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Free & Cheap Date Ideas in NYC

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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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THU, NOV 12 · 10 PM–4 AM (NEXT DAY)
48°F · Light Rain
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Why this place: Free · registration required · at SILO Brooklyn, Brooklyn · official listing on dice.fm · checked Nov 2
Music & nightlife

CRUD0 presents Sound of Bogotá at SILO (21+)

📍 SILO Brooklyn · Bushwick, Brooklyn
Free · registration required · Free with RSVP on DICE; 21+ · 21+
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Daily · 12 AM–11:59 PM
48°F · Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 8, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Triangular pedestrian island, Broadway between 45th & 46th S, Manhattan · official listing on diaart.org · checked Nov 8
Arts & culture

Max Neuhaus — Times Square Sound Installation (Dia)

📍 Triangular pedestrian island, Broadway between 45th & 46th Streets · Times Square, Manhattan
Free
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Daily · 12 AM–11:59 PM
48°F · Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 8, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at West 22nd Street between 10th & 11th Avenues, Manhattan · official listing on diaart.org · checked Nov 8
Arts & culture

Joseph Beuys — 7000 Oaks (Dia Art Foundation)

📍 West 22nd Street between 10th & 11th Avenues · Chelsea, Manhattan
Free

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