October Events – Unique (& Free) Things To Do In NYC

Dates: Thursday to Sunday, October 7-10, 2010
Location: Meatpacking District & other locations, NYC
Details: The Food Network NYC Wine & Food Festival events range from extravagant walk-around tastings like the Burger Bash, SWEET, and the Grand Tasting, to culinary demonstrations and educational wine and food pairing seminars led by the industry’s biggest names, to kids-oriented interactive cooking experiences. Tickets: $20+
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Dates: Friday to Sunday, October 8 - 10, 2010 10AM - 7PM
Location: Jacob Javitz Center: 655 West 34th St, NYC
Details: New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular culture convention attracting over 77,000 attendees in 2009. Together with the New York Anime Festival next door, show floors play host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Panels & Screening rooms give fans an inside look at their favorite creators. $30-$50 (admission to both Comic Con & Anime Festival)
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Dates: Friday to Sunday, October 8 - 10, 2010 10AM - 7PM
Location: Jacob Javitz Center: 655 West 34th St, NYC
Details: The New York Anime Festival is an annual anime convention held with New York Comic Con at the Jacob K. Javits Center. It features exclusive and extensive anime screenings, guests from America and Japan, manga, cosplay, video games, live-action Japanese cinema, fashion, food, and the cultural treasures that gave birth to Japanese pop culture. $30-$50 (admission to both events)
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Dates: Saturday October 24th, 2009, 3PM
Location: Brooklyn Banks, under the Brooklyn Bridge, NYC
Details: Marshmallow pistols, jet-puffed assault rifles, bow-and-mallows and Peep grenades decimated each army until no soldier was left alive. This is a reenactment of that epic battle in 2009. No word yet of a 2010 Battle.
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Dates: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:30PM - 11PM
Location: 6th Ave (from Canal St to 21st St), NYC
Details: The most exciting and creative parade in the world happens in NYC on Halloween! Everyone is welcomed to watch or join the hundreds of puppets, 50+ bands, dancers, artists, and thousands of high energy New Yorkers in wildly creative costumes of their own creation! Free. Don't watch it on TV, make a costume and be part of what makes NYC so unique! Free. All ages.
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Dates: Saturday, October 2, 2010 2PM
Location: Location TBA via Text
Details: Fairycon is an annual street parade/ pubcrawl that takes place in New York City on the first Saturday in October. It is a celebration of everything fairy. In its 2nd year, the location of the event will only be disclosed via text message. Free.
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Dates: October 12 to 31, 2010 (Tues-Fri: 7-11PM; Sat-Sun: 5-10PM)
Location: Private Location, near Penn Station, NYC
Details: No one under 18 admitted. And you have no choice but to walk through alone. Warning: Haunted House is an intense interactive experience that lasts approximately 20 minutes per person. You don't just walk through it - you live it. And yes, you will be touched. $15-$30
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Dates: September 24 to October 3, 2010
Location: All throughout NYC
Details: NY Craft Beer Week is an annual celebration of the New York City and its craft beer community--from the breweries and people who provide us with great beers, to the places we purchase and enjoy the amazing selection of beers available
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Dates: September 24 to October 10, 2010
Location: Alice Tully Hall, Walter Reade Theater, Kaplan Penthouse
Details: Since 1963, the 17-day New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, featuring top films from celebrated filmmakers as well as new talent. The Festival includes Main Slate selections along with special events, panel discussions, the experimental film showcase Views from the Avant-Garde, and much more. Ticketed.
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