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Free Events, Free Things to Do in New York City! Read More
Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge, and all of that on any day of the year, whether it's December or July, April or November!
The trick is to know about those free events, free things to do BEFORE they happen, not after the fact. That's where Club Free Time comes in handy! Become a Club Free Time member and start using these unique New York City (NYC) opportunities today, March 31, 2025!
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In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York City (NYC), Club Free Time offers its members complimentary tickets to classical music concerts, dance performances and theater: when a producer wants that special buzz of the 'full house' - Club Free Time members are welcomed for their enthusiasm and sophistication!
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Get a taste of free culture and free entertainment in New York City (NYC)!
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Experience an entirely new perspective on New York. 'Open up a whole new cultural world... in one of the most vibrant capital cities in the world, sampling cultural delights beyond anyone's wildest dream.' Rupert Parker, journalist, photographer, cameraman, and TV producer
March 31, 2025. Free shows, free concerts, free movies, free tours, free readings, worshops, lectures, etc. are New York's best kept secret! Learn all about it and do not miss the unique opportunities that only New York provides: NYC never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment whether it's day or night, weekday or weekend, summer or winter, spring or fall, January or June, May or September. If you are looking for inexpensive things to do and where to go in Manhattan today, tonight, tomorrow, or any other time, or any other day of any week - you came to the right place: just click on any day on the calendar dispayed on the every page of our site and you will see how many events you can attend in Manhattan free of charge on that very day.
New York's cultural scene is at its busiest in October and March (and the same goes for free events, free things to do), but other months of the year still offer incredible amount of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away! So if you looking for something to do in April or November, December or February, you will find tons of free things to do, free events to go to. (In June, July and August lots of those free events take place outdoors, of course).
So start using these unique New York City opportunities today, March 31, 2025!
Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge, and all of that on any day of the year, whether it's December or July, April or November!
The trick is to know about those free events, free things to do BEFORE they happen, not after the fact. That's where Club Free Time comes in handy! Become a Club Free Time member and start using these unique New York City (NYC) opportunities today, March 31, 2025!
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Club Free Time is your perfect guide to Free Entertainment and Free Culture in the City That Never Sleeps.
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Free things to do, free events that take place in New York City every day of the year are truly amazing. So if you're looking for something interesting to do today (March 31, 2025) or on any other day of the year don't miss those free-of-charge opportunities that only New York provides! You can find lots of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away!
In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York City (NYC), Club Free Time offers its members complimentary tickets to classical music concerts, dance performances and theater: when a producer wants that special buzz of the 'full house' - Club Free Time members are welcomed for their enthusiasm and sophistication!
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Get a taste of free culture and free entertainment in New York City (NYC)!
Join the Club!
Experience an entirely new perspective on New York. 'Open up a whole new cultural world... in one of the most vibrant capital cities in the world, sampling cultural delights beyond anyone's wildest dream.' Rupert Parker, journalist, photographer, cameraman, and TV producer
Join the Club!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
Let New York City surprise, stimulate, entertain and excite you! Read More
Don't miss the unique opportunities that only New York provides:
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- free poetry readings in NYC
- free tours/hikes in NYC
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- free Yoga /Tai Chi in NYC
- fairs and parades in NYC
- free theater in NYC
- free tickets to concerts, theater and dance performances in NYC
'New York is abuzz with so much culture that they're giving it away.' (The New York Times article about Club Free Time).
Editor's Picks
23 free things to do in New York City (NYC) today:
Monday, March 31, 2025
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Woodwind Duo Performs Works by Stravinsky, Rossini, and More (In Person AND Online!)
Chris Dechant, clarinet, and Jiayun Li, oboe, perform works from the Classical, Romantic, and Modern musical periods. Program Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Oboe Sonata, Op. 58 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Three Pieces for Clarinet, K033 Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) Clarinet Concerto in B-flat Major Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Piano from La Donna Del Lago
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Baroque and Modern Flutes
Emi Ferguson masterfully performs on both period and modern flutes.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 11 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Start times: 12pm, 1:30pm
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
$10
$10
Workshop | Creative Writing Workshop
A weekly walk and writing session led by author Jon Curley. Participants will be encouraged to use observations as a way to enhance their writing styles in any preferred mode.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Prize-Winning Violinist Performs Mozart and More (In Person AND Online!)
Yun-Chung Lin, violin, performs music from a range of musical periods. Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K.378 Tyzen Hsiao (1938-2015) Craving for the Spring Wind Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Lecture | "To Become a Soviet Fet": Unofficial Poetry and the Russian Nature Lyric Tradition
A key feature of post-WWII Soviet uncensored poetry is its complicated, often ironic relationship to the older lyrical traditions enshrined by official Soviet culture. One such tradition is Romantic nature poetry, with its emphasis on contemplation, rapture, and other forms of expressive subjectivity and authenticity. These forms, however, seem problematic in the Soviet 1960s and 1970s. This talk examines a body of work by poets associated with the Lianozovo group – Evgeny Kropivnitsky, Vsevolod Nekrasov and Yan Satunovsky – that repeatedly evokes Afanasii Fet, the foremost practitioner of 19th-century lyric expressivity and attunement to nature. What motivates this unexpected connection? Fet emerges as shorthand for nature poetry and Naturgefühl more generally, and as a symbol of its irrelevance and unsustainable escapism. The lecture sets Lianozovo’s dialogue with Fet against the backdrop of his reception by earlier poets and contrasts it with references to Alexander Pushkin’s nature lyric in the work of Leonid Aronzon, an unofficial poet of a very different formation, whose allusions, by contrast, seek to re-enchant the contemporary world. Speaker Luba Golburt is Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley. She is the author of The First Epoch: The Eighteenth Century and the Russian Cultural Imagination(University of Wisconsin Press, 2014) and has published articles on Enlightenment and Romanticism, as well as on modern Russian poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. She is currently working on a book-length study of the Russian nature lyric tradition and is co-editing, with Catherine Ciepiela and Stephanie Sandler, the Oxford Handbook of Russian Poetry.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free
Free
Staged Reading | The Monsters: A Sibling Love Story
For a long time, Lil has been obsessed with fighting, and one fighter in particular: her older brother Big, an aging but successful figure in the local Mixed Martial Arts circuit. But she’s been doing it all from afar… until one day when she decides to show up on his doorstep. The Monsters is a sibling love story about reunions, resentment, reconnection, and wrestling with demons. Written by Ngozi Anyanwu
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free
Free
Museums | Art from All Over The World: Modern and Contemporary
Discover a vast collection of art from a diverse range of countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Russia, France, Spain, Japan, India, United States and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Hot Stuff: An Exposure of Indonesia's Geothermal Dreams
An award-winning documentary that delves into energy policies in Indonesia, corporate ties to those policies, and their detrimental effects on local environments and populations. Director Dandhy Laksono and producer Cypri Dale will be live from the University of Michigan’s Center for Southeast Asia Studies as over 20 universities from across North America connect to watch Hot Stuff simultaneously, followed by a discussion about the film, energy policy in Indonesia, and the new Prabowo Subianto administration’s response to local grassroots movements in the country.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Prize-Winning Soprano Performs Works of Mozart, Dvorak, Schubert, and More! (In Person AND Online!)
Sarah Samone, soprano, performs pieces from a range of musical periods. Program Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Marietta's Lied Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Three Schubert Songs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Porgi Amor Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Song to the Moon Samuel Cooke (1931-1964) Change is Gonna Come Etta Hawkins (1938-2012) Fool That I Am Bob Dylan (1941-) (arr. Adele) Make You Feel My Love Charles Fox (1940-) Killing Me Softly Henry Krieger (1945-) I am Changing
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Museums | Remembrance, Reflection and Resilience
A place of commemoration: exhibition, artifacts, photographs, stories and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects: Building in Place
Modern urban architecture by the renowned firm with a self-imposed mandate to further the common good.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy that the History Books Left Out by Jennifer Ashley Tepper
In honor of Women’s History Month, author and theater historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper will celebrate her newly released book with a presentation and performance. Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy that the History Books Left Out is the first-ever book about female musical theater writers. In this program, Tepper will give an inside look at some of the more than 300 inspiring women featured. Expect behind-the-scenes photos and stories about prolific and celebrated Broadway writers like Betty Comden and Jeanine Tesori, women who have written musicals but gained fame elsewhere like Dolly Parton and Sara Bareilles, and dramatists you may not have heard of—but definitely should have—from Micki Grant, whose mega-hit musical about the Black experience made her the first woman to write book, music, and lyrics for a Broadway show to María Grever, the first Mexican female composer to achieve international success—who made her Broadway debut at age 56. Tepper will also present guest performers sharing some fascinating songs written by women for musicals that will bring the book to life and make you look at theater in a whole new way. Registration required.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Historic Jewish Harlem (online)
From 1870 to 1930, Harlem was the world's third-largest Jewish neighborhood, following Manhattan's Lower East Side and Warsaw, Poland. Discover Harlem's historic Jewish institutions, such as Temple Israel, the Ohab Zedek synagogue, Mount Morris Park known for its residents Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart, that have left a lasting impact on the Jewish world today. With historian Bradley Shaw.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
pay-what-you-wish, registration required
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Discussion | Making Truths Believable Again in an Age of Conspiracist Mythocracies (in-person and online)
In an age of rampant misinformation and disinformation, authors Yves Citton (Mythocracy, Verso 2025) and François Noudelmann (Director of La Maison Française, author Can We Make Truth Great Again? Max Milo, 2025) come together to discuss the nature of reality vs. myth, and whether truth has the capacity to endure in an environment in which facts have an alternative.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Boccaccio's Anger: A Case in the Philology and Politics of Emotions
A lecture by Gur Zak, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Book Club | Graphic Novel Book Club: Bitch Planet Book One: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro
In a future just a few years down the road in the wrong direction, a woman's failure to comply with her patriarchal overlords will result in exile to the meanest penal planet in the galaxy. When the newest crop of fresh femmes arrive, can they work together to stay alive or will hidden agendas, crooked guards, and the deadliest sport on (or off!) Earth take them to their maker?
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
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Discussion | Irish Immigration and Deportation in Early 19th Century, with Historians (online)
When Irish immigrants arrived in the United States in the early 19th century, they encountered prejudice due to their Catholic faith and poverty. Many Americans were not receptive to them. But what was the impact of this discrimination? How did the Irish immigrants respond? And what can we learn from this early wave of immigration that is relevant today? With historians Dr. Hidetaka Hirota and Dr. Kevin Kenny.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Talk | Surviving a Plague: Art & Activism in the Time of AIDS
Award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker David France speaks on the achievements, in the midst of terrible necessities, of AIDS activists in art and politics. Filmmaker David France is the director and co-writer of the Oscar-nominated and critically-acclaimed, How to Survive a Plague, the documentary and subsequent book about the early years of the AIDS epidemic. The film earned him The John Schlesinger Award (given to a first-time documentary or narrative feature filmmaker) from the Provincetown International Film Festival and the PBS Independent Lens broadcast won the Peabody Award and was nominated for two Emmys. David is also a best-selling author and an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in national publications.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | Will & Harper (2024): Will Ferrell and Trans Friend Take a Road Trip
In this intimate portrayal of friendship, transition and America, actor Will Ferrell and his close friend of thirty years decide to go on a cross-country road trip to explore a new chapter in their relationship. Director: Josh Greenbaum 110 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | World Premiere of Four Works for The Juilliard Orchestra (In Person AND Online!)
The Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky, performs four contemporary pieces. Program Daniel Lubin Between Liam Cummins Joyas Voladoras Elise Winkler The Garden by Moonlight Vincent Zhang Shaman on the Moon
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Award-Winning Violinist Performs Works of Mozart, Janacek, and Schubert (In Person AND Online!)
Burdick-Thorne Gold medalist of the Stulberg International String Competition, Daniel Rafimayeri, violin, performs three pieces by iconi composers of the Classical through 20th Century musical periods. Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, K. 380 Leos Janacek (1854-1928) Violin Sonata, JW VII/7 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Rondo Brillant in B Minor, Op. 70, D. 895
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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