Music-forward Monday after the CPJF finale weekend: two free concerts tonight (Marcus Printup’s Charlie Parker Festival encore in Times Square, Big City Folk in Greeley Square), lunchtime piano, and a free cult-film screening at Freddy’s Bar — with the week ahead stacked with free shows (Golden Hour Thu, Brass Festival Fri, Ralph Ellison jazz back Sunday). All eight free.
Live Music
- CPJF Ancillary: TSQ LIVE + Jazz at Lincoln Center — Marcus Printup Quintet — TONIGHT 5–7pm, Broadway & 46th St, Times Square: the Charlie Parker Festival’s last echo — JALC trumpeter Marcus Printup revisits the Parker/Dorham Royal Roost sessions with Helen Sung on piano, rescheduled from 8/27 (weather) (web · CPF)
- Piano in Bryant Park — TODAY 12:30–2:30pm, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park: free lunchtime ragtime, stride and jazz — the daily weekday series is back after the festival weekend (web · NYC Parks)
- Big City Folk in Greeley Square Park — TONIGHT 6–8pm, Greeley Square Park (33rd & Broadway): free singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Niall Connolly (web · NYC Parks)
- Golden Hour at Greeley Square Park — Thu 9/3 6:30–8:30pm: the free sunset-music series returns — Americana, jazz and emerging indie acts in Midtown (web · NYC Parks)
- Bryant Park Picnic Performance: Brass Festival — New Breed Brass Band / Aberdeen / Brass Queens — Fri 9/4 7–9:30pm, Bryant Park Lawn: free brass night to close the workweek (web · NYC Parks)
- Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison — back Sunday 9/6 2–5pm, Ralph Ellison Plaza (Harlem): the free community jazz series continues — “Let the Music Play” with Berta Indeed and local players (web · NYC Parks)
Film & Screenings
- From Justin to Kelly — free screening — TONIGHT 7:30pm, Freddy’s Bar, South Slope: the legendary American Idol musical — gloriously bad, free, RSVP via partiful (r/Brooklyn)
- Free Demolition Man screening — Wed 9/2, Lucky 13 Saloon, Gowanus: the 90s action classic and “greatest Taco Bell product placement of all time” — free with RSVP, $5 optional suggested donation; get there early for trivia + pre-show (r/Brooklyn)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
- PDPAOLA knocked-over displays in the West Village - OFFTOPIC: retail incident, not an event; top item in pool (r/nyc)
- R/Bodega pop-up “line was down the block” - EVENT_PAST: recap of 8/29 (r/nyc)
- 33rd Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park - EVENT_PAST: photo recap of Saturday night; festival ended Sunday; canonical CPF page used for the Printup keep (r/Harlem)
- Dinosaur Jr. Maria Hernandez permit-pulled follow-up - EVENT_PAST: cancellation already covered 8/28 (r/Bushwick)
- Bodies Of Work figure drawing night, Sept 1 - UNVERIFIABLE: no venue/cost; 6th run (r/Greenpoint)
- Mamdani “renew crew” parks outreach announcement - NEWS: announcement, no event angle; politics-adjacent (r/nyc)
21 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) - logged in the Obsidian raw dump.