Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Saturday, October 17, 2026.
The city’s permit record lists the fifth National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade for Saturday morning, beginning at Madison Avenue and continuing along Manhattan streets. Join a stretch of the route to see the procession at street level.
The Navy Yard opens studios across its 300-acre campus for a free afternoon of fashion, design and technology. Enter at Building 77 and step into working spaces and maker-led activations rarely open to the public.
BAM screens Ken Russell’s The Devils in a new 4K restoration. The 1:15 p.m. matinee offers a large-scale historical provocation in the original 1971 film’s full theatrical frame.
Kentler’s annual benefit gathers more than 100 works on paper; a ticket lets each guest select one donated piece. The evening runs 6–9 p.m., with individual admission listed at $300, so this is an art-buying benefit as much as a gallery visit.
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Luis Perdomo revisit Latin American standards in El Arte del Bolero Vol. 3. The Jazz Gallery presents two Saturday sets, carrying a pandemic-era duo project into its third album and another live conversation.
Pioneer Works hosts a 24-hour Ragas Live Festival, bringing more than 50 artists across South Asian classical and contemporary traditions. Saturday night opens with violin, vocals and tabla before the program runs through dawn and into Sunday afternoon.
Ecca Vandal brings her alternative-rock set to the Bowery Ballroom at 7 p.m. Ticketmaster lists the Saturday date and venue; the Lower East Side stop puts a newer touring act in one of the city’s best small concert halls.
Eugène Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano brings its language-twisting absurdism to the Sheen Center. A Saturday performance gives this mid-century anti-play a compact downtown outing, with a cast working through the social rituals that make its nonsense sting.
The New York Arab American Comedy Festival closes its Joe’s Pub run with a 7 p.m. Saturday show. The annual gathering brings Arab American comics to a cabaret-sized Public Theater stage for an evening with a clear community and festival context.
Ravi Coltrane’s centennial residency reaches its final weekend at the Vanguard, with Johnathan Finlayson on trumpet, Gadi Lehavi on piano, Scott Colley on bass and Anwar Marshall on drums. Five players make the club’s close quarters a focused frame for the tribute.