Things to do in New York on Friday, November 20, 2026

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

Morning

DAYDREAM | Air Becomes Art - Balloon Museum
Immersive · 9 AM · Financial District
Entrepreneur Essentials: Legal Strategy + AI Tools with MoFo & Grow with Google
Class · AI · 9 AM – 1 PM · Theater District
Leadership Excellence 1 Day Masterclass for New Managers in New York City
Class · Leadership · 9 AM – 5 PM · Tribeca
Downtown Middle School Tour
Talk · Sold out · 9:30 AM · Downtown Brooklyn
Sales Navigator & Outreach (Half Day Course) - NEW YORK
Class · Sales Navigator · 9:30 AM · Garment District
Win Clients on LinkedIn - Full Day Course - NEW YORK Social Selling
Class · Linkedin · 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM · Garment District
2026 Impact Awards Luncheon: Powered by Synergy, Driven by Impact
Networking · Impact Awards · 10 AM – 2:30 PM · Lincoln Center
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Family Show · 10 AM · Gramercy
Banksy Museum - Flexiticket
Museum & Gallery · Banksy · 10 AM · SoHo
Member Preview Days for artport: A History of Internet Art
Museum & Gallery · Internet Art · 10:30 AM – 5 PM · West Village
The Banksy Museum New York!
Museum & Gallery · Street Art · 10:30 AM · SoHo
Webster Writing Group
Writing Group · 11 AM · Upper East Side
NYC Autumn Jewelry, Antique & Object Show
Expo & Convention · Jewelry Antiques · 11 AM · Metropolitan Pavilion
Museum of Chinese in America General Admission
Museum & Gallery · 11 AM · SoHo
Chinatown Holiday Market
Market · 11:30 AM – 6 PM · Chinatown

Afternoon

rhi dancey pop-up & workshop
Craft Workshop · Keychains · 12 PM · Williamsburg
The Mingus Dynasty
Concert · Jazz · 12 PM · Greenwich Village
Exhibition Tour: Roy Lichtenstein: Like New
Museum & Gallery · Roy Lichtenstein · 12 PM · West Village
From Storytime to Screentime at The Paley Museum
Family Learning · Children S Books · 12:30 PM · Midtown West
Schubert’s Cello Quintet - afternoon of Romantic Masterworks
Concert · Classical · 1 PM · Upper West Side
GraphRAG Workshop
Class · Graphrag · 1 PM – 5 PM · Greenwich Village
Exhibition Tour: “Untitled” (America)
Museum & Gallery · 1 PM · West Village
Content, Leads & Company Page (Half Day Course) - New York
Class · Linkedin · 1 PM – 4:30 PM · Garment District
Jam in the Cafe with Panas Athanatos Trio
Live Music · Jazz · 2 PM – 6 PM · West Village
Exhibition Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
Museum & Gallery · Minnie Evans · 2 PM · West Village
Jam in the Cafe
Open Mic · Jazz · 2 PM – 6 PM · West Village
Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes
Dance Show · Christmas · 3 PM · Radio City
Bowery Art Space
Museum & Gallery · 4 PM · Lower East Side
Gingerbread House Painting
Art Class · Gingerbread Painting · 4:30 PM · Upper West Side
Sake Tasting: Hakkaisan Brewery
Tasting · Sake · 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM · Chelsea

Evening

Cocktails & Dance: Salsa Merengue Vallenato Bachata Latin Party NYC
Dance Party · Colombian Cocktails · 5 PM – 4 AM · Astoria
Cocktails & Dance: Salsa Merengue Vallenato Bachata Latin Party NYC
Dance Party · Colombian · 5 PM – 4 AM · Astoria
Yuichi Hirakawa Jazz Group
Live Music · Jazz · 5 PM · West Village
Reggaeton on Houston - Latin & Reggaeton Party NYC
Dance Party · Reggaeton · 5 PM – 3 AM · Lower East Side
AFTER WORK ROOFTOP PARTY @ 230 Fifth Rooftop
Rooftop Party · Electronic · 5 PM · Midtown West
Funkmaster Flex Reunion *TICKETS AVAILABLE @TICKETMASTER
Dance Party · New York Nightlife · 5 PM – 11 PM · Midtown West
Rooftop AFTERWORK FRIDAYS and LATE NIGHT @230 Fifth Rooftop
Dance Party · Electronic · 5 PM – 2:30 AM · Midtown West
Medellin Fridays - Colombian Latin & Reggaeton Party NYC
Dance Party · Reggaeton · 5 PM – 3 AM · Lower East Side
Funkmaster Flex 80's Babies All Black Reunion NYC
Dance Party · 80s Hip-Hop / Rap · 5 PM · Midtown West
Free Friday Nights
Museum & Gallery · 5 PM – 10 PM · West Village
Civic by Design: Invitation-only Enterprise Leaders HH
Networking · Enterprise Leaders · 5 PM · Flatiron
Career Insights 2026
Talk · Museum Careers · 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM · The Met
Birdland Big Band
Concert · Jazz · 5:30 PM · Midtown West
FRIDAY — $10 Intro Cuban Salsa Class + Friday Dancing 💃🎶
Class · Salsa · 5:35 PM · Chelsea
Kenny Davis Trio
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
15 min summer relaxation
Fitness Class · 6 PM · Williamsburg
Group VortexHealing® with Simon
Meditation · 6 PM · Upper West Side
Wine & Cheese: Perfect Holiday Picks
Tasting · Wine And Cheese · 6 PM · Little Italy
Soupsgiving 4: It's Giving Soup
Dinner · Soup · 6 PM – 9 PM · DUMBO
Enable Entanglement: Ecosensual Tying Workshop
Class · 6 PM · Greenwich Village
NYC ACBS Fall Social
Meetup · Acbs · 6 PM – 9 PM · East Village
Friday Night Comedy
Stand-up · 6 PM · Boerum Hill
Kenny Davis Quartet
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Exhibition “Untitled” (America)
Tour · 6 PM · West Village
Pursuit of Happiness
Dance Party · 2000s Pop · 6 PM – 10 PM · Lower East Side
Draw, Paint, & Sip
Art Class · Painting · 6 PM · Tribeca
James Ivy
Concert · Indie / Alternative · 6 PM · Lower East Side
Valery Ponomarve Quintet
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
Conscious Light Documentary Film
Film · 6 PM · Morningside Heights
Her Soft Sanctuary : Prophetic Dance Class
Class · Dance · 6 PM · Bushwick
Turn Me On: Selections from The Bureau’s Erotic Writing Workshop
Books & Readings · Erotic Writing · 6 PM · Chelsea
Valery Ponomarev Quintet
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
Kenny Davis Quartet
Concert · Jazz · 6 PM · West Village
'FIRST MOVE' Single Mingle & PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Performance
Singles · 6:30 PM – 10 PM · Lincoln Ctr
Drawing the Breath: Breath, Movement & Drawing with Art Therapist Alyssa Gursky
Art Class · Breath Drawing · 6:30 PM · Bushwick
Winter Cross Stitch for Beginners with That's Sew New York
Craft Workshop · Cross Stitch · 6:30 PM · Prospect Heights
Roller Skate Glow Up
Craft Workshop · Skate Gear · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Bushwick
Meditation, Journaling, and Yoga w/ Etai Atula (West Village)
Yoga & Pilates · 6:30 PM · West Village
Ice-skating at Bryant Park
Skating · 7 PM · Midtown West
Marky Ramone Plays The Ramones Classics
Cover Band · Punk · 7 PM · Gramercy
The Spice Rack Jam
Open Mic · 7 PM · Williamsburg
Brooklyn Poets Reading Series 11.20.26
Books & Readings · 7 PM · Brooklyn Heights
Funny Marco
Stand-up · 7 PM · Williamsburg
Benny Green Trio
Concert · Jazz · 7 PM · Midtown West
Side by Side: A Community Singing Gathering
Meetup · Singing · 7 PM · Long Island City
Alexis Cuadrado Group "Silent Film Scores for Social Justice" Album Release
Concert · Jazz · 7 PM – 10 PM · Midtown West
Evan Palazzo & Friends
Concert · Jazz · 7 PM · Midtown West
The Welcome Table: Film Screening, Dinner, & Party
Film · 7 PM – 4 AM · Bed-Stuy
Adjua Ajamu Trio
Concert · Blues · 7 PM · Greenwich Village
NYC Stand-Up | Fri, November 20th @7 PM
Stand-up · 7 PM · Midtown West
ECK Essentials: Your Keys to Spiritual Living
Meetup · Spiritual Living · 7 PM · Lincoln Center
SOLD OUT - Fahim Anwar
Stand-up · 7:30 PM · Red Hook
MAX + BRIC present MAXmachina Fall 2026
Immersive · Media Art · 7:30 PM · Fort Greene
Greg Freeman
Concert · Indie / Alternative · 7:30 PM · East Village
Gene w/ special guest Weston Loney
Concert · Rock · 8 PM · Times Square
Chardi Kala
Meditation · Electronic · 8 PM · Williamsburg
The Slipper Room Show! November 20
Variety Show · 8 PM · Lower East Side
Friendsgiving at Friend of a Farmer
Dinner · Friendsgiving · 8 PM · Upper West Side
Workingman's Jed (Grateful Dead Tribute)
Cover Band · Rock · 8 PM · Flatiron District
Deep Sea Bistro
Cover Band · Rock · 8 PM · East Village
Mike Ledonne Trio
Concert · Jazz · 9 PM · West Village
Fred Thomas of The JB's
Live Music · R&B / Soul · 9 PM · Bedford-Stuyvesant
Times Square Comedy | Fri, November 20th @9 PM
Stand-up · 9 PM · Midtown West

Late

WOR$T RAVE IN AMERICA
Dance Party · Electronic · 10 PM – 4 AM · Williamsburg
Fahim Anwar
Stand-up · 10 PM · Red Hook
Steve Slagle Quartet
Concert · Jazz · 10:30 PM · West Village
Christopher McBride & The Whole Proof
Concert · Jazz · 10:30 PM · Midtown West
Aneesa Strings
Concert · Jazz · 10:30 PM · Greenwich Village
Live Comedy NYC | Fri, November 20th @10:30 PM
Stand-up · 10:30 PM · Midtown West
Jack Grady
Magic · 10:45 PM · Upper West Side
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