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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 28, 2017?

28 free events take place on Sunday, May 28 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 May 28 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 May . 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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28 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, May 28, 2017

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Workshop | Tai Chi Workshop


Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels. This event repeats every Sunday until August 13, 2017. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park West 89th Street and Riverside Drive Manhattan Directions to this location Cost Free Event Organizer Summer on the Hudson Contact Number 311
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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Tour | Manhattan Street Art Tour


Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Tour34: Empire to Penn


A guided walking tour of the historic and revitalized 34th Street District. Tour-goers will explore the neighborhood's rich history of commerce, transit, and architecture. This 90-minute tour is held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through May 28, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Festival | Family Fun Day


Kick off an exciting summer on Governors Island! Family Fun Day celebrates the season’s opening and the Island’s playful nature and free-range attitude. All performances and activities are family-friendly. Improvise with Story Pirates, be amazed and inspired by Mario the Magician and his inventions, show off your mad dance moves to Grammy-winning Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets, and goof around with Loony Toony the Clown! Other performers and programmers include: Face painting by Agostino Arts The Homespun Merry Go Round Puppet making with Lisa Abbatomarco National Park Service Billion Oyster Project Earth Matter OgoSport
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | From Decoration Day to Memorial Day: Flatiron District Walking Tour


Experience a Memorial Day-themed historic walking tour. The tour will be led by historian Miriam Berman and give visitors an insight into the history of Memorial Day in the Flatiron District. “From Decoration Day to Memorial Day” will feature fascinating stories about Decoration Day, as Memorial Day was called in the early 1900s. The tours will include a visit to the Worth Monument, which served as the main welcoming and viewing site for U.S. Presidents, foreign dignitaries, and local politicians who came to honor those who served their country in the war. Participants will also explore some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the Flatiron Building, New York Life Insurance Building, MetLife Clock Tower, and Appellate Courthouse.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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City Walk | Rockefeller Center-'Island of Art Deco Elegance' Tour


A city-within-a-city complex complete with stores, offices, entertainment and public art. Learn about the Channel Gardens, Radio City Music Hall and the Statue of Prometheus.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
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Other | U.S. Coast Guard Silent Drill Team Performance


The U.S. Coast Guard Silent Drill Team will perform as part of Fleet Week festivities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Festival | Mamapalooza-Sing Out Sister Festival


Celebrate all families at our annual festival featuring music, wellness activities, art, activism, and fierce feminist vendors. Get inspired to sing out a message of peace, acceptance, and equality. This year's "Sing Out Sister" theme inspires all to find their voice and bring a message of peace, tolerance, and equality. Fierce feminists, as well as families of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds, are welcome. Features: Gymboree play area Yoga Sungaze - look at the sun with the help of a special scope and the Amatuer Astronomers Association Live music from Vienna Carrol and Abby Lappen Vienna Carroll - This old-time string band honors the old tunes (spirituals and work songs) of the ancestors and reveals their presence in today's modern sound. Abby Lappen is a 2015 Kerrville New Folk Finalist, with a unique voice and crisp guitar, mesmerizing her audiences with an energy driven style, crossing genres of haunting folk, satirical blues, jazzy ballads, and syncopated melodies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Other | Outdoor Art Exhibit - Spring Show 2017


Now in its 85th year, the Outdoor Art Exhibit will hold its annual spring show. The show features exciting new and veteran exhibitors in all categories of fine arts and fine crafts, both traditional and contemporary. Oils and watercolors, pastels and acrylics, graphics, photography and sculpture make up the fine arts group. The crafts include such specialties as jewelry, ceramics, wood, fiber and. mixed media. Each exhibit consists of an individual artist or artisan showing their own original work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick. Tour takes place Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Ceramica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed


The exhibition features the exceptional artistry of approximately 155 objects made of clay, gold, jade, stone, and shell by people from Belize to Panama. This exhibition examines seven broad regions representing Central American cultural areas that are today part of Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Belize, and reflects the culmination of research on the vast collection of Central American ceramics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour


An in-depth look at the unique architecture and exquisite beauty of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. Designed by famed architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1907, the Custom House is a National Historic Landmark. The building’s interior splendor includes an elliptical rotunda with a 140-ton dome skylight designed by Valencia-born engineer Raphael Gustavino and murals by New York painter Reginald Marsh, as well as monumental marble arches and columns. Tours include a visit to the Collectors Office, not normally accessible to the public. Takes place daily.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Festival | Sun Gaze Days


Join Amateur Astronomers Association to gaze at the central star of our solar system with special scopes. Weather permitting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Classical Music | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the organ on the 101-rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor and Boody Organ Builders. The Organ Meditation takes place every Sunday from Sept. 11, 2016 to May 28, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | The U.S. Navy Band


Navy Band Northeast will perform a concert. Part of Fleet Week festivities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Works by Shostakovich, Mozart, Higdon


With: Arté piano trio: Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin Katsura Tanikawa, piano Laura Usiskiu, cello
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Festival | 22nd Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts


Hundreds of performers converge in one of city's biggest annual art fests The free, three-day downtown arts festival, whose theme this year is Art V Tyranny, seeks to show a lively downtown arts scene in an era when everything from funding cuts to technology, science and affordable housing puts pressure on the arts. The festival includes hundreds of well-known and emerging artists ranging from theater to dance, music to movies, a street fair and art exhibit.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Concert | Brazilian Sounds: Fabio Giacalone


The mix of cultures and experiences in his blood is both unique and remarkable. Being born in Brazil and raised in Italy gave Fabio a unique sense of rhythm and musicality. In 2012, Fabio moved to the United States to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts. While at Berklee, he had the chance to study and grow in a stimulating and refreshing environment that connected him to young musicians from all over the world. It also gave him the opportunity to work with remarkable teachers, such as Donna McElroy, Vadim Neselovskyi, Jeremy Ragsdale, Daniela Schaechter, Diane Richardson victor wooten john clayton, danny morris and danny harrington. In August of 2014, Whispering, his first demo reflecting his taste for jazz, was recorded in Boston. The tracks are featured Cosimo Boni on trumpet, Jaehun Kang on piano, Fabrizio Sciacca on bass, and Kazuhiro Odagiri on drums. In May 2016 fabio graduates from berklee college of music with a bachelor degree in jazz vocal performance. with 3.89 GPA. In July 2016 he participates in the world reknown and prestigious shure montreux jazz voice competition 2016 with famous singer angelique kidjo as president of a jury full of celebrated personalities of the music indistry and famous jazz musicians. He wins the third prize in the city of Montreux (Switzerland).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opera | Selected Scenes from Otello by Giuseppe Verdi


With: Mark Cogley, pianist Mauricio Trejo, tenor (Otello) Cynthia Elvira Ramos, soprano (Desdemona) Steven Herring, baritone (Iago) Christina Lamberti, mezzo soprano (Emilia)
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$20 suggested donation

Tour | 9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge Night Tour


A renaissance is taking place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, a concerted effort has been undertaken to redevelop this part of the city, with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the construction of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And from twilight into the night is the right time to pay a visit to this part of New York City. From the Memorial to the Woolworth Building, City Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge, some of the your most memorable experiences in the city await you.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Dark Side of the High Line Tour


The skeletal remains of the High Line’s elevated tracks set the perfect scene for a spooky evening. Join Free Tours by Foot for a journey to the creepier side of New York City’s most unique park. On this tour you’ll hear tales of the strange eccentric who lived below the tracks and saved them from demise, the curse of a West Side Cowboy who fell to his death from the elevated track, and the children who haunt the street formerly known as Death Avenue. If the moon hangs right perhaps you’ll witness the spectacle of a ghostly ship floating down the Hudson River; is it the long forgotten crew of Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon warning sailors not to go to sea? Or is it Captain Kidd protecting the treasure he buried on Liberty Island? Venture at your own risk through the dark side of High Line.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Comedy Club | ComedyBnB Show


Come see NYC’s top comedy talent perform and work out material. They regularly feature performers who been seen on TV (MTV, Late Night, Comedy Central, etc.) and have been passed at NYC’s top comedy clubs. Not only is the show free, but at the end of the night, all remaining attendees get a free slice of pizza.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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