History Events in New York

Check out happening history events all around New York, NY

50th Anniversary of the Concert of the Century

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm 57th Street and Seventh Ave, New York, NY, United States, New York 10019

WWE: Saturday Night's Main Event

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:00 pm Madison Square Garden

Ghana Tech Summit - 2026 Ai Edition

 Fri, 24 Apr at 12:00 pm Fordham University School of Law USD 0 to 321

INTREPID: Battle of the Big Bands (May 23, 2026)

 Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm Intrepid Museum USD 53 to 116

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 Fri, 24 Apr at 08:00 pm Comic Strip Live USD 26

The Seventeenth Annual Catholic Charities Gala

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm American Museum of Natural History USD 0 to 100,000

The Royal Bloom

 Sat, 09 May at 05:00 pm Museum of the City of New York USD 23

Jayne Anne Phillips + Lily King: Small Town Girls

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

Harlem Gospel Experience & History Tour

 Sun, 05 Apr at 09:45 am Apollo Theater USD 75

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm Ellis Island Infectious Disease Hospital USD 428

5th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Fest NYC: Black In Action!

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building Free

Keith Haring: From Tag to Form – When Street Art Becomes Sculpture

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm 16 Morton St Free

A Taste Of Little Italy Food Crawl

 Tue, 21 Apr at 06:30 pm Original Vincent's USD 77

Death Becomes Her

 Wed, 01 Apr at 07:00 pm Lunt-fontanne Theatre

Queen of Magic, An Homage to Madame Adelaide Herrmann

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Latinx Freedom Conference: Power and Protests in the 1960s

 Thu, 09 Apr at 09:00 am CUNY Graduate Center Free

I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol Glen Matlock + Q&A – NYC Premiere | Doc’n Roll

 Thu, 30 Apr at 08:00 pm Cinema Village USD 21

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm Ellis Is, New York, NY 10004, United States

(In-Person) Doris Kearns Goodwin in Conversation

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center USD 0 to 107

HARLEM NIGHTS: Celebrating Dandyism

 Sat, 16 May at 08:00 pm 5th&Mad USD 72

The Harlem in Havana Story: Film Screening & Panel Discussion

 Sat, 09 May at 01:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

2026 NYCMER Conference - Action!

 Mon, 18 May at 09:00 am American Museum of Natural History USD 0 to 125

Lectures on Tap-"How to Fund a Movement: Black Freedom Movement 1955–1975"

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm Lower East Side USD 41

REEL LEGACY FILMS: BLACK PANTHERS, LAW, & RADICAL JUSTICE

 Sat, 11 Apr at 06:30 pm Riverbank State Park Free

Indianapolis Children’s Choir Presents: Jubilate Deo at Carnegie Hall

 Wed, 24 Jun at 08:00 pm Carnegie Hall

The Taverns of New York: A Cocktail Themed Tour of Colonial Manhattan

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm Zuccotti Park USD 8 to 75

Hidden History Museum Tour - Harlem NYC

 Sun, 26 Apr at 01:00 pm The Studio Museum in Harlem Free

For Venida, For Kalief - Film and Talk

 Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm The City College of New York Free

Black & Brown Classical Composers in Arturo Schomburg's Era

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library Free

Barry Weintraub, Caroline Hanes, Tobin Miller, Meghan Hanley, & more!

 Tue, 21 Apr at 08:00 pm Comic Strip Live USD 26

Julien Dore

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Town Hall Theatre - NY

Phil Penman: In Conversation + Book Signing

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:30 pm Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

Secrets Grand Central Tour & Social

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Pershing Square USD 28

Lecture | The Irish Literary Renaissance

 Mon, 04 May at 06:30 pm The Grolier Club Free

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 11 Apr Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

Mirrors of a Nation

 Sat, 02 May at 02:30 pm Goethe-Institut New York Free

Apotheke Academy - PROHIBITION ERA

 Sat, 07 Mar Apotheke USD 200

The Grim Game: Houdini's Daring Escapes on the Big Screen

 Fri, 15 May at 06:30 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Roc-A-Natural 5th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Parade & Festival at Tappen Park

Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm Tappen Park- Stapleton

TEDxCUNY 2026: PLAYBACK

 Fri, 17 Apr at 09:00 am Gerald W Lynch Theater USD 0 to 70

SALSA TOUR IN NYC 2026

 Fri, 15 May at 09:00 am Harlem-125th Street East Train Station Free

Hits & Bits: Christopher P. Moore

 Mon, 13 Apr at 01:00 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library Free

Film at The Africa Center presents 'Sarrounia'

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm The Africa Center Free

Allen Ginsberg Centennial

 Wed, 03 Jun at 08:00 pm The Poetry Project USD 10

Burnout Paradise

 Tue, 17 Feb Astor Place Theatre

KHOLSTOMER, THE HISTORY OF A HORSE — After the Success of Equus

 Thu, 16 Apr at 08:00 pm 154 Christopher St USD 50 to 61

Between the Lines | Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 26 Feb 77 Fulton St USD 80

The Ordinary and the Atrocious

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center USD 0 to 23

Geographies of Extraction: Loss, Power, and Cultural Rematriation

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm AIA New York | Center for Architecture USD 0 to 23

Screening of Four Daughters (Les Filles d'Olfa)

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm Maison Française Free

Washington DC and Monuments Day Tour from New York

 Sat, 18 Apr at 07:45 am 790 7th Ave USD 119

Narrating Palestine: Family, History, and Displacement

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Judson Memorial Church Free

Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe

 Tue, 21 Apr at 12:00 pm Fayerweather Hall Free

Change My Mind [NYC Premiere + Q&A]

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

Poetry & History

 Sat, 02 May at 02:30 pm AIA New York | Center for Architecture Free

Romancing the Gods: James Baldwin & Gertrude Stein

 Sat, 02 May at 02:00 pm AIA New York | Center for Architecture USD 0 to 23

What’s Happening? Film Series: Storytelling and Cultural Memory

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Andrius Alvarez-Backus: I Want to Know, I Need to Know—Panel Talk

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm Eli Klein Gallery Free

Walking & Reading The Pickled City, w/ Paul van Ravestein & Monique Mulder

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 40

Walk&Talk - Spanish nights

 Sun, 12 Apr at 01:30 pm Castle Clinton National Monument Free

The Encampments Film Screening & Discussion

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm The Riverside Church in the City of New York Free

BHFF NYC Pres 3: Ceasefire & Where Have You Been +Q&A w/ Aida Šehović

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm SVA Theatre USD 0 to 23

Aqua: A Story of Water and Lost Dreams by Chiara Barzini

 Wed, 15 Apr at 05:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

FashionSpeak Fridays: Chanel in Vogue

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

Lectures on Tap-"The History of Titanic Movies"

 Sat, 18 Apr at 06:30 pm Lower East Side USD 41

NYC Free Tour por Times Square, Broadway, Grand Central y la NY Biblioteca

 Sat, 28 Feb at 03:00 pm Bryant Park Public Restroom Free

Trinity Talks: Alexander Hamilton and the Making of America

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm St. Paul's Chapel Free

The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

May Day and the Commons

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm The Great Hall at The Cooper Union Free

FILM SCREENING: Honoring Amilcar - A Film By Rahkii "Hyp" Holman

 Tue, 21 Apr at 06:30 pm The People's Forum USD 10

Lectures on Tap-"1920s NYC: Immigrant Neighborhoods, Culture, and Backlash"

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:30 pm Lower East Side USD 41

Duke Ellington Documentary Screening & Discussion with Mercedes Ellington:

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

A Conversation with Smokey Stevens

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Indigenous Plant Tour with Shane Weeks and Tecumseh Ceaser

 Sun, 26 Apr at 01:00 pm Queens Botanical Garden USD 0 to 6

South African Freedom Day: Sisonke Xonti Presents UKHOLO

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Dizzys Club Coca-Cola

Berbere Spice Blending with Beejhy Barhany

 Sun, 26 Apr at 12:00 pm Museum at Eldridge Street USD 59

The Many Lives of Alexandra Danilova

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

30th Annual American Art Conference: Boundless Horizons

 Wed, 13 May at 05:30 pm Heritage Auctions USD 109 to 375

Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver — Book Launch with Author Peter Gordon

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Goethe-Institut New York Free

FILM SCREENING: Seeds For Liberation

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm The People's Forum USD 13 to 45

Akinsanya Kambon “Brunch & Conversation ”

 Sun, 24 May at 11:00 am Sylvia's Restaurant USD 100

Human Rights Series: The “New” Antisemites

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

Heritage Farm and Compost tour

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Harlem Genealogy Fair 2026

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:30 am 360 Lenox Ave Free

Battle of Long Island 250th Anniversary: Brooklyn

 Sat, 22 Aug at 08:00 am Oculus World Trade Center Free

Sailors’ Snug Harbor Historical Tour

 Sun, 03 May at 01:00 pm Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Ballroom: A History, A Movement, A Celebration

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:30 pm 20 Cooper Sq Free

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Bible and History Tour

 Sat, 25 Apr The Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 25

She Shaped the Seaport: Secrets and Lies

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm A.A. Thomson & Co., South Street Seaport Museum

Rogue Elephant | Book Launch

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm 207 E 32nd St 4th floor Free

Seventh Regiment 25th Anniversary Reunion

 Fri, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Park Avenue Armory USD 50 to 1,069

"Indigenous Studies in Dark Times" A Roundtable Discussion

 Mon, 13 Apr at 06:00 pm Espacio de Culturas Free

Harlem Theaters: From Hammerstein's Harlem Opera House to the Apollo Theate

 Thu, 09 Apr at 11:00 am Harlem, New York USD 29

China Institute Centennial Celebration: Guzheng Tianxia Concert

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm China Institute of America USD 10 to 18

Inwood Hill Park Field Trip in NYC

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Inwood Hill Park Main Entrance Free

МАЛЫЕ ГОРОДСКИЕ СКУЛЬПТУРЫ НЬЮ-ЙОРКА

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm White Rabbit's Books USD 29

The Worlds That Chocolate Made: Chocolate Tasting & Discussion

 Fri, 10 Apr at 03:00 pm 53 Washington Square S Free

A New Play About Harry Houdini and the Great Beyond

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

VIVA Photo Walk: Chinatown’s Hidden Layers

 Sun, 12 Apr at 04:00 pm Yi Ji Shi Mo Free