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Visiting NYC this summer?

If you are going to visit NYC during months of June, July and August indicate the dates of your visit and I will let you know what events are being offered (many are free) in the financial district on the dates of your visit. Some of the major sightseeing sites in the area include Battery Park (where you get ferry to Statue of Liberty), World Trade Center, World Financial Center and South Street Seaport. For example, EmmyLou Harris is giving a free concert in Battery Park on July 4 in Battery Park at 3:30pm.

Visitng NYC from 16/6 to 23/6. Hopefuuly the weather is not too HOT. I heard that there is free ride on a ferry that passes the Statue of Liberty? Is that true? If yes, where do I board this ferry?

Yes, it's the Staten Island Ferry and you get it in the Battery Park area.

Hi, im going to be in NYC in July - 13th, 14th, and 15th. Thanks in advance!

Staten Island ferry is free. Ferry dock is adjacent to Battery Park (southern tip of Manhattan. When you get to Staten Island you don't have to get off the ferry. June 16 - if children are in your group there is catch and release fishing with a folk trio performing (Dave Grcver). It is at 2pm in Wagner Park (other side of Battery Park from SI ferry - south end of Battery City Park) Poles are provided free. June 17 - Performance of a gospel choir made up of Broadway stage performers. 7pm at the World Trade Center Plaza. Also a walking tour exploring public art that decorates Battery Park City. Group meets at Real World in Rockefeller Park - June 18 - An Aids benefit being held at World Trade Center Plaza at 7pm. Free concert featuring cast members from current Broadway shows. June 19 - free concert featuring Pete Seeger, folk singer. 7pm World Financial Center Plaza Music students from Juilliard performing at 180 Maiden Lane - 12:30 pm June 20 - Latin Jazz concert, South Street Seaport. 6pm - free Free concert by Bellevue Cadillac, a septet from Boston that does swing and blues - Wagner Park - 6:30 pm June 21 - concert by Absolute NY, an 18 pioece electro-acoustic band. 7pm World Trade Center Plaza Tour of Battery park City's gardens.Meet 12:30 pm at Wagner Park June 22 - Swedish Midsummer Festival. Live music, Swedish food, free. Wagner Park 8pm June 23 - Salsa concert performed by El Gran Combo from Puerto Rico. 7pm World Trade Center Plaza June 26 - Koko Taylor and her Blues Machine - 7pm, Rockefeller Park Celtic nights - concert at World Trade Center Plaza, 8 pm If you did the Staten Island ferry late afternoon or early evening you could combine this with one of the events listed above. All places mentioned above are within walking distance of the ferry

H July 13 - Wall Street Community Day Festival - 11am to 6pm. Street fair held on Wall street Salsa Dance Party - World Trade Center Plaza 6pm to 9pm Blues Jam Fridays at World Trade Center Plaza at 2pm July 14 - Greenwich Village orchestra and dancers at World Trade Center Plaza from 3pm to 6pm July 15 - Night life in NY Harbor at South Street Seaport from 1 to 3pm. There is a $5 admission charge.It is about bioluminescent life found in NY Harbor.

How about June 25-28?

To xxx 6/25 - nothing listed 6/26 -- Herman's Hermits, noon to 2pm at World Trade Center Plaza - free Juilliard student concert in atrium at 180 Maiden Lane. Free 12:30 pm. Maritime music aboard the Peking at South St.. Seaport. 6 pm. $3 charge Celtic nights, free, 6 to 8pm at World Trade Center Plaza 6/27 - Jazz at World Trade Center Plaza, Free, noon to 2pm Prairie Cats, an Omaho group that plays pop, swing, blues, rcck and latin. World Financial Center Plaza. Free. Music begins at 7pm; free dance lessons at 6:30 6/28 - Country music, World Trade Center Plaza, noon to 2pm, free Swing music concert at World Trade Center Plaza, 6pm-8pm, free Home before Midnight concert at South St. Seaport, Pier 17, 6pm, free 6/29 Blues concert featuring Walter "Wolfman" Washington at World Trade Center Plaza, noon to 2pm, free. Salsa Concert, 6 to 9pm, World Trade Center Plaza, free

New York is bustling with activity in the summer, not just in lower Manhattan. Just one example: Lincoln Center has a series of special programs in July, as well as the annual Mostly Mozart concert series in August (perhaps starting in late July).

our trip is next week -- june 7-10. any free concerts scheduled then? (we have "producers" tickets for friday, so anything else would be icing on the cake!) thanks for being great providers of nyc info on this forum. i have read several of your postings (both rqf and hsravis) during the past couple of weeks, and all have been helpful.

To: Hey June 7 - West Side Opera. Works by Vincenzo Bellini, Trinity Church, Broadway and Wall St. 1 pm - $2 donation Tropical music night, 6pm, South Street Seaport - free June 9 - Clay sculpture art workshop aboard the Peking at South Street Seaport - 1 to 4pm. $2 June 10 - Tour of gardens at Battery Park City with a horticulturalist. Meet at Wagner Park (near Battery Park) at 2pm - Free

Thanks rfq for the info. The salsa dance party sounds good. Are these events free and how will i get to the World Trade Center Plaza from times square?

Looks like most of the events listed are free, or almost free. Just about all trains from Times Square go to WTC. Take the 1, 9, N or R to Cortland St. or A,C, E to World Trade Center - Chambers St. Manhattan is only 7 miles long (or something like that), so you can check out more of the city in a short time. Pick up the Village Voice (free weekly in boxes on the street) for more ideas when you arrive.

Salsa Dance Party is free. From Times Square station (42nd Street) take #1 or #9 local to Cortlandt Street

Hey rqf- anything for june 4th thru the 7th that isn't necessarily budget? I'm going to NY for the first time and want to see as much as possible. I don't have broadway tickets yet, but I'd like to see a show. Also, do you happen to know what kind of television shows they tape in NYC that you can attend a recording of? Thanks!

Responded to your other note about theater tickets and tv tapings. There is a veggie restaurant on 8th Avenue, east sideo of street at corner of either 50th or 51st St. Think the name is Zenith. June 5 - Latin jazz, rhythm and blues, Caribbean and Salsa at Wagner Park 6pm. Wagner Park is next to Battery Park (where you get the ferry to Statue of Liberty. Free event June 6 - Dixie Peppers Concert at 1 Battery Park Plaza, 12:30 to 1:30. Free June 7 - West Side Opera - works by Vincenzo Bellini. Trinity Church, Broadway and Wall St. 1pm. $2 donation Tropical music night at Pier 17, South Street Seaport. 6pm, free.

You can check this type of info for yourself at www.downtownny.com (The Alliance for Downtown NY) The website initially says "new website coming" but just wait or click on the big "DOWNTOWN" and you'll get a screen that lets you pull up a calendar of events. Great free concerts are available all over NY in the summer.. ALSO: If you're looking for a comprehensive listing of street fairs and parades all over the city, my favorite 'secret' source is the listing on the city's official website, NYC.GOV. Skip the links to tourist info, go straight to the search button (near the top right hand of the screen, but not on the very top line) and use the magic words "major events". You see, in order to have a street closed for any event, (block party, school carnival, parade, street fair, etc.), you must get a permit, and since that is publicly available information, why not go straight to the source?

We will be there July 26 through the 31st. Thanks a lot!