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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 4, 2026?
31 free events take place on Wednesday, February 4 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out February 4 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of February . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 4, 2026?
31 free events take place on Wednesday, February 4 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out February 4 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of February . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
31 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, February 4, 2026
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Workshop | Central Park Running Session (All Levels Welcome)
If you prefer not to run alone or are looking to improve your running performance, you can run with a club! Open to runners of all levels. Weekly changed routes through the park. Coaches, training, running company and inspiration!
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
Free
Free
Museums | New York City: History, Architecture, Social Movements, Cultural Diversity
This museum holds over 1,5 million artifacts, including photographs, paintings, decorative arts, costumes, and documents that tell the story of New York's development and its inhabitants. Explore the galleries and discover the rich history and vibrant culture of New York City!
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Explore an Exhibition on Black Musical Theater History
Enjoy a guided tour of the new exhibition on Black musical theater history, Syncopated Stages: Black Disruptions to the Great White Way! This staff-led tour highlights the contributions of Black artists, shows, and theaters in the musical theater field, from pioneering artists of the 19th century to the great culture shapers and innovators of today.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Museums | Wednesday at a Unique Art Museum
Candid, genuine, and unexpected, this is New York City's only museum dedicated to folk & self-taught artists. The Museum celebrates the creativity of individuals whose singular talents have been refined largely through personal experience rather than formal artistic training. The museum's collection includes more than seven thousand works of art from four centuries and nearly every continent--from compelling portraits and dazzling quilts to powerful works by living artists in a variety of mediums. From critically acclaimed exhibitions and publications to inspiring educational programs and robust community outreach, the museum's mission is to be the leading forum shaping the understanding and appreciation of folk and self-taught art across time and place.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
Free
Free
Museums | If Fashion is of Interest to You...
Best known for its innovation and award-winning exhibitions, the museum has a permanent collection of more than 50,000 garments and accessories dating from the eighteenth century to the present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Afternoon Bach
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Adult Chorus Session Open to All
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Screening | Films from William Greaves: First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966) & Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1966)
Participate in a celebration of the life and legacy of the pioneering late American filmmaker, William Greaves. Throughout his influential career, the Harlem-born documentary filmmaker was instrumental in documenting Black life on screen. In the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Greaves won an Emmy for his work as executive producer of Black Journal, a public program that broadcasted news authored by and about Black-American life, which aired on the National Education Television — a predecessor of PBS — through 1977. Greaves went on to produce, direct, and write a number of documentaries and experimental films through the 2000s, documenting themes across Black-American and diasporic revolutionary struggles and rendering portraits of influential Black leaders, from Ida B. Wells to Ralph Bunche. This program will feature two works by Greaves, beginning with the First World Festival of Negro Arts — a film that captures the 1966 pan-African festival in Dakar, Senegal. The festival was a month-long celebration of Pan-African culture that featured live music, dance, theatre, and more from over 2500 artists with representation from 30 independent African countries. This film will be followed by a screening of Greaves’s Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, an avant-garde film set in Central Park that Greaves shot through cinema-verite in 1966.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Weekly Outdoor Bagpipe Tribute: Honoring 9/11 Lives and Legacies
A moving weekly bagpipe tribute honors those who lost their lives on 9/11, as well as individuals affected by the lasting health impacts of that day. The tribute begins with a performance near a symbolic column preserved from the site, followed by a second performance in a nearby outdoor space.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Museums | Afternoon in a Magnificent Small Museum
Internationally recognized as a premier museum and research center, this museum is known for its distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding examples of European sculpture and decorative arts.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
pay-what-you-wish, reservation required
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Film | Purple Rain (1984): Romantic Rock Musical Drama Film with Prince
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise. Director: Albert Magnoli Cast: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III Prince was a singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and actor. Often credited as an influence on music and one of the greatest musicians of his era, he pioneered the Minneapolis sound and was influential in the evolution of various other genres of music. Prince has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His awards include the Grammy President's Merit Award, the American Music Awards for Achievement and of Merit, the Billboard Icon Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2016, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024, and twice into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in 2022.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Draw the Human Figure
Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. Artists/ educators will offer constructive suggestions and critique. Materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Historical House of The Distinguished American President of the Early 20th Century
This historic site honors the early life of a renowned American figure. The restored brownstone reflects late 19th-century architecture and offers insights into the family's daily life. Learn about various exhibits and artifacts that showcase the cultural and historical context of the era, providing a glimpse into the formative years of this visionary leader-to-be. This guided tour is first-come, first-served. It may reach capacity before your desired tour time, so please be sure to arrive early. Tour duration: 45 minutes. This tour takes place at 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Intro to Photography Grip & Rigging
Master the essential tools that hold every professional set together. This workshop introduces you to the world of grip, from the basic anatomy of a lightstand to advanced rigging techniques. You will learn why everyone needs grip on set and get a breakdown of the different grip positions and technicians who make it happen. The group will explore how to choose the right floor support, covering everything from traditional and C-stands to baby, combo, overhead, and wind-up models. You will also learn to use professional grip devices like super clamps, cardellinis, and scissor clamps. Beyond stands, the group will dive into rigging booms safely using multi-headers and offset arms, as well as mounting gear to walls and ceilings using baby plates, pipe grids, and couplers. The session also covers floor-to-ceiling varipoles and background supports like varidrives and crossbars. You will learn to shape light with scrims, flags, and silks, and we’ll touch on essential camera support. Whether you're learning to rig a background or discovering why the sandbag is the perfect safety assistant that never complains, you'll walk away with the confidence to build a secure and creative set. The group will wrap up with a keygrip lineup and a live Q&A to tackle your specific gear questions.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Gallery Talk | Learn How a Historic Mansion Turned into a Museum
Join a museum educator for a brief gallery talk tracing how a Gilded Age mansion was transformed into a world-class art museum.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
Free
Free
City Walk | Activist Art and Community in Brooklyn
This guided walking tour explores Brooklyn’s activist creative ecosystem through visits to several dynamic cultural hubs. Led by collage artist Rich Garr, the walk offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into small organizations with outsized global impact, featuring mini-tours, conversations with hosts, and artistic surprises along the way.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Award-Winning Writer Shares His New Bob Dylan Book: After the Flood
Enjoy a reading and conversation with author and Professor of Writing at The New School, Robert Polito, as he sits down with John Reed to talk about Polito's new work, After the Flood. Synopsis: Blending biography and archival history, After the Flood asks of Bob Dylan, “If your dreams are fulfilled at twenty, what do you do with the rest of your life?” A familiar narrative goes: Bob Dylan, the voice of sixties counterculture, disappeared in the 1970s, then released arguably the worst music of his career in the 1980s—only to be resurrected in 2016, when he was controversially awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Dylan’s concerts once began with an announcer intoning a deadpan version of just such a narrative. That is not this story. Here, instead, is Dylan’s second thirty years. Across an abecedarium of chapters surveying his albums, performances, films, and books since 1991—since that rainy February night in New York City when Dylan, then forty-nine, accepted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, signaling in effect that his extraordinary vocation as a vital and indispensable creative force had ended, was over—After the Flood reveals Dylan’s creative output during the last three decades as his most ambitious and accomplished yet.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Party | Board Games Meet-Up
Play a variety of board games, including Scrabble, Chess, Boggle, Bananagrams, Scattergories, and more! Bring a friend or join on your own--all levels are welcome. Studies have shown that playing board games can have positive effects on your mental, emotional, and physical health, including: o Improving memory and focus o Enhancing critical thinking skills o Making connections o Reducing stress (and screen time!)
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Cardio Circuit Full-Body Workout
Boost your endurance and get your heart pumping in this high-energy, full-body workout. Participants move through fun and challenging bodyweight circuits designed for all fitness levels. Bring water and a towel.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Filmmaker Benoît Cohen Shares His New Memoir, Wonderful
Enjoy a conversation with fillmaker Benoît Cohen to celebrate his new book, Wonderful, a stirring and thoughtful exploration of life, loss, and grief within a family. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Intimate Nighttime Photography Exploring Masculinity, Trauma, and Empathy
This debut solo exhibition presents a series of intimate, nocturnal photographs documenting male friendship, grief, and vulnerability within a close-knit graffiti crew in Queens, New York. Shot largely at night with point-and-shoot cameras, the images move between moments of tenderness and tension, offering a nuanced portrait of masculinity and the nature of trauma.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Modern French Works for Organ & Choir
Illustrating the dramatic range of the new pipe organ, Trinity organist Avi Stein and organ scholar Alex Leonardi will perform Louis Vierne’s stunningly grandiose Messe solennelle — a piece that explores the depths of the organ’s colors and sonic possibilities — in concert with Trinity Choir. The evening’s tour of the rich legacy of French music will also feature the work of three of Vierne’s preeminent pupils: Nadia Boulanger, her younger sister Lili Boulanger, and Marcel Dupré. With Melissa Baker, flute, and Melissa Attebury, conductor.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Quiet Reading Meet Up
Bring a book or check one out of the library to read to yourself for one hour. After that, spend an hour socializing with those around you!
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Screening | After All This (2025): Short Documentary on Novelist Sarah Thankam Mathews (+ Reading from Mathews, Discussion, and Q&A)
Attend a screening of the documentary short After All This, profiling novelist Sarah Thankam Mathews, directed by Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker Andrew Nadkarni, and produced by Maryam Mir! After All This (15 mins) follows author Sarah Thankam Mathews after the success of her debut novel, All This Could Be Different, as she embarks on her second novel, drawing from her adolescence between India and Oman. As Sarah excavates lost place and time, she must contend with the weight of truthful representation and the contradictions within her childhood memories. Following the screening, Sarah will do a live reading of her novel in progress, never before shared publicly. The reading will be followed by a conversation and Q&A between Sarah and director Andrew Nadkarni, moderated by producer Maryam Mir. They’ll talk about the process of making their sophomore project, writing across mediums (literary and film), and how they find flow and sustenance when embarking on new creative endeavors. Film screening, reading, and conversation will be followed by an informal reception with light refreshments.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Award Winning German Author & Philosophy Scholar Discuss the Role of Literature in Fractured Society
Experience a special evening featuring award‑winning German author and public intellectual Navid Kermani in conversation with Omri Boehm, Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at The New School. These two prominent thinkers will discuss how current global conflict and political division are reshaping public life. In recent years, Kermani has traveled through regions marked by upheaval to document how ordinary people endure, resist, and make meaning. Drawing on these journeys, he will read from his recent writings and reflect on the role of literature in times of crisis. Kermani and Boehm will explore what it means to write, think, and speak publicly in an era defined by polarization, war, displacement, and deepening political fragmentation. Their conversation will touch on current developments in the Middle East and consider how these events reverberate in Germany, the United States, and beyond. Together, they will examine how the idea of "the West" is evolving, and whether literature, poetry, and religious thought can still offer common ground or moral orientation in fractured societies.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Talk | Air Quality and Environmental Inequality in the NYC Subway System
This talk examines air quality in New York City’s subway system and how exposure to pollution varies across communities. Drawing on system-wide air quality measurements and commuter data, the program explores how factors such as train friction, ventilation, race, income, and neighborhood shape who is most affected by poor underground air conditions. For ages 21+ only.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Historian Shares Her New Nonfiction Book, Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America's Most Radical Revolutionary (In Person AND Online!)
Historian Nina Sankovitch will speak about her new book, Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America's Most Radical Revolutionary, with author Jennifer Finney Boyla. In 1776 a 23-year-old woman named Jemima Wilkinson suffered a severe illness, declared her past self dead, and then rebranded as the Public Universal Friend, a genderless messenger of God. In a few short years the Friend preached across the Northeast and attracted a devoted band of followers known as the Society of Universal Friends. Sankovitch's book recounts the Friend’s radical and unprecedented ministry. It traces the life of Jemima Wilkinson in colonial Rhode Island through to the Friend’s efforts to establish a community based on principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as well as the challenges and scandals that threatened it.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Dancing | Learn New Moves with Local Dance Instructors
Learn new moves from New York City’s finest dance instructors, then show off your style on the dance floor with a full hour of social dancing! Participants are welcome to bring their own partner, continue to dance solo, or dance with someone new!
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Poetry Reading | Poets Share Their Bilingual Works (+ Q&A)
Attend a conversation between two poets and their translator. Poets Lolbé González Arceo and Marcelo Rioseco will share their work and speak with translator Arthur Malcolm Dixon. This event features a brief introduction by Garcilaso Pumar, bilingual readings of selected poems by each author, a conversation on the translation process, and a concluding audience Q&A.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Discussion | Panel Talk on Color in Architecture (Aesthetics, Mood, & Environment"
Attend a timely panel discussion, ‘The Importance of Color In Architecture’, moderated by Elley Cheng, former President of Pantone. The distinguished panel — Tannese Williams (Pantone Fashion + Home Interiors), Hannah Yeo (Benjamin Moore & Co.), and Nélida Quintero, PhD, MArch, MFA (Environmental Psychologist / Architect) — will explore how color shapes not just aesthetics, but mood, memory, well-being, and our sense of place. Discover why certain hues recur over decades — and what the “color of now” reveals about our evolving social and cultural environment.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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