free things to do in New York City
Free events for Wednesday, 05/29/24
<

May 2024

>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
Free Events, Free Things to Do in New York City!  Read More

Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 29, 2024?

42 free events take place on Wednesday, May 29 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out May 29 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of May . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
Join the Club!

Go!
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!

42 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, May 29, 2024

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Behind the Headlines: Living in and Covering Israel at War (online)
free events nyc Trio Blends Brazilian, African, and Portuguese Sounds
free events nyc The Grand Tour: An Immersive Dance Experience
free events nyc The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
More Editor's Picks for 05/29/24
        

Workshop | Boot Camp Workout


An early-morning core body Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back, and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high fives welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 am
Free

Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


A community of artists of all skill levels are inspired by our surroundings to create with drawing materials, pastels and watercolors. Embolden your artwork amidst the flower-filled and seasonally evolving palette of the verdant gardens. An artist/educator will provide ideas and instruction. Materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Figure Al Fresco


This event offers a unique setting to observe and sketch the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. An artist/educator will offer constructive suggestions and critique. Drawing materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Ribbon Dancing


Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

City Walk | Hamilton Heights Neighborhood Walk


This is a slow-paced walk. See some famous Harlem sites, e.g. Walk of Fame, YMCA, etc. Visit the iconic buildings at uptown City College as well as Hamilton Grange, home of Alexander Hamilton, located in St. Nicolas Park. The walk is about 4-5 miles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
11:30 am
Free

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
Join the Club!
Go!
12:00 pm
Free

Concert | Matinee Music


Settle in for a musical respite and welcome in the season with midday melodies. Bring your blanket and lunch and settle in on the park's expansive lawn for a performance by unmatched performers. The lunchtime concert will feature artists from around New York City, in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America, MORE Opera and The Bishop Presents.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:00 pm
Free

Tour | Tour of New York City Hall


One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:20 pm
Free

Discussion | Behind the Headlines: Living in and Covering Israel at War (online)


Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein leads a panel of top English-language journalists in Israel who, since October 7, have been reporting on the aftermath of the Hamas terror attacks, from the plight of the hostages and their families to the war in Gaza and the North as well as the threat of an escalating conflict with Iran. Ruth Marks Eglash (Jewish Insider), Uriel Heilman (JTA) and Jessica Steinberg (The Times of Israel) will share their experiences living in and covering Israel post-October 7.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Jazz Hour


Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Nir Felder Solo (guitar)
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:30 pm
Free

Concert | Piano in the Park


Come on by and tap your toes to The Big Apple's finest ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists around! Featuring special events and performances by distinguished musicians. Today's pianist: Sue Maskaleris.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
1:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Touchstones from the Joffrey Ballet's History (In Person AND Online)


Former Joffrey Ballet dancer Trinette Singleton presents touchstones from the Joffrey Ballet's history with works from the repertoire and the Joffrey Methodology. Beginning with the early 1960s following the Joffrey Ballet's split with Rebecca Harkness, Singleton discusses the events of that first year as the company began to establish itself. Singleton highlights various works that went into the repertoire during that period, along with the 1967 addition of The Green Table, an important milestone for the company. That year was also the year Joffrey produced his groundbreaking multimedia ballet, Astarte. It thrust both the company and Singleton into major news attention. Singleton explores the creation of this work, which has always been a topic of interest to many. The program presents an overview of the work of the Joffrey Ballet's co-founder Gerald Arpino, who was a prolific, often underrated choreographer. The Arpino Chicago Centennial Celebration was a recent testimony to his choreographic genius. Some of the pieces performed for the Centennial Celebration will be highlighted. A few years ago, a small group of dancers who had studied with Robert Joffrey decided it was time to create a record of his teaching method. Through the efforts of those dancers and the Arpino Foundation, a document titled the Joffrey Methodology has resulted. Singleton speaks about the process of documentation and shows a video of a few exercises from Joffrey's actual classes. Registration required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Selections from Brahms


A Tribute to Marlena Malas (1936–2023) with selections from Brahms's (1833-1897) Liebeslieder Waltzes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Trio Blends Brazilian, African, and Portuguese Sounds


Forr? is a rich example from northeastern Brazil of how the blending of different styles can create a musical genre that is truly for all. Featuring accordion, zabumba and triangle accompanying rhythmic vocal harmonies, Trio Arrebol explores the intersection of Indigenous Brazilian, African, Portuguese and Caribbean cultures to present a style that makes you want to dance and relax in equal measure!
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Wellness Wednesdays


Curated by Sputnik Yoga, Wellness Wednesdays will offer a variety of fitness and wellness themed classes on a weekly basis. Bring your own yoga mat or blanket.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
5:30 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Marepe: Peripheral Vision


Brazilian artist Marepe returns to the gallery with a new body of work that celebrates life in the periphery of mainstream culture. Working in the countryside region of Bahia, at a remove from the major art centers of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Marepe uses the vernacular of everyday materials around him to create formally sophisticated works with poetic potency. A keen observer, he draws inspiration from sources ranging from local street vendors to Marcel Duchamp to express a sense of place and share a romantic’s view of his hometown of Santo Antônio de Jesus.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Tokyo Tokyo: Street Photography


In Tokyo Tokyo, street photography by Richard Koek captures the everyday magic of the Japanese capital.   A unique book by photographer Richard Koek about one of the world’s largest cities, Tokyo. The visitor of this megapolis in Japan will see a lot of neon and plastic, but also traditional kimonos and cherry blossoms. Fashion and advertising are at least as important as etiquette and tidiness. In Tokyo Tokyo Koek reveals the true face of a city where tradition and innovation go hand in hand. Surely the stereotypes are a subject of his photographs, but Koek always gives them his own twist. His colorful images are raw, realistic and extremely striking. Koek knows how to capture the magic of everyday life by putting the ordinary on a pedestal. The beauty of the image and the story behind it always go hand in hand in his works. This is how he shows a different side of the city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

City Walk | Bloomingdale Neighborhood Tour


Jim Mackin leads a mixed group of visitors to the city and resident New Yorkers on a one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walk around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Historian, Artist, Activist: Jonathan Ned Katz in Conversation (online)


An evening with historian, artist, and activist Jonathan Ned Katz, the subject of Village Preservation’s most recent oral history. A renowned public historian and author, whose pioneering work helped to found the fields of U.S. LGBTQ and heterosexual history, Katz grew up in Greenwich Village in a house on Jane Street and attended the Little Red School House. Katz in 1971 joined the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), and in June 1972 used his name on a documentary play, Coming Out! produced by GAA at its rented firehouse on Wooster Street. The mainstream publicity received by the play led a publisher to offer Katz a contract for the collection of documents and interpretation published in 1976 as Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the USA. At that time within academia, young scholars were warned that producing work on this history would ruin their careers. Katz's play and book led to his joining a network of gay men, lesbians, bisexual and heterosexual women that met regularly in study groups over the following decades –– often in the Greenwich Village house on Jane Street where Katz had lived as a child –– enabling he and others to found the academic field of LGBTQ history and studies. In this conversation with Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman, Katz will also focus on his little-known career as an artist; on the Greenwich Village family that encouraged his precocious child art and talented teen art; and his work as a textile designer at the Jack Prince Studio. Katz will discuss with Berman his memoir in progress, Coming of Age in Greenwich Village: A Painter, His Paintings, His Life, and show examples of his art, celebrating the male nude, and featured in a one-man show at the Leslie Lohman Museum in 2013.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Midtown Dance: Afro Dance


A weekly dance classes in the heart of Midtown Manhattan hosted and produced by Talia Castro-Pozo featuring dances of the African diaspora including Bomba, Afro Fusion, Afro Brazilian and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Discussion | O’Hara’s: Resilience on Tap


In the aftermath of 9/11, individuals came together in public spaces to grieve, find solace, and memorialize the attacks. These spaces fostered a sense of community that, in some cases, endure two decades later. O’Hara’s Restaurant and Pub is one of these sites. After suffering significant structural damage on 9/11, the bar re-opened seven months after the attacks, quickly becoming a space of mourning, healing, and a living tribute to first responders. To discuss the role of O’Hara’s after 9/11, the importance of community spaces, and how social ties are critical aspects of resilience, Museum Director Clifford Chanin is joined by Mike Keane, co-owner of O’Hara’s, retired firefighter Tim Brown, and Dr. David Abramson, Director of the Center for Public Health Disaster Science at NYU’s School of Global Public Health.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Park Yoga


Bring your mat and water and enjoy one hour of yoga with New York City’s top instructors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Dancing | Salsa Social in the Park


Dancers of all ages and skill levels come together at this weekly Salsa party. Kick things off with a free class from 6-6:30pm and then open dancing the rest of the evening with incredible instructors from Salsa Dura NY.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Sunset Yoga


Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson's peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment as your instructor guides you through alignments and poses. All levels are welcome. Bringing your own mat is encouraged, as provided accessories are first come first serve.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | 4 Poets Read Their Work (in-person and online)


With: Patrick McGraw, Jonah Freeman, David Rimanelli, and Hugh Malone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
$5

Book Discussion | Role Play: Excesses of Brazil's Elite


Clara Drummond's Role Play is a fresh satire narrated by a wealthy young woman in Rio on the verge of a class-consciousness awakening. Vivian is a curator, not just at her gallery gig in Rio de Janeiro, but in every aspect of her life. Her apartment has designer armchairs. Her wallet is Comme des Garçons. Everything is selected and arranged, even her lovers and friends. In Vivian’s world, everything comes in excess, including her own caustic selfawareness. As she informs us, “I’m a misandrist and a misogynist,” but she is fond of gay men, “the one type of human you can properly get along with as equals.” Role Play examines the superabundances of Brazilian elites— their art, ethics, and monied ambivalence in the face of social inequality, machismo, and violence. As sharp and sparkling as broken champagne flutes, Clara Drummond’s prose is seductively frank and unflinching in its depiction of wealth’s power to warp the self.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
$5

Play | The Comedy of Errors: An Outdoor Musical Adaptation of Shakespeare


The Comedy of Errors will be performed in English and Spanish by the Public Theatre's Mobile Unit.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Book Discussion | The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America


Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century--including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath--finally gets her due in this intimate biography by Sara B. Franklin. When twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones began working as a secretary at Doubleday's Paris office in 1949, she spent most of her time wading through manuscripts in the slush pile and passing on projects--until one day, a book caught her eye. She read it in one sitting, then begged her boss to consider publishing it. A year later, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl became a bestseller. It was the start of a culture-defining career in publishing. During her more than fifty years as an editor at Knopf, Jones nurtured the careers of literary icons such as Sylvia Plath, Anne Tyler, and John Updike, and helped launched new genres and trends in literature. At the forefront of the cookbook revolution, she published the who's who of food writing: Edna Lewis, M.F.K. Fisher, Claudia Roden, Madhur Jaffrey, James Beard, and, most famously, Julia Child. Through her quiet and tenacious work behind the scenes, Jones helped turn these authors into household names, changing cultural mores and expectations along the way.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
$5

Workshop | Bodyroll Workout


Joyful and cathartic dance aerobics with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Conditioning Workout on the River


Sweat it out in the park. Experience Tone House‘s signature Conditioning workout every Wednesday, featuring sprints, agility drills, drop downs, partner work and sports-inspired movements designed to unleash your inner athlete. Whether you’re a former athlete or just starting out on your fitness journey, all levels are welcome to try this fun, challenging, and team-based workout.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Dance Performance | The Grand Tour: An Immersive Dance Experience


Attend The Grand Tour! Visitors will experience an immersive dance performance, and have a chance to dance themselves. The Grand Tour was the name of the popular trips of youngsters that visited the main capitals of Europe in the 18th Century. Attendees will experience a music and dance program that transports them to 18th Century England, France and Spain. Your guides are dancers Julia Bengtsson and Patrick Pride from The New York Baroque Dance Company, America's leading Baroque dance ensemble, and the musicians Paul Shipper, Jason Priset and Dongmyung Ahn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | What's Driving the Left in Germany and the United States?


A growing number of Americans and Germans have been engaging in civil action in recent years. They have come out to demand radical social and economic changes. What do their strategies look like? What is the role of civil society? And how do the two countries differ when it comes to the left at large? Political scientist Sheri Berman and independent journalist Lukas Hermsmeier will talk about progressive movements, ideas, and alliances in Germany and the United States in a conversation moderated by Steven E. Sokol.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Film | Earl: Documentary on Korean-American Composer


A special advanced screening of the documentary feature film "Earl." directed by the Emmy award-winning director and producer Ty Kim. The film is about the American composer Earl Kim (1920-1998) who grew up in abject poverty and died before his brilliant work was recognized by the public at large. His life is an extraordinary, current, and relevant story that spans not only the world of classical music but of education, politics, war, peace, and human rights. Most of all, the power of music to change lives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology


Hell on earth is real. The toxic fusion of big oil, Evangelical Christianity, and white supremacy has ignited a worldwide inferno, more phantasmagoric than anything William Blake could dream up and more cataclysmic than we can fathom. Escaping global warming hell, this revelatory book shows, requires a radical, mystical marriage of Christianity and biology that awakens a future beyond white male savagery. Timothy Morton argues that there is an unexpected yet profound relationship between religion and ecology that can guide a planet-scale response to the climate crisis. Spiritual and mystical feelings have a deep resonance with ecological thinking, and together they provide the resources environmentalism desperately needs in this time of climate emergency. Morton finds solutions in a radical revaluation of Christianity, furnishing ecological politics with a language of mercy and forgiveness that draws from Christian traditions without bringing along their baggage. They call for a global environmental movement that fuses ecology and mysticism and puts race and gender front and center. This nonviolent resistance can stage an all-out assault on the ultimate Satanic mill: the concept of master and slave, manifesting today in white supremacy, patriarchy, and environmental destruction. Passionate, erudite, and playful, Hell takes readers on a full-color journey into the contemporary underworld—and offers a surprising vision of salvation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York (online)


In the middle of the twentieth century, good cameras became smaller and lighter, enabling street photographers to roam alleyways, ride elevated trains and subways, and stroll beaches in the summertime to capture daily life with urgency and intimacy. Deborah Dash Moore’s book showcases the distinct urban vision that working-class Jewish photographers produced with these new cameras on New York City’s streets and in public spaces. Drawing on the experiences of and photographs by a generation of young Jewish photographers who belonged to the New York Photo League, Moore offers a new perspective on New York as seen through their eyes – a cityscape of working-class people and democratizing public transit. With their cameras, they pictured Gotham’s abrasive social milieu and its evanescent textures and light, creating an archive of vernacular images of city life and a distinctive tradition of street photography that would be widely imitated.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Reading | Wyrm Magazine Launch and Performance


The launch of Wyrm Magazine, Scrappers & Villagers, published by Wyrm Farm at the onset of its growing season.  To commemorate the launch of Wyrm Magazine, Scrappers & Villagers, contributor Jasper Spicero will perform a table reading of his new screenplay “Logic Before Authority.” Six actors—led by Spicero—will gather on the occasion of their admission into a fictional school to read the artist’s screenplay, which is considered a historical text in their world. The table reading includes wooden guns handmade by Taisei Komatsu. Wyrm Magazine, Scrappers & Villagers includes contributions by Joseph Buckley, Claire Dougherty, Ben Roylance, Jasper Spicero, Lillian Paige Walton and Souchou Yao. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Choral Works (In Person AND Online!)


The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Downtown Voices; NOVUS NY; Sandbox Percussion; Shabnam Abedi, soprano; Stephen Sands and Melissa Attebury, conductors. Program Reena Esmail’s Malhaar, A Requiem for Water Garth Neustadter (b. 1986), Memory of Water
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free
Complimentary Tickets

to shows, concerts ... (CFT Deals!)

Theater | Family Theater Showcase

Regular Price: $49.50
CFT Member Price: $0.00

Dance Performance | High-Energy Dance by Acclaimed Choreographer

Regular Price: $49
CFT Member Price: $0.00
Join the Club!

Go!