Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Saturday, October 24, 2026.
At the High Line’s 14th Street Passage, Gnome-topia turns the morning into a hands-on Halloween gathering for ages 6–10, with games, a DJ and a giant cardboard gnome world.
This 4:30 p.m. program previews Coming Home: Fight for a Legacy, a documentary about the WASP and the Black women pilots excluded from the program. A panel, Q&A and reception follow.
Big Crown Records marks ten years at Elsewhere with El Michels Affair and special guests, turning the label’s anniversary into a live Brooklyn bill.
L7 brings its Last Hurrah tour to Knockdown Center, putting the band’s formidable live catalog in one of the city’s largest independent rooms.
Dmitry Krymov’s Peter Pan. Syndrome arrives at Symphony Space as part of Artists in Exile, a chance to see a contemporary staging by the Russian theater director.
Tinashe brings her pop and R&B set to Brooklyn Paramount for a Saturday night. Ticketmaster lists 7 p.m. doors and an 8 p.m. show; the feed uses doors time, so plan for the later performance start.
Abrons presents Shadow of the Unhinged at 7 p.m. The Cantonese performance includes Chinese and English subtitles, and its restless young protagonist resists the rules of a psychiatric ward.
Kyle Carr Scheurich presents true ribs, rawhide at CPR, where the work’s title and performance setting suggest a night tuned to movement and material.
Fred Hersch expands his trio with Tony Malaby, Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress and Joe Dyson at the Village Vanguard, bringing a five-player lineup into the club’s close quarters.
Mac DeMarco brings his loose, homespun indie rock back to Music Hall of Williamsburg for an 8 p.m. show; this booking is 16+.