Weekly roundup (June 11)
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June 11, 2025 | Issue #110
NYC FOR FREE WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Note from Rebeka:
This week: celebrate one year til the World Cup with free ice cream, tons of mid-week beauty pop-ups (RoC Skincare, SheaMoisture, Beauty of Joseon), and over the weekend, enjoy an Old Navy x Disney Roadtrip, a Hot Fellas Bakery, and so much more. Plus, Summer for the City is back at Lincoln Center this week!
– Rebeka
UPCOMING EVENTS (THIS WEEK):
🪩Lincoln Center Summer for the City (June 11 - August 9): Enjoy a summer full of free and Choose-What-You-Pay performances, silent discos, dance parties and more
⚽️FIFA World Cup Free Ice Cream Truck (June 11): The FIFA World Cup is returning in one year. Celebrate with free ice cream and more with FOX Sports!
👁️RoC Around Town (June 11 - 13): Join RoC at stops across Manhattan for a RoC Retinol Truck pop-up with free product, games, eye analysis and more!
🌸Fifth Avenue Blooms (June 11 - July 6): The month-long floral takeover returns with brand pop-ups, exclusive food & beverage offerings, live performances, and more!
🧴SheaMoisture Newsstand (June 11 - 12): SheaMoisture is coming home to NYC and celebrating a limited edition magazine with a newsstand pop-up!
🎤Metropolitan Opera 2025 Summer Recital Series (June 11 - 16): The Met’s popular concert series returns this summer, with a series of performances across New York City parks
🧴Beauty of Joseon Busy Girl Pop-Ups (June 11 - 14): In honor of all the Busy Girls, coffee carts will be popping up around several key areas of Manhattan and Brooklyn + a collab with Leon’s Bagels
🥒Grillo's Pickles PickLES NYC Pop-Up (June 11 - 21): Grillo’s Pickles is hosting a PickLES NYC Pop-Up with pickles and merch for sale and different activations throughout the month
🥃 Don Julio Por Amor: An Immersive Tasting Experience (June 12 - 15): Tequila Don Julio unveils a multi-sensory journey that reimagines how tequila is experienced through art and technology.
🎒Cotopaxi Brooklyn Grand Opening Party (June 12): Join Cotopaxi for their pop-up grand opening with giveaways, sips, snacks and more.
🥙Döner Haus Bayside Grand Opening (June 12): Get $1 Kebabs for Döner Haus Bayside, Queens Grand Opening!
🎭Tennessee Williams’ “Tiger Tale” (June 12 - 22): Shakespeare Downtown presents free performances of the controversial and rarely performed Tiger Tale!
☕️Helium Mobile Coffee by Nice Day Moto (June 13, 24): Helium Mobile is taking over NYC this summer and bringing you free coffee from a custom motorcycle pop-up, rolling through neighborhoods all season long.
👙La Porte x Camille Kostek Summer Pop-Up (June 13 - 15): Stop by the La Porte x Camille Kostek Summer Pop-Up to shop the new collection and enjoy some free treats and gift bags!
✨Nutrafol Future of Clear Skin Pop-Up (June 13 - 14): Nutrafol Skin is popping up, and you can get a glimpse into the future-where skin care starts from within and breakouts are a distant reality.
🏠Free Entry at Anne Frank The Exhibition (June 13): Anne Frank would have turned 96 this week. In her honor, Anne Frank The Exhibition is opening its doors for free this Friday, June 13, from 2:45–5:00 PM.
🥖Hot Fellas Bakery by And Just Like That (June 14 - 15): Big Dough Energy is coming to NYC with pastries, coffee, merch and more!
☕️Blue Bottle x Nespresso NOLA Loft Pop-Up (June 14 - 15): Enjoy complimentary sips with the NOLA Style Blend of Nespresso Vertuo Capsules, plus a nail bar, giveaways and more
🎉Old Navy x Disney Roadtrip (June 14): Bundle up for the most magical summer ever at the Old Navy x Disney Roadtrip, with dole whip, friendship bracelets, merch and more!
🐦High Line Pigeon Fest (June 14): In celebration of the striking 17-foot-tall aluminum pigeon sculpture on the High Line, and National Pigeon Appreciation Day, enjoy a full-day festival celebrating pigeons, urban ecology, and public art.
🍗Fluffies Hot Chicken Midtown Grand Opening (June 14): Fluffies Hot Chicken is having its grand opening in Midtown: first 100 people get a free chicken sandwich, plus free sliders all day!
🍬Tory Burch x BonBon at Bloomingdale's (June 14, 21): Head to Bloomingdale’s for a complimentary candy cart to celebrate the limited-edition collaboration with Tory Burch and BonBon
📸BILD Expo (June 17 - 18): Creators & photographers: attend this free event celebrating photography, filmmaking, and content creation with 100+ speakers, 250+ brands, & hands-on experiences!
ON THE RADAR:
🍦Carvel Soft-Serve Dispensing Billboard (June 18): Carvel is kicking off summer like never before—with the world’s first soft serve-dispensing billboard.
🐎Hermès Mystery at the Grooms' (June 19 - 29): Become an Hermès Detective: Put your quick wits to the test by solving the Mystery at the Grooms’, a curious case of horses gone missing
🦖Mother’s Cookies Dynamite Dinosaurs Frostology Lab (June 21 - 22): Mother’s Cookies Dynamite Dinosaurs Cookies is stomping across the nation this summer with interactive Frostology Labs.
MISC, RECURRING & DEALS:
🍴 Claim: Claim is a new app where you can get free food from top brands. Get $10 cash back for your next meal at Chipotle or 7th Street Burger by entering either code NYCFORFREE (Chipotle) or NYCFORFREE7 (7th Street) on the app and making a purchase with a linked card. You’ll then get Venmo’d back ASAP!
🙇🏻♂️ Get $225 for a Focus Group: Earn $225 in rewards to help to shape the future of technology! Sign up for a 3 hour in-person study in Midtown Manhattan and get $225 for your time and participation. More participants are being accepted this round!
🥤Free Frazil Fridays (Fridays in June): Get a free Frazil slush every Friday in June!
🎥 Bryant Park Movie Nights (Mondays through August 11): Free weekly movie screenings are back at Bryant Park with Paramount Plus.