October 31, 2019
Thursday · Halloween

Headliners

10:00 am-
3:00 pm
The Gravesend Inn Voorhees Theatre, Brooklyn. Theatreworks' high-tech haunted hotel, the Gravesend Inn, returns again this year. This theme-park-quality...
10:00 am-
6:00 pm
Spooky Pumpkin Garden New York Botanical Garden, Bronx. Explore more than 100 friendly, larger-than-life scarecrows set among nearly 1,000 rare and unusual...
2:00 pm-
8:00 pm
Boneyard Bash A can't miss Halloween celebration that's all about your four-legged bff with free treats, prizes, for your furry friends, and endless photo ops...
5:00 pm-
9:00 pm
The Gravesend Inn Voorhees Theatre, Brooklyn. Theatreworks' high-tech haunted hotel, the Gravesend Inn, returns again this year. This theme-park-quality...
6:00 pmThe Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Meander through an historic, 18th century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking display - all made of more than 7,000... 914-366-6900
6:00 pm-
1:00 am
Blood Manor Blood Manor. The Nightmare on 27th Street returns in all its gory glory with louder screams, scarier installations and more thrills for each...
6:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Eyes Wide Shut NYC Halloween Dance Cruise 2019 Pier 15. Spectacular views of the Hudson River and Statue of Liberty while you celebrate Halloween in New York aboard the JJ Audubon... 888-201-4091

Festivals

10:00 am-
3:00 pm
The Gravesend Inn Voorhees Theatre, Brooklyn. Theatreworks' high-tech haunted hotel, the Gravesend Inn, returns again this year. This theme-park-quality...
10:00 am-
6:00 pm
Spooky Pumpkin Garden New York Botanical Garden, Bronx. Explore more than 100 friendly, larger-than-life scarecrows set among nearly 1,000 rare and unusual...
2:00 pm-
8:00 pm
Boneyard Bash A can't miss Halloween celebration that's all about your four-legged bff with free treats, prizes, for your furry friends, and endless photo ops...
5:00 pm-
9:00 pm
The Gravesend Inn Voorhees Theatre, Brooklyn. Theatreworks' high-tech haunted hotel, the Gravesend Inn, returns again this year. This theme-park-quality...
6:00 pmThe Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Meander through an historic, 18th century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking display - all made of more than 7,000... 914-366-6900
6:00 pm-
1:00 am
Blood Manor Blood Manor. The Nightmare on 27th Street returns in all its gory glory with louder screams, scarier installations and more thrills for each...
6:30 pm-
8:30 pm
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Murder & Mayhem Walking Tour Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Hear dark, but true, stories of murder-suicide, grave robbery, assault, counterfeiting and more... 914-631-0081
6:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Eyes Wide Shut NYC Halloween Dance Cruise 2019 Pier 15. Spectacular views of the Hudson River and Statue of Liberty while you celebrate Halloween in New York aboard the JJ Audubon... 888-201-4091
7:00 pm-
9:00 pm
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Classic Evening Lantern Tour Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. This two hour guided walking tour gives it's participants an overview of why Sleepy Hollow Cemetery... 914-631-0081
8:00 pmWebster Hell Webster Hall. Event with tickets available.
9:30 pm-
11:30 pm
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Murder & Mayhem Walking Tour Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Hear dark, but true, stories of murder-suicide, grave robbery, assault, counterfeiting and more... 914-631-0081
10:00 pm-
12:00 am
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Classic Evening Lantern Tour Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. This two hour guided walking tour gives it's participants an overview of why Sleepy Hollow Cemetery... 914-631-0081
Korean Film Series Korean Cultural Service New York. The Korean Cultural Service New York hosts a twice-monthly film series on Thursdays. Films screened...

The Arts

9:30 am-
8:00 pm
Madame Tussauds New York Madame Tussauds New York. Participate in the action. Mix Music with R&B Megastar Usher, Sing for Simon on American Idol (R)... 800-246-8872
11:00 am-
5:45 pm
Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey The Jewish Museum. The acclaimed permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through 800... 212-423-3337
2:00 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Broadway performance.
6:30 pmAnti-Flag Mercury Lounge. Alternative music performance.
6:30 pmKnocked Loose The Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie. Live rock / metal music.
7:00 pmJersey Boys New World Stages - Stage 1. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio...
7:00 pmBig Apple Circus - Celebrate! Damrosch Park. Founded in 1977, this interactive one-ring circus is performed under a Big Top Tent and features clowns, acrobats... 800-922-3772
7:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical! A hilarious Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched... 212-239-6200
7:00 pmAladdin New Amsterdam Theatre. Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for...
7:00 pmBeetlejuice - The Musical Winter Garden Theatre. Alex Timbers, director of Moulin Rouge, brings Tim Burton's film to the stage. Follow the story of Lydia Deetz, the...
7:00 pmAin't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations Imperial Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmDear Evan Hansen Music Box Theater. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Play That Goes Wrong New World Stages - Stage 4. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmLinda Vista Helen Hayes Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDead & Company Madison Square Garden. Pop / rock performance.
7:00 pmFiddler On The Roof (A Fidler Afn Dakh) Stage 42. The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and religious traditions while outside...
7:00 pmPaul Taylor American Modern Dance David H. Koch Theater. Dance theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Great Society Vivian Beaumont Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmBetrayal Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDerren Brown: Secret Cort Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSlave Play John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Sound Inside Studio 54. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Dickies The Bowery Electric. Alternative music performance.
7:00 pmLittle Shop Of Horrors Westside Theatre - Upstairs. A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant...
7:00 pmPower Strip Claire Tow Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmA Bright Room Called Day The Public Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Underlying Chris Tony Kiser Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmMetropolitan Opera: Turandot Metropolitan Opera House. Features Christine Goerke and Nina Stemme in the role of the fatally beautiful Chinese princess. The schedule...
7:30 pmHarry Potter and The Cursed Child - Part 1 Lyric Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:30 pmNew York Philharmonic: Philippe Jordan - Beethoven Symphony No. 7 & Mendelssohn David Geffen Hall. Classical concert.
7:30 pmFuturistic Knitting Factory Brooklyn. Rap / hip hop music performance.
7:30 pmThe Inheritance: The Play - Part 2 The Barrymore Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmScotland, PA Laura Pels Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmChicago - The Musical Ambassador Theatre. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels...
8:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually...
8:00 pmJersey Boys New World Stages - Stage 1. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio...
8:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
8:00 pmStomp Orpheum Theatre. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms. Listing may not include...
8:00 pmStomp Orpheum Theatre. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms.
8:00 pmGettin' The Band Back Together Belasco Theatre. Mitch Papadopolous always dreamed of being the next Bruce Springsteen, but he chose security over stardom and left those...
8:00 pmThe Phantom Of The Opera Majestic Theatre. Broadway performance.
8:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Broadway performance.
8:00 pmBlue Oyster Cult St. George Theatre, Staten Island. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmKatsura Sunshine's Rakugo New World Stages. New York: Celebrated, internationally renowned performer Katsura Sunshine will bring the ancient Japanese art of Rakugo...
8:00 pmBig Freedia & Mykki Blanco Brooklyn Bowl. Rap / hip hop music performance.
8:00 pmTribal Seeds & Tropidelic Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmCyrano Daryl Roth Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Tubes Iridium Jazz Club and Restaurant. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmSleater-Kinney Hammerstein Ballroom. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmDavid Byrne's American Utopia Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre. David Byrne shares the spotlight with a diverse ensemble of 11 musical artists from around the globe...
8:00 pmImagining Madoff The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Rose Tattoo American Airlines Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmRock Of Ages New World Stages - Stage 3. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Height of the Storm Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmDaVinci and Michelangelo - The Titans Experience St. Luke's Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmBella Bella New York City Center. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmJonsi Birgisson & Alex Somers Kings Theatre, Brooklyn. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmTINA - The Tina Turner Musical Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
10:00 pm-
12:00 am
Starshine Burlesque The Fortune Cookie Cabaret. Starshine Burlesque takes it off every single Thursday night and features some of the best in burlesque entertainment...
10:00 pmCipriani Halloween: Erick Morillo & Vanjee Cipriani 42nd Street. Techno / electronic concert performance.
Big Apple Circus - Celebrate! Damrosch Park. Founded in 1977, this interactive one-ring circus is performed under a Big Top Tent and features clowns, acrobats... 800-922-3772
Radio City Christmas Spectacular Radio City Music Hall. This annual show has been a welcome tradition since 1933. The show entertains audiences of over 1 million... 212-247-4777
here: remembering 9/11 Ground Zero. "here: remembering 9/11" features a selection of photographs from the "here is new york: a democracy of photographs" exhibition...

For Children

11:30 am-
12:30 pm
The Story Museum Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Preschool children up to age 5. Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories... 718-351-1611
3:30 pmAfter School Book Club Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Junior High School students. Read and discuss selected books covering major periods... 718-351-1611

Community

11:00 am-
3:00 pm
Ground Zero Museum Workshop "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery" Ground Zero Museum. 5-star rated exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts... 212-920-4264
4:30 pm-
5:30 pm
OSLIC Voice Spa Oslic Voice Spa. Learn to use a voice that seduces and words that charm from certified OSLIC Instructors. Get what you need just using your speech...
8:00 pm-
9:30 pm
Amma's Satsang Dharmakaya Meditation Center. Satsang has power to transform your mind. It is a time to cleanse the mind and allow the spirit... 212-306-0534
New York Pole Dancing New York Pole Dancing, White Plains. Intro to Pole Dancing classes. Also $5, $10, & $20 class packages available. Classes... 917-628-7449
Made on Staten Island Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Made on Staten Island presents a wide variety of objects crafted and produced on the... 718-351-1611
Toys! Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. The exhibition features more than 200 of the best-loved and most fondly remembered... 718-351-1611

Miscellaneous

11:00 amNew York TV & Movie Tour On Location Tours. Lights, Camera, Action! Take a bus tour to the sites of your favorite movies and TV shows. Over 40 sites from... 212-209-3370
11:00 amSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
3:00 pmSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
5:30 pm-
11:30 pm
Past Rock Star Silkscreen Exhibit Providence. George H. Potter's current exhibition is a tribute series honoring the legendary entertainers who recorded landmark albums there...

Nightlife

6:00 pmAfter Work Thursdays at Proof Proof Bar and Lounge. Join us for happy hour every Thursday with drink specials.
7:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Copacabana Night! Affairs Afloat. Join the Copacabana Party Cruise with a Live DJ spinning the hottest salsa, merengue, bachata and Latin favorites... 212-987-9200
8:30 pm-
11:00 pm
Comedy Soap Box Nevada Smith's. Comedy Soap Box has been producing some of the best standup in New York for four years. Comedians from Leno, Letterman, HBO...
8:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Comedy Hurts Joe Franklin's Comedy Club. A variety of TV credited comedians perform in an intimate room where you can eat, drink while you enjoy the show...
9:00 pmCelebrity Thursdays at Rubber Monkey Rubber Monkey. Resident DJ's Eric Tomasini, David Vasquez and John Creamer spinning on-the-edge house with the once-famous and would be supermodels...
9:00 pmComedy Showcase New York Comedy Club. Comics at the New York Comedy Club have appeared on the Tonight Show, Letterman, MTV, Comedy Central... 212-696-5233
9:00 pm-
2:30 am
Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week.
10:00 pmStand Up Comedy Broadway Comedy Club. Every night The Broadway Comedy Club features comics who have appeared on Letterman, The Tonight Show... 212-757-2323
10:00 pm-
2:00 am
Salsa Night Club Cache. Come out every Thursday night to NYC's most exciting and only underground Salsa party 4 years and still going strong... 646-591-2772
11:00 pm-
4:00 am
Say Word Thursday Nolia. This is a sexy, sexy, sexy, intimate Senegalese/French spot in the East Village. Beautiful decor, great staff, great sound, great location...
Virtual Thursdays at SBNY SBNY Splash Bar New York.
Ladies Night at Webster Hall Webster Hall. Don't miss out on the explosive Male Revue from 10pm to midnight for the ladies only.
Blues, Jazz, & Rock Jazz, Blues & Rock Club Crawl in Greenwich Village. Call for reservations & meeting place. $20 includes admission to all clubs (1... 212-696-6617
All the Drag with the Asian Dragdolls Lucky Cheng's. Witty drag queens from New York team up with Asian "dragdolls" from Singapore, Japan, India, China, Hawaii, Indonesia... 212-861-2438