The story of the next 30 days in New York is a split screen. On one end, Olivia Dean's six-night stand at Madison Square Garden is anchoring the top of the market — the August 15 date is currently the priciest ticket in the city at $480, and every one of her six nights sits in the top six by minimum listing price. On the other end, Radio City Music Hall is quietly running one of the most affordable marquee slates of the month: Joe Hisaishi's Studio Ghibli program opens at $17 for the August 17 date, roughly a quarter of the city's median. Between those poles sit 34 active venues, a heavy jazz-club calendar out of Blue Note Jazz Club - NY territory, and a compact but pricey pickleball weekend on Wollman Rink. Trend data is thin — only 11 of 221 tracked events have a 30-day comparison — so the read this month is more about levels than momentum.
Best deals tracked this month
No events in the current dataset show a material 30-day price drop, so there isn't a table of softening listings to report. The handful of events with trend history are essentially flat: Harry Styles at MSG on August 29 is up just 1% versus 30 days ago at $284, and Olivia Dean's August 14 date is unchanged at $318. On absolute price alone, the most efficient entry points aren't discounts but structurally low openers — Joe Hisaishi at Radio City Music Hall from $17 on August 17, and the second The Wiggles - Tree of Wisdom Spectacular! listing at Beacon Theatre on August 22 from $26.
Demand rising
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