Free and cheap date ideas in NYC: gallery nights, free concerts, walking tours, tastings and markets worth wandering. Pair any of these with a walk and you’ve got a night out. For paid ideas, see Date night.

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Starts in 7h 24m

MON, NOV 2 · 5:30 PM–7:30 PM

63°F · Sunny

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Why this place: Free · registration required · at Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Brooklyn · official listing on bklynlibrary.org · checked Nov 2

Painting & crafts

FOSSS Guided Music Production Session (Beginners) at Central Library

📍 Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library · Brooklyn

Free · registration required · Free; limited to 5, sign up at the Info Commons desk 30 minutes before

Starts in 8h 54m

MON, NOV 2 · FROM 7 PM

59°F · Mostly Clear

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Why this place: Free · at Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn · official listing on petescandystore.com · checked Oct 31

Music & nightlife

Biology on Tap: science, drinks and trivia at Pete's Candy Store (21+)

📍 Pete's Candy Store · Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Free · 21+

Starts in 10h 54m

MON, NOV 2 · 9 PM–11:30 PM

58°F · Mostly Clear

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Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · at LunÀtico, Brooklyn · official listing on barlunatico.com · checked Nov 2

Drinks & tastings

Big Lazy surf-noir trio at LunÀtico

📍 LunÀtico · Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Suggested donation; pay what you wish; dinner and cocktails are paid separately.

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