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Bomba NYC

Bomba is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition of the African Diaspora, but today it is a communal expression of family, faith, community, and love for all Puerto Ricans. Bomba rhythms mixed with Cuban son into salsa. In NYC, bomba is performed and taught by folkloric drum, song and dance groups such as […]

New York Bomba

Bomba in NYC is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition with African roots. The barille drum used to be made from old rum barrels. “Bomba” in Spanish means “pump.” We pump the barille. The Bomba dancer challenges the lead drummer to match their dance moves. Cuban Rumba Columbia plays a similar game. Women […]

New York Latin Alternative

Latin Alternative in NYC is a contemporary blend of Rock with Latin rhythms, usually sung in Spanish. It is really a catch-all term for the many fusions Latin artists are creating now. The cover image is Puerto Rican percussionist, composer and leader Ama Rios, from her “PICC Flow Suite.” Ama was the first female Bomba […]

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico really is the island of enchantment. Famous for some of the world’s best beaches, the mountain heartland is even more beautiful. We are both contemporary and conservative. Old ways survive, especially in the mountains. The drum is alive in Puerto Rico. The island is so many things you never imagined. It is famously […]

El Laberinto del Coco

Follow us into El Laberinto del Coco of Calle 13’s original percussionist Hector “Coco” Barez (NEA, Puerto Rican Cultural Institute and SXSW), and discover the living folk art of Bomba. (“Bomba” means pump in Spanish. We pump the barril or rum barrel.) The distinctly Puerto Rican drum, song and dance tradition from Mayagüez, is all about connecting with family, friends, […]

Reggaeton in New York City

Explore Reggaeton in New York City including top singers and bands, news from presenting venues, New York’s reggaeton scene, and its origins.

Carnegie Hall, One of the World’s Great Concert Halls, Hosts Nuestros Sonidos (Our Sounds), a Celebration of Latin Classical and Popular Music

Daymé Arocena: Cuban jazz in Madison Square Park 🇨🇺
Carnegie Hall Family Day: Argentine art, Brazilian samba, Cuban jazz, Colombian folk, Mexican children’s music, Puerto Rican bomba and plena 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Gustavo Dudamel’s Los Angeles Philharmonic 🇻🇪
– Lang Lang, & Gustavo Castillo 🇨🇳 🇦🇷
– Midsummer Night’s Dream & Gabriela Ortiz NY premiere “Dzonot” 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 🇴🇲 🇪🇸
– Natalia Lafourcade 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Sphinx Virtuosi Black and Latin chamber music 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
Angélique Kidjo, Beninese afrobeat 🇧🇯
Lisette Oropesa, Ken Noda Latin vocal music 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇯🇵
Elena Villalón, Craig Terry, Latin vocal music 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇲🇽
Quetzal, La Santa Cecilia, Mexican Chicano rock and alternative 🇲🇽
Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican reggaeton 🇵🇷
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble with Julien Labro, Piazzolla and Argentine tango 🇦🇷

MIDTOWN, Manhattan and CITYWIDE

Bachata in New York City

Discover Bachata in New York City including bachata artists, concerts, festivals, venues, dances, and more. 🇩🇴 🇪🇸

Dominican Culture in New York City

Explore Dominican Culture in New York City, including artists, venues that present Dominican culture, Dominican New York City, and more. 🇩🇴

Latin Music in New York City

Explore Latin Music in New York City in stadiums, arenas, concert halls, clubs, restaurants and bars, parks and even on the streets.

Peruvian Culture in New York City

Explore Peruvian Culture in New York City, including artists, venues that present Peruvian culture, Peruvian New York City, and more. 🇵🇪

Argentine Culture in New York City

Explore Argentine Culture in New York City, including artists, venues that present Argentine culture, Argentine New York City, and more. 🇦🇷

Flamenco Festival New York Brings the Best Spanish Flamenco to New York City

Flamenco Festival New York 2024 full schedule out of Madrid. 🇪🇸 🇪🇸 🇪🇸

DIZZY’S CLUB, Jazz at Lincoln Center
GRADUATE CENTER, Murray Hill, Manhattan
INSTITUTO CERVANTES, Midtown East, Manhattan
JOE’S PUB, NoHo, Manhattan
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER, Lincoln Square, Manhattan
LE POISSON ROUGE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
THE TOWN HALL, Midtown, Manhattan

Things To Do in NYC in November 2023

Things to do in NYC in November include: the Veterans Day Parade and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Celebrate Mexico Now cultural festival, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the fall art auctions. November is Native American Heritage Month, Puerto Rican Heritage Month, and Hip-Hop History Month. US national holidays in November include Veterans Day, Thanksgiving […]

Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village

African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹

DANCEFEST Tompkins Square Park
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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Things To Do in NYC in February 2023

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Chinese NYC

Chinese NYC is the biggest population of Chinese descent outside of Asia. NYC has many Chinatowns now, but the original Manhattan Chinatown was formed by the workforce that built the western end of the Transcontinental Railroad (1863-1869). Chinese are Latin through the Caribbean. We were the first to understand what was done to the African […]

Things To Do in NYC in October 2022

Panamanian Parade, Hispanic Day Parade, Indigenous Peoples Day Parade, Italian Day Parade, Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, Village Halloween Parade and the Jackson Heights Children’s Halloween Parade
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Terraza 7

Terraza 7 is a Latin Jazz club in Elmhurst, Queens, just across Roosevelt Avenue from Little Colombia in Jackson Heights. It’s Colombian-owned, but everyone goes. 🇨🇴 It is one of NYC’s most unique Latin night clubs. It’s more Jazz and Folkloric than the others. Actually, Terraza 7 is more than a nightclub ~ it’s a […]

Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema 2020

Friday-Tuesday, February 14-18, 2020
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER
Upper West Side, NYC
Cinema Tropical co-produces one of New York City’s most important Latin film festivals. This year’s films are Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Indigenous, LGBT, Mexican and Peruvian.

En el Ojo de la Aguja

September 7-22, 2019
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ A Colombian director and his theatre company explore how in the age of the internet and social media, actually communicating has become harder than threading a needle. In Spanish with English subtltles.

Dance Parade New York 2019

FLATIRON, UNION SQUARE, EAST VILLAGE, NYC | Sat, May 18, 2019 | Dance parade & festival | African, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Panamanian, Puerto Rican & Spanish dances