Things to do in Manhattan - August

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NY Waterway - Your Key to the City
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Take the ferry and root on the 32,000 cyclists!
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Go to RadioCity
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and see who  
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your team gets!
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Take Your Mom on the Ferry
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9th Avenue International Food Festival
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NEW YORK SPECTACULAR
Thru - Aug 7
New York Spectacular is a musical about a family spending an extraordinary day in New York, featuring the dancing Rockettes.Use promo code NYW & Ride the Ferry FREE!
Radio City Music Hall, W. 50th St.
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
Aug 10-11
Fueled by Ramen recording group Twenty One Pilots will be returning to the US this summer for a massive headline tour.
Madison Square Garden
 
SUMMER STREETS
Aug 6, 13, 20 FREE
The city closes seven miles of Park Avenue and Lafayette Street to cars so you can play, run, walk, dance, and bike carefree during Summer Streets.
NYC Locations
1920S LAWN PARTY
Aug 13-14
Wear a flapper costume and dance to the Dreamland Orchestra at Jazz Age Lawn Party.
Governors Island
CURVENY
Thru Aug 2 
CURVEXPO is the leading organizer of professional trade shows in the intimate apparel industry in North America.
Javits Center, W. 34th St.
 
FREE SUMMER MOVIES
Thru Sept. 15
Free Summer Movies are shown evenings at NYC parks in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
NYC Locations
BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK
Aug  4 & 11 (FREE)
Bring a blanket to watch popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hists Thursday afternoons at Bryant Park.
Bryant Park, W. 42nd St.
OUTDOOR CONCERTS
Thru Aug 9th (Free Event)
Out of Doors is three jam-packed weeks of world-class-music, dance, and spoken word in the plazas of Lincoln Center.
Lincoln Center, W. 72nd St.
 
SUMMER STREETS
Aug 1, 8 & 15
The city closes seven miles of Park Avenue and Lafayett Street to cars so you can play, run, walk, dance, and bike carefree during Summer Streets. Expect food, entertainment, and activities.
Manhattan
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
Thru Aug 27
Attend concerts, operas, late-night recitals, and world premieres at Mostly Mozart Festival, performed by the festival orchestra and special guests at Lincoln Center.
Lincoln Center, W. 72nd St.
DREAM UP FESTIVAL
Aug 28 - Sept 18
See 26 new and innovative works, including comedy, dance, drama, music, poetry, and puppetry.
Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave


SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK
Thru Aug 23 (FREE) (6pm show)
Wait in line of join the online lottery for a ticket to Cymberline at Delacorte Theater.
Central Park West
RESTAURANT WEEK
Thru Aug 19
Get a special deal on a 3-course lunch or dinner at 300 restaurants during NYC Restaurant Week, not on Saturdays. Repeats in February
NYC Locations
OUTDOOR CONCERTS
Thru Aug 9
Out of Doors is three weeks of world-class music, dance and spoken word in the plazas of Lincoln Center (weather permitting)
Lincoln Center, W. 62nd St.


BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK
Aug 6 & 13
Bring a blanket to watch popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hists Thursday afternoons at Broadway in Bryant Park.
Bryant Park
INDIA DAY PARADE
Aug 21
India Day Parade begins at E. 38th St and goes down Madison Avenue to food booths and cultural programs.
27 - 38th St. & Madison Ave
SUMMER HD FESTIVAL
Aug 26 - Sept 5
See popular Metropolitan Opera outddor shows onscreen.
Lincoln Center, 72nd St.

OUTDOOR MOVIES
Aug 5 & 11
See free movies about outer space at Summer Movie Series at intrepid, Sear, Air & Space Museum outdoors. Arrive early.
Intrepid Museum, W.55th St.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK
Thru Aug 23 (FREE)
Wait in line to join the online lottery for a ticket to Cymberline, featuring cross-dressing girls and boys, swordfights and villains in a story about the power of love at Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
Delacorte Theater in Central Park
ECOFEST
Aug 14 (FREE)
Ecofest [sound] has exhibits about alternative energy and the environment, green vehicles, an eco fashion show, food, and enterainment on Broadway.
43rd St & Broadway

CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY FILM FESTIVAL
Aug 22 - 27 (FREE)
See popular films at Central Park Conservancy Film Festival. Bring a picnic and blanket for the lawn.
Central Park, 65th St.
ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Thru Aug 2
Animation Block Party exhibts all genres of independent, profession and student animation at Rooftop Films & BAMcinematek.
Brooklyn.
KIDS RIDE THE FERRY FREE!
Till Sept 5
All summer kids under 12 ride free on select NY Waterway ferry routes.
Port Imperial / Weehawken NJ

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