Free Friday Nights graphic
Free Friday Nights graphic

Free Friday Nights graphic

Free Friday Nights

Admission to the Whitney is free for all visitors every Friday evening from 5–10 pm. Enjoy art, drinks, special programming, music, city views, and more. Though admission is free, tickets are required and capacity is limited. Advance tickets are recommended. 

Reserve tickets

Major support for Free Friday Nights is provided by Jen Rubio and Stewart Butterfield and Paul Arnhold and Wes Gordon. Significant support is provided by Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand.

Person recording a live music performance on a smartphone, with a blurred audience in the background.
Person recording a live music performance on a smartphone, with a blurred audience in the background.

Free Friday Night. Photograph by Summer Surgent-Gough

On Instagram

See Friday night photos shared by our visitors on Instagram. Share yours and tag us at @whitneymuseum.

Exterior view of the Whitney Museum building at nighttime. The windows are brightly lit and museum-goers are visible in the galleries and on the terrace

Know before you go

To best plan your evening, here is what you need to know before you visit.  

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

Learn more about this project

Learn more at whitney.org/artport

On the Hour projects can contain motion and sound. To respect your accessibility settings autoplay is disabled.