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Cheap Show Tickets & Entertainment in NYC
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items This list covers every way to experience world-class Broadway shows, comedy, live music, jazz clubs, dance performances, free outdoor concerts, improv theater, ballet, social dancing, karaoke, piano bars, museums, and open mic nights without breaking...
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Free or Cheap Comedy in NYC
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Free or Cheap Places to Dance in NYC
Free/Cheap Outdoor Entertainment
Discount Broadway Show Tickets
Broadway tickets without the Broadway price tag. TodayTix has a Rush program that drops discounted same-day seats every morning at 9 AM, plus a daily Lottery where you can score tickets to hot shows for a fraction of the cost. Works for Broadway, Off...
Broadway & Off-Broadway Shows NYC | Tickets
Broadway.com's free cheap tickets guide is the cheat sheet you didn't know you needed. It breaks down every way to save: same-day TKTS discounts, in-person rush tickets at the box office (many shows price these around $35-$50), digital lotteries, discount codes,...Broadway.com also sells discounted tickets directly, with savings averaging around $70 per ticket on select shows. Good starting point before you commit to any one app or strategy.
How to Find Cheap Broadway Tickets - Broadway Guide
TKTS is the legendary red-steps booth in Times Square (plus a quieter indoor location at Lincoln Center) that's been getting New Yorkers into Broadway seats for over 50 years. Show up same-day, check the board, and grab Broadway or Off-Broadway ticke...
TKTS Live
If a Broadway show runs a digital lottery and it's not on Broadway Direct, it's probably here. Lucky Seat is the behind-the-scenes platform that powers lotteries for some of the biggest shows on Broadway, including Hadestown, Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, ...
Lucky Seat
The official lottery platform run by The Broadway League, the industry's own trade organization, so this one carries some institutional weight. Current shows include Aladdin, MJ the Musical, Death Becomes Her, and others. Free to enter, winners are n...
Lottery
Telecharge is the ticketing system behind the Shubert Organization, which owns or operates 17 Broadway theaters including the Majestic, the Imperial, the Booth, and more. If a show is playing a Shubert house, its lottery and rush tickets live at rush.telecharge.com. Two ways to save here: the lottery opens at midnight the day before a performance and runs two drawings (10 AM and 3 PM), giving winners six hours to pay rather than the usual 60 minutes. Or skip the lottery entirely and go the rush route: digital ...
Telecharge Lottery + Rush Tickets
No lottery, no lines, no luck required. BroadwayBox is a free site that collects promo codes and discount offers for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, then sends you directly to the official box office to buy. You pick your show, your date, your seats...
BroadwayBox
Twice a year, NYC Tourism runs Broadway Week and suddenly 25+ shows are offering 2-for-1 tickets, including big names that almost never discount. That works out to 50% off per ticket when you buy a pair. The winter edition typically runs late January...
NYC Tourism
If you're between 18 and 40, this free membership is one of the best kept secrets in NYC theater. Hiptix gets you $30 tickets to every Roundabout Theatre production, no lottery luck required, no waiting in line. Roundabout runs 4 to 6 shows a season ...
Hiptix
The absolute floor-price way into a Broadway show, and a genuine NYC theater tradition. When a show is completely sold out, some productions release a small number of standing room spots at the back of the orchestra for $25 to $49. You show up at the...BroadwayWorld.com or Playbill.com for which shows currently offer SRO before you make the trip.
Standing Room Only
Full Broadway productions get all the attention, but Off-Broadway is where some of the most interesting theater in NYC happens at a fraction of the cost. Off-Broadway venues seat between 100 and 499 people, which means more intimate performances and ...
Off-Broadway Theatre Tickets
Free or Cheap Live Music in NYC
Forty years in and still the gold standard for free outdoor music in NYC. SummerStage presents over 60 free performances a summer across Central Park and 12 neighborhood parks in all five boroughs, with a lineup that spans jazz, hip-hop, Latin, Afrob...
SummerStage - City Parks Foundation
Brooklyn's answer to SummerStage, and honestly just as good. Now in its 47th year, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! runs June through September at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, with most shows completely free. The 2026 lineup has included Sheila...
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
Lincoln Center spent decades being a little intimidating. Then in 2022 they threw the doors open and haven't looked back. Summer for the City runs June through August with hundreds of free and choose-what-you-pay events right on the plaza: outdoor co...
Lincoln Center
Your subway commute has a secret: over 150 auditioned musicians and ensembles performing more than 8,500 live shows a year throughout the transit system, completely free. Genres run from classical strings and jazz to Gambian kora, Korean drumming, We...
MTA Music
Free Friday morning concerts at Rockefeller Plaza, running May through September. These are actual artists, not cover bands: the 2026 lineup has included Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, Zara Larsson, and Shaboozey. Shows broadcast live on TODAY from 8-9 A...
Citi Concert Series on TODAY: Fan Passes, Lineups and More
Carnegie Hall has a free outdoor concert series that most people walk right past all summer. Carnegie Hall Citywide brings classical, jazz, and Latin performances to parks and public spaces across all five boroughs, partnering with local community or...
Carnegie Hall
When the free options don't have what you're looking for and you need to buy a concert ticket, TickPick is the platform to check first. Unlike StubHub and Ticketmaster, TickPick has no buyer fees, so the price you see is the price you pay. They also ...
TickPick
A West Village basement that became a jazz institution in the 1990s and never stopped being one. Cover is around $20-$25 with a one-drink minimum, which is genuinely reasonable for the caliber of musicians you're hearing in a 60-person room this inti...
SmallsLIVE
Founded by musicians in 2007 in the heart of Harlem, Shrine runs live music seven nights a week with no cover charge on most nights. The lineup is genuinely eclectic: R&B, hip-hop, salsa, Afrobeat, reggae, jazz, funk, and spoken word, sometimes f...
Shrine
A tiny French-inflected bar in Park Slope that has been running live music every single night for over 20 years. Most shows are donation-based rather than strictly free, typically $10-$15 suggested at the door, which keeps it accessible while actuall...
BarbesBrooklyn
Williamsburg's original nightly live music bar, open since 1999 in a converted candy shop on Lorimer Street. Free shows most nights in an intimate back room that fits about 60 people. Folk, indie, singer-songwriter, and alternative leaning. Artists w...
Pete's Candy Store
The Brooklyn Academy of Music runs free Friday and Saturday night concerts in its cafe space during the BAM Next Wave season, typically fall through spring. The programming matches BAM's adventurous curatorial taste: jazz, R&B, soul, experimental...
Brooklyn Academy of Music
The jazz-billiards bar formerly known as Fat Cat, rebranded in 2021 under the same ownership group as Smalls and Mezzrow. Same West Village basement energy, but bigger (291 capacity) and considerably more relaxed: pool tables, ping-pong, and shuffleb...
Cellar Dog Jazz Bar NYC
The most storied jazz room in New York, a cramped triangular basement on Seventh Avenue South that has run continuously since 1935 and hosted jazz exclusively since 1957. Coltrane, Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, and countless others recorded landmark liv...
Village Vanguard
Part of The Public Theater in NoHo, Joe's Pub is where serious music fans go when they want something more adventurous than a standard concert. The 184-seat cabaret-style room has launched careers of artists like Adele and Amy Winehouse on their firs...
Joe's Pub
A Red Hook, Brooklyn institution since 2006, built in a former garage by two people who just loved old-time folk music and wanted a community around it. It's grown into a full nonprofit theater, music school, record label, and tavern next door. Shows...
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
A Lower East Side staple since 1993, Mercury Lounge is the room where you catch an artist the month before they blow up. The 250-capacity space runs multiple shows most nights with tickets typically in the $12-$20 range, and the booking has an excell...
Mercury Lounge
A Williamsburg music venue and bar that covers a lot of ground: indie, electronic, R&B, hip-hop, and experimental shows most nights of the week. Tickets run roughly $10-$20 for most shows, with occasional free events. The sound system is excellen...
Baby's All Right
Perched on the 5th floor of Frederick P. Rose Hall at Columbus Circle with panoramic views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline, Dizzy's Club is one of the most beautiful rooms in the city to hear live jazz. World-class musicians play nightly in...
Dizzy's Club
A queer-owned and operated bar, music venue, and live arts space in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, founded in 2014 with a mission to amplify LGBTQ+ and QTPOC creative voices. The programming is genuinely eclectic: live bands, DJ sets, drag shows, burlesque, ope...cmoneverybody.com since the lineup changes constantly and there's almost always something on.
cmon everybody
City Winery at Pier 57 in Chelsea is a dinner-and-a-show experience with Hudson River views, an on-site winery, and a calendar of national touring artists across two stages. Tickets aren't cheap, but there are ways to trim the cost. Their free VinoFi...
City Winery NYC at Pier 57 | Restaurant, Winery, Live Music & Private Events
One of the most famous jazz clubs in the world, open in Greenwich Village since 1981. The reputation for steep covers is somewhat overstated: regular sets run $20-$45 depending on the act, with a $5 per-person table minimum, and there are legitimate ...
Bluenotejazz
A Kips Bay institution on 2nd Avenue that has been doing live music seven nights a week since 1986 with no cover charge. The programming leans heavily Irish: traditional sessions, Irish rock, Celtic punk, open mic, and step dancing, with regular week...
Paddy Reilly's Music Bar
Free or Cheap Comedy in NYC
The most legendary stand-up room in the world, tucked into a basement on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village since 1982. Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and basically every major name in comedy has done surprise drop-in sets here unanno...
Comedy Cellar
Founded by Amy Poehler and now the premier home of improv and sketch comedy in New York, UCB runs 25+ shows a week at their East Village theater with most tickets at $10-$15. ASSSSCAT, their signature show featuring TV and film improvisers, runs ever...
UCB Comedy
Chelsea's other great improv institution, right near Madison Square Garden, and consistently one of the best deals in NYC comedy. Most shows run $8-$17, with student class shows at just $5. The sweet spot: Tuesday and Wednesday nights where you can s...
Magnet Theater
A Chelsea comedy theater and training center running improv, sketch, stand-up, and variety shows seven nights a week since 2002. Tickets are consistently affordable, and there are free jams and open mics scattered throughout the week including their ...
The Pit NYC
A small, community-focused venue in Astoria, Queens that runs comedy, storytelling, burlesque, film screenings, and open mics almost every night of the week. Most ticketed shows are under $20, and the open mics are free to watch with a $5+ bar purcha...
QED Astoria
Not a venue but a genuinely useful tool: a free search engine that aggregates comedy open mics across all five NYC boroughs, filterable by day, time, borough, and cost. NYC has hundreds of open mics running on any given night in bar back rooms, comed...
Find Open Myc
Named best comedy club by both New York Magazine and TimeoutNY, The Stand is a full restaurant and comedy club in Gramercy Park that's been booking serious talent since 2012. The same team books stand-up for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, so the...
The Stand NYC
One of NYC's longest-running stand-up clubs, established in 1989, with locations in the East Village, Midtown, and Chelsea. A few ways in for less: they run free open mic nights regularly with just a one-drink minimum, which is the cheapest way throu...
New York Comedy Club
A 10,000 square foot Chelsea institution where Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Lewis Black have all taken the stage, and also the venue behind Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" series. The budget angle is their "New Faces" showcase, h...
Gotham Comedy Club
Free or Cheap Live Dance Performances
NYC's longest-running free public dance festival, now in its 45th year and still completely free. Every August for one week, Battery Dance transforms Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park in Battery Park City into an outdoor stage, with nightly performances star...
2026 Battery Dance Festival
The best deal in professional dance, full stop. Every October, City Center runs the Fall for Dance Festival where one $30 ticket gets you an entire evening featuring four or five world-class companies back to back, ranging from classical ballet to co...
NY City Center
This one deserves its own entry. Anyone 40 and under can register for the City Center Access Club and get $28 tickets (fees included) to all City Center productions year-round: ballet, modern dance, flamenco, Encores! musical theater revivals, and mo...
City Center Access Club
One of the most popular arts deals in the city right now, and genuinely buzzy among young New Yorkers. Anyone ages 13 to 30 can register for the $30 for 30 program and access $30 no-fee tickets to NYCB performances at the David H. Koch Theater at Lin...
$30 for 30® + Under Rush Program | New York City Ballet
Two programs worth knowing about at ABT, one of the world's premier ballet companies. The $30 Under 30 program offers $30 tickets to anyone ages 13-30 for select NYC performances. For students specifically, ABT offers even deeper discounts: $12-$30 a...
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) – America’s National Ballet Company®
Chelsea's dedicated dance house, presenting 48 weeks of programming annually with over 340 performances from NYC-based, national, and international companies. The Joyce is where you go to see serious dance without Lincoln Center prices. They offer $1...
The Joyce Theater
Part of Lincoln Center's Summer for the City programming, the BAAND Together Dance Festival is one of the most jaw-dropping deals in NYC dance: five of the city's most celebrated companies each perform on consecutive evenings, with Ballet Hispánico, ...
Lincoln Center
The Queens equivalent of SummerStage, but exclusively dance and entirely free. Now in its 13th year, the Queensboro Dance Festival runs May through August with over 30 free outdoor performances, classes, and dance parties across parks, plazas, and pu...queensborodancefestival.org and follow their Instagram for pop-up announcements.
Queensboro Dance Festival
One of the most beloved dance companies in the world, Ailey performs its annual five-week holiday season at New York City Center from December through early January. The student deal: $20 rush tickets available at the City Center box office starting ...
AILEY
The world's first Black ballet company, founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and carrying his legacy forward under Artistic Director Robert Garland. Dance Theatre of Harlem performs its annual NYC season at City Center each spring, typically April, wit...
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Free or Cheap Places to Dance in NYC
Every Wednesday from May through late October, the fountain plaza at Washington Square Park transforms into one of the city's most joyful free events. Mi Salsa Dura Baile runs a beginner-friendly salsa lesson from 6-6:30 PM, then opens the floor for ...
Salsa Social | Washington Square Park Conservancy
The 34th Street Partnership runs free outdoor dance classes in Greeley Square Park and Herald Square all summer and into fall, Wednesdays and Fridays starting at 6 PM. The programming rotates by week and season: Afro dance, K-Pop, social salsa, bhang...
Midtown Dance- free dance classes in NYC!
The most spectacular free dance floor in the city. All summer long, Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza hosts free Social Dance nights with professional instructors leading lessons before live bands and DJs take over: big band jazz, salsa, swing, ...
Lincoln Center
A community institution dedicated to keeping Lindy Hop and swing dance alive in the neighborhood where it was born. Free Tuesday evening classes run regularly, teaching the full Lindy Hop and swing dance tradition with roots in the Savoy Ballroom era...
The Harlem Swing Dance Society
Free Sunday afternoon swing dancing at King Jagiello Plaza in Central Park, overlooking Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle. The band plays swing, jump blues, hot jazz, and Latin cha-cha from around 4-6:30 PM, with dance lessons during band breaks. A $1...
This Week in Swing NYC
Free outdoor tango lessons and milonga dancing at the Shakespeare Statue at the south end of the Mall in Central Park every Saturday from June through September. Lessons begin first thing, then the floor opens for social dancing. Rain moves the actio...
Dance
Free/Cheap Outdoor Entertainment
The city's own master calendar for free and low-cost events across all five boroughs, updated constantly. On any given week there are free outdoor concerts, movies, Shakespeare performances, dance classes, fitness programs, art exhibits, tours, festi...
NYC Parks
One of New York's most beloved summer traditions since 1962: professional, large-scale Shakespeare productions at the open-air Delacorte Theater in Central Park, completely free. Over six million people have seen shows here. The 2026 season features ...publictheater.org/login before you go.
Free Shakespeare in the Park
A free outdoor arts festival in the heart of Midtown running May through September, with 24 performances spanning music, dance, opera, and more. The 2026 season included the New York City Opera, a Carnegie Hall America's birthday concert, jazz, guita...
Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America
Now in its 33rd season, Bryant Park Movie Nights is one of the most iconic free summer events in the city. Every Monday from mid-July through mid-September, the lawn transforms into a giant outdoor cinema at sundown. The lawn opens at 5 PM, food vend...
Paramount+ Movie Nights at Bryant Park
The west side's answer to everything: 400+ free events along Riverside Park from 59th Street to 181st Street, running May through October. The lineup covers concerts, movies on the pier, dance parties, silent discos, comedy shows, fitness classes, na...riversideparknyc.org and subscribe to the newsletter so nothing slips by.
Summer on the Hudson - Riverside Park Conservancy
Four miles of free waterfront entertainment along Manhattan's west side, with a packed summer calendar that includes concerts, dance performances at sunset, workout classes, nature programs, science events, and the Broadway by the Boardwalk series fe...
Hudson River Park
A dedicated aggregator site that collects free events happening across New York City: outdoor concerts, movie screenings, festivals, dance parties, art openings, comedy shows, and more, updated regularly. Useful year-round but especially powerful in ...
NYC for FREE
Free or Cheap Museum Options
The single best-kept secret in NYC cultural access. Any NYC library cardholder (NYPL, Brooklyn Public Library, or Queens Public Library) can reserve free passes to 100+ museums, gardens, historical societies, and cultural institutions across all five...nypl.org, bpl.org, or queenslibrary.org. This program alone is worth getting a library card for.
Culture Pass
If you have a Bank of America, Merrill, or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card, you get free general admission to 225+ cultural institutions nationwide on the first full weekend of every month, Saturday and Sunday. In NYC that includes ...bankofamerica.com for the full list of participating NYC institutions and any exclusions before you go.
Bank of America's Dedication to Support Arts & Culture
One of the greatest museums on earth, and New York State residents and students from NY, NJ, and CT can pay literally any amount they choose for general admission: $1, $5, whatever you feel. The suggested amount is $30 and the Met relies on that gene...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
As of January 1, 2026, MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens is completely free for everyone, no asterisks, no residency requirements, no specific hours. Just show up. PS1 is not a satellite of MoMA but its own distinct institution with a more experim...
MoMA PS1
Three ways in for free or cheap at one of the best American art museums in the country. Anyone under 25 gets in free every single day, no questions asked. Friday nights from 5-10 PM are free for everyone, with live music, special programming, and the...
Whitney Museum of American Art Free Program
The Brooklyn Museum's First Saturdays program has been running for 25 years and is one of the best free nights out in the borough. On the first Saturday of most months (February through June, August, October), the museum is free from 5-11 PM with liv...
The Brooklyn Museum First Saturdays
The Frank Lloyd Wright spiral on Fifth Avenue is one of the most architecturally iconic buildings in New York, and you can visit on a budget. Pay-what-you-wish hours are open to everyone (not just NY residents) on Mondays and Saturdays from 4-5:30 PM...
Guggenheim Museum Pay What You Wish
The Museum of Modern Art is free for New York State residents every Friday evening from 5:30-8:30 PM, including the Uniqlo Friday Nights programming with drop-in drawing classes, live music, and a popup bar. Reserve free tickets in advance online sta...
MoMA Free Friday Nights
Free every single day, no conditions, no residency requirements, no time windows. The American Folk Art Museum on Lincoln Square is one of the city's most underrated institutions, with a collection of self-taught and outsider art that rewards repeate...
American Folk Art Museum - New York City
A Smithsonian institution housed in the stunning 1907 Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan, completely free every day. The collection covers the art, history, and living cultures of Indigenous peoples across the Western Hemisphere,...
Home Page | National Museum of the American Indian
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology is always free, no exceptions. It houses one of the most important fashion and textile collections in the world, with over 50,000 garments and accessories spanning 300 years. The exhibitions are serio...
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Free every day, always, with a focus on contemporary art and emerging artists rooted in urban communities. The Bronx Museum has a genuine curatorial point of view: it prioritizes artists of color, global perspectives, and work that engages directly w...
The Bronx Museum
If you're a New York City resident without a state ID or driver's license, the IDNYC card is free to get and comes with one-year free memberships at 35+ cultural institutions including the Met, the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, and more. ...nyc.gov/idnyc.
Museums and Cultural Institutions - IDNYC
A national program worth knowing: if you receive SNAP or WIC benefits, participating museums across the country offer free or $3 admission. In NYC, participating institutions include the Brooklyn Children's Museum and Staten Island Children's Museum....museums4all.org for the full list of participating NYC institutions.
Museums4All
Perched at the top of Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street, the Museum of the City of New York is basically a love letter to this city written in artifacts. Think vintage photographs, Broadway costumes, Gilded Age dollhouses, and cutting-edge...
Museum of the City of NY
Free or Cheap Karaoke in NYC
This is not your average karaoke night. Every Monday at the legendary Lower East Side music venue Arlene's Grocery, you take the stage backed by a full live rock band, Nakatomi5, playing everything from AC/DC to Adele to Metallica. No cover charge. Y...
Arlene's Grocery
The East Village's most lovably unpretentious karaoke bar, open nightly and no cover to walk in. It's a classic open-floor setup: write your name and song number on a post-it, hand it to the KJ, grab a drink, and wait for your name to be called. Wire...
Planet Rose NYC
Koreatown's best-kept budget secret: BYOB private room karaoke at around $8-$10 per person per hour, cash only with a discount for paying cash. You bring your own drinks (and food and birthday cake, no questions asked), they provide ice, cups, tambou...
GAGOPA karaoke
One of Midtown's most reliable cheap karaoke options with 14 private rooms, nearly 150,000 songs in eight languages, and hourly rates that run $4-$8.50 per person depending on time of day. The karaoke marathon deal is exceptional value: sing from ope...
Karaoke Duet
Two East Village locations (St. Marks Place and Avenue A) offering both open bar karaoke and private rooms. The open bar area is the budget move: no room fee, just order drinks and wait your turn on the shared floor. Private rooms run $10 per person ...
Karaoke Sing Sing
One of the few karaoke spots in Lower Manhattan with both a full bar and private rooms, and regularly cited as a budget option with no cover in the main space. The full space can be booked for private events but on regular nights it functions as an o...
161 Lafayette Bar
A Lower East Side spot with 17 private rooms accommodating groups from 3 to 45 people, an extensive song selection, and daily happy hour specials with discounted shots, drafts, and cocktails. Cash only. Deposit required to reserve a private room. Goo...
Karaoke Boho Orchard (Lower East Side)
Free or Cheap Kids Entertainment NYC
The single best resource for parents navigating free and cheap kids' entertainment in New York City, full stop. Mommy Poppins maintains a continuously updated calendar of free activities for kids across all five boroughs, organized by week and by cat...
Mommy Poppins
New York City's only full-time performing arts theater dedicated exclusively to kids and families, presenting a ten-month season of circus, dance, puppetry, theater, and music from around the world. Tickets start at just $16, and a family of four can...
The New Victory Theater, NY's Theater for Kids and Families
A 150-year-old landmark in Central Park that has been staging professional puppet shows for kids since the 1970s. Tickets run $10-$12 for adults and $7-$8 for children, making it one of the most affordable live theater experiences in the city. Shows ...
Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater
The free mobile cousin of the Swedish Cottage. The City Parks Foundation's PuppetMobile brings a portable stage and a trunk full of marionettes to parks and playgrounds across all five boroughs every summer, performing scaled-down versions of Swedish...
City Parks Foundation
One of the world's great zoos, and completely free every Wednesday. With 11,000 animals spread across 265 acres, it would take several visits to see everything, which makes the free Wednesday policy genuinely generous. Reservations are required and t...
Free Admission Wednesday at Bronx Zoo
The aquarium in Coney Island, Brooklyn goes pay-what-you-wish every Wednesday afternoon starting at 3 PM through last entry. Reservations are required and the Wednesday ticket store opens online the preceding Monday at 3 PM. The aquarium is walkable ...
New York Aquarium Free Wednesday Admission Details
The world's first children's museum, free every Thursday from 2-5 PM, courtesy of Amazon. Located in Crown Heights, it's a hands-on exploration space covering world cultures, nature, science, and the arts through interactive exhibits designed for you...
Brooklyn Children's Museum Free Thursdays
Queens' hands-on science museum is free every Friday from 2-5 PM. Reserve tickets starting at 10 AM on Friday mornings, as they go fast. The Hall of Science has one of the best science playgrounds in the country, plus a full range of interactive exhi...
Free Days at The New York Hall of Science
A free art-and-science play space inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, designed specifically for families with young children. Admission to the studio is always free, and while you're there, ask for an 81st Street Studio Family Field Guide: it enti...
81st Street Studio - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The city's own free events calendar has a robust family and kids filter, covering free performances, story times, nature programs, art workshops, puppet shows, sports clinics, and seasonal events across every borough year-round. In summer alone there...
NYC Parks Family Events Calendar
A lesser-known but powerful program for NYC families enrolled in early childhood programs, Head Start, or Title I schools. Cool Culture distributes free family passes to 90+ museums and cultural institutions across the city, year-round. If you have a...
Cool Culture
Kids' Night on Broadway takes place in New York City once or twice each year. Kids and teens ages 18 and under can attend a participating Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult!
Kids' Night on Broadway