New York — week of Thursday, October 8, 2026

The Bronx Night Market sets up at 161st Street and the Grand Concourse on Saturday, noon to 7: 50-plus vendors, live music, free. Four blocks north, the Bronx Museum is free too. Below: everything else on in the city through Sunday Oct 18.

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Thursday, Oct 8

The 64th New York Film Festival, Lincoln Center her thing ✓ Through Mon Oct 12; closing night Fri Oct 9 · Ticketed per screening Final days of NYFF. Closing night is the world premiere of Ava DuVernay's documentary 14th at Alice Tully Hall, Friday Oct 9.via Film at Lincoln Center
Bushwick Film Festival screenings, Williamsburg Cinemas her thing ✓ Thu Oct 8–Sun Oct 11 · Ticketed; passes and single tickets The 19th festival's screenings run at 217 Grand Street in Williamsburg. Seats must be reserved; each ticket names its start time.via Bushwick Film Festival
Kramer/Fauci at St. Ann's Warehouse, Dumbo her thing ✓ Through Sat Oct 24 · Ticketed; see St. Ann's Daniel Fish restages Larry Kramer and Anthony Fauci's 1993 C-SPAN clash, at 45 Water Street. About an hour; times and prices on the season page.via St. Ann's Warehouse

Friday, Oct 9

Union Square Greenmarket her thing ✓ Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat, 8 AM–6 PM · Free to browse The city's flagship farmers market, four days a week on the north and west sides of Union Square.via GrowNYC

Saturday, Oct 10

Bronx Night Market, 161st Street and the Grand Concourse her thing ✓ Sat Oct 10, 12–7 PM · Free entry; vendors price their own food The market's fall edition: 50-plus vendors across 40-plus cuisines, with live music and DJs. Open-air, one day only.via Bronx Night Market
Queens Night Market, Flushing Meadows Corona Park her thing ✓ Saturdays Oct 10 and 17, 4 PM–midnight · Free entry; parking $15 Open-air food and art market behind the New York Hall of Science. The 2026 season ends Oct 31.via Queens Night Market
Smorgasburg Williamsburg, Marsha P. Johnson State Park her thing ✓ Saturdays Oct 10 and 17, 11 AM–6 PM · Free entry; vendors price their own food The outdoor food market at 90 Kent Avenue, on the East River. The season runs through October.via Smorgasburg
82nd Street Greenmarket, Upper East Side her thing ✓ Saturdays Oct 10 and 17, 9 AM–2:30 PM · Free to browse Farmers market on East 82nd Street between First and York Avenues.via GrowNYC
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, Prospect Park her thing ✓ Saturdays Oct 10 and 17, 8 AM–4 PM · Free to browse Year-round farmers market at Prospect Park West and Flatbush Avenue, the northwest corner of the park.via GrowNYC
Brooklyn Bird Club fall migration walks, Prospect Park her thing ✓ Saturdays Oct 10 and 17, 7:30 AM · See the club's page Guided birding walks during fall migration, meeting at the Prospect Park Pergola.via Brooklyn Bird Club

Monday, Oct 12

Erin French: Seize the Supper, Symphony Space her thing ✓ Mon Oct 12, 7 PM · $20–$70; tiers from $53 include the book Erin French of Maine's The Lost Kitchen on Seize the Supper, at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street.via Symphony Space

Wednesday, Oct 14

New York City Wine & Food Festival, the Seaport her thing ✓ Oct 14–18 · Ticketed by event The festival's tastings and signature events move to a campus at the Seaport. Event times and prices are on each ticket page.via NYC Wine & Food Festival

Friday, Oct 16

Open House New York Weekend, citywide her thing ✓ Fri Oct 16–Sun Oct 18, 10 AM–6 PM · Most sites free, drop-in; ticketed sites mostly $7 The 24th OHNY Weekend opens about 300 buildings, rooftops and industrial sites in all five boroughs. Hours vary by site.via Open House New York

Saturday, Oct 17

Harvest Festival, Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 her thing ✓ Sat Oct 17, 11 AM–3 PM · Free Live music, arts and crafts, lawn games and a mini pumpkin patch at the foot of Atlantic Avenue. All ages.via Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sunday, Oct 18

Lexington Avenue UES Festival, East 79th to 96th Streets her thing ✓ Sun Oct 18, 10 AM–6 PM · Free Street fair on Lexington Avenue from East 79th to 96th Street.via NY Carnivals
Halloween Howl & Healthy Hound Fair, Carl Schurz Park her thing ✓ Sun Oct 18, 1–3 PM · Free The park's dog-costume fair at East End Avenue and East 86th Street.via Carl Schurz Park Conservancy

Planned dates

The Move of the Week

Sat Oct 10: the free Bronx Museum at 2, then the Bronx Night Market on the Grand Concourse until 7

A free museum, then 50-plus food vendors and live music, four blocks apart on the Grand Concourse

Cost: $0 at both doors; the market's vendors set their own prices

her kind of night ✓ The Bronx

Saturday Oct 10, 2:00 PM The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse at East 165th Street — Free, always; Saturday hours 11 AM to 6 PM. The south half of the building, on the 165th corner, is under renovation, so use the north entrance, halfway up the block toward 166th. Give it 90 minutes.
3:45 PM Four blocks south to the Bronx Night Market, 161st Street and the Grand Concourse — A short walk down the Grand Concourse. Free and open-air, noon to 7 PM, one day only: the fall edition, 50-plus vendors across 40-plus cuisines, with live music and DJs. That leaves you three hours and change at the stalls. Check the market's site for any RSVP.
6:25 PM Sunset, then the market's last half-hour — Sunset is about 6:25, so the market's final 35 minutes run at dusk. Close is 7 sharp; one day only.

Weather backup: The night market is one day only. On Saturdays Oct 10 and 17, the Queens Night Market runs 4 PM to midnight behind the New York Hall of Science, free (in the listings).

Sat Oct 10: Smorgasburg on the Williamsburg waterfront, then a Bushwick Film Festival screening on Grand Street

A late lunch on the East River, then an indie film festival's Saturday evening slate on Grand Street

Cost: $0 at Smorgasburg's gate; food and festival tickets priced separately

her kind of night ✓ Brooklyn

Saturday Oct 10, 3:00 PM Smorgasburg Williamsburg, Marsha P. Johnson State Park, 90 Kent Avenue — Saturdays only, 11 AM to 6 PM, through October. Free to walk in; every stand sets its own prices. Two hours, two of you, one rule: split everything so you can try four stands instead of two.
Saturday evening A Bushwick Film Festival screening at Williamsburg Cinemas, 217 Grand Street — The 19th Bushwick Film Festival screens here Thursday to Sunday, Oct 8–11. Seats must be reserved; showtimes are on the festival's site, and your ticket names the start time.

Weather backup: Screenings continue Sunday Oct 11 at the same theater; Smorgasburg is Saturday-only, so pair Sunday's film with dinner nearby instead.

Sat Oct 17: Brooklyn Bridge Park's free Harvest Festival at Pier 6, 11 to 3, then the waterfront walk to Dumbo

Live music and lawn games on the pier, then the riverfront path north to Dumbo, all free

Cost: Free; no ticketed stops