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African American Culture in New York City

Explore African American culture in New York City, including gospel, jazz, folk, tap, R&B, rock, disco, funk, hip-hop, house, trap, Afro, and New York City itself, “The Secret African City.” 🇺🇸

Parades in New York City

Explore NYC Parades which bring communities together, attract politicians, and provide a platform to teach our children their heritage.

Harlem is New York City’s Iconic African American Neighborhood

Apollo Theater
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Harlem International Film Festival
Harlem Stage
Juneteenth Parade and Street Fair
Maysles Documentary Center
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Studio Museum in Harlem
Sylvia’s

UPPER Manhattan

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

African American New York

“New York is a secret African city.” Robert Farris Thompson, American historian at Yale University Thompson’s statement is true. Once you learn to read the signs, you see the parallel universe of the African Diaspora, everywhere. To preserve our heritage culture, we hid it in plain sight. New York Latin Culture

International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC 2018

Costa Rican, French, French-Canadian & Puerto Rican puppetry
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Wednesday – Sunday
August 8 – 12, 2018

Dance Parade 2018

FLATIRON, UNION SQUARE, VILLAGE, EAST VILLAGE | Sat, May 19, 2018 | African, Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, French, Haitian, Italian, Puerto Rican dances and more

Festivals in New York City

Explore Latin Festivals in New York City, including: parades, street fairs, holidays, independence days, national days, and faith days.

Bronx Latin Culture

Explore the Latin side of The Bronx at Bronx Museum of the Arts, Hostos Center, Lehman Center, Pregones PRTT, Yankee Stadium, and more.

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 […]

East Harlem “El Barrio”

“El Barrio” or “Spanish Harlem” is East Harlem, an iconic Latin neighborhood in Upper, Manhattan. It’s been mostly Puerto Rican, but also Dominican, Cuban, Mexican, Salvadoran and gentrifying. Harlem RiverFifth Avenue | East Harlem | Harlem River Drive96th St East Harlem’s big festivals are the El Museo Three Kings Day Parade, the National Puerto Rican […]

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 […]

Things to do in NYC in February 2020

Black History Month
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Broadway Week
Off-Broadway Week
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3-12 New York Fashion Week
5-19 MoMA Doc Fortnight
8 VILLALOBOS BROTHERS
8-11 Westminster Dog Show
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CHEAPEST WEEK TO VISIT NYC
14 Valentine’s Day
14 President’s Day Weekend
14 PISTOLERA
14 Neighboring Scenes Film Festival
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17 PRESIDENTS DAY
21 Carnival weekend
21-15 International Children’s Film Festival
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25 Mardi Gras
26 Ash Wednesday
26 ADAA Art Show
27 Dominican Independence Day

Things to do in NYC in December 2019

1 Portuguese Restoration Day
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2 Cyber Monday
2 Advent
2 Winter’s Eve street fair
3 Giving Tuesday
4 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
4 Alvin Ailey
5-8 Art Basel Miami Beach
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11 International Tango Day
11 Las Mañanitas
12 Our Lady of Guadalupe
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16 La Posada / La Novena
19 Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice
22-30 HANUKKAH
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24 Christmas Eve
25 CHRISTMAS
26-1 KWANZAA
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31 New Year’s Eve

Ismael Miranda is a Great Salsero

Saturday, December 21, 2019
WELLMONT THEATER
Montclair, New Jersey
“El Niño Bonito de la Salsa” is joined by Tito Rojas, Ray de la Paz and Willie Alvarez for a Danceable Salsa Concert

Things to do in NYC in February 2019

Black History Month
1-3 Cinema Tropical film festival
5 Lunar New Year
6-10 Film Comment Selects
8-16 New York Fashion Week
9-12 Westminster Dog Show
11-24 Off-Broadway Week
14 Valentine’s Day, Carnival
18 Presidents Day
21-28 MoMA Doc Fortnight
22-17 Int’l Children’s Film Festival
22-26 Neighboring Scenes film festival
28-3 ADAA Art Show
28-10 Rendez-vous with French Cinema

Dance in New York City

Explore Latin Dance in New York City, including dance theatre and social dancing, from ballet to flamenco, and salsa to tango.

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. 🇩🇴

Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City 2024

A meditation on what it means to be “Hispanic” in America today.

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Travel the Latin World

Travel Tips Many Americans start out noticing our differences, but end up seeing our similarities. You may come home with lifelong friendships, or you might not come back at all (meaning you become a traveler). We live and work from the road. Traveling in the Latin world is more complicated than traveling in the United […]