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Daily Email - Friday - 05/09/2025

May 09, 2025

Happy FREE Stuff Friday! How about some FREE tickets? Enter to WIN a pair to see the eight-piece rock 'n' roll collective, The Revivalists, this September at The Wellmont Theater!

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Tonight, C2C Festival makes its NYC debut at Knockdown Center! Expect modern electronic, jazz, and avant-garde sounds from visionaries like Oneohtrix Point Never, Nala Sinephro, Two Shell, and more. Grab tickets now!*

  • Experience Naruto: The Symphonic Experience this Sunday at Kings Theatre! Watch iconic scenes from the anime come to life, synchronized to a LIVE orchestra performing Toshio Masuda’s original score. Get tickets now.*

  • Soulection in the Park returns Sunday, 7/27, at Flushing Meadows Corona Park! Ready to catch Joe Kay and the whole Soulection crew spinning under the summer sky? Tickets drop today, or enter to WIN a pair!*

  • Next Saturday, The Paley Center for Media is hosting a Street Fighter 6 Tournament where NYC’s fiercest fighters battle for prizes and bragging rights. Get tickets now (plus, it’s FREE for Paley Members!).

  • Plus other newly announced shows from Guerilla Toss, Tom Odell, Phantogram, Earth, Wind & Fire, Aly & AJ, Benson Boone, and more!

FREE STUFF FRIDAY

Photo: Yoga Block Party

Not only do we have ongoing favorites like free museum days and birthday freebies, but we’ve also rounded up a huge list of daily free and fun events happening in and around the city. Perfect for keeping you ballin' on a budget.

WISP PRESENTS:

HERPES… IN THIS ECONOMY?

Summer is here. The sun is shining, people are wearing fewer clothes, and someone invited herpes to the party. What do we do about this? 

Wisp offers prescription herpes treatment. No doctors' offices required. Just fill out some questions on a computer. A real licensed clinician reads them. If appropriate you get prescribed. Their medication shows up in a plain box. Not a box that says "HANDLE WITH CARE: HERPES MEDICINE INSIDE." Wisp’s whole thing is very straightforward, which is good, because herpes simply LOVES to appear at the worst possible moment. 

Like when you're about to go swimming or you’re in the middle of a public speech about how you don’t have herpes. Say what you want about it, but the virus has an impeccable sense of timing. Hopefully, that’s the only time you will hear someone compliment herpes. 

This is why Wisp offers daily medication to prevent outbreaks, as well as medication for when outbreaks have already happened. It’s good to have both. Wisp’s entire process is super easy and only takes three minutes, which is about the same time it takes to acquire herpes in the first place.*

THIS WEEKEND

🥂 Last-Minute Mother’s Day Plans

Tonight - Sunday in NYC

Whether she loves mimosas, music, or markets, we’ve got something special for every mama! Check out our events to make Mom feel extra special. (Or when in doubt, bribe her with a tasty brunch!)

🎶 Japanese Breakfast

Tonight - Monday at Brooklyn Paramount (6:30PM)

Indie pop band Japanese Breakfast’s four-night Brooklyn Paramount takeover starts tonight! Do you have tickets yet for The Melancholy Tour? If not, grab tickets now!

💃 Asian Burlesque Festival

Tomorrow at Le Poisson Rouge (7PM) 

The 13th Annual NY Asian Burlesque Festival lands at LPR tomorrow! Get tickets to this sultry celebration of Asian burlesque, the biggest and only festival of its kind!

🪩 SOS: The Recession Pop Party

Tomorrow at Brooklyn Bowl (8PM) 

Put the world on pause tomorrow at Brooklyn Bowl! Grab tickets to SOS: The Recession Pop Party and dance through the chaos to hits by Chappell, Charli, Pitbull, Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, and more.

🥳 Pop-Ups You Don’t Want to Miss

Every Day in NYC

From Mother’s Day markets and surprise performances to denim and makeup drops, NYC delivers daily surprises. Check back often to see which pop-ups are here today and gone tomorrow.

Starting tonight with The Bones of J.R. Jones, LPR is bringing the heat all month long. Can’t make it tonight? No worries, Los Amigos Invisibles and Paradise Lost are up next, with rock band The Rasmus kicking off Memorial Day Weekend. Check out everything LPR has lined up for the rest of May!*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Been dying to try McDonald's McCrispy Strips too? Now’s your chance! RSVP for this weekend’s Sauce Drawer Pop-up to sample sauces, create and name your own with AI, and enjoy those McCrispy Strips!

  • Try viral haircare brand EmiJay’s limited-edition Heaven-Sent Vanilla Cake Gelato at Gelateria Gentile in Nolita! Tomorrow & Sunday, the first 40 customers get a FREE Heavenly Hair Milk!

🎟️ LIKE FREE TICKETS?

DoNYC MORE Members get at least one pair a month. Get started with a Free Preview today to see what we have for you. Like a:

  • Death Metal Legends @ Knockdown Center

  • Brass-Funk Multi-Instrumentalists @ Cafe Wha?

  • Trance DJ Duo @ Elsewhere

After your free preview, Membership is $7/mo. Cancel anytime.
Browse ticket matches before starting a trial / joining.

See you Monday!

*Prescription products require a consultation with a Wisp healthcare provider and medications are available if medically appropriate. Must be 18 or older. Restrictions apply. See website for full details.

Most prescriptions are sent to your pharmacy within 3 hours of completing your medical intake form and phone call or video chat when necessary.*