free (and almost free) concerts

In New York you don't have to spend a dime to listen to good music, as free concerts abound in New York whether it is Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall. Just take a look at the concert schedule below.

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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Mon, May 20 6:00PM	Concert free	Songs from Sunfish, a New Musical by Michael Cooper & Hyeyoung Kim New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 6:00PM	Concert free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 7:00PM	Jazz free	Jazz Recital New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 7:29PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $28	Chamber music New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 7:30PM	Concert Free; reservations required	Radovan Vlatković & Ieva Jokubaviciute, Horn & Piano Duo New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 7:30PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $50	Choral works by Handel, Ralph Vaughan Williams and more... New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 8:00PM	Concert free	Beethoven Sonata Marathon New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $20	Songs from Broadway Musicals New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 20 9:00PM	Jazz free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 12:30PM	Concert $5 suggested contribution	Lunchtime Concert: 17th-Century French Lute Songs New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 4:00PM	Concert free	Chamber Singers of York (PA) College New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 7:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $50	Chamber pirces by Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt and Haydn New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $55	Six-time Grammy-winner, dynamic swing band, sizzling salsa band, and more... New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 8:00PM	Concert free	Flute Ensemble Spring Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 8:00PM	Concert $10 suggested donation	An Evening of Experimental Guitar New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $40	Piano works by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schumann New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 21 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $10	Classic Soul New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 1:00PM	Concert free	Juilliard Chamber Ensembles New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 1:00PM	Concert free	Pipes at One Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 1:00PM	Jazz $10 suggested donation	Midtown Jazz New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 7:30PM	Concert free	Gail Archer: The Muses Voice: Organ Works by International Women Composers New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 7:30PM	Concert free	Student Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 8:00PM	Concert free	New Songs by Juilliard Composers New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $30	Works by Mozard, Schumann and more New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 22 8:00PM to 10:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $25	Early Music Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 1:00PM	Concert free	Ensemble ACJW New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 1:15PM	Concert free	Trefoil Trio presents “Fleur de Valeur: Medieval Flower Songs” New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 7:00PM	Concert free	An Evening of Haydn New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 7:30PM	Concert Free-will offering	L'air Du Printemps: Works by Purcell, Schumann and Debussy New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 7:30PM	Concert free	A Hawk and A Hacksaw: You Have Already Gone to the Other World - Music Inspired by Paradjanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $40	Piano works by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schumann New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $12	A Tribute to a Famous Rock Group New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 23 8:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $35	Piano works by Mussorgsky, Granados, Bach and more New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 24 7:00AM	Concert free	fun., Grammy-Winning Pop Rockers New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 24 3:30PM	Concert free	Juilliard String Quartet Seminar Recital New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 24 5:30PM	Concert free	Free Music Friday: Bird Courage / Heidi Sidelinker / Tuelo & Her Cousins New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 24 7:30PM	Concert free	College String Quartet Seminar Recital New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 24 7:30PM	Concert free	Juilliard String Quartet Seminar Recital New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 24 7:30PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $40	Piano works by Beethoven Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Schumann New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 24 10:00PM	Concert No cover, no minimum	Abdou Mboup and Waakaw, Senegalese Dance Musicians New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, May 25 1:00PM	Concert free	Symphonic Works by Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns and Rossini New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, May 25 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, May 25 8:00PM	Concert free	Orchestral Works by Weber, Copland and Schumann New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, May 26 5:00PM	Concert Free; contributions welcome	The Sundance Trio New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, May 26 7:00PM	Concert $10 suggested donation	Piano Works by Bach, Greig, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy and Gershwin New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 27 7:00PM	Concert Members $0 Regular $40	Choral works by Durufle and more... New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, May 27 8:00PM	Concert Free tickets required	The New York Philharmonic performs Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 28 4:00PM	Concert free	Highlands Voices & Highlands Belles New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, May 28 8:00PM	Opera free	Opera Workshop Performance New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 29 1:00PM	Jazz $10 suggested donation	Midtown Jazz New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, May 29 7:30PM	Concert free	College Opera Excerpts Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 30 1:15PM	Concert free	White Sparrow presents “La Musa, La Musica” New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 30 7:30PM	Concert free	College Opera Excerpts Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, May 30 7:30PM	Concert free	Downtown Comes Uptown Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 31 7:00AM	Concert free	Return of the Boy Bands: New Kids on the Block / 98 Degrees / Boyz II Men New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 31 12:00PM	Concert free	Lunchtime Listen: Angela Sheik New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 31 3:30PM	Concert free	Irish Music with Cady Finlayson and Vita Tanga New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 31 8:00PM	Concert free	Ensemble Linea performs new music from France New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, May 31 9:00PM	Jazz No cover, no minimum	Buyu Ambroise & The Blues in Red Band, Jazz Saxophone Band New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 1 2:30PM	Concert free	The Chatham Chamber Ensemble performs work by Glinka and others New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 1 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 1 6:00PM	Opera free	New York Opera Forum performs Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 1 7:00PM	Concert free	Ensemble Moto Perpetuo New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 1 8:00PM	Concert Free; contributions welcome	Classical Fusion Chamber Ensemble performs works by Faure, Beethoven, Lloyd Weber, Mozart, and more New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jun 2 5:00PM	Concert Free; contributions welcome	Piano Works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Ravel New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jun 2 5:30PM	Concert free	Adult Division Musicians in Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jun 4 12:00PM	Jazz free	Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Jun 5 8:15PM	Concert free	Patty Griffin, Grammy-Nominated Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jun 6 1:15PM	Concert free	New Comma Baroque presents “Tous les Matins du Monde/All the Mornings of the World“ New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jun 6 8:00PM	Concert free	Time and Space: Music by Composers from Canada and the US New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 8 1:30PM	Opera free	New York Opera Forum performs Alcina by Handel New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 8 2:30PM	Concert free	Piano Works by Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 8 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 8 4:00PM	Jazz free	The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (for Kids) with Wynton Marsalis New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jun 11 12:00PM	Jazz free	Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jun 13 1:15PM	Concert free	Lizzie and the Theorboys presents “Bizzarie Poetiche Poste in Musica” New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jun 13 7:30PM	Concert free	Indie Rock: Grouplove / Alpine New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jun 14 5:30PM	Concert free	Free Music Friday: Jessica Graves / Steph Allen / Paul Basile New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jun 14 7:30PM	Concert free	Mavis Staples, Grammy-Winning Pop and Soul Legend New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 15 2:00PM	Jazz free	Ken Simon Jazz Quartet New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 15 2:30PM	Concert free	Flue and Piano Works by Martinu and Others New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 15 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 15 7:00PM	Concert free	Latin Sounds: Calexico / Susana Baca / Radio Jarocho & Akoko Nante Ensemble New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jun 16 1:00PM to 10:00PM	Concert free	Bang on a Can Marathon: 9 Hours of Free Live Music New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jun 16 5:30PM	Concert free	Adult Division Musicians in Concert New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jun 18 12:00PM	Jazz free	Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jun 18 7:00PM	Concert free	The Airborne Toxic Event, Indie Rockers New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jun 20 7:30PM	Concert free	Hip-Hop: Big Boi / Phony Ppl / D-Nice New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jun 21 7:00PM	Concert free	IAM, a French Hip-Hop Group, with Rakim New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jun 21 7:30PM	Concert free	Afro-Blues: Amadou & Mariam / Bombino New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 22 1:30PM	Opera free	New York Opera Forum performs Alcina by Handel New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 22 2:00PM	Concert free	Voz de la Guitarra: Fiesta Musical New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 22 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 22 6:00PM	Concert free	“Make a Joyful Noise” A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, with Della Reese New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jun 23 3:00PM	Concert free	African Sounds: Femi Kuti & The Positive Force / Sinkane New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Jun 24 7:00PM	Jazz free	Blue Note Jazz Festival with 6-Time Grammy Nominee Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jun 25 12:00PM	Jazz free	Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jun 28 12:00PM	Concert free	Lunchtime Listen: Harlem Chamber Players New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jun 28 7:30PM	Concert free	Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Legendary South African Choral Group New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 29 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 29 6:00PM	Concert free	Canadian Musicians: Joel Plaskett / Spirit of the West / Brasstronaut New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jun 29 7:00PM	Concert free	World Pop: Os Mutantes / Javelin / Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jun 30 7:00PM	Concert free	A Performance of Big Star's Album Third, featuring R.E.M.'s Mike Mills New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 6 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jul 7 7:00PM to 9:00PM	Concert free	Amplified Sundays: Bella’s Bartok New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jul 9 8:00PM	Opera free	Baroque in the Park: The Judgment of Paris, an Opera by John Eccles New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Jul 10 8:00PM	Concert free	The New York Philharmonic performs Dvorak and Tchiakovsky New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 13 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jul 14 7:00PM to 9:00PM	Concert free	Amplified Sundays: Drums and Dance of India New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Jul 15 8:00PM	Concert free	The New York Philharmonic performs Dvorak and Tchiakovsky New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jul 16 8:00PM	Concert free	A Musical Adventure: Chamber Music for Toy Piano New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jul 18 7:00PM	Concert free	River & Blues with the Grammy-Winning John Hammond Band New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 20 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jul 21 7:00PM to 9:00PM	Concert free	Amplified Sundays: Vensaire New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jul 23 8:00PM	Concert free	Mostly VW: Verdi and Wagner New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jul 25 7:00PM	Concert free	River & Blues with the Grammy-Nominated Christian Scott Quintet New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jul 26 12:00PM	Concert free	Lunchtime Listen: Levi Stephens New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 27 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Jul 28 7:00PM	Concert free	Amplified Sundays: Brown Rice Family New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Jul 30 8:00PM	Concert free	Music of East Africa New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 1 7:00PM	Concert free	River & Blues with Bill Sims, Jr. New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 3 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 8 7:00PM	Concert free	River & Blues with The Wiyos New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 10 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 17 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 24 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 30 12:00PM	Concert free	Lunchtime Listen: Pamela Means New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 31 3:00PM	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC