November 17, 2023
Friday

Headliners

5:00 pm-
8:00 pm
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-On-Hudson. Meander through an historic, 18th century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking... 914-366-6900

Festivals

11:00 amThe House Of Cannabis The House of Cannabis. Museum exhibit.
1:00 pmAnime NYC - Friday Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Museum exhibit.
5:00 pm-
8:00 pm
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-On-Hudson. Meander through an historic, 18th century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking... 914-366-6900

The Arts

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10:00 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 am-
4:00 pm
Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey The Jewish Museum. The acclaimed permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through 800... 212-423-3337
2:00 pmRadio City Christmas Spectacular: Radio City Rockettes Radio City Music Hall. Dance theatrical performance.
5:00 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
5:30 pmLaughing Buddha Open Mic Spectacular Eastville Comedy Club, Brooklyn. Comedic performance live.
6:00 pmDying Fetus The Warsaw, Brooklyn. Alternative music performance.
6:30 pmSip & Paint City Winery Hudson Valley, Montgomery. Event with tickets available.
7:00 pmBig 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
7:00 pmTony n' Tina's Wedding Vinnie Black's Colliseum at the Edison Hotel. This long-running interactive mock wedding exploits the stereotype of... 212-352-3101
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 pmHamilton Richard Rodgers Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
7:00 pmHarry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts 1 and 2 Lyric Theatre. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of...
7:00 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Gazillion Bubble Show New World Stages - Stage 2. Off-Broadway performance.
7:00 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmAll Star Stand Up Comedy Broadway Comedy Club. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmTitanique - Musical Daryl Roth Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmNew York, New York - A New Musical St. James Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Shark is Broken John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMerrily We Roll Along Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMJ - The Musical Neil Simon Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmLeisure - Band Elsewhere, Brooklyn. Pop / rock performance.
7:00 pmMae The Gramercy Theater. Alternative music performance.
7:00 pmHell's Kitchen - The Musical The Public Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmReggaelar People & They Might Be Parents The Cutting Room. Reggae / reggaeton concert performance.
7:00 pmHere We Are The Shed. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDaphne - Play Claire Tow Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmRomeo and Juliet Alliance of Resident Theatres. Get ready to be shooketh by a neuro-diverse retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" with the voice of Gen Z...
7:30 pmMetropolitan Opera: La Boheme Metropolitan Opera House. The passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among young artists in Paris, can stake its claim as the world's...
7:30 pmDave Matthews Band Madison Square Garden. Performing live in concert.
7:30 pmMichael Blaustein Levity Live Comedy Club, West Nyack. Comedic performance live.
7:30 pmPurlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch Music Box Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmSlaughter Beach, Dog Webster Hall. Alternative music performance.
7:30 pmDanny and the Deep Blue Sea Lucille Lortel Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmRafi Bastos Holiday Inn Poughkeepsie, an IHG Hotel. Comedic performance live.
7:30 pmCovenant Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmCircus Vazquez Icahn Stadium. Circus live event.
8:00 pmChicago - The Musical Ambassador Theatre. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels...
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 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 pmRockStarsNYC Polly Esther's NY. The newest Off-Broadway Theater event to stage dive into the intensified rock concert experience combining... 212-714-ROCK
8:00 pmPerfect Crime The Theater Center. Perfect Crime, is about a small-town detective determined to prove that an affluent psychiatrist murdered her husband...
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10:00 pm
Flanagan's Wake Mr. Dennehy's. Comical interactive Irish wake. Much of the play's hilarious detail is created as the cast and audience interact... 212-868-4444
8:00 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
8:00 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...
8:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Broadway performance.
8:00 pmThe Play That Goes Wrong New World Stages - Stage 4. Broadway 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 pmChris Tucker Beacon Theatre. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmAnne Frank The Musical The Actors Temple Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmSix The Musical Lena Horne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmSome Like It Hot Shubert Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pm& Juliet Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmKimberly Akimbo Booth Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmA Beautiful Noise - The Neil Diamond Musical Broadhurst Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmSweeney Todd Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmOnce Upon A One More Time Marquis Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmShucked Nederlander Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmBack To The Future - Theatrical Production Winter Garden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmHalf Moon Run Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmHere Lies Love Broadway Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmCelebrating David Bowie St. George Theatre, Staten Island. Live concert performance.
8:00 pmDrunk Shakespeare Selene. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmHarmony - A New Musical The Barrymore Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmDeath Drop New World Stages - Stage 1. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmAdrenalize Daryl's House, Pawling. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmRon Gallo Brooklyn Made. Live rock / metal music.
8:00 pmThe New York Pops: One Night Only - An Evening with Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara Isaac Stern Auditorium. Classical concert.
8:00 pmMelissa Etheridge: My Window Circle in the Square Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmNew York Philharmonic: Paavo Jarvi & Alena Baeva - Britten & Prokofiev David Geffen Hall. Classical concert.
8:00 pmGutenberg! The Musical James Earl Jones Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmDracula - A Comedy of Terrors New World Stages - Stage 5. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmSila Palladium Times Square. World music performance.
8:00 pmThe Hotelier Racket. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmThe Great Gatsby - Off Broadway Park Central New York. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmEllie Goulding & Worldless Music Orchestra Kings Theatre, Brooklyn. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmI Need That American Airlines Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmHow To Dance In Ohio Belasco Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmMike Doughty's Ghost of Vroom Bowery Ballroom. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmAll The Devils Are Here The DR2 Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Armed Irving Plaza. Live rock / metal music.
8:00 pmThe Gardens of Anuncia - Preview Performance Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmNajee Paramount Hotel New York. Jazz / blues concert performance.
8:00 pmSamantha Bee Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmDrunk Shakespeare The Ruby Theatre. Live theatrical performance.
8:30 pmMen I Trust Terminal 5. Techno / electronic concert performance.
8:30 pmNew York Ska-Jazz Ensemble Iridium Jazz Club and Restaurant. Jazz / blues concert performance.
9:00 pmNeffex Mercury Lounge. Alternative music performance.
10:00 pmAfrojack Avant Gardner, Brooklyn. Techno / electronic concert performance.
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11:30 pm
Too Much Light Makes the Baby go Blind Kraine Theater. Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind is the New York Neo-Futurists, the wildly prolific writers/directors/performers... 212-352-3101
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
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...

Sports

5:00 pmArmy West Point Black Knights vs. Quinnipiac Bobcats Christl Arena, West Point. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game.
6:00 pmGotprint.com Legends Classic Presented by Old Trapper Barclays Center, Brooklyn. Featuring the men's basketball teams from St. John's, Temple, VCU, and Cal.
7:00 pmArmy West Point Black Knights vs. Canisius Golden Griffins United States Military Academy, West Point. College hockey (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game.

For Children

3:30 pmGlobal Story Hour Mercy Corps Action Center. Global Story Hour focuses on books on diverse countries and cultures that promote inclusive behavior... 212-537-0511

Community

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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
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6:30 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...
8:00 pmDoctor Mike The Loft at City Winery - NYC. 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

Health & Fitness

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8:00 pm
Capoeira Angola Martial Arts Class Park51 Community Center. With origins in central Africa, this is a powerful Afro-Brazilian martial art that was once outlawed in Brazil...

Miscellaneous

10:00 amSopranos Sites Tour On Location Tours. See the shootings from the hit show on a bus tour through Sopranoland. Over 40 locations on the tour, including... 212-209-3370
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
12:00 pmGossip Girl Sites Tour On Location Tours. Experience a day in the life of Manhattan's Elite on the tour of Gossip Girl Sites. More than 40 locations that... 212-209-3370
12:00 pmCentral Park TV & Movie Sites Tour On Location Tours. Take Two! on a trip through Central Park. Over 40 locations on the tour, including locations from Enchanted... 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
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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...

Dining Specials

11:30 amAloha Fridays Roy's New York, Manhattan. Every Friday after is Aloha Friday at Roy's New York. Wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt and receive 10% off your...

Nightlife

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6:00 am
Rapt Vitality Lounge. Located inside the Vitality Lounge, Rapt is an after-hours drum'n'bass, jungle, hip hop club featuring guest... 212-358-9822
5:00 pm-
12:00 am
Salsa Groove SOB's - Sounds of Brazil. An after work happy hour Salsa Party. It's the only Salsa party happening on Friday nights so we get a diverse vibrant...
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4:00 am
Indulge Afterwork Fridays Vesta. Network & socialize with mature professionals after a long work week for an evening of food, drinks, dancing and fun at this... 212-629-1786
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10:00 pm
Satisfaction Afterwork Fridays Elevate NYC. DJay Gus of Scratch Academy spinning R&B/HipHop/Top 40/Reggae/Latin/Old School. Midtown's # 1 Happy Hour Dance... 347-788-9817
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7:30 pm
Lew Anderson All-American Big Band Birdland Jazz Club. On Fridays enjoy the big sound of Lew Anderson's All American Big Band.
7:30 pmNational Comedy Theatre Improv National Comedy Theatre. Nationally acclaimed improv comedy show that is appropriate for all audiences. Similar in style to Drew Carey's...
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9:30 pm
Chicago City Limits Broadway Comedy Club. New York's legendary improv. group, Chicago City Limits is better then ever after winning back-to-back... 212-888-5233
8:00 pmBoy Named Banjo Brooklyn Bowl. Live concert performance.
9:00 pmI Need A Drink Fun. Bring in the weekend with the dynamic Drum & Bass stylings of David 'Swingsett' of ISM Records. The crowd is a rare cross-section of the real...
9:00 pmKaraoke at Rubber Monkey Rubber Monkey. Karaoke set-up in the Performance Lounge, with a mix of R&B, hip-hop and house going on down below.
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12:00 am
Steamy Sultry Salsa Social Lorenz Latin Dance Studio, Queens. NYC's hotest Salsa Dance Party. Every Friday night from 9:00-12:00 am; very well attended; all ages...
9:00 pm-
2:30 am
Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week.
9:45 pmNational Comedy Theatre Improv National Comedy Theatre. Nationally acclaimed improv comedy show that is appropriate for all audiences. Similar in style to Drew Carey's...
10:00 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
10:00 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
10:00 pmLate Night Party Vesta. Open bar for ladies 10:30-11:30pm. Ladies free till midnight, Men free till 11:30pm. Reduced after on guestlist. Music... 212-629-1786
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2:00 am
Rock & Roll Dueling Piano Show Sweet Caroline's Dueling Piano Bar. All request sing a long featuring your favorite Rock & Roll Hits. Popular requests include... 212-977-3884
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4:00 am
The Royale Rumble The Royale, Brooklyn. Resident DJs Kevlar and Rabbi D bring an eclectic mix of classic Hip Hop, R&B, Uptempo World Jams, Nu-Wave/Old School...
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4:00 am
Ladies Night Fridays The Village Pourhouse. Ladies drink for 1/2 price every Friday from 10pm-close only at The Village Pourhouse... 212-979-BEER
11:00 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
11:45 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
12:00 am-
4:00 am
Manhattan Haitian Dance Party SOB's - Sounds of Brazil. Featuring the music of Haitian culture called Konpa. It is an infectious mid-tempo Caribbean sound that is danced...
Full Frontal Fridays at SBNY SBNY Splash Bar New York. World Class Circuit DJ's will be in each week from 10pm until 5am.
Blues, Jazz, & Rock Jazz, Blues & Rock Club Crawl in Greenwich Village. Call for reservations & meeting place. $20 includes admission to all clubs (1... 212-696-6617
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
Drink, Dine, Dance Club Tuts. Drink, Dine, Dance and Smike Hookah every Friday and Saturday. Featuring DJ Amir, Belly Dancer, Club Dancer and Psychic... 212-961-7507