Free vs. Paid: What NYC Kid Events Actually Cost Right Now
Of the 10,109 upcoming kid events in our citywide snapshot, 2,271 are free and 7,838 are paid. That works out to 22.5% free and 77.5% paid.
Key facts
- Free: 2,271 events (22.5%)
- Paid: 7,838 events (77.5%)
- Snapshot: 10,109 upcoming events citywide
Methodology
All figures come from tinyout's live event database, filtered to upcoming events in New York City's five boroughs (a scheduled start at or after the snapshot time, not archived, placed in a five-borough neighborhood); each scheduled date of a recurring class counts as one event. Snapshot taken 2026-10-09T21:14:04.073Z. Free means the event is marked free (isFree) in the database; everything else counts as paid. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.