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See everythingTenor Titans! The Wayne Escoffery & Jimmy Greene Quintet featuring Buster Williams & Lenny White
Smoke Jazz Club · 6:00 PM
From $25Tenor Titans! The Wayne Escoffery & Jimmy Greene Quintet featuring Buster Williams & Lenny White
Smoke Jazz Club · 6:00 PM
New York Comedy Festival Presents Ilana Glazer
Beacon Theatre · 6:45 PM
Dudamel Conducts Tosca at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall · 7:00 PM
Calidore String Quartet (Free Community Concert, Queens)
Stone Circle Theatre · 7:00 PM
Django Reinhardt NY Festival
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
August Wilson's Seven Guitars
Lincoln Center Theater · 7:00 PM
A Few Good Men
Lincoln Center Theater · Through Jan 10
Contemporary Performance Ensemble: Tactus
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Sixth Station Trio: Genshin in Concert
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · 7:30 PM
The Eddie Palmieri Experience: An All-Star Celebration
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:30 PM
Luisito Gómez & Calle 107
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
New York Comedy Festival presents: Impress Me: A Celebrity Impressions Showdown
West Side Comedy Club · 8:00 PM
New York Comedy Festival presents Friends & Folkes
West Side Comedy Club · 10:00 PM
Dion Berardo
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 10:45 PM
MSM Precollege Division Performances
Manhattan School of Music · 10:00 AM
Author Event: The Ones Who Came Before with Kevin Maillard and Illustrator Sibu T.P.
Inside Art · 10:30 AM
Trackers and Gatherers Sensory Bin
PlayWorks · 11:15 AM
Music and Creativity
Lincoln Center Presents · 1:00 PM
Story Blanket Collage
Children's Museum of Manhattan · 2:00 PM
Becky Veduccio's Showcase
West Side Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
New York Comedy Festival Presents Daniel Sloss
Beacon Theatre · 7:00 PM
Calidore String Quartet (Free Community Concert, Bronx)
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture · 7:00 PM
THE JAZMINES: a rage play and, for legal reasons, a parody
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Saturday Favs
West Side Comedy Club · 8:00 PM
New York Comedy Festival presents Riff City
West Side Comedy Club · 10:00 PM
A Memorial for Arkady Aronov (1929-2025)
Manhattan School of Music · 1:00 PM
Create-athon: Mural Making, Graffiti Style
Lincoln Center Presents · 1:00 PM
Autumn Workshop and Heritage Exploration with Relative Arts
Inside Art · 2:00 PM
The Schumann Quartett
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · 5:00 PM
Symphony Space Theater on Screen: Dmitry Krimov in HD: Peter Pan. Syndrome
Symphony Space · 6:00 PM
Angelo Colina en NYC
West Side Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
New York Comedy Festival Presents Mojo Brookzz
Beacon Theatre · 6:30 PM
Collaborative Piano Master Class: Kyung-A Yoo
Manhattan School of Music · 4:00 PM
Works & Process: VOX: American Voices Opera Lab
Manhattan School of Music · 7:00 PM
Eyal Vilner Big Band
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The 25th Anniversary Movie Tour with John Cameron Mitchell
Beacon Theatre · 7:30 PM
MSM Composers' Concert
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Lincoln Center Benefit Concert Featuring Cynthia Erivo
Lincoln Center Presents · 8:30 PM
Playful Pinecone Sculptures
Makerspace · 10:30 AM
Autumn Painting
PlayWorks · 2:45 PM
Broadway on Screen: Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Symphony Space · 7:00 PM
Sheila Jordan Birthday Celebration
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Fauré's Second Piano Quartet Plus, Inspired Works by Arensky and Brahms
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · 7:30 PM
A Very Good+ Night of Comedy
Beacon Theatre · 7:30 PM
Not Ripe Bananas
West Side Comedy Club · 8:00 PM
Juilliard's Gluck Community Service Fellows
Lincoln Center Presents · 11:00 AM
Inside Chamber Music: Brahms's Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · 6:30 PM
Bill Charlap Solo Piano
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Selected Shorts: The Most of Nora Ephron, hosted by Meg Wolitzer
Symphony Space · 7:00 PM
BILT Show
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
RESCHEDULED! Faculty Recital: Angela Owens, soprano
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Camerata Nova String Ensemble
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
MSM Jazz @ The Met
Manhattan School of Music · 11:00 AM
Theater on Screen: NT Live: Golden Boy
Symphony Space · Through Dec 2
Rose Studio Series & Late Night: Wanhal, Britten, & Reinecke
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · 6:30 PM
MSM Graduate Opera Theatre: Semele
Manhattan School of Music · Through Nov 22
Lea Michele & Aaron Tveit
Beacon Theatre · 8:00 PM
Stone and Stone On The Road!
West Side Comedy Club · 8:00 PM
Dandy Wellington
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 10:45 PM
Rain: for babies and their carers
Lincoln Center Presents · 11:00 AM
Journey Through Jazz: The Great American Songbook
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Coltrane 100
Symphony Space · 7:00 PM
THE DANISH GIRL in Concert
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Friday Shows
West Side Comedy Club · Through Dec 18
Friday Favs
West Side Comedy Club · Through Dec 18
Workshop with the New Victory Theater: Tilt! An 80’s Circus Thrill Ride
Makerspace · 10:00 AM
Workshop: Cooking Lesson with Harlem Grown
PlayWorks Classroom · 1:00 PM
Author Storytime with Special Guests: Between the Balloons with Artist E.A. KAHANE and Tom Toro for Aperture Kids
Inside Art · 3:00 PM
Brass Soloist Night
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Ju Percussion
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Saturday Late Night
West Side Comedy Club · Through Dec 26
Workshop with the Whitney Museum Pop-Up Open Studio: Roy Lichtenstein
Inside Art · 10:00 AM
Workshop: Cocinarte with Casa Lu!
PlayWorks Classroom · 1:00 PM
Theater on Screen: Yury Butusov's King Lear
Symphony Space · 3:00 PM
MSM's Fifth Annual Founder's Day Concert
Manhattan School of Music · 6:30 PM
FUNY New Talent Showcase
West Side Comedy Club · Through Dec 19
Manhattan School of Music
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Jazz Chamber Orchestra at Dizzy's Club: Student Jazz Composers' Concert
Manhattan School of Music · 7:00 PM
MSM Wind Ensemble
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Bennie Wallace: BackCountry Jazz with Herlin Riley
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Collaborative Pianists' and Singers' Seminar Recital
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Herlin Riley and Friends
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Pre Turkey Roast
West Side Comedy Club · 8:00 PM
Flowery and WSCC a Joint promotion
West Side Comedy Club · 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving with Herlin Riley
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®
New York City Ballet · Through Jan 2
Comedy For A Cause with Gary Gulman, Chloe Radcliffe and more
West Side Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
Silent Clowns Film Series: Rediscovering Roscoe
Symphony Space · 2:30 PM
Comedy Idol Finale
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Global Conservatoire Live Lab Distance Learning Master Class: David Leisner, Guitar
Manhattan School of Music · 10:00 AM
Piano Master Class: Wei-Yi Yang
Manhattan School of Music · 4:00 PM
The Composer Series: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Lincoln Center Theater · 7:00 PM
Future of Jazz Orchestra: Echoes Forward: The Living Lineage of Jazz From Ellington to Marsalis to This Very Instant
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Steven Beck, piano
Miller Theatre at Columbia University · 6:00 PM
Bossa Swings: Jobim and Getz Centennial with Julian Lee Quartet and Mar Vilaseca
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue: The Private Correspondence
Symphony Space · 7:00 PM
Beethoven Piano Sonatas III
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
MSM Jazz ComboFest
Manhattan School of Music · Through Dec 11
At Play: His Girl Friday
Symphony Space · 7:00 PM
Piano Faculty Recital: Michelle Cann and Inesa Sinkevych
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Undergraduate Opera Theatre: Opera Scenes, Side by Side
Manhattan School of Music · Through Dec 3
Pen Pals
West Side Comedy Club · 9:00 PM
Global Conservatoire Live Lab Distance Learning Master Class: Johan Bridger, Marimba
Manhattan School of Music · 10:30 AM
Master Class with Gilles Vonsattel, Piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · 11:00 AM
Dear Irving: A Love Letter to American Song, from Berlin to Gershwin
Virtual on Zoom · 1:00 PM
Violin Master Class: Mihaela Martin
Manhattan School of Music · 4:00 PM
Mimi Fox Organ Trio
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 7:00 PM
Adam Mamawala
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
The Tallis Scholars: Hail Mary
Miller Theatre at Columbia University · 7:30 PM
Thought Daughter Live with Tatiana Frank
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Doug Wamble
Jazz at Lincoln Center · 10:45 PM
Crafts at the Cathedral
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · Through Dec 6
Él y Ella
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
HOT TOPICS
West Side Comedy Club · 10:00 PM
Magnificent: Celebrating Disability and the Power of Difference
Lincoln Center Presents · 11:00 AM
Very Young People's Concerts: Make Believe
Merkin Hall · 12:00 PM
London's West End: Giant - The Play
Symphony Space · Through Dec 6
Songs of the Season
Lincoln Center Presents · 2:00 PM
IVY & Co. Figure Drawing Salon
West Side Comedy Club · 2:00 PM
Gary Gulman's First Annual Holiday Show
Symphony Space · 7:00 PM
Art Bath
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Anthony Hervey Septet
Miller Theatre at Columbia University · 7:30 PM
Faculty Recital: Lucie Robert, Cong Wu, Tommy Mesa, and Jeffrey Cohen featuring Risa Hokamura and Michael Wang
Manhattan School of Music · 3:00 PM
MSM Percussion Ensemble
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Class Concert: Intro to Electronic Music
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
The High Low: A Night of Blues on Broadway
Lincoln Center Theater Lobby · 7:00 PM
MSM Chamberfest
Manhattan School of Music · 10:30 AM
Third- and Fourth-Year Vocal Performance Class Recital
Manhattan School of Music · 5:30 PM
Selected Shorts: Objects with Roz Chast
Symphony Space · 7:00 PM
Baroque Wind Concertos
Royal Poinciana Chapel · 7:00 PM
DeliaDelia! The Flat-Chested Witch!
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition Winners' Concert
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Navidades en NYC con Abelardo
West Side Comedy Club · 8:00 PM
The Party Clown Party
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniela Candillari
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Sole Blue: Michela Marino Lerman
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
MSM Jazz Orchestra: Late Set
Manhattan School of Music · 9:15 PM
cOsmO
Lincoln Center Presents · 11:00 AM
Annual Cathedral Christmas Concert: The Joy of Christmas
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · 7:00 PM
César Orozco & SonAhead
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
MSM Chorale
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Brandenburg Concertos
Harris Theater · 3:00 PM
Bach and Sons: Passing the Torch
Concert Hall at Drew University · 7:30 PM
MSM Saxophone Ensemble
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Marimba Concert
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Brandenburg Concertos
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall · 7:30 PM
Saxophone Studio Recital
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Stories Retold: Adapting Classic Tales for the Operatic Stage
Lincoln Center Presents · 11:00 AM
Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen, saxophone, MSM Connections
Manhattan School of Music · 7:30 PM
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Concert
New York Philharmonic · Through Dec 20
Kalliope Barlis: A Traumedy Comedy Show
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Lyricist Lounge Presents Origin Stories
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Sean Mullins
West Side Comedy Club · 9:00 PM
Spotlight: Boombox Burlesque
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · 4:00 PM
Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · 10:30 PM
Christmas Day: Holy Eucharist
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · 10:30 AM
Milk & Cookies
West Side Comedy Club · 4:00 PM
New Year's Eve Concert for Peace
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · 7:00 PM
Joshua Bell Plays Vivaldi's Four Seasons
New York Philharmonic · Through Jan 3
Sensory-Friendly Performance: The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet · 7:00 PM
Netta Yerushalmy: MOVEMENT
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Comedy Incubator
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
SINCERE APOLOGIES
Samuel Rehearsal Studio · 7:00 PM
Days of Awe
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Pull Up, We Funny
West Side Comedy Club · 10:00 PM
The 10th Annual NextGen National
Lincoln Center Presents · 2:00 PM
Ellen Orchid Live Taping
West Side Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
Slumber
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
The Bones
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
BLUR
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:00 PM
PS 87 Benefit
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Empire at Sea
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:00 PM
The Failed Romances
Lincoln Center Presents · 7:30 PM
Please Stay Seated
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Young People's Concert: The Adventures of The Firebird
New York Philharmonic · 7:00 PM
Ian Stanley
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Romeo & Juliet
New York City Ballet · Through Jan 31
Pretend it's Pretend
Lincoln Center Theater · 7:00 PM
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla & Maxim Vengerov
New York Philharmonic · Through Jan 30
All Balanchine II
New York City Ballet · Through Feb 11
Uptown Showdown: Love Vs. Money
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Sam Pluta
Miller Theatre at Columbia University · 7:30 PM
Very Young People's Concerts: Games and Toys
Merkin Hall · 12:00 PM
Contemporary Choreography II
New York City Ballet · Through Feb 25
Craig Taborn Dream Archives Trio
Miller Theatre at Columbia University · 7:30 PM
Quince Ensemble: Cantus ad Fontem, The Sound of Water
Miller Theatre at Columbia University · 7:30 PM
Jewels
New York City Ballet · Through Feb 14
Clayton Fletcher and Friends
West Side Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
All Balanchine III
New York City Ballet · Through Feb 26
The Next Elton and Friends
West Side Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Contemporary Choreography III
New York City Ballet · Through Feb 27
Emanuel Ax Performs Beethoven
New York Philharmonic · Through Feb 27
Taylor Stanley Farewell
New York City Ballet · 7:00 PM
Gustavo Santaolalla: El Payador perseguido
New York Philharmonic · Through Mar 6
Cappella Pratensis and Piffaro: A Mass for Manila
Miller Theatre at Columbia University · 7:30 PM
Marina Abramović: Alma y Fuego
New York Philharmonic · Through Mar 14
Mozart Requiem and Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Cathedral of St. John the Divine · 7:00 PM
Young People's Concert: Music & Screen
New York Philharmonic · 7:00 PM
Coming up at Manhattan School of Music
Contemporary Performance Ensemble: Tactus
MSM Precollege Division Performances
A Memorial for Arkady Aronov (1929-2025)
Collaborative Piano Master Class: Kyung-A Yoo
Works & Process: VOX: American Voices Opera Lab
MSM Composers' Concert
RESCHEDULED! Faculty Recital: Angela Owens, soprano
Camerata Nova String Ensemble
MSM Jazz @ The Met
MSM Graduate Opera Theatre: Semele
Brass Soloist Night
MSM's Fifth Annual Founder's Day Concert
Close by, in Midtown, Chelsea, Upper East Side
Conversation with a Curator: How Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone Transformed TV
The Paley MuseumFree Friday Nights
Whitney Museum of American ArtFirst Fridays
Neue Galerie New YorkBirdland Big Band
Birdland Jazz ClubThe Original Art 2026 Awards Ceremony & Reception
At the SocietyGAYHEM
The PIT (People's Improv Theater)15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Exhibition Untitled (America)
Whitney Museum of American ArtTHE KILANS: COULD YOU KEEP IT DARK? TOUR
Mercury LoungeNORDIC WISDOM ON THE ROAD | BOOK LAUNCH & ORACLE READINGS
Scandinavia HouseCatch Your Breath - Not Broken Enough Tour
Irving PlazaDoron Langberg in Conversation
Rizzoli BookstoreGandhi Presents: Fully Sauced
The StandPlaces in Upper West Side
- Jazz at Lincoln CenterJazz venue · 57 coming up
- Lincoln Center PresentsPerforming arts center · 49 coming up
- West Side Comedy ClubComedy club · 47 coming up
- Manhattan School of MusicMusic school · 43 coming up
- Children's Museum of ManhattanChildren's museum · 33 coming up
- New York PhilharmonicOrchestra · 23 coming up
- New York City BalletBallet company · 18 coming up
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln CenterConcert presenter · 13 coming up
- Symphony SpacePerforming arts center · 12 coming up
- Cathedral of St. John the DivineCathedral · 10 coming up
- Miller Theatre at Columbia UniversityConcert hall · 9 coming up
- Beacon TheatreTheater · 7 coming up
- Lincoln Center TheaterTheater · 5 coming up
- Smoke Jazz ClubJazz club · 2 coming up
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