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Riverside Park Conservancy and NYC Parks run a large free season of waterfront programming from 59th to 181st Streets.

A sprawling open-air market with low-cost food vendors, free live performances, and a relaxed Saturday-night crowd in Queens.

City Parks Foundation brings a summer season of outdoor concerts, dance, global music, jazz, hip-hop, Latin, indie, and community programming to parks across the city.

The world's oldest continuous free outdoor classical concert series returns to Central Park with chamber orchestras and ensembles on summer evenings.

Bryant Park hosts free Friday talks on city ecology, including fungi, lichens, wildlife, and urban nature, at the Reading Room.

Brooklyn Bridge Park screens free outdoor movies on summer Thursday evenings with skyline views from the waterfront.

Battery Park City brings a four-concert waterfront blues and roots series to Wagner Park, with sunset views and picnic-friendly lawn space.

Afro-Latino Festival NYC brings live music, panels, vendors, cultural programming, and community celebration to New York.

NYC Ska Orchestra brings horn-driven ska, jazz, and reggae to Bryant Park for a free Friday night Picnic Performance.

Chinatown Records takes over Lincoln Center's Dance Floor with a sonic ride through Canto-pop, Mando-pop, and Chinatown music memory.

Battery Dance presents a free outdoor dance program in Battery Park City as part of America 250 programming.

The Public Theater stages The Winter's Tale as the second 2026 Free Shakespeare in the Park production in Central Park.

SummerStage hosts a free Central Park concert with Femi Kuti and The Positive Force, dead prez, Elida Almeida, Rich Medina, and Maryam Bukar Hassan.

Be Kind Rewind brings a nostalgic 90s alternative set to Blackstone Square for Boston's free Neighborhood Concert Series.

Rey Royale brings a free R&B evening to the William J. Devine Golf Clubhouse patio as part of Boston Parks ParkARTS programming.

Search Party brings Motown, current pop, and high-energy eight-piece band arrangements to Fallon Field for Boston's free Neighborhood Concert Series.

DC OCTFME and Majic 102.3/92.7 present a free Wednesday concert series with live R&B, Go-Go, jazz bands, DJs, and community summer energy.

The Smithsonian hosts a free family day at the Arts and Industries Building with performances, hands-on activity zones, music, history, and outdoor fun.

A free Twilight in the Park concert featuring San Diego Jazz Orchestra.

A free Twilight in the Park concert featuring Latin Sol.

A free Twilight in the Park concert featuring 3 Car Garage.

KCRW Summer Nights returns to Grand Performances with Mariachi El Bronx, Tijuana Panthers, DJs, and a downtown dance crowd.

Notre-Dame-de-Grace marks its 150th anniversary with free community activities, public art, neighbourhood history, and park events from June through the fall.

Montreal's long-running Concerts Campbell series brings 21 free outdoor concerts to city parks, with local artists across classical, pop, jazz, contemporary fanfare, and more.

Theatre de Verdure presents free music, dance, circus, theatre, and film performances in the Parc La Fontaine outdoor amphitheatre.

Chalet Kent and the Maison des jeunes de Cote-des-Neiges host Friday DJ sessions with changing themes, including kickoff, women DJs, jazz, sport, and a closing block-party feel.

Funambules Medias brings socially engaged documentaries outdoors, with upcoming screenings in Plateau and Ville-Marie parks.

Theatre La Roulotte tours Filibus through Montreal parks with free outdoor performances for children and families.

A free open-air movie series on a giant screen, rotating through Nelson-Mandela, Martin-Luther-King, and de la Savane parks through the summer.

Cabane Theatre invites families into a playful visual and sound world where performers build and transform landscapes in the open air.

XL Art Montreal and the Maison de la culture d'Outremont present a free visual-art biennale featuring local artists and large-format works.

Anjou library staff bring free outdoor library activities to Parc Lucie-Bruneau on summer Thursday evenings.

Theatre du Ricochet performs seven short public-space pieces as everyday conversations in city parks across several neighbourhoods.

Jorge Elias Navas leads free blues dance evenings in Parc Beaubien, a low-pressure social plan for watching or moving.

Duluth en Arts brings Plateau musicians from Haitian, Caribbean, Moroccan, Brazilian, Mexican, and other communities into free street performances.

Saint-Leonard parks host a summer outdoor movie series for families and friends, with evening screenings under the stars.

Just for Laughs Montreal presents free outdoor shows and activities alongside its ticketed comedy festival programming.

Gabriel Schwartz and collaborators blend Brazilian music, folk, bossa nova, francophone songs, and North American influences in Parc Gouin.

Ville-Marie hosts an open-air movie night with a giant screen, popcorn, and an easy public-space summer atmosphere.

Quatuor Cobalt performs Ravel and Schubert outdoors in Parc Saint-Joseph, adding a classical option to the summer park lineup.

Morgan Toney blends Mi'kmaq song and Celtic roots in a free outdoor Jeudis shows concert at Parc Molson.

Zeugma Danse presents a free outdoor performance about collaboration, movement, and discovery through percussive dance.

Montreal band Papagroove brings funk, rock, pop, afrobeat, and jazz to an outdoor summer concert at Parc Wilfrid-Bastien.

Funkxie Groove brings an explosive family-friendly funk set to Rue Wellington for a free Verdun summer afternoon.

Ivan Boivin-Flamand performs Nitehi, an Indigenous music concert in Parc Eusebe-Menard as part of Montreal-Nord summer programming.

Harbourfront Centre hosts free Thursday and Sunday concerts at Toronto Music Garden, with local and Canadian artists across multicultural styles.

Harbourfront Centre brings free Tuesday night outdoor screenings to the Concert Stage, from Dirty Dancing and School of Rock to Spinal Tap.

Harbourfront Centre hosts free Wednesday social dance evenings with live music and lessons, including salsa, waltz, soca, line dancing, forro, Cajun, Lindy Hop, and Scottish country dance.

The British Museum explores Sufi life and art through objects from the Middle East, Africa, and northern India.

Sir Quentin Blake fills Southbank Centre with illustrated characters celebrating the Festival of Britain and the centre's creative history.

The Royal Parks and London Play run free drop-in family play sessions in Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park, and Greenwich Park.

A British Museum exhibition charts the development of drawing in the Low Countries before 1600, with around 120 works.

A collaborative installation by Lakwena Maciver, Abimaro Gunnell, Compass Collective, and Southbank Centre Youth Voices transforms Mandela Walk.

Luke Jerram and Dan Jones turn the Southbank Centre steps into an interactive musical artwork triggered by visitors' footsteps.

Youth ensembles celebrate steel pan as a community force in a free day of performances on the Riverside Terrace.

Steel pan bands from across the UK take over the Riverside Terrace with calypso, soca, dancehall, and community music.

A full day of free steel band performances brings UK pan orchestras and DJs to Jubilee Gardens.