The 2017 Space and Science Festival takes place August 1 – 6 at Pier 86 and the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.
The event features special exhibits and presentations by NASA.
Events held at Pier 86 (except for the Drones exhibition) are free. Most of the free activities at Pier 86 happen on the weekend, when there are displays and activities by NASA, Intrepid Education Zone, FIRST, Con Edison, Honeybee Robotics, Brooklyn Robot Foundry, LEGO, USA Today Network VR experience, Google’s Code Next, Space.com, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Jupiter Joe’s Sidewalk Astronomy, Kuiper Kat’s Astronomy, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Heinlein Prize Trust, Brooklyn Drones NYC and the Drone Racing League.
Fitz and the Tantrums – Today Citi Concert Series – July 28, 2017
Fitz and the Tantrums is performing for the Today Show’s Citi Concert Series Friday, July 28, 2017. The concert is part of the morning show broadcast.
The Today summer concerts are held at the Today Show Plaza at Rockefeller Center. The plaza is on 48th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Admission is free and on a first-come-first-served basis. The concerts are very popular and the Today Show Plaza fills up fast on mornings when there’s a concert (usually Fridays). The show suggests that people arrive by 5:00 a.m. to get a good spot. Performances usually run from 8:00 to 9:00 a..m.
A limited number of Fan Passes are distributed via a digital lottery system.
Register now for a chance to receive a Fan Pass, giving you and one guest priority access to the show.
Chris Stapleton – Today Citi Concert Series – July 18, 2017
Chris Stapleton is performing for the Today Show’s Citi Concert Series Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The concert is part of the morning show broadcast. Note that this Tuesday concert is a departure from the usual Friday concert dates.
The Today summer concerts are held at the Today Show Plaza at Rockefeller Center. The plaza is on 48th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Admission is free and on a first-come-first-served basis. The concerts are very popular and the Today Show Plaza fills up fast on mornings when there’s a concert (usually Fridays). The show suggests that people arrive by 5:00 a.m. to get a good spot. Performances usually run from 8:00 to 9:00 a..m.
A limited number of Fan Passes are distributed via a digital lottery system.
Register now for a chance to receive a Fan Pass, giving you and one guest priority access to the show.
Each summer, the Museum of Modern Art hosts a free music series in the museum’s sculpture garden.
The Museum of Modern Art’s 2017 Summergarden concert series takes place on Sundays, July 9 – July 30. The concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. and seating is on a first-come basis. The gate opens at 7:00 p.m..
Entrance for the concerts is through the Sculpture Garden gate on West 54th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Food and drink are available for sale at the Garden Bar, which has handmade snacks, wine, beer, and specialty cocktails.
The museum’s exhibition galleries are closed during Summergarden.
Each year, Arts Brookfield presents the Lowdown Hudson Music Fest, a free summer music festival at Brookfield Place. The event takes place over two days, with concerts held on the Brookfield Place waterfront plaza.
The event is free to attend. Admission is on a first come, first served basis.
Dates for the 2017 event are Tuesday, July 18th and Wednesday, July 19th.
The 2017 Headliner for Tuesday, July 18th is award-winning rapper, actor, producer, and poet Common. Flint Eastwood opens the Wednesday, July 19th show and OK GO is the main act.
For both performances, doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the show starts at 6:00 p.m..
The show tapes in New York City in front of an audience. Tickets to be in the audience are free and available online. Tickets are usually released about a month in advance.
You need to be 18 years of age or older to be in the studio audience.
The show usually tapes Monday – Thursday. Audience check-in starts around 5:00 p.m. and taping is completed around 8:00 p.m..
Read TripAdvisor reviews of people who have attended tapings of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
Guaranteed & Non-Guaranteed Tickets
There are two types of tickets available for The Daily Show, Guaranteed tickets and Non-Guaranteed tickets. Both are available through the same online reservation process. The guaranteed tickets get booked up first, but grab one of those if you get a chance. Tip: Sometimes people with the guaranteed tickets cancel at the last minute, so keep checking back at the ticket website to see if any guaranteed spots become available.
If you have a guaranteed ticket, you are guaranteed to have a seat in the audience as long as you show up by the appointed time.
Those with non-guaranteed tickets are admitted on a first-come-first-served basis. If all the seats fill up before they get to your spot in line, you might not get into the show.
One Ticket, Four People
The Daily Show handles tickets a little differently from other shows. One person applies for a ticket through the online reservation system and then that person can bring up to three guests (for a total of four people). The guests have to be with the ticket-holder at the time of check-in. You specify the number of tickets you want (up to four) during the online reservation process, but only supply one name.
Check-in time for people with guaranteed tickets is from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m.. If you don’t check in by 5:00, you’ll forfeit your guaranteed seat.
Check-in time for people with non-guaranteed tickets starts at 5:00 p.m.. People are admitted to the show in the order of their place in line at check-in, so those near the front of the line have the best chance of getting a seat for the show.
Location
The studio is located at 733 11th Avenue (between 51st and 52nd Streets) in Manhattan.
Ed Sheeren – Today Citi Concert Series – July 6, 2017
Ed Sheeren is performing for the Today Show’s Citi Concert Series Thursday, July 6, 2017. The concert is part of the morning show broadcast. Note that this Thursday concert is a departure from the usual Friday concert dates.
The Today summer concerts are held at the Today Show Plaza at Rockefeller Center. The plaza is on 48th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Admission is free and on a first-come-first-served basis. The concerts are very popular and the Today Show Plaza fills up fast on mornings when there’s a concert (usually Fridays). The show suggests that people arrive by 5:00 a.m. to get a good spot. Performances usually run from 8:00 to 9:00 a..m.
A limited number of Fan Passes are distributed via a digital lottery system.
Register now for a chance to receive a Fan Pass, giving you and one guest priority access to the show.
The City of Water Day Festival is an annual Waterfront Alliance event that features a variety of free activities and boat tours in celebration of New York and New Jersey waterfront.
The waterfront activities fair is held on Governors Island and free boat tours depart from various waterfront locations around the city. Partnering organizations will also hold City of Water Day events throughout the city. Take a look at the “In Your Neighborhood” section of the Waterfront Alliance’s website for details.
The 2017 date for City of Water Day is Saturday, July 15th. The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..
Free Boat Rides
A variety of companies and organizations offer free boat tours on City of Water Day. Rides are offered on all kinds of boats, such as ferries, tall ships, fire boats, and tugboats.
If you want to take one of the free boat tours, you’ll need to reserve you tickets in advance. Boat tour reservations open in the end of June, so keep an eye on the Waterfront Alliance website for announcements.
Although the boat tours are free, there is a refundable $5 reservation fee per passenger. If you show up and take the tour, the fee will be credited back to you. If you don’t check in for the tour, you’ll lose the reservation fee.
Cardboard Boat Race
One of the fun Governors Island activities is the cardboard boat race.
Teams need to pre-register during the spring to compete, but if you’re not on one of the teams building a boat, you can still have fun watching the competition. The teams have two hours to build a boat out of cardboard, which they’ll then race on the waters off Governors Island. The races begin at 2:30. We like the part of the regulations that says, “Boats that disintegrate mid-race will be disqualified.”
Andy Grammer – Today Citi Concert Series – June 23, 2017
Andy Grammer is performing for the Today Show’s Citi Concert Series Friday, June 23, 2017. The concert is part of the morning show broadcast.
The Today summer concerts are held at the Today Show Plaza at Rockefeller Center. The plaza is on 48th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Admission is free and on a first-come-first-served basis. The concerts are very popular and the Today Show Plaza fills up fast on mornings when there’s a concert (usually Fridays). The show suggests that people arrive by 5:00 a.m. to get a good spot. Performances usually run from 8:00 to 9:00 a..m.
A limited number of Fan Passes are distributed via a digital lottery system.
Register now for a chance to receive a Fan Pass, giving you and one guest priority access to the show.
Greenwich Village as seen from Jefferson Market Library tower. Photo by Iris Dai (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThe Village Alliance offers free guided walking tours of Greenwich Village each Saturday from June through September.
The tour begins at St. Marks Place and ends near the corner of West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue. You’ll learn about Greenwich village along the way and see Village landmarks such as the residences of Any Warhol, Lou Reed, and Jackson Pollock, Jimi Hendrix’s studios, and more.
Start time for the tours is 11:30 a.m.. Meet at St. Marks Church on the northwest corner of Second Avenue and East 10th Street. Guides will be holding a Village Alliance Walking Tour sign.
The tour lasts about an hour and a half and run rain or shine.
The tour meets at St. Marks Church on the northwest corner of Second Avenue and East 10th Street. Guides will be holding a Village Alliance Walking Tour sign.
Start time for the tours is 11:30 a.m., Saturdays, June through September.
The 2017 Space and Science Festival takes place August 1 – 6 at Pier 86 and the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.
