Music-rich Sunday: free jazz in Harlem this afternoon, a free Beethoven concert on a barge in Brooklyn, the Astoria open street + farmers market, plus a film festival running all week and two free outdoor music events ahead.
Harlem & Uptown
- Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison — TODAY Sun 8/9, 2–5pm at Ralph Ellison Plaza (W 150th St & Riverside Dr). Free community jazz, “Let the Music Play” with Berta Indeed and local musicians/vocalists.
Live Music
- Bargemusic: Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas Pt 4 — TODAY 2–4pm, Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse. Free classical concert on the barge — Moonlight, Pastoral, Funeral March sonatas with conversation.
- Bryant Park Picnic Performances: New York Guitar Festival — Fri 8/14 7pm + Sat 8/15 7pm, Bryant Park Lawn. Free outdoor guitar festival; Day 2 features The Messthetics.
- Summerween Free Concert — Fri 8/14, Astoria. Free concert with Brother Nico and friends (costume-adjacent summer party), promo for the Dread Ball LARP; RSVP via partiful.
Film & Performance
- Chain NYC Film Festival — Through Sat 8/15, Chain Theatre, LIC. Indie film fest with shorts, features, and filmmaker Q&As; Janie Haddad’s short screens Wed 8/12 at 6pm. Tix via chainfilmfestival.com.
Outdoor & Free
- 31st Ave Open Street — Season 7 Week 16 — TODAY Sun 8/9, 31st Ave between 31st and 33rd St, Astoria. Free weekly open street: Astoria Farmers Market day with programming (Know Your Rights training in the evening), puzzle/book swap. Recurring.
- Crafternoon @ LIC Waterfront — TODAY Sun 8/9, LIC Waterfront. Free monthly gathering to slow down and make something — shared art supplies, all skill levels.
- Summer on the Hudson: Fly NYC — Sat 8/15, noon–5pm at Pier I (Riverside Park South). Free music-and-kites festival; kite kits provided for kids.
All gathered items — what was cut and why (6)
- Rescheduled Night Market — EVENT_PAST: Ran last night (Sat 8/8) (r/Bushwick)
- James Hamilton “Uncropped” Gallery Show and Film Screening — EVENT_PAST: Ran Fri 8/7 at Coney Island (r/Brooklyn)
- Film Screenings & Discussion at Film Noir Cinema — EVENT_PAST: Premiere + director Q&A Fri 8/7; ongoing run not confirmable (r/Greenpoint)
- Destroyer, Stephin Merritt to Headline Bazooka! Fest — UNVERIFIABLE: No date given — “at The Meadows” but when? (r/Brooklyn)
- Gorillaz have a museum exhibit in NYC — UNVERIFIABLE: No venue or date; ICYMI repost also cut (Bluesky)
- manhattanbuzz weekend roundup — Giglio Fest East, Percy Sutton 5K, Harlem Jazz & Block Party — UNVERIFIABLE: Real Harlem Week-adjacent events but no dates in post; check manhattanbuzz.nyc next run (Bluesky)