Wild Flag, Mission of Burma and Ted Leo play the Prospect Park Bandshell at 7:30 p.m. for Celebrate Brooklyn; free/$3 contribution is suggested- The free Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival features Phil Kline’s “dreamcitynine,” Chio-Tian Folk Drums and Arts Group and “Accordion Wrestling”
- Free performance by Max Gallico & Sinclair Jennings Jr. at 7 p.m. at Hudson River Park’s Pier 45 near Christopher Street
- Nat Adderly Jr. plays a free Jazzmobile concert at Jackie Robinson Park at 7 p.m.
- Ne-Yo plays the free early-morning “Good Morning America” concert at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield
- Free performance of “The Power of the Trinity” theatrical concert at 8 p.m. at Marcus Garvey Park for Summerstage
- Hip to Hip Theatre Company free performance of “Hamlet” at 7:30 p.m. at Sunnyside Gardens Park
- Organic Magnetics begins its free production of Ghosts of Manhattan at 8 p.m. at Fort Tryon Park (through Aug. 12)
- Free Target Passport Fridays: West Indies program and screening of “Fire in Babylon” at the Queens Museum of Art as a celebration for the 50th anniversary of independence for Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
- “Jurassic Park” screens for free at sunset on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid as part of the Intrepid Summer Movie Series
- “Puss in Boots” screens for free at dusk as part of RiverFlicks for Kids at Hudson River Park’s Pier 46 at Charles Street
- “Inocente” screens for free at Metrotech Commons with live music from 8:30 p.m.
- “I’m No Angel” screens for free at Narrows Botanical Garden at 8 p.m.
- “Footloose” screens for free at 8 p.m. in Queens at Noonan Park
- “Zookeeper” screens for free at 8 p.m. at Highland Park in Brooklyn
- Yankees home game at Yankee Stadium vs. the Mariners at 7:05 p.m.
- Staten Island Yankees home game vs. Auburn Doubledays at 7 p.m. with post-game fireworks
- Brooklyn Cyclones home game at 7 p.m. at Coney Island’s MCU Park vs. Connecticut Tigers
- Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra plays Haydn and Beethoven at 8 p.m. at Avery Fisher Hall
- Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre at 8 p.m. (and Aug. 4)
- JamRock50 with Billy Ocean and Maxi Priest at the Hammerstein Ballroom at 8 p.m.
- Josh Wink & Cajmere at the Highline Ballroom at 11 p.m.
- Alice Ripley at The Metropolitan Room at 7 p.m.
- The Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy Igoe plays Birdland at 5 p.m.
- Paul Mooney at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill at 8 p.m.
- The Inspired Word presents: “Slamming Stories” Storytelling Slam at (le) poisson rouge at 7 p.m.
- C Donte, Love Assassin, My Pet Dragon, Bern And The Brights & Ale Potosnak at City Winery at 7 p.m.
- Kip Moore at the Bowery Ballroom at 8 p.m. (sold out)
- Wildlife Control at the Mercury Lounge at 7:30 p.m. and Zeus at 10:30 p.m.
- A Night with Rob Lewis and Friends at 7 p.m. at Joe’s Pub and Easy Tells with Minerva Lions at 9 p.m.
- 311 and Slightly Stoopid play Jones Beach Theater at 6:30 p.m.
- The Murder of Crows sound installation by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller debuts at the Park Avenue Armory at noon (through Sept. 9)
- Free Central Park walking tour at 12:30
- “Cold Hearts” screens at the Scandinavia House at 6:30 p.m.
- “Marley” screens at the Maysles Cinema at 7:30 p.m. (through Aug. 9)
- Midnight screening of “The House by the Cemetery” at the Film Society of Lincoln Center
- Midnight screening of “The Room” at Sunshine Cinemas (and Aug. 4)
- Midnight screening of “Paris is Burning” at the IFC Center (and Aug. 4)
- Museums with free hours include Free First Fridays admission at the Neue Galerie from 6 to 8 p.m.
- First Friday! Music + Bronx Seaside Trolley at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum at 5:30 p.m.
- Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at the Coney Island Boardwalk
- Empire State Building lights up for the Olympics: North side: Red, White, Red – Austria; West side: Red, Green, White – Belarus; South side: Blue, Yellow, Blue – Sweden; East side: White, Blue, Red – Republic of Korea
- The lights on Broadway marquees will dim their lights for one minute at 8 p.m. in memory of Gore Vidal
