SummerStage in Central Park
City Parks Foundation's flagship outdoor performance site at Rumsey Playfield for SummerStage concerts and public cultural programs.
YOUR CULTURAL PASS / NYC
NYC Cultural Venues
Discover independent venues and cultural spaces across New York City, with their upcoming events in one place.
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Independent places
TV Eye
A Ridgewood music venue and nightlife space presenting touring bands, local artists, DJs, and recurring parties.
Teatro LATEA
A Lower East Side theater at The Clemente presenting Latinx theater, performance, festivals, poetry, and multidisciplinary programs.
Terminal 5
A multi-level Hell's Kitchen concert venue used for touring alternative, indie, electronic, and rock programming.
The Appel Room
A jazz concert room in Frederick P. Rose Hall overlooking Columbus Circle and Central Park.
The Bell House
A Gowanus live venue presenting comedy, podcasts, storytelling, music, and touring cultural programs.
The Bitter End
A historic Greenwich Village club for songwriters, touring bands, and emerging independent artists.
The Block House
The Institute for Public Architecture’s Governors Island home for residencies, exhibitions, and public programs.
The Bob (previously known as 9th St Studio)
Movement Research's accessible first-floor East Village dance studio for rehearsals, movement classes, workshops, and public work-in-process presentations.
The Brick
An independent Williamsburg theater supporting experimental performance, film, festivals, and artist-driven work.
The Broadway
A multi-story bar and music venue on the Bushwick–Bed-Stuy border with weekly programming ranging from rock shows to drag bingo.
The Brooklyn Monarch
An East Williamsburg event campus whose main stage and connected spaces hosted Brooklyn Comic Con's reviewed 2026 program.
The Center for Fiction
A Fort Greene literary center with a bookstore, reading room, café, and spaces for author talks, workshops, and public programs.
The Chocolate Factory Theater
An artist-founded Long Island City facility devoted to commissioning and presenting interdisciplinary experimental performance.
The Cutting Room
A Midtown performance room presenting touring bands, songwriter programs, tribute projects, and independent concerts.
The Doxsee
Target Margin Theater's Sunset Park performance space supports experimental theater, artist residencies, and public programs.
The Film-Makers' Cooperative Screening Room
The Cooperative's New York screening room for avant-garde cinema, member programs, workshops, and public presentations.
The Garage at NYU
A flexible NYU Tandon event and project space hosting interdisciplinary technology, art, and community programs.
The General Society Library
The General Society’s Midtown library and cultural venue for lectures, exhibitions, and educational programs.
The Good Life Garden
A Bushwick community garden used for Brooklyn Cumbia Festival workshops, live music, dancing, and neighborhood gatherings.
The Hip Hop Museum Culture Lab
The Hip Hop Museum's active Bronx culture lab for exhibitions, artist showcases, education, and community programs before the permanent museum opens.
The Jazz Gallery
An intimate nonprofit jazz performance and artist-development space on Broadway in Manhattan.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
The West Village LGBTQ community center and public gathering place that hosted the reviewed 2026 NY Queer Zine Fair.
The Lot Radio
An independent online radio station broadcasting live DJ sets from a converted shipping container in Williamsburg.