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April 18, 2024. Free shows, concerts, movies, tours are New York (NYC) best kept secret! New York City never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment whether it's day or night, weekday or weekend, summer or winter, spring or fall, January or June, May or September. If you are looking for inexpensive things to do and where to go in Manhattan today, tonight, tomorrow, or any other time, or any other day of any week - you came to the right place: just click on any day on the calendar dispayed on the every page of our site and you will see how many events you can attend in Manhattan free of charge on that very day.
New York's cultural scene is at its busiest in October and March (and the same goes for free events, free things to do), but other months of the year still offer incredible amount of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away! So if you looking for something to do in April or November, December or February, you will find tons of free things to do, free events to go to. (In June, July and August lots of those free events take place outdoors, of course).
So do not wot till tomorrow, start using these unique New York City opportunities today, April 18, 2024!
Free things to do, free events that take place in the City every day of the year are truly amazing. So if you're looking for something interesting to do today (April 18, 2024) or on any other day of the year don't miss those free-of-charge opportunities that only New York provides! You can find lots of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away!
Gail Wein
May 02, 2014
The events listed in this blog are NOT free, unless noted otherwise
Every time I travel, I try to hear the local orchestra in their home hall (yes, I am concert-obsessed). I've never been to Pittsburgh or Winnipeg, and during my very brief visits to Seattle, Cincinnati, and Rochester I wasn’t able to catch any live music. Fortunately, orchestras from these towns (as well as our own New York Philharmonic) will be performing in New York City May 5-10. It's the 4th annual Spring for Music festival at Carnegie Hall; details and more info are here and here, and the schedule is below.
The tickets for every seat at each concert are just $25, and a subscription for all six is $100 - a great bargain for this rare chance to hear ensembles from all over North America. Hundreds of hometown fans of each orchestra travel to New York for the performances, and their exuberant cheering and waving of colorful scarves makes each evening a festive and exciting occasion.
A unique aspect of S4M is the unusual programming: part of the idea of the festival is for orchestras to showcase their artistic philosophies. Orchestras competed for the privilege of participating in the festival by submitting their distinctive and adventurous programs. Which means you get to hear works like John Luther Adams' "Become Oceans", (which just won the Pulitzer prize), "Merry Mount," an opera by neglected mid-20th century American Howard Hanson, and Bruckner's "Ave Maria" motet, as well as works by Mozart, Debussy and Poulenc.
S4M has been a critical success, and increasingly gained traction and attention from audiences. Unfortunately this is the final year for the program; it is a costly endeavor all around, and, after four seasons, its initial funding has run out.
Other upcoming concerts to keep an eye out for around town: Room Full of Teeth, an innovative vocal ensemble, performs a free concert at Music Mondays on May 5; and the first ever New York Philharmonic Biennial, which runs May 28 through June 7 all over town. The Biennial showcases contemporary works from around the world, and includes the whimsical "Gloria - a Pig's Tale" by HK Gruber and performances of works by NY Phil's "very young composers". All of the NY Philharmonic events are ticketed; purchase info for most of the events is at www.NYPhil.org.
I hope you'll have a chance to get out there and enjoy some live music! See you at the concerts!
Spring For Music 2014 at Carnegie Hall
All concerts begin at 7:30 pm
May 5: New York Philharmonic
May 6: Seattle Symphony
May 7: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
May 8: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
May 9: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
May 10: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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Classical Music | Choral Work by Haydn and More at a Landmark Venue
Regular Price: $59