The FIFA World Cup is the biggest of things to do in NYC in June 2026. The month’s national holiday is Juneteenth. Father’s Day is popular. The Summer Festivals begin: Bryant Park Picnic Performances, Summer for the City, and SummerStage.
June is Pride Month. There are lots of parades and street fairs: Philippine Independence Day Parade, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, NYC Pride March.
June celebrates Eleguá and St. Anthony, Ogún and St. John the Baptist (San Juan, Puerto Rico), and St. Peter & St. Paul.
LATIN FESTIVALS
Pride Month 🏳️🌈
June
Caribbean Heritage Month
June
New York Music Month
June
Italian Republic Day 🇮🇹
June 2
Philippine Independence Day Parade 🇵🇭
June 7, Sun
Misa Jíbara 🇵🇷
National Puerto Rican Day Parade Mass
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
June 7, Sun
National Puerto Rican Day Parade Gala 🇵🇷
June 12, Fri
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 🇵🇷
Fifth Avenue
June 14, Sun
Juneteenth 🇺🇸
USA National Independence Day, June 19, 1866
US Army freed the last enslaved Americans in Texas
June 19, Fri
Father’s Day
June 21, Sun
PrideFest 🏳️🌈
Fourth Avenue
Jun 28, Sun
NYC Pride March 🏳️🌈
Fifth Avenue
Jun 28, Sun
Dreamland Pride 🏳️🌈
Central Park
Jun 28, Sun
SUMMER FESTIVALS
Bryant Park Picnic Performances
Summer for the City
SummerStage
DANCE
American Ballet Theatre 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇲🇽 🗽
Classical ballet
Swan Lake, Onegin, ABTKids, Don Quixote, Sylvia
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
June 17 – July 18
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Juneteenth
African and Diasporic dance
Hostos Center, Main Theater; Mott Haven, The Bronx
Jun 18, Thu, 7pm
FREE with rsvp
LATIN MUSIC
Blue Note Jazz Festival
June
Carín León “De Sonora para el mundo Tour” 🇲🇽
Música Mexicana
“Primera Cita,” “Según Quién,” “Que Vuelvas”
Barclays Center, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Jun 5, Fri, 8pm (doors 7pm)
$68+
Ozomatli 🇲🇽
Mexican American alternative
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
June 22-23, Mon-Tue
$39+ ($20 per person food/drink)
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Beacon Theatre, Upper West Side
June 26, Fri
FILM
Tribeca Film Festival
June 3-14
SPORTS
FIFA World Cup June 11 – July 19
Some Group Stage and Round of 32 matches
MetLife Stadium
June 13-30