten Island
🎶 Staten Island Philharmonic outdoor concert 4pm (Great Lawn)