Festival Saturday: Charlie Parker Jazz Fest’s night two (Joshua Redman) is in Harlem this afternoon, Santa Rosalia’s final weekend keeps rolling, and a free circus at Bryant Park, two free art shows, a free LIC psych show and the 31st Ave Open Street round out the day — all free, six of eight today.
Live Music
- Charlie Parker Jazz Festival — night two: Joshua Redman — TODAY 2–7pm, Marcus Garvey Park (Harlem): 34th year, free three-day fest; tonight’s lineup is Joshua Redman / Nat Adderley Jr. / Catherine Russell / Nicole Glover / DJ Kultured Child, closing night Sun 8/30 with Ravi Coltrane at Tompkins Square (web · CPF)
- Free psychedelic/jam/rock show @ Culture Lab LIC — today, 5–10pm: Yes Cats, Strangely Enough + special guests Riko and Whaler Collective (Philly psych troupe); all ages, no cover, plus art/food/drinks (r/Astoria)
Art Openings
- REVERIE — Benny Mercado @ 25 Noll St — TODAY 3–8pm, Bushwick: free exhibition of work influenced by Puerto Rican culture, identity and memory; on view through Sun, pay-what-you-wish sales (r/Bushwick)
- CPJF Ancillary: “We’re Outside 2026” Art Exhibit — TODAY 2–7pm, Mount Morris Park (Marcus Garvey Park): free outdoor exhibit of 28 local artists (textile, painting, sculpture, collage) + free self-portrait workshop with Élan Cadiz (web · CPF)
Festivals & Outdoor
- 52nd Anniversary Feast of Santa Rosalia — through Sun 8/30, 18th Ave, Bensonhurst: final weekend of Brooklyn’s big free Italian street festival, daily from 10am (web · doNYC)
- 31st Ave Open Street — Season 7 Week 19 — TODAY + Sun, Astoria: chill end-of-summer weekend — bring a book Saturday (Excuse Me Human 12:30–4, People’s Pop-Up Cafe, Western Queens Food Co-op distribution), browse the market Sunday (r/Astoria)
- Parallel Exit: Sunset Circus @ Bryant Park — TODAY 5pm, Bryant Park lawn: free circus show (clowning, trampoline, aerial acts) closing out the Picnic Performances season (web · Bryant Park)
Film & Performance
- Free Shrek screening @ The Tiny Cupboard — tonight, doors 8pm, movie 8:30, 10 Cooper St (Chauncey J stop): free patio screening of the 2001 classic, no RSVP (r/Brooklyn)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
- PATIO SALE THIS SATURDAY - 8/29 - VERY WELL KEPT VINYL RECORDS, CRITERION BLU RAYS, COLLECTIBLES, T-SHIRTS, ETC. MULTIPLE SELLERS. Between 2710 & 2708 23rd Ave! - OFFTOPIC: multi-seller vinyl/Criterion yard sale, not a cultural event; 3rd run (r/astoria)
- NY Hall of Science Free Tickets Through Oct 2026 - OFFTOPIC: ticket offer/promo, not a dated event (r/nyc)
- Local Nepal flood-relief event in Ridgewood this weekend - UNVERIFIABLE: empty body, no date/venue/link (r/Bushwick)
- Where will the Rocky Horror Picture Shows be this weekend? R.I.P. Tim Curry. - UNVERIFIABLE: no specific screening/venue named (r/AskNYC)
- NYC comedian takes over vacant subway newsstand to give away art for free - NEWS: feature story, no event date/venue (r/nyc)
- NYC’s Mamdani Sued Over Plan to Open City-Run Grocery Stores - POLITICS: news, no event angle (r/nyc)
12 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) - logged in the Obsidian raw dump.