NYC Mental Health Offerings for October 2026
IndieSpace shares this month’s collection of free and pay-what-you-can wellness, creative, and community offerings for indie performing artists.
These events across the NYC boroughs and online are here to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
In the Boroughs
October 4 in Brooklyn – Third United Lenape / Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow
October 4 in Brooklyn – Creative Bond’s Babe Grass
October 4 in Staten Island – Climate Week: Transform a T Shirt into a Tote Bag
October 5 in East Harlem – Go Purple Day - Harlem Family Wellness Suite
October 5 in Manhattan – Fit & Lit with Janeil Mason
October 5 in Manhattan – Memoirs of a Magic Queen: Restoring Adelaide Herrmann’s Lost Legacy
October 5 in Manhattan – The Other “Mr. B.” - How Buddy Bradley’s Genius Transformed Ballet
October 5 in Manhattan – Street Tree Care with Council Member Maloney
October 5 in Queens – Men+ Community Mixer!
October 5 in the Bronx – Craft & Calm - Tremont Health Action Center
October 6 in Queens – Spill the T Trans* Meet-up: Spooky Season Celebration
October 7 in Queens – Old School: Long-Term HIV Survivors Group
October 8 in Manhattan – Plants Can Save the World: Green Space Solutions for a Resilient Future
October 8 in the Bronx – Craft & Calm - Tremont Health Action Center
October 10 in Brooklyn – Hypertension 101 - Bedford Health Center
October 10 in Brooklyn – Brooklyn Annual Fall Fest: Make Wellness Your Goal!
October 10 in Manhattan – Tompkins Square Park Compost Giveaway!
October 12 in Queens – Indigenous Peoples' Day: Native Nature and Bird Tour
October 12 in Queens – Indigenous Peoples' Day: Wampum Belt Making Workshop
October 12 in Queens – OPEN JAM! At Sanger Hall
October 12 in Queens – Trivia Night!
October 13 in Brooklyn – Hypertension 101 - Bedford Health Center
October 13 in Harlem – CRUX LGBTQ Climbing
October 13 in Manhattan – Tai Chi with Pin Pin Su
October 14 in Brooklyn – Mending Circle for menders, knitters, and craftspeople
October 14 in Queens – United Colors: An LGBTQ+ BIPOC Group
October 14 in Manhattan – Brazilian Movements with Maria Assis
October 14 in Queens – Sin Pelos en la Lengua
October 15 in Brooklyn – Go Purple Go Pink Day (Intimate Partner Violence Awareness/ Breast Cancer Awareness Event)
October 15 in Queens – Dungeons & Dragons: LGBTQ+ Adventurers' Guild
October 15 in Manhattan – Beethoven 200 – The Eternal Journey I: New York Classical Players Concert
October 15 in the Bronx – Craft & Calm - Tremont Health Action Center
October 16 in East Harlem – Friday Flicks: Get Out (2017)
October 16 in Manhattan – Houdini: Preserving a Legacy of Magic, Escapes, and Showmanship
October 16 in East Harlem – Because of Martha: a play by Pamela Robbins in an on-book reading
October 17 in Queens – A Secret Garden Party + Open Mic in Queens
October 17 in Queens – Wellness at the Garden: Mindful Movement with UrbanYoga Foundation
October 17 in Staten Island – GCC/PPOW: Forest Restoration Workshop on the Todt Hill Blue Trail
October 17 in the Bronx – Street Tree Care with Council Member Sanchez
October 18 in Queens – The Brass Tree live at the Queens Botanical Garden
October 18 in Staten Island – Upcycled Fabric Pumpkins
October 20 in Manhattan – Lament for the Land: Monumentality, Identity, & Innovation in Martha Graham
October 21 in Brooklyn – Public Craft Night
October 22 in East Harlem – Repair Cafe @ The 125th Street Library
October 22 in Manhattan – Street Tree Canopy Care with Council Member Epstein
October 22 in Manhattan – What’s Happening? Film Series: In Your Face: A Celebration of Direct Cinema
October 22 in Staten Island – Greenbelt Adult Hike - Paulo’s Peak
October 23 in Brooklyn – Synthesizer Night @ NYC Resistor
October 23 in Brooklyn – TroubleMakers OpenMic at Crossroads Cafe
October 24 in Manhattan – High Line Halloween: Gnome-topia
October 24 in Manhattan – New Short Musicals Debut: Across A Crowded Room Final Presentations
October 24 in Queens – Cameron Russell & Mei Tao: “Supremely Unequivocal” Opening Day
October 25 in Brooklyn – Legend of Sleepy Hollow
October 25 in Manhattan – Street Tree Care with State Senator Bottcher
October 26 in Manhattan – Death Cafe at Ethical Culture
October 27 in Brooklyn – Let's Talk! – A discussion about mental health awareness
October 27 in East Harlem – Short Story Club: "Brownies" by ZZ Packer
October 27 in Harlem – CRUX LGBTQ Climbing
October 27 in Manhattan – Universal Language of Jazz: America’s Pioneer Artform Across Disciplines
October 28 in Brooklyn – NYCResistor Ham Radio Club
October 28 in Manhattan – Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance Gallery Tour
October 28 in Manhattan – The Dance Historian Is In: Virginie Mécène on Reconstructing Graham Dances
October 29 in Manhattan – The Library for the Performing Arts Play Club
October 31 in East Harlem – Friday Flicks: The Fly (1986)
October 31 in Manhattan – New Classics Film Series: Ghostbusters
October 31 in Queens – Bump in the night 5: OpenMic / Halloween Party
October 31 in Staten Island – Halloween Hike to Heyerdahl Hill
Mondays in Brooklyn – Public Craft Night
Mondays in Manhattan – Bryant Park Public Tours
Wednesdays in East Harlem – Community Storytelling Theater Residency with Lincoln Center Theater
Thursdays in East Harlem – Strollers and Stroll / Cochecitos y Paseo
Thursdays in Brooklyn – Prospect Park Stroller Walks
Thursdays in Brooklyn – Public Craft Night
Fridays in Brooklyn – Prospect Park Wellness Walks
Saturdays in The Bronx – BronxRockets Run/Walk Group
Online Events
October 5 – Nutrition 101 - Tremont Neighborhood Health
October 7 – Martha’s Influence… “The Effect of the Necessity”… Hers & Mine
October 14 – Take Control NYC: Free Diabetes Workshops(Talleres de diabetes)
October 19 – Nutrition 101 - Tremont Neighborhood Health
October 21 – Hypertension 101
October 21 – Take Control NYC: Free Diabetes Workshops(Talleres de diabetes)
Mondays in October – Reproductive Health Concerns