Your workday is almost over, and we could all use a little motivation for that final stretch. Cue the music. Dun dun dun, dun dun dunnnn. 🎶 You know the one. Yep, that iconic Rocky theme. If you just started humming along, boy, do we have something for you.

Rocky™ in Concert is coming to Kings Theatre next month, bringing the film to life with a live orchestra performing the score. Rise to the occasion and enter to win a pair of premium tickets!

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• Can't pick just one Halloween party? Good thing you have options. VESPER is taking over four venues with five parties packed with house music, costumes, and late-night dancing. Grab tickets now.*

• Things are getting HEAVY. Arch Enemy & The Black Dahlia Murder bring their co-headlining tour to Palladium Times Square next weekend with Septicflesh, Crypta, and Thrown Into Exile. Enter to win tickets.*

• Something sinister is lurking in Ridgewood. The Ridgewood Asylum is back with twisted scares, creepy encounters, and a haunted house meets escape room experience. Enter to win your way in.*

• HOT 97 Winter Fest is taking over Barclays Center just in time for New Year's with Mary J. Blige, French Montana, Max B, Zeddy Will, and more. Tickets dropped today.

• Plus other just announced shows from Calvin Harris, Cleopatrick, Remi Wolf, Alleycvt, Ian Asher, Danielle Ponder, Slayyyter, This Is Lorelei, and more!

FREE THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND

Could this be the best weekend of October? Possibly. The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade is back (!!!), plus there's a whole lot of free dance parties, concerts, drag shows, and fall festivals happening across NYC. Check it out:

• 10/16 - NOSTALGIA: A Throwback Classic Night @ Deluxx Fluxx

• 10/17 - Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade @ East Village

• 10/17 - Harvest Festival @ ​Brooklyn Bridge Park

• 10/17 - Ridgewood Rendezvous Drag Show @ Cassette

• 10/17 - HallowScream Fright Walk and Fall Festival @ J. Hood Wright Park

THIS WEEKEND

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• Baby's All Right is throwing a free block party this Sunday to celebrate the naming of Billy Jones Way, complete with DJ sets, live music, and a secret lineup. RSVP for free.

• Free cookies, anyone? HexClad and Last Crumb are popping up in NoHo this weekend with Gordon Ramsay-inspired sticky toffee pudding cookies. Stop by before they're gone.

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