YOUR CULTURAL PASS / NYC

NYC Cultural Venues

Discover independent venues and cultural spaces across New York City, with their upcoming events in one place.

Independent places

NoHo

20 Cooper Square

The NYU Cooper Square galleries and program rooms hosting The Latinx Project's exhibitions, talks, and reviewed print-media fair.

Chinatown

21 Pell Street

A Chinatown street site used for a reviewed public arts festival program.

Lower East Side

Abrons Arts Center

A Lower East Side arts center offering exhibitions, performances, classes, residencies, and affordable space access as a program of Henry Street Settlement.

Hell's Kitchen

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

The Joan Weill Center for Dance, a Manhattan performance and education complex used for the reviewed Ladies of Hip-Hop festival showcase.

Lower East Side

Amos Eno Gallery

An artist-run cooperative gallery presenting solo and group exhibitions in the Lower East Side.

Concourse

Andrew Freedman Home

A landmark Bronx building reimagined as a community and cultural hub for exhibitions, performances, and neighborhood programs.

East Village

Anthology Film Archives

An East Village cinema and film archive presenting repertory, independent, experimental, and preserved moving-image programs.

Williamsburg

Arlo Williamsburg

A Williamsburg hotel and event venue serving as the 2026 headquarters for Mondo's conference and live showcase festival.

Greenwich Village

Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries

The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center galleries at The New School, hosting exhibitions, forums, and public programs at the intersection of art and civic life.

Tribeca

Artists Space

A Tribeca nonprofit exhibition and program space for contemporary art, performance, film, readings, and public activity.

Park Slope

Atolye

A Brooklyn movement and workshop space used for reviewed Ladies of Hip-Hop dance classes and community programming.

Fort Greene

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAM's four-screen cinema for first-run films, repertory series, festivals, and filmmaker programs.

DUMBO

BISR Central

The Brooklyn Institute's DUMBO home for public seminars, readings, lectures, and discussions.

Fort Greene

BRIC House

BRIC's Brooklyn arts center and a reviewed 2026 Afrolatino Festival program venue.

Prospect Heights

Barclays Center

A major Brooklyn arena whose official first-party calendar includes large Hip-Hop and Latin rap tours alongside sports and entertainment.

NoHo

Bowery Poetry Club

A downtown poetry and spoken-word venue presenting readings, slams, performances, workshops, and community programs.

Melrose

Bronx Music Hall

WHEDco's Bronx performance venue and community cultural center presenting concerts, open mics, dance, theater, film, and education programs.

Williamsburg

Brooklyn Bowl

A Williamsburg live music venue with an official first-party calendar that regularly presents Hip-Hop artists alongside other live music programming.

Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Paramount

A Downtown Brooklyn concert venue with a first-party calendar carrying current Hip-Hop and rap touring programs.

Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Poets

A Brooklyn literary organization and home for readings, workshops, fellowships, and community around poetry.

East Williamsburg

Brooklyn Steel

Brooklyn Steel is a Williamsburg venue listed for music and dance. Check its website for current details and programming.

Bushwick

Bushwick Gallery

An independent Bushwick gallery presenting exhibitions and public programs by contemporary artists.

East Harlem

CCCADI / Ilé Oyin

The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute's East Harlem arts and community space for exhibitions and cultural programs.