NYC Weekend Freebie Roundup 5/31 - 6/2
It’s Memorial Day Weekend! Enjoy the long weekend with lots of cultural fairs, festivals and more in NYC.
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MULTI
Manhattan
☀️ Tower28 x OUAI Pop-Up: Tower28 is on the OUAI to NYC with a pop-up! Popsicle + freebies to feel like you went all the OUAI to St. Barts (Meatpacking & SoHo)
🎉 IHG Hotels x Pickle The Festival Closet pop-up: rent free clothing 12-4p Sat- Sun and 4-8p Mon (171 Ludlow St)
🧴 Babyganics Oops I Forgot It Again Stand w/ free sunscreen Fri 2-5p Sat-Sun 11a-5p (Bleecker St Playground)
🍦 Gelatoville Hells Kitchen Opening free gelato + coffee Fri-Sat 12p (692 9th Ave)
🍋 @mrsmeyerscleanday Compassion Store Fri-Sat 11-7 (2 Rivington St)
🥙 @eatzazu free 4 falafels 3-6p Fri & Sat first 300 (232 7th Ave)
🪴 Open Garden NYC - free events at gardens across NYC Sat & Sun
🧺 Bryant Park & NYC Opera Puccini Celebration performances Fri-Sat 7p
💛 Flashpack Friendship Corner events: Sat Pride Tour with Cafe Social, Sun Yoga
🎭Shakespeare in the Parks: This summer, Shakespeare is in the Parks is all across New York City! Catch the first week of a live bilingual performance of the Comedy of Errors in Bryant Park through June 2
🌺 BLOOMTANICA (through June 9, Tu-Sun): Experience the surreal world of floral reflections in a first-of-its-kind installation at Genesis House 11a-9pm (40A 10th Avenue)
Multi
🛶Free Watersports across NYC: Downtown Boathouse, North Brooklyn & more open this week!
FRIDAY
Manhattan
💋 Provence Beauty pop-up free lip masks 12-1p (Bryant Park)
🏛️ @metmuseum @metteens Teens Take the Met! 4-8pm
🌅 Sunset on the Hudson music series 6:30p
Brooklyn
🐘 Dumbo Drop Block Party 3:30-6:30p (Dumbo Archway)
🎥 Barbie outdoor movie 8pm (WNYC Transmitter Park)
SATURDAY
Manhattan
💙Facebook IRL: Facebook IRL is a free pop up where you can discover new Facebook Groups and Marketplace finds, with activations like vision boarding and airbrushing. You can also meet new friends over mocktails and donuts at the Facebook Dating cafe. (477 Broadway)
🎉 YAI Central Park Challenge: Walk, Festival 8a-12p (Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park)
🌊 Snipes & Canal Street Market New Waves AAPI heritage celebration 11a-9p (265 Canal St)
🎤 SummerStage Opening Night Andra Day 7p (Central Park)
🪩 Silent Disco 6-10pm (Pier I)
🍦 East River Esplanade event with music, ice cream and kids activities 1-4p (Andrew Haswell Green Park)
Brooklyn
🎉 @thebushwickcollective Block Party 10a-6p (7 Scott Ave)
🏳️🌈 @brooklynmuseum First Saturday: Pride celebration 5-10p
SUNDAY
Manhattan
🥯Utopia Bagels Midtown Grand Opening (June 2): Utopia Bagels is opening its first Manhattan location in Midtown! The first 100 customers on line get a free hot bagel on Sunday while they wait. (120 E 34th St)
🐶@petcolove Birthday Block Party & Adoption Event 11a-4p (Union Sq Park)
🚶🏻♀️@citygirlswhowalk x @dove #DoveGirlWalk 12p (Clinton Cove at Hudson River Park)
🎶 @westsidecommunitygarden concert 6pm (123 W 89th St)
Queens
🌈 New Queens Pride Parade and Festival 12-6p (37th Ave in Jackson Heights)
Brooklyn
🎵 @union_pool Summer Thunder concert 2-6p (484 Union Ave)