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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 8, 2024?

23 free events take place on Sunday, September 8 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 September 8 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 September . 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.
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23 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, September 8, 2024

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Editor's Picks

free events nyc 2024 Bus Festival
free events nyc Piano Works by Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and More
free events nyc Hot Hands: 6 Dancers Evoke Childhood
free events nyc West Side Country Fair: Music, Performers, Games, and More
free events nyc The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall
free events nyc Brazilian Samba Reggae Drum Performance - Outdoors
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Park Walk | Nature Walk in the Park


The park is home to many plant and animal species including over 100 species of birds. Take a closer look to observe butterflies, dragonflies and other interesting insects. Get to know the native plants that thrive in unexpected places in and around the River’s edge. Each Nature Walk is unique and offers a one-of-a-kind treasure hunt-like experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Park Walks, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Nature Walk in the Park

Tour | NYC Walking Tours: A Variety of Neighborhoods - Choose One Tour Or Many


These tours take place at various times. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. See link for details: scroll down to find the daily scheduled tours at $4 (more expensive tours are listed on top). Daily tours may include: SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Lower Manhattan Brooklyn Bridge Harlem Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Graffiti and Street Art Tours
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tours, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, NYC Walking Tours: A Variety of Neighborhoods - Choose One Tour Or Many

Festival | 2024 Bus Festival


The New York Transit Museum's beloved festival of vintage buses and surface vehicles returns. Explore buses from the vintage fleet, representing more than 90 years of New York City surface transit history. Enjoy photo ops, meet some of the bus drivers who help keep our city moving, check out the pop-up shop, and take in the view of the Manhattan skyline.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free
Festivals, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, 2024 Bus Festival

Fair | Chinese Steet Fair: Food, Art, Activities and More


An annual outdoor Chinese food & culture festival with experiential activities, tastings, and market fairs that showcases the vibrant food, art and cultural traditions from China.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fairs, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Chinese Steet Fair: Food, Art, Activities and More

Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Park Walk | Brooklyn Waterfront Walk


A docent-led walking tour of the park! Immerse yourself in the breathtaking scenery whilst learning about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park’s sustainable design, and how the park came to life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Park Walks, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Brooklyn Waterfront Walk

Classical Music | Piano Works by Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and More


Inesa Sinkevych, piano; Yuan Sheng, piano; Wael Farouk, piano; Alexandre Moutouzkine, piano; Jiayin Li, piano; Simone Dinnerstein, piano. Program Schubert (1797-1828), Ungarische Melodie (Hungarian Melody) in B Minor, D. 817 Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, no. 2 Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Elegie in E-flat Minor from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, no. 1 J.S. Bach (1685-1750) & Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747), Concert in D Minor, BWV 974, II. Adagio Ignacio Cervantes (1847-1905), Adios a Cuba (Farewell to Cuba) and No llores mas Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples) from Kinderszenen, Op. 15, no. 1
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
Free
Concerts, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Piano Works by Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and More

Park Walk | Island Walking Tour


Look into the past of the Island and learn about its excit-ing trans-for-ma-tion and future. In this walk-ing tour led by volunteer guides, you'll explore the Island's historic district and new 43-acre park. Tours exam-ine how his-toric preser-va-tion, inno-v-a-tive design, and envi-ron-men-tal stew-ard-ship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique pub-lic places in New York City. The tour route is approximately 1 mile on paved, wheelchair accessible paths. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:45 am
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Park Walks, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Island Walking Tour

Lecture | Forms Serving Functions: Coins and Medals as Judaica


Numismatic imagery has mirrored and illuminated many facets of Jewish culture for centuries. The current exhibition, Jewry Reflected, Refracted, and Recorded on Medals, and this presentation based on it, highlight the wide variety of forms and functions that Jewish coins, tokens, and medals have assumed over the centuries. Having served as active agents, as actual participants, in the religious and social lives of Jewish people both in the Holy Land and in the Diaspora, they incorporate and constitute material evidence of past Jewish experience. Speaker Ira Rezak is a retired physician and educator who has studied and collected Judaica for many years.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Lectures, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Forms Serving Functions: Coins and Medals as Judaica

Discussion | The Courage to Create: Addressing the Holocaust through Art


A curator-led viewing of the exhibition Tapestries by Shoshana Comet: From Survival to Strength will be followed by a panel of scholars in conversation with Dr. Shay Pilnik, Director of The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The discussion will reference the tapestries to explore artistic representation of the Holocaust, the use of art to record and preserve history, and art as a means of recovery from trauma. Panelists include: · Mariya Keselman-Mekler, Creative Arts Therapist and Program Manager of Wellness Program for Holocaust Survivors at KleinLife in Philadelphia · Archie Rand, Artist and The CUNY Presidential Professor of Art at Brooklyn College · Dr. Ori Z. Soltes, Teaching Professor at the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University. Light refreshments will be served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, The Courage to Create: Addressing the Holocaust through Art

Workshop | DrawNow! Seedwork Artistry and Empowerment Doll-Making


On the occasion of the exhibition Frank Walter: To Capture a Soul, a workshop to discover the intricate beauty of seedwork from tamarind and jumbie seeds and empowerment doll-making, intangible cultural heritage crafts unique to the twin-island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda. This unique workshop offers an opportunity to create your own exquisite pieces while exploring the rich heritage of artisan narratives. Learn alongside the talented facilitators from Botanique, a female-owned collective from Antigua and Barbuda, and discover the artwork of the renowned Antiguan artist Frank Walter (1926-2009). You have the option to choose either the seedwork kit or doll-making kit for this workshop. Each kit provides all the necessary art materials, supplies and step-by-step instructions, plus the guidance and assistance from the Botanique facilitators.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, DrawNow! Seedwork Artistry and Empowerment Doll-Making

Dance Performance | Hot Hands: 6 Dancers Evoke Childhood


A performance conceived and choreographed by the artist Madeline Hollander in conjunction with the exhibition Growing Sideways: Performing Childhood. Hot Hands features six dancers and draws choreographic inspiration from the reflex-driven hand game of its title, as well as other archetypal clapping games found across the globe. The collaborative piece taps into the dancers' muscle memories and childhoods, and playfully explores the corporeal vocabularies articulating fake-outs, flinches, anticipation, concentration, keeping score, and breaking rules. The installation presents 6 locally sourced inverted tables that have been converted into "roundabouts," a revolving piece of playground equipment. These spinning structures inform the dancers' trajectories, with arrows indicating their next move as they cycle through the game ad infinitum. Viewers are invited to come and go as they please throughout the performance. Performers: Eloise Deluca, Marielis Garcia, Peter Mazurowski, Frances Samson, Vinicius Silva
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free
Dance Performances, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Hot Hands: 6 Dancers Evoke Childhood

Fair | West Side Country Fair: Music, Performers, Games, and More


Enjoy a full day of county fair magic in Manhattan with live bands, sideshow performers, carnival rides and games, local food and merchandise vendors, cotton candy, and more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free
Fairs, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, West Side Country Fair: Music, Performers, Games, and More

Film | The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall


Jack Torrance becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny, who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family. Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and dark humor. Jack Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. Throughout his five-decade career he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He also received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1994 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. Shelley Duvall was an American actress and producer widely known for her portrayal of distinctive, often eccentric characters. In the 1980s, Duvall became famous for her leading roles, which include Olive Oyl in Altman's live-action feature version of Popeye (1980) and Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's horror film The Shining (1980).
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free
Films, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall

Book Discussion | Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories (online)


For more than 200 years, the name "Rothschild" has been synonymous with two things: great wealth, and conspiracy theories about what they're "really doing" with it. Almost from the moment Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his sons emerged from the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt to revolutionize the banking world, the Rothschild family has been the target of myths, hoaxes, bizarre accusations, and constant, virulent antisemitism. Over the years, they have been blamed for everything from the sinking of the Titanic, to causing the Great Depression, and even creating the COVID-19 pandemic. Author Mike Rothschild's book is a deeply researched dive into the history of the conspiracy industry around the Rothschild family - from the "pamphlet wars" of Paris in the 1840s to the dankest pits of the internet today. The journalist and conspiracy theory expert, who isn't related to the family, sorts out myth from reality to find the truth about these conspiracy theories and their spreaders. Who were the Rothschilds? Who are they today? Do they really own $500 trillion and every central bank, in addition to "controlling the British money supply?" Is any of this actually true? And why, even as their wealth and influence have waned, do they continue to drive conspiracies and hoaxes?
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free
Book Discussions, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories (online)

Concert | Brazilian Samba Reggae Drum Performance - Outdoors


Fogo Azul return for an Open Studios performance. The New York City-based all-women, trans, and non-binary Brazilian Samba Reggae drum line among New York City's best and most powerful performance group.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free
Concerts, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Brazilian Samba Reggae Drum Performance - Outdoors

Jazz | Jazz in the Park


Berta Indeed presents “Let the Music Play”, community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Jazz in the Park

Discussion | The Shaker Experience and the Broader Immigrant Story


A panel of speakers representing the Museum, Shaker Museum, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, and Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic will come together for an engaging panel discussion on the immigrant experience.This conversation will explore the origins of immigration and how they illuminate or contrast with the present and future.  Drawing inspiration from the 250th anniversary of the Shakers arriving in New York City in 1774, as well as the journey of over six million immigrants who passed the 1908 lightship Ambrose on their way into New York Harbor, we will compare the Shaker experience with the broader immigrant story. We’ll also delve into the surprising commonalities among the many waves of immigrants who have come to New York City in search of a new life. Following the panel, we’ll open the floor for an audience Q&A. 
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Discussions, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, The Shaker Experience and the Broader Immigrant Story

Classical Music | Works by Richard Strauss, Poulenc, Puccini, and More for Voice and Piano


Vianca Alejandra, soprano; Marcella Calabi, soprano; Tami Petty, soprano; Darynn Zimmer, soprano; Lydia Brown, piano; Ye In Kwak, piano; David Sisco, piano; Tom Cipullo, piano. Program Lori Laitman (b. 1955), In This Short Life Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Das Rosenband, Op. 36, no. 1 Poulenc (1899-1963), Les Chemins de l'amour Puccini (1858-1924), Donde lieta usci from La boheme William Bolcom (b. 1938), Never More Will The Wind from I Will Breathe a Mountain David Sisco, Selections from Dear God Tom Cipullo (b. 1956), Touch Me from Late Summer Richard Hundley (1931-2018), The Astronomers Michael Flanders (1922-1975) and Donald Swann (1923-1994), The Hippopotamus
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free
Concerts, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Works by Richard Strauss, Poulenc, Puccini, and More for Voice and Piano

Concert | Live Music in the Garden


Featured musicians: Paul Spring Justin Dean Thomas
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Live Music in the Garden

Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)


Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)

Dance Performance | Ballet Dancers Perform on a Plaza


Five highly trained contemporary ballet dancers of Pigeonwing Dance perform outdoors on a Persian carpet. This virtuosic and intricate dance is a study in contrasts: silk with asphalt, structured choreography with improvisation, and private space in public. The dance series has been performed over 150 times all actoss NYC.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free
Dance Performances, September 08, 2024, 09/08/2024, Ballet Dancers Perform on a Plaza
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