New York City Events August 2019

• US Tennis Open
• Met Museum Roof Martini Bar
• Backstreet Boys, KISS, Billy Joel
• Restaurant Week NYC
• Central Park Film Festival
• Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival

• NY Giants, Jets, Yankees, Mets
• Shakespeare in the Park
• Battery Dance Festival
• Summer Streets NYC
• Good Morning America Summer Concerts
• TODAY Show Summer Concerts

August 26 to September 8, 2019
Tickets on Sale June 3, 2019

The US Tennis Open is one of my all time favorite events. The Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is spectacular, and the crowd is always amazing. Make sure to catch the FREE Qualifying Rounds to see the world’s greatest tennis players practice and compete free and head to Arthur Ashe Kids Day.

• Lotte New York Palace – rub elbows with Serena and Venus Williams, Nadal, Kyrgios and Bouchard, who have all stayed here
• Grand Hyatt – one of the US Open partner hotels and hosts a large portion of the main draw
• SpringHill Suites by Marriott – Queens Hotel with free US Open shuttle
• Fairfield Inn New York LaGuardia – Free parking, free shuttle to US Open, free shuttle to 7 train

• Rolling Stones – August 1 & 5, 2019; MetLife Stadium (NJ)
• Barbra Streisand – Aug 3, 2019; MSG
• Backstreet Boys – August 15, 2019; Barclays Center
• Jonas Brothers – Aug 29-30, 2019; MSG
• Central Park Summerstage – King Gizzard, The Lizard WizardGuster
• Billy Joel – August 28, 2019; MSG
• Queen & Adam Lambert – August 6-7, 2019; MSG
• Hootie & The Blowfish – August 6-7, 2019; MSG
• Coney Island Boardwalk – Boyz II Men

• Gansevoort Meatpacking - rooftop pool, retractable roof for year-round (photo)
• Holiday Inn Midtown / 57th St - family-friendly, excellent value, 2 blocks from Central Park, swim up bar
• Empire Hotel - rooftop pool with private Cabana Rentals

August 23-October 12, 2019
8P Fridays, 5P and 8P Saturdays
The Imbible Rum And Pirates Musical Comedy
Producers Club Theaters
358 West 44th Street

The story of rum told by singing pirates. "Top Five Off-Broadway Picks to Close Out Your Summer With a Bang" by DC Metro Theater Arts. Join us for New Pirate Onboarding as we muster our crew for the maiden voyage of the Pirate Ship Bumbo! We’ll cover everything there is to know about how to be a successful pirate, starting, of course, with the history, applications, and proper appreciation of rum.

Free Rum Included with Tickets: Rum And Pirates Musical Comedy

• Jane Hotel - Top NYC Budget Hotel, Right on West Side Bike Path
• The James - Heart of SoHo, Fantastic rooftop views
• The Maritime Hotel - Hip Meatpacking District, Amazing Rooftop Cabanas

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Free things to do in New York in Summer are everywhere, every day and every night! Kids, adults, outdoors, indoors, active, lazy…you name it! Free summer activities in NYC include concerts, movies, sports and fitness, arts and culture, museums, tours. So whether you want free tennis, an outdoor concert, a movie under the stars or free opera outdoors in the park, we have you covered with over 100 FREE things to do in NYC this summer.

Beetlejuice Broadway Musical

Beetlejuice tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange teenager obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, her new house is haunted by a recently deceased couple and a degenerate demon who happens to have a thing for stripes. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, he comes up with the perfect plan involving exorcism, arranged marriage and a girl scout who gets scared out of her wits. Previews March 28, Opened April 25, 2019. Ages 10+

Tootsie Comedy Musical

Closing Jan 5, 2020. Based on the classic film, Tootsie tells the story of a talented, but difficult-to-work-with actor who will do anything to land the role of a lifetime - including adopting a new, female persona, Dorothy Michaels. His audacious, desperate stunt lands him the role of a lifetime,only to cause complete comedy and chaos in his life. Previews March 29th, Opens April 23, 2019.

Oklahoma! Broadway Musical Tickets

On the 75th anniversary of when Rodgers & Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this performance of Oklahoma! is reorchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century, while still following the original plot of a cowboy competing with a mysterious farmhand for the honor of taking a lovely young farm woman to a dance. March 19, 2019 - January 19, 2020

Moulin Rouge The Musical Tickets

Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular! Previews June 28, 2019, Opens July 25, 2019.

• To Kill a Mockingbird - Jeff Daniels/Ed Harris (play adapted by Aaron Sorkin)
• A Soldier's Play - Blair Underwood, David Alan Grier (Dec 27, 2019 - March 15, 2020)
• Plaza Suite Comedy Play - Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick (March 13-July 12, 2020)
• American Buffalo - Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, Darren Criss (March 24, 2020 - open)
• Birthday Candles - Debra Messing (April 2-June 21, 2020)
• The Music Man on Broadway - Hugh Jackman & Sutton Foster (September 9, 2020 - open)

See More: Celebrities on Broadway and List of NYC Broadway Shows

• 100 FREE things to do in NYC this summer
• Met Museum Roof Martini Bar (10/27)
• Restaurant Week NYC (8/16)
• Shakespeare in the Park (8/11)
• Intrepid Museum Summer Movie Series (8/16)
• Bryant Park Film Festival (8/12)
• Free NYC Museum Admission for Military Families

August 13-15, 2019

© Photo Central Park Conservancy

Every year in August, Central Park hosts a week of evening film screenings in the landscape just north of Sheep Meadow and south of the 72nd St. Cross Drive. Attending the Central Park Film Festival is free, the gates open at 6:30pm and movies start at 8pm. Make sure to bring your picnic and blanket!

Some of our top value picks near Central Park include:

• 1 Hotel Central Park
• Park Central
• La Quinta Inn Central Park

August 23 – September 2, 2019

The popular Summer HD Festival returns for their 11th year, presenting ten performances from the company’s acclaimed Live in HD series of movie-theater transmissions on Lincoln Center Plaza. No tickets are required for the festival in NYC. More than 2,800 seats are available each night, plus space for overflow crowds on the plaza.

August 3, 10 & 17, 2019

The first 3 Saturdays every August from 7am to 1pm, nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets are closed to traffic and opened for people to play, run, walk and bike. You can walk, bike, run and blade directly from Central Park to the Brooklyn Bridge alone Park Avenue. There’s tons of free activities and exhibits along the way, free exercise classes, food vendors and much more. Summer Streets is a true NYC experience!

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• Empire State Building
• Statue of Liberty
• Central Park
• Grand Central Terminal
• Broadway Shows
• Times Square
• NYC Museums
• Rockefeller Center
• Bryant Park

Ready to see the Giants star quarterback, Eli Manning, or wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr with a history-making one armed catch? Perhaps you’d rather see football’s newest stars on a new Jets roster? Either way, there’s nothing like a traditional american football game, so head on out to MetLife Stadium, where tickets start at just $40 per game!

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The New York Yankees, 27-Time World Series Champions, and likely the most simultaneously loved and hated team in baseball, return to the new Yankee Stadium. There are few things in NYC better than a Yankee game, an old-fashioned hot dog and our new Yankee Stadium – hosting 81 Home Games this season.

Catch NYC’s National baseball team, and last year’s World Series contenders, in action at the awesome Citi Field, one of baseball’s nicest stadiums. Tickets are easy to get and the Mets are an easy 30 minute subway from Times Square or Grand Central. Grab a burger from Shake Shack and get ready to see some baseball action. Check out the NYC Insider Guide to New York Mets Tickets, Schedule and Directions.

Check out our Monthly Things to do in NYC Guides.

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• Things to do in New York in April
• Things to do in New York in May
• Things to do in New York in June
• Things to do in New York in September
• Things to do in New York in October
• Things to do in New York in November
• Things to do in New York in December