Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Thursday, August 13, 2026.
Mary's Smalls set is the strongest early jazz choice, close and serious without the polish of a bigger room.
A timed Artguide opening at THE BLANC gives the list a real gallery-night option instead of passive museum browsing.
GR gallery's opening-and-book-release pairing has more occasion than the day's all-day exhibition listings.
Knockdown gets the night's most coherent adventurous music bill, with clipping. and Shabazz Palaces pushing it past a normal Thursday show.
A Kent Jones Q&A with Willem Dafoe turns Late Fame from a routine run into the film event to catch.
Courvoisier and Hellmuth at the Jazz Gallery gives the evening a sharper improvised-music lane than the club glut around it.
Yard Act at Warsaw is the indie-rock pick with enough bite and scale to stand above the smaller bills.
Lincoln Center Theater gives this title enough curiosity and stage weight to outrank the default Broadway blocks.
Hisaishi's Radio City run is still the big-room classical-pop spectacle that earns its footprint tonight.
Coleman at The Stone is the kind of focused downtown booking that makes the calendar feel less algorithmic.