Flamenco Festival is a great Latin Things To Do in NYC in March 2026.
Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day celebrate humanity’s guardians of culture.
St. Patrick’s Day is a popular March holiday. Galician and Basque Spaniards celebrate too. Irish fought valiantly in the Latin American wars of independence. Holy Week (Semana Santa), an important Latin holiday, starts in March this year.
March weather is early spring. Average temperatures range from 36° – 51°F (2°-10°C), so it’s still cold.
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Latin Culture in NYC March 2026 Summary
LATIN FESTIVALS
ART
BOOKS & SPOKEN WORD
DANCE
LATIN DANCE
FILM
MUSIC
SPORTS
THEATRE
TRAVEL
Things To Do in NYC in March 1, 2026
Sunday, March 1, 2026
African Diaspora Film Festival ~ Closing Night
The African Diaspora International Film Festival ~ Black History Month 2026 Edition; closes with screenings of African American, and Brazilian films at Teachers College at Columbia University in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 12:30pm. From $13. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷
Chinese New Year Festival
The 28th Lunar New Year Parade NYC 2026 is in Manhattan Chinatown; near the end of the Lunar New Year spring festival on Sunday, March 1, 2026. The fun begins with a Cultural Festival and Market, on Bayard St between Mulberry and Mott, from 11:30am – 3:30pm. Lunar New Year Parade dragons dance through Manhattan Chinatown to the Lower East Side at 1pm. FREE! 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
Spanish Flamenco Show
Flamenco Festival ~ Manuel Liñán’s Gala Flamenca features Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, and Juan Tomás de la Molía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1 at 2pm. From $45. 🇪🇸
African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program A: Celebrating Wunmi (his creative partner and spiritual love) with a curtain chat; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2pm. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. In Previews on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Documentary Film Festival
The 25th Doc Fortnight 2026 documentary film festival continues with “Cara a Cara”, (Face to Face) Federico Veiroj’s portrait of his father, told as an examination of the subtle ways that humans communicate face to face, with director Q&As at MoMA the Museum of Modern Art, in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2pm. 🇺🇾
African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program B: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Toni Pierce-Sands (the renowned Ailey dancer who passed away in November 2025); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 7pm. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Argentine Tango Dancing
El Destino milonga draws some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to dance tango nuevo at Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays with an intermediate lesson from 5-6pm, a guided práctica from 6-7pm, and dancing from 7-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Latin Jazz
Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Latin jazz at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm (Doors 7:30pm & 10pm). From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC in March 2-8, 2026
Monday, March 2, 2026
Purim, the merry Jewish holiday that celebrates deliverance as told in the Book of Esther, is sunset-to-sunset, Monday-Tuesday, March 2-3, 2026. “Purim Allegre” ✡️
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
South Asian Spring Festival
Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colors, is celebrated in some Indian and Diasporic communities on Tuesday-Wednesday, March 3-4, 2026 🇮🇳 > 🇬🇾 🇯🇲 🇸🇷 🇹🇹
Rock Music Festival
The New Colossus Festival 2026 presents almost 200 emerging global rockers in Lower East Side Manhattan rock clubs, especially opening night host Pianos and closing night host Arlene’s Grocery, with a Latin Lens Showcase at Sour Mouse, and a Spanish Wave Showcase at Baker Falls; from Tuesday-Sunday, March 3-8, 2026. From $20. Festival and Pro passes are available. 🇦🇷 🇦🇼 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
Rhythmic Dance Festival
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival presents performances by Donnetta Jackson / MADD Mixtape (tap), Maria Torres (Latin jazz dance), Nélida Tirado (flamenco), Liliana Morales (flamenco) and Leah Bañales (flamenco); at 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 7pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇲🇽
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Spanish Flamenco Concert
Flamenco Festival New York ~ Dani de Morón, one of the great flamenco guitarists of his generation, and Israeli jazz pianist Shai Maestro play a Flamenco Meets Jazz gig; at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club; on Wednesday-Thursday, March 4-5, at 7 and 9pm. From $30. 🇪🇸 🇮🇱
Portuguese Documentary Festival
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival presents performances by Chelsea Hoy (Irish dance), Fritzlyn Hector (Afro percussive dance), Irene Koloseus (tap & West African dance), and Mai Lê Hô’s LayeRhythm (house dance); at the 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇻🇳
Portuguese Documentary Film
The 25th Doc Fortnight 2026 documentary film festival continues with “As Estaçóes”, (The Seasons) Maureen Fazendeiro’s non-linear sensory journey through rural Portugal’s Alentejo region that blends documentary and theatrical elements, with director Q&As at MoMA the Museum of Modern Art, in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7pm. 🇵🇹
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Tap Dance Conference
Dormeshia’s Ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference features workshops and performances by Demi Remick, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Amanda Castro, Josette Wiggan, Brenda Bufalino, and Dormeshia; in the 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Thursday-Friday, March 5-6, 2026 at 9am. $220 per day. 🇺🇸 🪶 🇮🇩 🇯🇲 🇵🇷
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, produced with UniFrance, is the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States. It opens with François Ozon’s “The Stranger” (2025) based on the iconic Camus existential novel which has particular relevance to this moment in America. It’s at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; on March 5, 2026 at 6pm. The Festival continues through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Spanish Flamenco Concert
Flamenco Festival New York ~ Dani de Morón, one of the great flamenco guitarists of his generation, and Israeli jazz pianist Shai Maestro play a Flamenco Meets Jazz gig; at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club; on Thursday, March 5, at 7pm and 9pm. From $30. 🇪🇸 🇮🇱
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7, 2026, at 7:30pm, with a Sunday, March 8, 2026 matinee at 2pm. There is a pre-show flamenco dance lesson on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 6:30pm. From $45.
Latino Theatre ~ Public Opening Night
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Friday, March 6, 2026
Ghanaian Festival
Ghanaian Independence Day celebrates its declaration of independence by its first Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, on March 6, 1957. It was the beginning of the decolonization of Africa. 🇬🇭
Colombian Books
Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera,” was born in Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia on March 6, 1927. 🇨🇴
Tap Dance Conference
Dormeshia’s Ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference features workshops and performances by Demi Remick, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Amanda Castro, Josette Wiggan, Brenda Bufalino, and Dormeshia; in the 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Thursday-Friday, March 5-6, 2026 at 9am. $220 per day. 🇺🇸 🪶 🇮🇩 🇯🇲 🇵🇷
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, March 6, 2026, at 7:30pm. There is a pre-show flamenco dance lesson at 6:30pm. From $45.
Latin Rock Showcase
New Colossus Festival 2026 Latin Lens Showcase features Latin rockers from the Americas; at Sour Mouse billiards bar in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Friday, March 6, 2026, starting at 7pm. 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Saturday, March 7, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Latin Rock Showcase
New Colossus Festival 2026 Spanish Wave Rock Showcase is at Baker Falls coffee bar at the Sixty LES Hotel in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Saturday, March 7, 2026, starting at 6pm with the last set at 10:45pm. 🇪🇸
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 7:30pm. From $45.
Spanish Flamenco Concert
Latin Grammy nominee Ángeles Toledano, a rising Spanish flamenco star who combines tradition with a young person’s lyrical view, makes her New York City debut at the Flamenco Festival New York, backed by guitarist Benito Bernal. It’s produced by Robert Browning Associates and Lotus Music & Dance, at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Downtown Brooklyn; on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 8pm. From $38. 🇪🇸
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Women’s Festival
International Women’s Day is a UNESCO festival celebrating the achievements of women, and calling for action towards gender equality. ♀🇺🇳
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 2pm. From $45.
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Things To Do in NYC in March 9-15, 2026
Monday, March 9, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 11am and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Thursday, March 12, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Friday, March 13, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Saturday, March 14, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Brazilian Classical Guitar
The Assad Brothers (Sérgio & Odair Assad), the Brazilians who are one of the world’s leading guitar duos, plays their Farewell-as-a-Duo Tour at 92NY in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 7:30pm. 🇧🇷
Spanish Flamenco Concert
In A Tribute to Sabicas, three generations of flamenco guitarists: Gerardo Núñez, Antonio Rey, and Álvaro Martinete, celebrate the flamenco guitarist whose 1959 recital at The Town Hall, transformed the flamenco guitar from dance accompaniment to the star of the show. Olga Pericet channels Sabica’s long-time performing partner, the legendary flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya.
World Music Institute is producing the tribute on the same historic stage at The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 8pm. From $35. 🇪🇸
Sunday, March 15, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Things To Do in NYC in March 16-22, 2026
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Friday, March 20, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Latino Theatre ~ Closing Performance
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷