EThis weekendFri, Nov 13 – Sun, Nov 15
Things to do in NYC this weekend
48 hand-picked things on this weekend, one-nighters and short runs first, then the long runs worth catching. Every one is checked against its official site.
- Nov 6 – Nov 15, 2026 · 10 To Do This Week
New York Comedy Festival
Its final week: 200+ comedians and 100+ shows across all five boroughs, through Sun Nov 15
- Nov 6 – Nov 15, 2026 · Pop-Ups
New York Comedy Festival — citywide
Ten days, 200+ comedians, 100+ shows from the clubs to Carnegie Hall. The big rooms sell out first — book ahead
- Nov 11 – Nov 14, 2026 · Just Announced
Art Week NYC — citywide
The city’s first Art Week — Art Week NYC, · four days of gallery openings, talks & editor-led gallery walks, from Artforum with ARTnews and the New Museum
- Nov 11 – Nov 15, 2026 · What’s On
Okwui Okpokwasili: adaku, part 2 — BAM Fisher
Fort Greene, Brooklyn · dance, theater & visual art with Peter Born · from $45 · Next Wave
- Nov 12 – Nov 15, 2026 · Just Announced
Deaf Republic — Dead Centre at NYU Skirball
Deaf Republic comes to NYU Skirball — · Dublin’s Dead Centre and poet Zoë McWhinney adapt Ilya Kaminsky’s book — a deaf-led staging in sign language, puppetry, live video & music · $50–$90
- Nov 12 – Nov 13, 2026 · What’s On
Dave Matthews Band — Madison Square Garden
Midtown, Manhattan · two nights on the Fall Tour 2026
- Nov 12 – Nov 15, 2026 · What’s On
Deaf Republic — NYU Skirball
Dead Centre’s deaf-led staging of Ilya Kaminsky’s book · Thu–Sat 7:30, Sun 3 PM · $50–$90 · 🎓 On Campus
- Nov 12 – Nov 16, 2026 · What’s On
Juilliard Drama — The Moors
McClelland Theater, 155 W 65th St · Jen Silverman’s gothic comedy · $40
- Nov 12 – Nov 15, 2026 · On Campus
NYU Skirball — Dead Centre’s Deaf Republic
566 LaGuardia Pl · sign language, puppetry, live video & music · $50–$90
- Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · What’s On
Dudamel’s Tosca — Carnegie Hall
Midtown, Manhattan · NY Phil & Chorus in concert with Marina Rebeka, Jonas Kaufmann & Ludovic Tézier — opening a five-year opera-in-concert partnership
- Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · What’s On
Nighthunters: an evening owl adventure — Wave Hill
Riverdale, the Bronx · a sunset walk, live owls from falconers, then bird trivia · $65 ($50 members), register ahead
- Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · What’s On
Genshin in Concert — St. John the Divine
Sixth Station Trio plays the video game’s music in the great nave · 7:30 PM · 🕯️ Sacred Spaces
- Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · What’s On
Ilana Glazer Live! — Beacon Theatre
Plus the same night: Adam Friedland at Town Hall, Dropout Improv at Kings
- Nov 13 – Nov 22, 2026 · What’s On
The Light in the Piazza — Wagner College
Grymes Hill, Staten Island · 🎓 On Campus
- Nov 13 – Nov 22, 2026 · On Campus
The Light in the Piazza — Wagner College Theatre
Main Hall, Grymes Hill, Staten Island · one of the country’s top college musical-theater programs · $25–32
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Gothamly pick
Lincoln in the Bardo — the Met Opera
Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek’s opera of George Saunders’s Booker-winning novel — Lincoln grieving his son among the restless ghosts of a Georgetown cemetery · Peter Mattei as Lincoln, with Christine Goerke, Stephanie Blythe & Anthony Roth Costanzo; Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts · Sat Oct 24 matinee, then Oct 26, 29 & 31
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Book This Week
The Book of Mormon $15 lottery: December shows
The monthly $15 lottery closes 11:59 PM on the 14th · winners drawn by 3 PM on the 15th
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
Sting 3.0 with Fiction Plane — Brooklyn Paramount
Downtown Brooklyn · a six-night mini residency on the Sting 3.0 tour, special guest Fiction Plane
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
Silkroad 25th Anniversary Gala with Yo-Yo Ma & Rhiannon Giddens — Carnegie Hall
Midtown, Manhattan · Stern Auditorium · gala tickets were nearly sold out at last check
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
League of Legends World Championship — Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn · esports’ biggest event comes to Barclays, doors 12:30 PM · tickets via Ticketmaster
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
Coney Island Clown Skool Student Showcase
Coney Island, Brooklyn · the clown school’s students take the stage at Coney Island USA · free, donations welcome
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
Global Mashup: Hollywood Meets Bollywood — Flushing Town Hall
Flushing, Queens · a film-score band and a Bollywood band, then a joint finale · dance lesson first · $30 advance, $35 at the door
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
Hot Five Centennial, Part 3 — Louis Armstrong Center
Corona, Queens · Ricky Riccardi plays the original 78s of Armstrong’s November 1926 Hot Five sessions
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
Stephanie Dinkins: Anchoring Home opening — Staten Island Museum
Snug Harbor, Staten Island · public opening of the Tottenville-raised artist’s participatory AI show · free, registration recommended
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Comedy
Comic Relief & The Moth: Funny Story — Town Hall
Storytelling meets stand-up, 3 PM matinee · that night: Daniel Sloss at the Beacon, Klepper’s Sh&t Show at Town Hall
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Talks & Benefits
Funny Story — The Moth × NY Comedy Festival
True stories from Laura Benanti, Hari Kondabolu, Devon Walker & more, hosted by Ophira Eisenberg · The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St · Midtown
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · On Campus
Juilliard Saturday — Rossini double bill + Juilliard Orchestra
2 PM: La scala di seta & I due timidi, Peter Jay Sharp Theater · 7:30 PM: the Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Sports
Beat Drop ft. Tana BPM — Othership Williamsburg
25 Kent Ave · a sober sauna dance night: live DJ, towel-waving & aromatherapy · 9 PM–midnight
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Food & Openings
The 1st Chomps Chili Cookoff — Essex Market
88 Essex St, Lower East Side, Manhattan · the market’s first chili contest, for the Food Education Fund
- Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Food & Openings
NY Cider Festival — Red Hook Cidery
185 Van Dyke St, Red Hook, Brooklyn · New York cideries pouring side by side, GA noon–4 PM (VIP from 11) · 21+ · this Saturday
- Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · What’s On
In the Footsteps of Bridget Murphy — Merchant’s House
NoHo, Manhattan · from the kitchen to the fourth-floor servants’ rooms: the 1832 house told through its Irish maid · $20
- Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · What’s On
Battle of the Organs — Riverside Church
An organ face-off on one of the world’s largest pipe organs · 3 PM · 🕯️ Sacred Spaces
- Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · Sports
Rangers Alumni Classic
Lundqvist, Richter & Graves back on Garden ice (lineup subject to change) · doors 11 AM
- Aug 20 – Dec 12, 2026 · On Campus
ART/WORK: CETA and the Arts, 1974–1981 — James Gallery
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave · when the federal government put artists on the payroll · Tue–Fri 12–6
- Nov 10 – Dec 6, 2026 · What’s On
Galileo — Raúl Esparza
Shubert · previews begin Nov 10 · opens Dec 6
- Oct 19 – Nov 14, 2026 · What’s On
Lincoln in the Bardo — Metropolitan Opera
World premiere: Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek, after George Saunders · dir. Lileana Blain-Cruz, cond. Yannick Nézet-Séguin · Peter Mattei, Christine Goerke, Stephanie Blythe, Anthony Roth Costanzo · Sat Oct 24 (1 PM), Mon Oct 26, Thu Oct 29, Sat Oct 31, Tue Nov 3, Sat Nov 7 (1 PM), Wed Nov 11, Sat Nov 14
- Oct 20 – Nov 15, 2026 · 10 To Do This Week
Fall Foliage Sails — Classic Harbor Line, Pier 62
The Palisades in color from Classic Harbor Line’s 1920s-style yachts — brunch, lunch & naturalist-narrated runs (bald eagles are regularly spotted) · last sailings Nov 15
- Oct 22 – Nov 16, 2026 · What’s On
The Fantasticks — First Time on Broadway
Hayes Theatre · the world’s longest-running musical, reimagined · opens Nov 16
- Oct 28 – Nov 18, 2026 · What’s On
Free Midday Concerts — Trinity Church Wall Street
An hour at lunch: Coltrane & Miles (Oct 28), Bach’s Italian Muses (Nov 4), Mozart & Martines (Nov 18) · free, RSVP on Eventbrite · 🕯️ Sacred Spaces
- Oct 31 – Nov 19, 2026 · What’s On
Much Ado About Nothing — Hiddleston & Atwell
Winter Garden · Jamie Lloyd’s London smash · opens Nov 19 · the fall’s hottest ticket
- Nov 5 – Nov 19, 2026 · Sports
Community Open Sit — NY Insight Meditation Center
115 W 29th St · an hour of quiet in the middle of a workday, in person or online · Nov 5, 12 & 19
- Nov 11 – Dec 1, 2026 · What’s On
Inter Alia — Rosamund Pike’s Broadway Debut
Music Box · from the writer of Prima Facie · in previews now, opens Dec 1
- Oct 16 – Nov 30, 2026 · Pop-Ups
POP MART’s Skullpanda “Off Mode” — Meatpacking
423 W 14th St · the designer-toy giant’s free walk-through world for its Skullpanda line · free · FREE
- Oct 3 – Nov 25, 2026 · Museums & Art
Marquee November Week — Christie’s, Sotheby’s & Phillips
The 20th/21st-century evening sales land mid-November — and the public previews in the days before are the best free museum in town: Monets to Basquiats on the wall for a week, then gone into private hands. Rockefeller Center (Christie’s) & 945 Madison (Sotheby’s)
- Oct 12 – Nov 30, 2026 · Just Announced
Dirty Dancing: The Musical — Broadway, from Feb 2027
Dirty Dancing is coming to Broadway — performances begin February 2027 · nobody puts Baby in a corner, eight shows a week · tickets via the official site
- Nov 8 – Nov 29, 2026 · Theater
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) — Longacre
Longacre Theatre · the two-hander musical about a cake, a wedding and a city · must close Nov 29
- Nov 15 – Nov 29, 2026 · What’s On
Organ Recitals after Evensong — St. John the Divine
45 minutes on the Great Organ at 5 PM, after 4 PM Evensong · David Briggs plays Nov 29 · 🕯️ Sacred Spaces
- Sep 8 – Nov 30, 2026 · What’s On
Richard Nelson’s New Apple Family Play — The Public
The election-night tradition returns to Astor Place — quiet, precisely observed, updated to the minute
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