The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

Friday Oct. 24, 2025

All day

8 am – 10 pm

11 am – 7 pm

Noon – 10 pm

2:30 – 6:30 pm

4 – 5 pm

6 – 8 pm

6 – 8 pm

Free things to do in NYC

Friday Oct. 24, 2025

Featured Events

Halloween Harvest
Luna Park

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail
New York Botanical Garden

Cityside Pumpkin Patch
The Summer Club

Color Factory NYC Haunted Hues
Color Factory New York

Halloween House Long Island
Broadway Commons

NYC Volleyverse Club Volleyball Tryouts
College of Staten Island

Fall Festival at The Mount
Mount Loretto

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
On Your Mark Playhouse

Marble Church’s Fall Festival
Marble Collegiate Church

Brooklyn Charter School Fair & Kids Activity Expo
Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center

Disney and Pixar’s COCO in Concert Live to Film
The Town Hall

Garden School Open House
The Garden School

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