Finale Sunday: the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival closes tonight (Ravi Coltrane at Tompkins Square), free jazz all afternoon — Ralph Ellison 2pm in Harlem, Bargemusic on the barge, the Sour Mouse jam — plus REVERIE’s last day in Bushwick, Santa Rosalia’s final feast, and the last 31st Ave market of the season; all eight free.
Live Music
- Charlie Parker Jazz Festival — closing night: Ravi Coltrane / Billy Hart Quartet / Kassa Overall / Vanisha Gould — TONIGHT 3–7pm, Tompkins Square Park (East Village): the 34th-year free fest wraps with Coltrane headlining, plus a Trill Mega Jam after-party 8–10pm (web · CPF)
- Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison — TODAY 2–5pm, Ralph Ellison Plaza (Harlem): free community jazz, “Let the Music Play” presented by Berta Indeed with local players (web · NYC Parks)
- Bargemusic: Dancing with Fauré — TODAY 2–4pm, Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse: free classical on the barge — Bach, Bartók, Sibelius, and Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 (web · Live Music Project)
- FREE Live Jazz Jam — Jazz by Jorei Weekly Series — TODAY 3:30pm, Sour Mouse (LES): free weekly jazz jam, players of all levels welcome (web · Eventbrite)
- CPJF Ancillary: TSQ LIVE + Jazz at Lincoln Center — Marcus Printup Quintet — Mon 8/31 5–7pm, Times Square: free jazz, rescheduled from 8/27 (weather); JALC trumpeter revisits the Parker/Dorham Royal Roost sessions (web · CPF)
Art Openings
- REVERIE — Benny Mercado @ 25 Noll St — FINAL day TODAY 3–8pm, Bushwick: free exhibition of work rooted in Puerto Rican culture, identity and memory; paintings available pay-what-you-wish through tonight (r/Bushwick)
Festivals & Outdoor
- 52nd Anniversary Feast of Santa Rosalia — FINAL day TODAY, 18th Ave, Bensonhurst: Brooklyn’s big free Italian street festival closes out its 52nd year, daily from 10am (web · doNYC)
- 31st Ave Open Street — Season 7 final Sunday — TODAY: last Sunday of the season — farmers market + plant swap on the car-free strip (r/Astoria)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
- Ditmas Park Block Party, Flatbush today 11am - DEDUP: real free block party, but festival slots held by Santa Rosalia + 31st Ave; early family-oriented (no URL found)
- Migration Patterns @ Governors Island today 2pm - DEDUP: free experimental concert, same-time as Ralph Ellison + Bargemusic (no URL found)
- August 31st, head to Freddy’s bar in South Slope for a free screening of the forgotten American Idol musical, From Justin to Kelly! - DEDUP: Monday slot held by the rescheduled Marcus Printup jazz; film kept on radar (r/Brooklyn)
- Free Demolition Man screening, 09/02 at Lucky 13 Saloon in Gowanus - DEDUP: still upcoming, free w/ RSVP; the midweek film pick, near-certain keep Wednesday (r/Brooklyn)
- Local Nepal flood-relief event in Ridgewood this weekend - UNVERIFIABLE: empty body, no date/venue/link; 2nd run (r/Bushwick)
- Mamdani Pitches $100 US Open Tickets in His Affordability Push - POLITICS: news, no event angle (r/nyc)
23 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) - logged in the Obsidian raw dump.