NYC Weekend Freebie Roundup 5/24 - 5/27
It’s Memorial Day Weekend! Enjoy the long weekend with lots of cultural fairs, festivals and more in NYC.
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MULTI
🚢 Fleet Week NYC: Free public ship tours of USS ships, performances, a dive tank, Fri movie night on the Intrepid
🛶Free Watersports across NYC: Downtown Boathouse, North Brooklyn & more open this week!
🍪 2 Free Insomnia cookies for active military & veterans thru Mon
Manhattan
🎭 Lower East Side Festival of the Arts Fri-Sun 2 performances each night + block party Sat (10th st btwn 1st/2nd Ave)
🚢 Lenora Lee Dance: Convergent Waves dance performance on Wavertree at Seaport Museum 1 or 3:30p Sat-Mon
🌺 BLOOMTANICA (through June 9, Tu-Sun): Experience the surreal world of floral reflections in a first-of-its-kind installation at Genesis House 11a-9pm (40A 10th Avenue)
Brooklyn
🎉 @bam_brooklyn DanceAfrica 2024 festival & bazaar Fri-Mon (30 Lafayette Ave)
🍦 Morgenstern’s free mini cones for 10th anniversary Sat-Mon (88 W Houston St)
FRIDAY
Manhattan
🎤 Free comedy night for NYC for FREE with @hellyeah_comedy (201 Lafayette St)
BK
🎈@dreamery.bk face painting & balloons 3-6p with @sparkles_NY (299 Greene Ave)
🏎️ @lunaparknyc Electric Eden Raceway grand opening, first 100 rides free 11am
SATURDAY
🏖️ NYC public beaches open for the season today
Manhattan
🐉 @dragonfests chinese food & culture street fair 10a-6p w/ free food giveaways (Astor Pl)
💐 @colored.colors Spring Fling festival w/ music, free soda & tea + more 2-8p (524 W 34th St)
🧑🧑🧒🧒 @ollyollyny Kids Day 12-4p with face painting, dance obstacle courses, coloring & more (601 W 26th St)
🛍️House of Good Deeds permanent home giveaway day 100s of free clothes, shoes and more! 11a-4p (18 Avenue D)
Brooklyn
☀️ Coney Island History Exhibition Center opens for the season (free!) (3059 W 12th St)
SUNDAY
Manhattan
🎶 West Side Community Garden Music in a Garden 6pm (123 W 89th St)
🎉37th annual @loisaida_oscc loisaida fest 12-5pm (Avenue c + loisaida ave)
Brooklyn
🧺 @projectconnectnyc picnic for Queer & Trans BIPOC 11a-2p (Prospect Park)
MONDAY
Manhattan
🎶 @nyphilharmonic free Memorial Day concert at @stjohndivinenyc , tix distributed at 5pm, 7pm start (1047 Amsterdam Ave)
Brooklyn
🇺🇸Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade & Service 11a (3rd & 78th St to John Paul Jones Park)
🎶 Memorial Day Concert at Green-Wood Cemetery 2pm
🧺 @newyorkneeds_ a picnic 3-6pm w @normspizzanyc & more (Prospect Park)
Queens
🥳 @knockdowncenter Soul Summit House Music Party 3-10p (52-19 Flushing Ave)