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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 24, 2026?
31 free events take place on Tuesday, February 24 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 24 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 24, 2026?
31 free events take place on Tuesday, February 24 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 24 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 Tuesday, February 24, 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
Workshop | Adult Zumba
Featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography. Work on your balance, coordination and range of motion.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Work On & Improve Your Resume with Experts
Partake in this interactive workshop designed to help you with writing your resume, facilitated by NYPL’s Career Services staff. During the 2-hour workshop, you will learn how to use resources and tools within the free database, Brainfuse JobNow, and begin writing your resume. Career Services staff will be on hand to provide tips on best practices to showcase your skills and experience effectively, and print the resume for you. Free computer and internet access will be provided during the workshop. Requirements for this workshop: Basic computer skills and a NYPL Library Card are required, as you will be using a computer to begin working on the resume.
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
Film | Coming to America (1988): Romantic Comedy with Eddie Murphy
An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will. Director: John Landis Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair Eddie Murphy is an American actor, comedian, and singer who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live, for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Murphy received a Grammy Award and an Emmy Award. In 2015, Murphy was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and in 2023 the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Black History Month Celebration: Organ Music with an Award Winning Musician
Celebrate Black History Month with organist Trent Johnson as he revives the Museum’s historic Appleton Organ. Johnson, an award-winning composer and Radio City Music Hall organist, delivers a performance that combines creativity and a rich musical heritage.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Club | Discuss Colored Television by Danzy Senna
Speak about Colored Television by Danzy Senna with a group! A brilliant take on love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of Caucasia.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | Bob Marley: One Love (2024), Reggae Biopic
The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green Cast: Robert Teitel, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Cedella Marley
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Mah Jongg & More
A dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up with neighbors. Sets, cards, and games provided, or bring your own.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | She Rides Shotgun (2025): Crime Thriller
A girl marked for death must fight and steal to stay alive, learning from the most frightening man she knows; her father. An adaptation of Jordan Harper's award winning novel. Director: Nick Rowland Cast: Taron Egerton, Ana Sophia Heger, Rob Yang, Odessa A'zion, David Lyons
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Create Your own Blackout Poem & Collage
Participate in a hands-on, creative session experimenting with blackout poetry and collage. Sometimes called erasure poetry, blackout poetry involves removing words from an existing text to reveal a poem hidden within. After creating our poems, the group will design collaged backgrounds to frame and enhance the work. All materials will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own magazines or source materials to use in their collages.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Gallery Talk | Exploring the Arts of Oceania with Museum Experts
Join curators and scholars for an in-depth look at selected works from the Arts of Oceania. Hear new insights, untold stories, and engage with the collection in a closer, expert-led gallery experience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | Author & Illustrator Duo Share Their New Children's Book, Emily Saw a Door
Celebrate the launch of Emily Saw a Door with author Mel Rosenberg and illustrator Orit Magia. Knock, knock. Who’s there? It’s me, Emily. May I come in? And so begins Emily’s search for a door that will open. The first door is blue, and the voice behind the door tells Emily that she doesn’t sound very bluish. The second door says it only opens for tigers, crocodiles, and snakes. But she is a girl named Emily– and the animals are hungry–and so she moves on. The third is only for people who speak very quietly, and the door can hear Emily. Finally, Emily comes to a place without a door. She gets out her chalk and draws one, then adds a doorknob, and goes right in. And when someone knocks on her door, she says, “The door is open!” Here is a wonderful book about inclusion, acceptance, and opening doors for others.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | Buffalo '66 (1998): Indie Romantic Comedy-Drama
A man just released from prison visits his parents in Buffalo. He convinces a woman to impersonate his wife. Director: Vincent Gallo Cast: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Two-Panel Program Exploring Amazonian Art & Literature
This two-panel program examines diverse artistic and literary perspectives from across the Amazonian territory. The first panel will introduce the core objectives and selected research initiatives of the project Connecting the Amazon Border. Project Directors Maria Berbara, Patricia Zalamea, and Carmen Fernández-Salvador, together with Amazonia Açu co-curator and project contributor Diana Iturralde, will explore key dimensions of Amazonian visual culture across a broad historical span, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The discussion will address topics such as cartographic imaginaries, processes of musealization, and colonial artistic production. The second panel centers on contemporary poetic and literary voices from the Amazon region. Focusing on the Amazon basin anthology (volume 3) of Ruge el bosque, a project about environmental and plurilingual poetics organized as a series of regional anthologies. This panel conversation will feature its Project Director and Editor Valeria Meiller in dialogue with Joseph M. Pierce, associate professor and founding director of Native American and Indigenous Studies initiative at Stony Brook University. The panel will also include poetry readings by poets María Clara Sharupi Jua and Elías Caurey Caurey, presented via video in Shuar and Guaraní, respectively.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
Free
Screening | L.A. Rebellion Film Movement Films from Ethiopian Filmmaker Haile Gerima
This program amplifies the work of Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima, whose filmography dates back to the 1970’s. By the time Gerima graduated from film school at UCLA in 1976, he had made four films and alongside his peers at UCLA, would be canonized among a generation of contemporary Black filmmakers that rejected classic Hollywood Cinema in favor of Latin American, African, and European cinematic approaches. Today, Gerima’s films and those by his peers Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, among others, are now referred to as the L.A. Rebellion Film Movement. This program will feature two films from this movement, beginning with Gerima’s 1973 short, A Child of Resistance, a film that depicts the social imprisonment of a Black woman. Next, we will screen Gerima’s 1993 feature-length film, Sankofa, which follows a model (Oyafunmike Ogunlano) who after encountering a mystic, travels into the past and becomes enslaved.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Contemporary Organ Works (In Person AND Online!)
Columbia composers present newly-composed works for MIDI organ, in which the St. Paul's Chapel organ is controlled by MIDI signals sent from a computer.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Coral Works by Poulenc, Grieg, & More
Expect to be deeply moved by the soprano and alto voices of the Trinity Choir during this evening of choral music. With Hildegard von Bingen’s luminous Ave generosa at its center, the program also presents Francis Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge noire and Marian gems by Maurice Duruflé, Bernat Vivancos, Edvard Grieg, and Ola Chesnokov. A trio of newer composers (Zanaida Stewart Robles, Ily Matthew Maniano, and Margaret Rizza) add their perspectives to timeless themes of mercy, devotion, and divine joy. With Alcée Chriss III, organ, and Melissa Attebury, conductor.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Lecture | Innovation and Industry Along New York’s Waterfronts (Online!)
Learn how key waterfront areas evolved from strategic landscapes during the American Revolution into major centers of industry and invention through the 20th century. Centering on the legacy of a pioneering American engineer, the discussion highlights how these shorelines helped define the city’s and the nation’s development.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Multi-Artist Exhibition Exploring Connections & Intimicacies
In recognition of Valentine’s Day, this exhibition explores relationships with family, friends, and four-legged friends. Celebrate these connections that shape our lives: from the bonds forged in childhood, to the enduring
ties of life experience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Party | Play Bridge in a Stress-Free Environment
The card game of Bridge requires four people to play: two teams of two people. Join the group with your bridge partner, or you will be matched with someone to play as a pair. If you would like to learn how to play bridge, organizers can offer some instruction, and you can observe others.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
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Author Reading | Young Adult Author Corey Ann Haydu Shares Her Books & Discusses Her Craft
Attend a reading and conversation with author Corey Ann Haydu (OCD Love Story, Eventown) as she sits down with Emily X.R. Pan (The Astonishing Color of After) to talk about process, craft, working across genres and categories, and maintaining a creative life.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Screening | Bunker (2021): Documentary (+ Filmmaker Q&A)
Attend a screening of Jenny Perlin's 2021 feature documentary film, Bunker. Bunker investigates the lonely lives of American men who have decided to live in decommissioned military bunkers and nuclear missile silos, and follows the process of building and selling these structures to the wealthy and not-so-wealthy alike. Investigating American myths including self-reliance, masculinity, home safety and security, and family life in a time of climate crisis, economic upheaval, and political strife, Bunker reveals the inner workings of an American phenomenon on the rise. A Q&A will follow the screening.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Ensemble Works by Ottorino Respighi (+ Lecture)
Enjoy a lecture and concert exploring Ottorino Respighi's works, performed by Shelén Hughes Camacho, soprano, Domenic Salerni, violin, and Elisa De Luigi, piano. The lecture will be given by Francesco Attardi, author of Ottorino Respighi: Un iceberg sinfonico. All Respighi (1879-1936) Program: Leggenda for Violin and Piano Nevicata for Soprano and Piano Quando nasceste voi for Soprano and Piano Valse Caressante for Violin and Piano Nebbie for Soprano and Piano Soupir Humoresque
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
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Workshop | Origami Group Meet-Up
This event is for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami--an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws.This group meets to teach each other new models and share paper, books, and tips. This meeting is free and open to all level of folders from beginner to advanced. There will be free paper available to share. You may choose to bring your own paper and books and just show up and fold! If you have models you would like to learn, or teach, let the organizers know, and they will try our best to accommodate.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Photographer David Katzenstein Shares His New Book, Distant Journeys
Steeped in documentary and reportage photography tradition, David Katzenstein imbues his work with immediacy, emotional engagement, and a deep respect for his subjects. Distant Journeys is a chronicle of humanity throughout the world developed over a forty-nine-year career. His photographs allow his first-hand experience of cultures and peoples to be shared with the audience as though they were present at the scene. David will present a visual presentation of some of the work and recount some of his experiences travelling the world in search of cultures and peoples. The book will be available for purchase.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Artist Launches Her New Graphic Novel, Just Between Us
Adeline Kon launches her new graphic novel, Just Between Us, in conversation with illustrator Sylvia Bi. In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, Lydia tries to fall back in love with figure skating without falling for her competition. Adeline Kon is a freelance illustrator and designer, and Just Between Us is their debut graphic novel.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Classical Music | Diverse Chamber & Vocal Works
Performances by Julian Schwarz, cello, Marika Bournaki, piano, Peter Sirotin and Daniel Kurganov, violins, Colin Brookes, viola, and Ori Marcu, mezzo-soprano, will feature a variety of chamber and vocal music by Leo Zeitlin, alongside works by composers with whom he was in dialogue, including Joseph Achron, Alexander Krein, Joachim Stutschewsky, Mikhail Gnesin, Lazare Saminsky, Joel Engel, Alexander Zhitomirsky, and Michael Lewin.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Lecture | Lens & Light: Fine‑Art & Architecture
Explore the intersection of photography and architectural form with award‑winning photographer Andrew Prokos. A talk on visual storytelling, technique, and the creative process.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Piano Works by Rachmaninoff, Rossini, & More (In Person AND Online!)
Manhattan School of Music's Faculty Pianists Wael Farouk, Joanne Polk, and William Wolfram perform a series of pieces by various composers. Program: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Suite No. 2, Op. 17 Amr Okba One Coin and Two Sides (World Premiere) Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 15 Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) (arr. D. Krug) The Barber of Seville Fantasie for piano six hands
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
Free
Free
Jazz | Radiohead Favorites, Performed by Ensemble
This ensemble concert features the music of Radiohead, directed by Wayne Jones.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
Free
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