What to do in East Village, Manhattan, New York City this week?

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Film

  Oct 30 · 6:30 PM

  EC: NANOOK OF THE NORTH

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Circus and cabaret

  Oct 30 · 7 PM

  Cabaret Room: AMOUR AND ANNIHILATION, 7:00pm

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Circus and cabaret
  • Cabaret

  $20

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Comedy

  Oct 30 · 7 PM

  Characters Welcome

  Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (14th Street) · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 30 · 7 PM

  CLASS OF NUKE ‘EM HIGH

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Music

  Oct 30 · 7 PM

  Nuci Nebieridze Live

  Nuci Nebieridze Live · Papuna Sharikadze · Khondzi · Ben Tiberio · David Jimenez

  Nublu · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Comedy

  Oct 30 · 8 PM

  Erin Jackson, Isiah Kelly, Mike Britt, Eric Neumann

  Isiah Kelly · Eric Neumann · Erin Jackson · Mike Britt · Crenshaw White · Alaina Bamfield

  KGB Bar · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  $45

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Oct 30 · 8 PM

  Halloween Hoedown (Bushwick)

  Book Club Bar · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature
  • Halloween

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Oct 30 · 8 PM

  Halloween Hoedown (East Village)

  Book Club Bar · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature
  • Halloween

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Oct 30 · 8 PM

  The Happiest Horror with Daphne Always & James Sheppard

  Daphne Always · James Sheppard

  Club Cumming · East Village, Manhattan

  • Go dancing
  • Halloween

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Comedy

  Oct 30 · 8:30 PM

  ASSSSCAT NY

  Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (14th Street) · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 30 · 8:45 PM

  EC: MAN OF ARAN

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 30 · 9:15 PM

  THE TOXIC AVENGER

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Music

  Oct 30 · 10 PM

  The Shed - Robtober Edition

  The Shed - Robtober Edition · ÄNU SUN · VERY SPECIAL GUEST HOST: · Robert Glasper

  Nublu · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music
  • Jazz
  • Neo soul

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Oct 30 · 10 PM

  Triple D's: DJ's Drag & Dancing! Halloween Edition

  Club Cumming · East Village, Manhattan

  • Go dancing
  • Halloween

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Oct 30 · 10:30 PM

  Chuck Nice, Mike Britt, Adam Nate Levine, Paula J. Leon

  KGB Bar · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  $25

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Comedy

  Oct 30 · 10:30 PM

  UCB Presents: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Show

  Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (14th Street) · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 7

  Global Indigenous Theatre Festival

  Spiderwoman Theater

  La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 1

  Invisible Shadows

  Ikidowin Theater Ensemble

  La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 1

  KŌPŪ

  Te Pou Theatre

  La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Jun 16

  Cavernous Shoal

  Jesús Hilario-Reyes

  Performance Space New York · East Village, Manhattan

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Theatre

  until Nov 22

  Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty

  Clifford Odets

  Classic Stage Company · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 8

  The Greatest Story Ever

  Paul Budraitis

  La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• 

  Oct 31 · 4 PM

  Romy & Michele's Afternoon Tea Dance

  Club Cumming · East Village, Manhattan

  • Go dancing
  • Dance

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 31 · 4 PM

  SGT. KABUKIMAN NYPD

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 31 · 5:30 PM

  EC: HOLLIS FRAMPTON

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 31 · 6:45 PM

  DEF BY TEMPTATION

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Oct 31 · 7 PM

  Cabaret Room: A Very DINGBATS Halloween, 7:00pm

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music
  • Band
  • Cabaret
  • House
  • Halloween

  $40

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Comedy

  Oct 31 · 7 PM

  The Stepfathers

  Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (14th Street) · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Go dancing

  Oct 31 · 8 PM

  ANNUAL HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY, 8:00pm, no cover

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Go dancing
  • Halloween

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 31 · 8 PM

  EC: FRANJU / GENET

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Comedy

  Oct 31 · 8:30 PM

  ASSSSCAT NY

  Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (14th Street) · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Oct 31 · 9:15 PM

  CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Oct 31 · 11 PM

  Haunted Haus of Cumming SPOOK-tacular

  Club Cumming · East Village, Manhattan

  • Go dancing
  • Halloween

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• Film

  Nov 1 · 3:30 PM

  TROMEO AND JULIET

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Nov 1 · 6:15 PM

  TERROR FIRMER

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Nov 1 · 7 PM

  Cabaret Room: “WHERE OR WHEN” Vocalist Margi Gianquinto with Ben Rice, piano, 7:00pm

  Ben Rice · piano

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music
  • Band
  • Big band
  • Cabaret
  • Piano

  $30

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Music

  Nov 1 · 7 PM

  PEOPLE OF EARTH PRESENTS

  PEOPLE OF EARTH PRESENTS · SE TE VAN LOS PIES · AMERICAN TIMBA MUSIC

  Nublu · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Music

  Nov 1 · 8 PM

  Nightmusic Acoustic Series: The Oystermen

  Book Club Bar · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music
  • Acoustic

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Music

  Nov 1 · 8:30 PM

  Front Lounge: Anyway Stories: JACKSON SCOTT, 9:30pm-10:30pm, no cover

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Nov 1 · 8:30 PM

  JMV's Buffy Burlesque: Sunnydale Strips

  Club Cumming · East Village, Manhattan

  • Circus and cabaret
  • Burlesque

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Film

  Nov 1 · 9 PM

  CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER IV

  Anthology Film Archives · East Village, Manhattan

  • Film

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Literature

  Nov 2 · 7 PM

  Julio Torres: The Perfect Gift

  Julio Torres

  Strand Book Store · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Nov 2

  First Mondays: Unruly

  Owen Park · Betty Shamieh · Rivers Solomon

  Performance Space New York · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Nov 2

  "The future exists for the most part in the present": On Poetry, the Avant-Garde, and the Left

  The Poetry Project (St. Mark's Church) · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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  Nov 3 · 7 PM

  Cabaret Room: Jennifer Rawlings “Jesters & Troubadours” Storytelling + Music, 7:00pm

  Jennifer Rawlings “Jesters · Troubadours” Storytelling

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature
  • Cabaret
  • Storytelling

  $25

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Literature

  Nov 3 · 7 PM

  Nigel Ng “Uncle Roger”: Don’t Mess Up Your Rice

  Nigel Ng “Uncle Roger”

  Strand Book Store · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• 

  Nov 4 · 7 PM

  Cabaret Room: ONE UP! Cut Throat Storytelling…with CASH!, 7:00pm

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature
  • Cabaret
  • Storytelling

  $15

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Music

  Nov 4 · 7 PM

  Creative Writing MFA Reading at KGB Bar

  KGB Bar · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Literature

  Nov 4 · 7 PM

  Tarajia Morrell: Desire Feeds the Feast

  Tarajia Morrell

  Strand Book Store · East Village, Manhattan

  • Literature

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Nov 4 · 7:30 PM

  Review Mode with Carson Olshanksy

  Club Cumming · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  Nov 4 · 9:30 PM

  Death To All of Them Comedy Presents: QIA+/?

  QIA+/?

  Club Cumming · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 6

  All My R(el)ations

  Aanmitaagzi

  La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 6

  Maayuma li Mubirr (Healing Scars)

  Moogahlin Performing Arts

  La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• 

  Nov 5 · 7 PM

  Cabaret Room: Susan Jeremy in Half Canadian, 7:00pm

  No tariffs will be collected

  Pangea · East Village, Manhattan

  • Comedy
  • Cabaret

  $20

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• Music

  Nov 5 · 7 PM

  Rintaro Mikami - COSMOLAMPS Release Show

  Rintaro Mikami - COSMOLAMPS · Carlin Lee Quintet

  Nublu · East Village, Manhattan

  • Music

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 29

  Boy Santos

  Juan Villegas · Ian Gordon

  Theater for the New City · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  $15–$20

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 22

  How to Get to Heaven from the Crawfish Pond

  Melanie Maria Goodreaux

  Theater for the New City · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  $15–$25

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 22

  The Flowers of Forest Hills

  Claude Solnik · Patricia Magno

  Theater for the New City · East Village, Manhattan

  • Theatre

  $15–$20

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
• 

  until Nov 7

  Playing Safe: Queering the Indigenous Performance Archive

  grunt gallery · Vance Wright

  Performance Space New York · East Village, Manhattan

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

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