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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 31, 2026?
28 free events take place on Tuesday, March 31 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 March 31 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 March . 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 March 31, 2026?
28 free events take place on Tuesday, March 31 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 March 31 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 March . 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!
28 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, March 31, 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 | Learn the Basics of Irish Dance (Beginners Welcome!)
This is a dance workshop in partnership with the Irish Arts Center to introduce absolute beginners to traditional Irish dance in honor of Irish American Heritage Month. Absolutely no experience is necessary to participate! Participants will learn the basic techniques of Irish dance. We recommend attending in comfortable clothing and footwear you can move easily in. Participants must sign the waiver at the provided link.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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 | Mamma Mia! (2008): ABBA Jukebox Musical Romantic Comedy with Meryl Streep & Amanda Seyfried
On a sun-soaked Greek island, bride-to-be Sophie secretly invites three men from her mother's past in hopes of discovering which one is her real father. As old flames and new emotions flare, the magic of ABBA's iconic music carries the story through joy, heartbreak, and celebration. Meryl Streep received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance, and the film remains one of the highest-grossing musical movies of all time. Director: Phyllida Lloyd Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard Meryl Streep is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation," Streep is known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 33 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight. Amanda Seyfried is an actress whose accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2022, her films as a leading actress have grossed over $2.4 billion worldwide.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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
Talk | Abstract Artist Discusses Her Craft & Career
Enjoy a talk by abstract artist Jacqueline Humphries, who has been working through the question of what contemporary abstract painting can mean in a society mediated online. Excavating the limits of her medium, Humphries generates a density of languages, forms, and gestures native not only to the history of painting but also the codes and aesthetic registers that belong to the endless scroll of data and commerce on the flat, cold surfaces of screens. Honing in on the surface of things, she has used gridded stencils, fluorescent paint, emoticons, and black light, among other materials in order to paraphrase, parody, and rewrite the codes of post-war abstraction. She disrupts the traditional oppositions of figure/ground and flatness/depth to create anti-illusionistic, anti-representational images, making and then, as she calls it “unmaking” her works in order to toy with ideas of historicization and authenticity. As such, Humphries’ work revels in its playful profanity, the pleasure of its sheer materiality seeping from its surface. She describes her search as one for “a kind of psychological hook”, evoking suspense or a sense of something wrong.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing (2025): Black Comedy Crime Thriller Film with Austin Butler
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined. Director: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio Darren Aronofsky is a filmmaker whose films are noted for their surreal, dramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of psychological realism. His accolades include a Golden Lion and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the British Academy Film Awards.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Travel Photographer Teaches Fundamentals of His Craft
Learn the technical secrets behind stunning travel photography — aperture, light, and composition lessons acquired across 100+ countries. What separates a forgettable snapshot from a photograph that stops you cold? According to seasoned travel photographer Andy Katz, it comes down to three things: content, composition, and the glue that holds it together, light--and knowing your gear well enough to get the most out of your photographs. In this exclusive presentation, Andy draws on over four decades of experience photographing across more than 100 countries — from the fog-draped temples of Southeast Asia to the sweeping savannas of Africa and beyond — to share the technical and creative principles that consistently produce stunning images. Andy breaks down the fundamentals of photography, no matter where your journeys take you in a way that is immediately rewarding. You'll learn how to read natural light, find compelling content, and tell a story within a single frame. This is not a lecture — it's a visual journey through the world's most extraordinary places, with real lessons you can apply on your very next shoot. Come ready to be inspired. Leave ready to see differently.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Scientists Discuss the Worls of Conscious & Unconscious Thought
Explore the world of conscious and unconscious thought with Stefano Fusi (Professor of Neuroscience; Principal Investigator at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University) in conversation with two Italian Academy Fellows.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | 1.8M-Follower YouTuber Shares His New Book, Great Art Explained (+ Signing)
Enjoy a presentation by James Payne to celebrate his new book, Great Art Explained, a wonderfully illustrated and comprehensive exploration of iconic artworks, based on Payne's YouTube channel of the same name. The presentation will be followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Migratory Notes – New York City Edition: Multisensory Installation (Taste, Sound, Scent, & Conviviality)
Enjoy Migratory Notes – New York City Edition (2026)—a one-night multisensory installation by artist Emeka Ogboh that uses taste, sound, scent, and conviviality to reimagine how migration and diversity are experienced in contemporary urban life. At a time when global debates around movement are increasingly shaped by fear and political polarization, Migratory Notes proposes a counter-gesture: a space where people gather, eat, drink, listen, and engage one another through the most fundamental human acts of hospitality and encounter.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Poetry Reading | Book Launch: Poetry Collection The Art of Undoing (+ Signing)
Celebrate the release of Hudson Plumb's new poetry collection, The Art of Undoing, featuring readings from Plumb, Maria Terrone, and Rosanna Young Oh. Book Synopsis: Hudson Plumb draws us into a world both dark and light. He movingly recalls the death of loved ones—his own and that of strangers—leavening the sorrow with striking images drawn from nature.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Cello Suites by J.S. Bach (+ Free Drink)
Expressive cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach performs an intimate recital of Bach's timeless Cello Suites. Program: J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Enjoy a free drink at this concert, where the audience sits onstage, then mingle with the musician and fellow concertgoers after the show.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Contemporary Ensemble Works by Emerging Composers (In Person AND Online!)
Qubit, a contemporary music and performance art initiative, performs works by working with young composers whose work has yet to reach wide audiences. With the Ekmeles vocal ensemble. Program: Alec Hall striving after wind Laura Steenberge St. Martial and King Stephen Laure Hiendl Ray Ray of Light excerpts Celeste Oram Onomastic Gymnastics
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Club | Discuss the Mystery Novel The Darkest Night by Ann Cleeves
Participate in a book discussion with like-minded mystery readers of Anne Cleeves' novel, The Darkest Evening. Book Synopsis: On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills: Brockburn. As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family’s complicated past.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Lecture | Explore New York's Surviving 18th-Century Structures
In this talk, noted public speaker Anthony Bellov explores all the 18th Century remnants on Manhattan Island, clearly explains where these stalwart structures are located, and why they're important. Among the nicknames New York City has received through the years, one - "The City That's Never Finished" - describes New York's disregard of its past built legacy, demolishing it for the newer, bigger, taller, flashier. In this talk, Bellov, in acknowledgement of the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, shares the survivors who have escaped the bulldozer and wrecking ball.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Ohilosophical Throught Salon: The Chinese Room Thought Experiment
Experience a salon of drop-in, guided discussions for smart people who want to think through problems at the cutting edge of philosophy. Come for truth, logic, clarity, and the respectful exchange of ideas. This session will be on the (in)famous Chinese Room thought experiment and its contemporary incarnations within AI and LLMs. Are you curious what philosophers who were thinking about AI were thinking before AI was even a thing? No jargon. No background No homework. Just mind-bending questions, better thinking, and a tour through the latest thinking in philosophy.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Painting with Words: Writing Class
Writers and artists gather to read and discuss their writing in a supportive, relaxed and nurturing environment. Leading the group will be Harold Slazer, founder of the creative writing and acting programs at Middle Collegiate Church, as well as a playwright, screenwriter, poet, and NYFA City Artist Corps grant recipient. Carol Wierzbicki, the editor of Sunday, Middle's literary magazine, will help you fine-tune your work.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Physicist Reflects on His Travel Memoir, Before the Beginning (+ Author Q&A)
A physicist returns to his origins to rebuild a broken identity. Book talk followed by Q&A with author, Ernesto Mané. In 2010, the physicist Ernesto Mané, from the Brazilian state of Paraíba, embarked on a geographical and emotional journey to fulfill a long-held desire: to meet his paternal family in Guinea-Bissau. He emerges from those months profoundly transformed. Fifteen years later, now a career diplomat and a Guinean citizen, he gives literary form to his travel diary in Before the Beginning. In the words of Angolan writer and curator Kalaf Epalanga, who penned the book’s flap text, the work is a “rare achievement,” in which “the great African tragedy is narrated in the same register as authors such as Ta-Nehisi Coates or Mia Couto.”
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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Lecture | Scholar Explores the Relationship between Video Games & Indigenous Studies
In this lecture, Jodi A. Byrd (professor of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago) examines the differences between Settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies by bringing video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Byrd theorizes “the image of the law of the Indigenous” as structuring dispossession in games including Assassin’s Creed, Animal Crossing, BioShock Infinite, and Demon Souls. They demonstrate how games and play might reveal histories of slavery, genocide, and theft of Indigenous lands even as their structures obscure Indigenous spatial and embodied practices that prioritize relationships with land, water, plants, and spirits. With ground and relationality defined as key concepts, Byrd centers Indigenous visions of dystopias to reveal how game spaces encode settler structures of governance even as the design of games might yet provide vital modes of resistance to Indigenous erasure.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
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
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Discussion | Panel Talk on the Work of Italian Woman Writers Like Elsa Morante
Editors and translators discuss the work of Elsa Morante and other Italian women writers. Italian author Elsa Morante is having today a deserved though much-deferred recognition as one of the truly outstanding writers of the 20th century writers, well beyond Italy. Morante has been a source of inspiration and a constant challenge for generations of women writers since – one has to think of Elena Ferrante, who fashioned her nickname as an homage to her favorite author. Today, prestigious new translations into English captivated a new readership able to appreciate her legacy, beginning with the 50th anniversary of her most controversial and beloved novel, La Storia (History: A Novel), which the new issue of the prestigious journal Annali d’Italianistica dedicated to Morante will celebrate.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Poetry Reading | 4 Poets Share Work from Upcoming Collections
Experience a reading with Andrea Cohen, Maggie Dietz, Monica Ferrell, and Daniel Tobin to celebrate the release of Four Way Books spring 2026 titles.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Discussion | Artist/Poet Discusses Her New MoMA Exhibition: A Living Poem
Artist and poet Sasha Stiles leads a conversation about A Living Poem, her debut solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and why poetry is re-emerging as one of the most vital creative languages of our time. A Living Poem marks a milestone in contemporary art and culture by exploring poetry as a live, generative system, and one of humanity's earliest forms of technology. In dialogue with MoMA, Stiles reflects on the project's evolution from early concept to large-scale artwork, and previews how A Living Poem will continue to live on beyond the MoMA exhibition through future shows and A Living Poem: The Codex -- a generative artist book to be published in Spring 2026.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Concert | Japanese Musical Elements & American Jazz Orchestration
Toshiko Akiyoshi is a trailblazing musician who moved from Japan to the United States, making a significant mark on the American jazz scene by the early 1960s. Originally influenced by bebop, she later shifted her focus to composition and large-ensemble arrangements.
She co-founded the internationally renowned Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra with saxophonist Lew Tabackin, earning praise for blending Japanese musical elements with modern orchestral techniques. In 2023, Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrated her remarkable career with a special concert featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis. Under bassist Allison Lee’s leadership, this event honors Akiyoshi's enduring influence as a composer, pianist, bandleader, and visionary artist whose music connects Japanese and American traditions.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Ensemble Works by Ligeti & More (In Person AND Online!)
Tactus ensemble performs works by György Ligeti, Lauren Galarraga, Cat Hope, Bethany Younge, Evan Ziporyn, and Zeke Morgan.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
Free
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