Things to do in New York on Friday, October 30, 2026

629 events listed in and around New York, each with its time and venue.

Evening

NEIGHBOURS / SAM PERRICONE /Tone Troy /Max Parkinson
Concert · 5 PM – 4 AM · Williamsburg
Medellin Fridays Halloween Parrty at San Antonios Reggaeton Bar
Dance Party · Halloween · 5 PM – 3 AM · Flatiron
Free Friday Nights
Museum & Gallery · 5 PM – 10 PM · West Village
Rooftop AFTERWORK FRIDAYS and LATE NIGHT @230 Fifth Rooftop
Dance Party · 5 PM – 2:30 AM · Midtown West
AFTER WORK ROOFTOP PARTY @ 230 Fifth Rooftop
Rooftop Party · Electronic · 5 PM · Midtown West
Movie Nights: Beetlejuice
Film · 5 PM · Upper West Side
DGI Halloween Gaming Night
Game Night · Halloween · 5 PM – 9 PM · Digital Girl, Inc. Technology Center
Cocktails & Dance: Salsa Merengue Vallenato Bachata Latin Party NYC
Dance Party · Latin Music · 5 PM – 4 AM · Astoria
The Holes - Friday, October 30th 5 pm
Theater · 5 PM · Lower East Side
INKwell Harbor Club Annual Costumes & Cocktails
Dance Party · Costumes Cocktails · 5 PM · Midtown West
Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind
Networking · Startups · 5 PM · Union Square
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run Weekly Watch Party
Watch Party · 5 PM · Bushwick
Yuichi Hirakawa Jazz Group
Live Music · Jazz · 5 PM · West Village
MY UPSIDE DOWN
Concert · Metal · 5 PM – 11:30 PM · Red Hook
NYCBA Community Basketball -- Roosevelt Island | FREE
Lesson · Basketball · 5:30 PM · Upper East Side
Roxy Bar Presents: Pianist Michael Garin
Live Music · 5:30 PM · Tribeca
Sip and Paint Party at the Barking DOG- Pet Portrait FUN
Art Class · Pet Portraits · 5:30 PM · Yorkville
Artist to Artist Convening
Meetup · Artists · 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM · Abrons Arts Center
Birdland Big Band
Concert · Jazz · 5:30 PM · Midtown West
FRIDAY — $10 Intro Cuban Salsa Class + Friday Dancing 💃🎶
Class · Cuban Salsa · 5:35 PM · Chelsea
Josie Edwards
Concert · 6 PM · Lower East Side
Simon Moullier Trio
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
Josie Edwards
Concert · 6 PM · Lower East Side
Halloween Happy Hour Gathering
Meetup · Halloween · 6 PM – 10 PM · Midtown East
DJ Meetup - Open Decks 🎃
Meetup · Electronic Music · 6 PM · Flatiron
Our Annual Halloween Bash at 230 Fifth, Free Admission til 8PM!
Dance Party · Halloween · 6 PM – 11 PM · NoMad
Chess Night & Costume Party at La Fonda - October 30th
Game Night · Chess · 6 PM – 11 PM · East Harlem
Obasi Akoto Steve Kirby Quartet
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
Fun with Bellydance Props!
Class · Bellydance · 6 PM · Times Square
Pass That... Karaoke!
Karaoke · R&B / Soul · 6 PM – 11:30 PM · Bushwick
The Fine Art of Rocky
Immersive · Rocky Character · 6 PM · NoMad
Friday night OPEN MIC! 6pm & 730pm show up & go up! @micdupnyc
Open Mic · 6 PM – 9 PM · Theater District
Skeleton Makeup / Pregame Your Halloween
Art Class · Halloween · 6 PM – 9 PM · Bushwick
Networking & Headshots: Say Cheese at Casa Wellness
Networking · Headshots · 6 PM – 9 PM · Long Island City
Latin language conversation club!
Language · Latin · 6 PM · Gramercy
A Girl rap writing workshop
Class · Rap Writing · 6 PM · Bed-Stuy
Happy Hour Free Comedy Show in NYC - First Stop Friday
Stand-up · 6 PM · West Village
Group Timeline Jump
Meditation · 6 PM · Williamsburg
Neal Caine Quartet
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
MIDNIGHTS [EARLY VERSION] – TAYLOR SWIFT HALLOWEEN
Dance Party · Halloween · 6 PM · East Village
Trick-or- Treat for Adults (Mixer + Bar Crawl)
Meetup · Halloween · 6 PM – 9 PM · Bushwick
15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Exhibition “Untitled” (America)
Tour · Untitled America · 6 PM · West Village
"Lowest Rate" 1/3 NLH ($100min-$500max) MIDTOWN CLUBHOUSE
Poker · 6 PM – 9 AM · Garment District
Friday Night Comedy
Stand-up · 6 PM · Boerum Hill
Pre Halloween Club Crawl: NYC $15 only. 1 Braclet : FIND THE PARTY INC
Bar Crawl · Halloween · 6 PM – 3 AM · Times Square
COFOUND NYC Vol.02｜万圣节创投之夜 🎃 Pitch, Connect & Trick or Treat
Networking · Startups · 6 PM – 9 PM · Koreatown
Trick or Drink: New York City Halloween Bar Crawl (3 Days)
Bar Crawl · Halloween · 6 PM · East Village
Molly & June's Honky Tonk: Line Dance Classes & Country Music
Class · Country · 6 PM · SoHo
New York Whiskey Washback
Tasting · Whiskey · 6 PM – 9:30 PM · NoHo
🍦 Scoop or Treat! — Halloween Ice Cream Bowl Painting
Craft Workshop · Bowl Painting · 6 PM · Flatiron
NYC Calligraphy: Spooky Scripts!
Art Class · Calligraphy · 6 PM – 9 PM · Gramercy
Happy Hour Friday Free Tix Comedy MeetUp!
Stand-up · 6 PM · West Village
NYC 30s/40s Mixer at the MoMA
Meetup · Art · 6 PM – 9 PM · Midtown East
Cash 4 Gold Books Presents: Halloween
Books & Readings · Halloween · 6 PM · East Village
Lawrence - Staycation
Concert · Pop · 6 PM · Downtown Brooklyn
Friday Night Board Games in Brooklyn
Game Night · 6 PM – 10 PM · Boerum Hill
Draw, Paint, & Sip
Art Class · Painting · 6 PM · Tribeca
s p o o k y b a b y
Live Music · 6 PM – 12 AM · Greenpoint
Simon Moullier & Davis Whitfield
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
FRIDAY AFTER DARK — HALLOWEEN EDITION @230 Fifth Rooftop
Rooftop Party · Halloween · 6 PM – 3 AM · Midtown West
Live: Love Honey & Kaos Syren
Live Music · 6 PM – 9 PM · Bushwick
Anthony Moore, Soo Ra, Talal Alyan, Peter Stewart, Julia Barnard, DJ Hairston
Stand-up · 6 PM · Boerum Hill
Mario Vargas Llosa Cátedra 2026 - Closing Session
Talk · Books & Writing · 6 PM · Turtle Bay
Red Lace Burlesque Show NYC & Variety Show NYC
Drag & Burlesque · 6 PM · Hell'S Kitchen
Toni Morrison's Radical Attentions with Prof. Namwali Serpell
Talk · Literary Criticism · 6 PM · DUMBO
Halloween DJ Sets: TYLERFROMWHERE and Lord Fascinator
Dance Party · Halloween · 6 PM – 10 PM · West Village
Monk Fridays: Tea, Chat & Meditation
Meetup · Meditation · 6 PM · Dharma Drum Meditation Center
WICKED AFFAIR: A Halloween Weekend Extravaganza
Dance Party · Halloween · 6 PM · Williamsburg
Friday After Dark @230 Fifth Rooftop
Rooftop Party · Halloween · 6 PM – 3 AM · NoMad
Forward Pass 📊 — Applied AI Builders at Time Out Market DUMBO
Networking · Applied AI · 6 PM · DUMBO
Blood on the Clocktower
Game Night · 6 PM – 9 PM · Midtown East
NYC halloween eve
Dance Party · Halloween · 6 PM – 9:15 PM · Bushwick
Our Annual Halloween Bash at 230 Fifth, Free Admission til 8PM!
Dance Party · Halloween · 6 PM – 11 PM · NoMad
New York Comedy Club Presents
Stand-up · 6:15 PM · Upper West Side
DIRTY CIRCUS: Halloween Edition
Dance Party · 6:30 PM · Bushwick
Candlelight Ghost Tours
Tour · Ghost Stories · 6:30 PM – 10 PM · NoHo
4 Bands vs. Zombie Apocalypse
Cover Band · 6:30 PM · Bushwick
All Hallows Eve Cheese & Wine Pairing
Tasting · Wine Cheese · 6:30 PM · West Village
Meet New Friends- Rotating Trivia and Social Game Night In NYC
Meetup · Trivia · 6:30 PM · Midtown West
Halloween Cake Decorating Workshop 🎂🖤
Cooking Class · Cake Decorating · 6:30 PM · Tribeca
Salsa On1 Classes for Beginners on Thursdays
Class · Salsa · 6:30 PM · Garment District
South Asians at the NYC Marathon 2026!
Meetup · South Asians · 6:30 PM · Union Square
Pumpkin Decorating Workshop 🎃
Craft Workshop · Pumpkin Decorating · Sold out · 6:30 PM · Garment District
SPOOKY MET GALA
Meetup · Met Gala · 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM · Bushwick
Love Is Blind Speed Dating Event - As Seen On Netflix!
Singles · Speed Dating · 6:30 PM · Lower East Side
Dirty Laundry Stand Up 005
Stand-up · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Williamsburg
Date Night at the Banksy Museum
Museum & Gallery · Banksy · 6:30 PM · SoHo
Play board games and meet cool people!
Game Night · 6:30 PM · Park Slope
"LOVE", IS IT REALLY BLIND? 20'S & 30'S SPEED DATING!
Singles · Dating · 6:30 PM · Lower East Side
Friday Improv Jam 6:30-8:30pm ($10)
Improv · 6:30 PM · Garment District
Dragons in the Details: A Court of Splintered Harmony Live Reaction Show
Books & Readings · 6:30 PM · Lower East Side
Adrift in the South: China's Migrant Literature
Talk · Books & Writing · 6:30 PM · Upper East Side
MOCA TALKS with Ming-Na Wen – Family Recipes from a Restaurant Daughter
Talk · Chinese American Food · 6:30 PM · SoHo
Fresh Pasta & Pesto Cooking Class NYC + Complimentary Prosecco
Cooking Class · 6:30 PM · Theater District
James Robbins Quartet
Concert · Jazz · 6:30 PM · Bushwick
"Love Is Blind" Speed Dating (As seen on Netflix) Comp Drinks For Ladies
Singles · Speed Dating · 6:30 PM · Lower East Side
Is Love Really Blind? Speed Dating Event In NYC (Ages 20s & 30s)
Singles · Speed Dating · 6:30 PM · Lower East Side
Start your weekend at The New York Historical's library
Meetup · Reading · 6:30 PM · Upper West Side
Bhakti Life: Bhagwad Gita Study Community
Faith & Spiritual · Bhagavad Gita · 6:30 PM · Bhakti Center
Improv NOW! Friday Jam — Perform, Play & Have Fun
Improv · 6:30 PM · Garment District
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