December 18, 2019
Wednesday

Headliners

7:00 pmNew Jersey Devils vs. Anaheim Ducks Prudential Center. NHL Hockey Game. 800-NJ-DEVIL
7:30 pmAndrea Bocelli Madison Square Garden. Performing live in concert.

Festivals

8:00 am-
10:00 pm
Bank of America Winter Village - The Lodge at Bryant Park Bryant Park. Winter Village's rinkside bar and food hall. The Lodge features a festive cocktail bar surrounded by a full range of eateries...
5:00 pm-
9:00 pm
Holiday Lights The Bronx Zoo. Animal lanterns, animated sculptures, and colorful designs will light your way throughout the park. Also enjoy the roaming...

The Arts

9:30 am-
8:00 pm
Madame Tussauds New York Madame Tussauds New York. Participate in the action. Mix Music with R&B Megastar Usher, Sing for Simon on American Idol (R)... 800-246-8872
11:00 amBig Apple Circus - Celebrate! Damrosch Park. Founded in 1977, this interactive one-ring circus is performed under a Big Top Tent and features clowns, acrobats... 800-922-3772
11:00 amFrankenstein - A New Musical St. Luke's Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
1:00 pmTo Kill A Mockingbird Shubert Theatre. A stage adapation of Harper Lee's beloved novel.
1:00 pmOklahoma! Circle in the Square Theatre. Broadway performance.
1:00 pmThe Inheritance: The Play - Part 1 The Barrymore Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually...
2:00 pmJersey Boys New World Stages - Stage 1. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio...
2:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
2:00 pmRadio City Christmas Spectacular Radio City Music Hall. This annual show has been a welcome tradition since 1933. The show entertains audiences of over 1 million... 212-247-4777
2:00 pmNew York City Ballet: The Nutcracker David H. Koch Theater. Celebrate the joy and wonder of the holidays with George Balanchine's The Nutcracker as Tschaikovsky's iconic score...
2:00 pmCome From Away Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. In a heartbeat, 38 planes with 6,579 passengers were stranded in a remote town in Newfoundland. The locals opened...
2:00 pmTootsie - The Musical Marquis Theatre. This Broadway adaptation of the hit movie from the 80's stars Tony nominee Santino Fontana as an actor who will do anything...
2:00 pmHarry Potter and The Cursed Child - Part 1 Lyric Theatre. Broadway performance.
2:00 pmThe Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical Longacre Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmFiddler On The Roof (A Fidler Afn Dakh) Stage 42. The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and religious traditions while outside...
2:00 pmTINA - The Tina Turner Musical Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmHarry Connick Jr. - A Celebration of Cole Porter Nederlander Theatre. Live concert performance.
7:00 pmJersey Boys New World Stages - Stage 1. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio...
7:00 pmBlue Man Group Astor Place Theatre. Opened on Boradway in 1991. Three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 800-BLUE-MAN
7:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical! A hilarious Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched... 212-239-6200
7:00 pmAladdin New Amsterdam Theatre. Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for...
7:00 pmDisney Frozen - The Broadway Musical St. James Theater. Follow the adventures of Anna and Elsa live on stage as Disney brings their hit movie to the stage on Broadway...
7:00 pmMean Girls August Wilson Theatre. Tina Fey brings the popular movie about the pitfalls of being popular to stage in this musical adaptation...
7:00 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Play That Goes Wrong New World Stages - Stage 4. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmA Christmas Carol Lyceum Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMsTrial New World Stages - Stage 5. John Paris, an internationally renowned trial lawyer, and Karen Lukoff, his associate, spend a drunken night...
7:00 pmSlava's Snowshow Stephen Sondheim Theatre. A celebration of clowns who are celebrating the winter and snow.
7:00 pmDerren Brown: Secret Cort Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Sound Inside Studio 54. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Half-Life of Marie Curie Minetta Lane Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmA Christmas Carol McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmMiracle On 34th Street The Argyle Theatre at Babylon Village. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmAndrea Bocelli Madison Square Garden. Performing live in concert.
7:30 pmTootsie - The Musical Marquis Theatre. This Broadway adaptation of the hit movie from the 80's stars Tony nominee Santino Fontana as an actor who will do anything...
7:30 pmAin't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations Imperial Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:30 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
7:30 pmMetropolitan Opera: The Queen of Spades Metropolitan Opera House. Tchaikovsky'ss eerie thriller of life in imperial Russia.
7:30 pmNew York Philharmonic: Harry Bicket & Louise Alder - Handel's Messiah David Geffen Hall. Classical concert.
7:30 pmJagged Little Pill Broadhurst Theatre. The story of the Healy family, the picture of perfection on the outside, while anything but behind closed doors, featuring...
7:30 pmJudgment Day - Play The Seventh Regiment Armory. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmWicked City Blues The Actors Temple Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater New York City Center. Dance theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually...
8:00 pmJersey Boys New World Stages - Stage 1. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio...
8:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
8:00 pmStomp Orpheum Theatre. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms. Listing may not include...
8:00 pmStomp Orpheum Theatre. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms.
8:00 pmComedy For All Dillons Supper Club. Tommy Koenig's The Comics Studio presents Comedy For All. Stand up pros from stage and screen. All ages... 212-307-9797
8:00 pmThe Devil's Music: The Music Of Bessie Smith St. Luke's Theatre. Miche Braden plays the role of iconic blues singer Bessie Smith in this off-Broadway production.
8:00 pmHamilton Richard Rodgers Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
8:00 pmBeetlejuice - The Musical Winter Garden Theatre. Alex Timbers, director of Moulin Rouge, brings Tim Burton's film to the stage. Follow the story of Lydia Deetz, the...
8:00 pmDear Evan Hansen Music Box Theater. Broadway performance.
8:00 pmCyrano Daryl Roth Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmLittle Shop of Horrors Westside Theatre - Upstairs. This Broadway smash is a story about a man-eating plant named Audrey and the people who care for her...
8:00 pmWest Side Story Broadway Theatre. The classic tale of star-crossed lovers on the gang-filled streets of New York City in the 1950's.
8:00 pmDavid Byrne's American Utopia Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre. David Byrne shares the spotlight with a diverse ensemble of 11 musical artists from around the globe...
8:00 pmSlave Play John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmRock Of Ages New World Stages - Stage 3. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmAbsurd Person Singular The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmGreater Clements Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmHot 97's Hot For The Holidays Kings Theatre, Brooklyn. R&B / soul music performance.
8:00 pmBrett Eldredge Beacon Theatre. Performing country music live.
8:30 pmMike Stern/Jeff Lorber Fusion, Jimmy Haslip & Dennis Chambers Iridium Jazz Club and Restaurant. Jazz / blues concert performance.
9:00 pmLatina Christmas Special The SoHo Playhouse. An American comedy of Latina proportions! Bursting with laughs, more laughs, music and escandalo (scandal), Latina...
Big Apple Circus - Celebrate! Damrosch Park. Founded in 1977, this interactive one-ring circus is performed under a Big Top Tent and features clowns, acrobats... 800-922-3772
Radio City Christmas Spectacular Radio City Music Hall. This annual show has been a welcome tradition since 1933. The show entertains audiences of over 1 million... 212-247-4777
Road Kill Comedy Dillons Supper Club. Where comics get to stretch, recreating the road format. 212-439-8034
here: remembering 9/11 Ground Zero. "here: remembering 9/11" features a selection of photographs from the "here is new york: a democracy of photographs" exhibition...

Retail Events

10:00 am-
8:00 pm
Holiday Market at Columbus Circle Columbus Circle. Gift ideas including imported and handmade holiday ornaments and decorations, antique prints, fine art, toys for the kids...
11:00 am-
8:00 pm
Bank of America Winter Village - Holiday Shops at Bryant Park Bryant Park. The Holiday Shops include more than 170 boutique-like shops offering exquisite gift ideas from distinctive apparel to jewelry...
11:00 am-
8:00 pm
Uniion Square Holiday Market Union Square Park South. An internationally renowed holiday tradition for anyone looking to find unique gifts created by local craftsmen...

Sports

8:00 am-
10:00 pm
Bank of America Winter Village - The Rink at Bryant Park Bryant Park. The Rink is the centerpiece of Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park. The 170' x 100' rink features free admission ice skating...
7:00 pmNew Jersey Devils vs. Anaheim Ducks Prudential Center. NHL Hockey Game. 800-NJ-DEVIL

Community

6:45 am-
8:45 am
Beginners Meditation Manhattan Meditation Center. The Manhattan Meditation Center is a place to learn about meditation and life. Meditation and life are both...
11:00 am-
3:00 pm
Ground Zero Museum Workshop "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery" Ground Zero Museum. 5-star rated exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts... 212-920-4264
6:00 pm-
7:00 pm
OSLIC Voice Spa Oslic Voice Spa. Learn to use a voice that seduces and words that charm from certified OSLIC Instructors. Get what you need just using your speech...
7:00 pm-
9:30 pm
Figure Drawing Class Like the Spice, Art Studio, Brooklyn. Weekly figure drawing class from a nude model mediated by artist, Kendall Bradford... 718-388-5488
8:00 pmGarrison Keillor Town Hall Theatre. Lecture event.
New York Pole Dancing New York Pole Dancing, White Plains. Intro to Pole Dancing classes. Also $5, $10, & $20 class packages available. Classes... 917-628-7449
Made on Staten Island Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Made on Staten Island presents a wide variety of objects crafted and produced on the... 718-351-1611
Toys! Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. The exhibition features more than 200 of the best-loved and most fondly remembered... 718-351-1611

Miscellaneous

11:00 amNew York TV & Movie Tour On Location Tours. Lights, Camera, Action! Take a bus tour to the sites of your favorite movies and TV shows. Over 40 sites from... 212-209-3370
11:00 amSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
3:00 pmSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
5:30 pm-
11:30 pm
Past Rock Star Silkscreen Exhibit Providence. George H. Potter's current exhibition is a tribute series honoring the legendary entertainers who recorded landmark albums there...
7:30 pmWednesday Night Skate Union Square Park. Largest group skate in New York. Meets each Wednesday at Union Square North between 7:30 and 8pm... 212-696-7247

Dining Specials

9:00 pmFree BBQ Canal Bar, Brooklyn. Free BBQ is offered every Wednesday in the beer garden coupled with drink specials. 718-246-0011

Nightlife

6:00 pmAfter Work Wednesdays at Rubber Monkey Rubber Monkey. Pete Rivera will be spinning your favorite Hip Hop, R&B, Classic, Funk and Old Skool hits. Professional dress... 212-340-1263
6:00 pm-
4:00 am
Skys The Limit Wednesdays Sky Room. DJ Alkaline spins Hip-Hop, Top 40, House, & Classics from 6 pm until late in the night. Specials on well drinks, beer and... 212-380-1195
7:00 pm-
12:00 am
Latin Jazz Wednesdays Midnight Cafe. An Evening of Latin Jazz. 212-226-2572
7:00 pmRock Band Tournament The Village Pourhouse. All of you wannabe rockers can show off your skills on Rock Band 2 and rock out to over 300 songs with artists... 212-228-4200
8:00 pm-
2:00 am
Sol Village SOB's - Sounds of Brazil. This the hottest live showcase for emerging R&B singer/songwriters and groups. 212-777-1224
8:00 pm-
9:30 pm
The Monthly Show with Aunt Flo Jimmy's No. 43. A.B. Carney stars as the host (Aunt Flo) of her own Public Access parody show in this laughfest set in the living room of Florence...
8:04 pmVintage Vinyl w/ DJ South High Detour. Have a few cocktails and hear rare and classic Lounge, Exotica, Latin, Rock and Soul records from the 50s, 60s and 70s the... 212-533-6212
9:00 pm-
1:00 am
Karaoke on Third at Proof Proof Bar and Lounge. Karaoke featuring Dan Kingman and drink specials all night long. $5 Cosmos and $3 Domestics.
9:00 pmEasy Wednesdays at Avalon Avalon Nightclub. Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae & Reggaeton provided by DJ Dallas Green (So So Def/The Def DJ's, NBA Rhythm 'N Rims tour... 917-674-6067
9:00 pmStand Up Comedy Broadway Comedy Club. Every night The Broadway Comedy Club features comics who have appeared on Letterman, The Tonight Show... 212-757-2323
9:00 pmComedy Showcase New York Comedy Club. Comics at the New York Comedy Club have appeared on the Tonight Show, Letterman, MTV, Comedy Central... 212-696-5233
9:00 pm-
12:00 am
Atlantic Quartet 66 Charlton Restaurant & Bar. Live Jazz Event every Wednesday with members of the Atlantic Quartet. 212-229-9988
9:00 pm-
2:30 am
Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week.
9:30 pmRoots N Ruckus Village Ma. New York's only weekly roots/folk/ragtime/blues music showcase! Every Wednesday night.
10:00 pmWednesday Sessions at Fun Fun. Featuring DJ Que, Bill Patrick, and special guest Tom Amoroso for some loungey house.
10:00 pm-
4:00 am
The KTHNXBYE Pianos. Wednesday night party featuring resident DJ's Mike Dextro, Shandi Sullivan, and 'eLe* spin 80's, electroclash, and progressive house...
10:00 pm-
4:00 am
Spice Wednesdays Katra Lounge, Manhattan. Trendy Wednesday night event that features all-star guest DJ's that spin Funk, Soul, Dance, House... 212-473-3113
Hardbar Wednesdays at SBNY SBNY Splash Bar New York.
All the Drag with the Asian Dragdolls Lucky Cheng's. Witty drag queens from New York team up with Asian "dragdolls" from Singapore, Japan, India, China, Hawaii, Indonesia... 212-861-2438