New York Rumba is the root of much of what we call “Latin Music” today. Rumba means “party.” It is an Afro-Cuban drum, song and dance tradition that is one step removed from the sacred traditions of the African Diaspora and Mother Africa. It’s how the community gathers to express family, faith, community and love. […]
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Gipsy Kings Featuring Nicolas Reyes Play French Rumba Flamenca at City Winery
Friday, January 27, 2023
CITY WINERY
Chelsea, NYC
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Indigenous, European, and African Culture From the Barrio to Broadway
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Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández Plays the Ballet Hispánico Gala
PLAZA HOTEL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇵🇷
Carnegie Hall is One of the World’s Great Concert Halls
Antonio Sánchez jazz 🇲🇽 🇮🇹
Caña Dulce y Caña Brava women’s Mexican son jarocho 🇲🇽
Tania León curates David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble with Dafnis Prieto Cuban jazz and new music 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇨🇺
Juneteenth Celebration 🇺🇸
Dudamel National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela 🇻🇪
MIDTOWN, Manhattan and CITYWIDE
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.
Latin Dance in New York City
Explore Latin Dance in New York City, in both dance theatre and social dancing, from ballet to flamenco, to salsa to Afro.
Summer for the City 2024 Invites the Whole World to Lincoln Center
LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇰🇾 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇶 🇮🇹 🇨🇮 🇯🇲 🇯🇴 🇲🇱 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇸🇩 🇹🇹 🇻🇪 🇿🇼
Tito Puente is Still “The King of Latin Music”
HARLEM, Manhattan ~ April 20, 1923 🇵🇷
OKAN Sings Joyful Afro-Cuban Alternative at Lincoln Center
DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM at Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇨🇺
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2024 is America’s Largest Cultural Celebration ~ Yo soy Boricua…
FIFTH AVENUE, Midtown, Midtown East, Central Park, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷
Pedrito Martinez Joins Hip Hop Jazz Singer José James at the Blue Note
BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan José James’ guest, hip hop jazz 🇨🇺 🇮🇪 🇵🇦
DROM, East Village, Manhattan; rumba, timba, jazz 🇨🇺
House of Yes is One of New York’s Wildest Night Clubs
Eli Escobar HOUSE OF GROOVES 🇵🇷
Earth Love Fest Dance Party Block Party Eco-Festival 🇺🇸
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn
Harlem Stage Celebrates 40 Years of Visionary Artists of Color
Ambros Akinmusir “Banyan Seed” jazz, bebop, chamber music, hip hop, Afro 🇺🇸 🇸🇸 🇺🇬
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company contemporary dance 🇺🇸
Nora Chipaumire contemporary dance 🇺🇸 🇿🇼
Gala 🇺🇸
Camille A. Brown & Guests contemporary dance 🇺🇸
MANHATTANVILLE, West Harlem
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, and Afro. 🇺🇸
La Sonora Ponceña Plays Puerto Rican Salsa at Lehman Center
LEHMAN CENTER, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷
Hip Hop in New York City
Explore Hip Hop in New York City: artists, DJs, festivals, and theatre; and venues: stadiums, arenas, performing arts centers, and theaters.
Flamenco in New York City
See Flamenco in New York City at Spanish social clubs, some restaurants and bars, theaters, and the Flamenco Festival New York.
Carlos Henriquez Directs the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a Journey Through Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Bebop, and Nuyorican Jazz
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, Columbus Circle, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Eddie Palmieri Plays a Spring Residency of Latin Jazz at the Blue Note New York
BLUE NOTE NEW YORK in Greenwich Village ~ The New York Puerto Rican NEA Jazz Master and 9-time Grammy winner keeps playing Latin jazz and salsa. 🇵🇷
Le Poisson Rouge is an Eclectic Night Club
María José Llergo and Sandra Carrasco contemporary flamenco 🇪🇸
Ana Tijoux Chilean French hip hop 🇨🇱 🇫🇷
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Spanish flamenco tablao 🇪🇸
Combo Chimbita & Pachyman Colombian alternative cumbia & Puerto Rican reggae 🇨🇴 🇵🇷
Céu Brazilian música popular brasileira (MPB) 🇧🇷
Bebel Gilberto Brazilian bossa nova 🇧🇷
Carmen Consoli Italian pop 🇮🇹
Louane French pop 🇫🇷
GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan
Lehman Center is the Performing Arts Center at Lehman College
Forever Freestyle 16: TKA, George Lamond, Judy Torres, Noel, Safire, Betty D (Sweet Sensation), Cover Girls, Cynthia, Coro, C-Bank, Two Without Hats; Puerto Rican freestyle hip hop 🇵🇷
La Sonora Ponceña, Puerto Rican salsa 🇵🇷
El Dominicano es un Chiste: Jochy Santos, Felipe Polanco “Boruga,” Cuquín Victoria, Carlos Sánchez, Juan Carlos Pichardo; Dominican comedy 🇩🇴
Masters of the 80’s: Ray de la Paz, Roberto Blades, Raulín Rosendo, and Ray Sepúlveda; Puerto Rican, Panamanian, Dominican salsa romántica 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇷
Ángela Carrasco, Fausto Rey, Dominican pop 🇩🇴
La India, Mother’s Day Puerto Rican freestyle and salsa 🇵🇷
Hip Hop Fever: Hip Hop Fever 2024 brings hip hop legends Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Brand Nubian, Onyx, Nice & Smooth, Black Sheep, Peter Gunz, Fearless Four, MC Shan, Sweet G, Grandmaster Caz African American hip hop 🇺🇸
JEROME PARK, The Bronx
New York Red Bulls vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena
RED BULL ARENA, Harrison, New Jersey (Newark suburbs) 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪
Latin Rock in New York City
Explore Latin Rock in New York City including famous rockers and shows, rock news from venues, New York’s Latin rock scene, and rock origins.
Robert Browning Associates is a World Music Pioneer
Antonia Jiménez and Inma La Carbonera. Spanish flamenco 🇪🇸
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Hosts Free Concerts and Dance Parties
Joe Bataan, Latin soul 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
“NEGRITA” Dominican Afro Latina film 🇩🇴 🇭🇳 🇵🇦 🇵🇷
LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan
The Town Hall Theater is a Performing Arts Center at the Crossroads of Culture and History
Tomatito Flamenco Festival guitar 🇪🇸
Sofiane Pamart French pop piano 🇫🇷
Nathalie Lermitte “PIAF! The Show” chanson folk 🇫🇷
Orchestra Noir “Y2K Meets 90s Vibe” African American pop orchestra 🇺🇸
Eric D’Alessandro comedy 🇮🇹
Niña Pastori “Camino Tour” pop flamenco 🇪🇸
Stephane Wrembel “Django a Gogo” jazz manouche 🇫🇷
Daniela Darcourt “Atrevida Y Teatral” salsa 🇵🇪
Sofía Niño de Rivera “Vacaciones de Sus Hijos Gira 2024” comedy 🇲🇽
Francis Cabrel pop 🇫🇷
MIDTOWN, Manhattan
Drom is One of New York’s Top World Music Night Clubs
Afrothèque, Cyrostatik African house
Batalá New York all-women Afro-Brazilian drum line ~ International Women’s Day 🇧🇷
Pedrito Martinez Cuban rumba, timba, jazz 🇨🇺
Batalá New York all-women Afro-Brazilian drum line ~ Women’s History Month 🇧🇷
Vinicius Cantuaria Brazilian bossa nova jazz 🇧🇷
EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan
Ballet Hispánico at the 92nd Street Y Reimagines Flamenco, plus New York’s and Havana’s Latin Club Scenes
92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan ~ Three Latin dances by world-class choreographers salute the 92nd Street Y’s role in developing modern and contemporary dance in New York City. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇪🇸
iLe Brings Her Puerto Rican Alternative to Sony Hall
SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan
Roulette Intermedium is an Alternative Art and Performance Venue
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, Malian blues 🇲🇱
Antonia Jiménez and Inma La Carbonera. Spanish flamenco 🇪🇸
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Bob Marley “One Love, One Heart, Let’s Get Together”
NINE MILE, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica; February 6, 1945 🇯🇲
La Excelencia Plays New York Salsa for Dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez
GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ, Greenwich Village, Manhattan. 🇨🇴
Latin Mondays at Taj, by Talia Castro-Pozo, is One of New York’s Most Popular Salsa Dance Parties
TAJ II, Flatiron District, Manhattan ~ One of New York City’s most popular salsa parties for more than fifteen years. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Things To Do in NYC in May 2024
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Things To Do in NYC in April 2024
Arab American Heritage Month, Broadway openings
Haitian Independence Day is One of the Great Humanitarian Achievements of All Time
January 1, 1804 🇭🇹
Things To Do in NYC in January 2024
JanArtsNYC
Haitian Culture in New York City
Explore Haitian Culture in New York City, including Haitian artists and institutions, and New York venues that present Haitian culture. 🇭🇹
Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again, at the Atlantic Theater Company
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ A World Premiere Saheem Ali musical, with a famous creative team, a great New York cast, and a truly inspiring story. “Chan Chan” 🇨🇺
Tango Beat® in New York City
Salsa in New York City
Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours Play a Puerto Rican Holiday Jazz Parranda at Hostos Center
HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ The NEA Latino Master and Grammy nominee leads a jazz version of the Puerto Rican holiday parranda tradition. 🇵🇷
Bárbara Martínez Sings and Dances Flamenco at Sala Astoria
SALA ASTORIA, Astoria, Queens 🇦🇷 🇻🇪 🇪🇸
Candombe Day Celebrates the Afro-Uruguayan Drum, Song, and Dance Tradition!
DECEMBER 3 🇺🇾
Marco Orsini’s Documentary “Latin Four Plus” Tells How Five Puerto Ricans Lived Their Dreams as Korean Pop Sensations, and Never Stopped
In 1969, Colonel Orsini bent rules to assemble a band, deploy it to Korea and live the dream. In 2018, he’s at it again.
This is a heartfelt inspiring story of how a group of Puerto Ricans realized their dreams.
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Dafnis Prieto and Luciana Souza Play the New York Debut of their Romantic Jazz Album “Cantar” at Harlem Stage
The master drummer and master vocalist bring Cuban jazz and Brazilian bossa nova together in the most romantic way.
HARLEM STAGE in Manhattanville, West Harlem
Friday, October 27, 2023
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Diego El Cigala “Obras Maestras” Tour Brings Classic Latin American Love Songs to The Town Hall
One of the great flamenco singers makes Latin American music his own.
THE TOWN HALL in Midtown, Manhattan
Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World
HAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 Isn’t About Spanish Culture Any More
A meditation on what it means to be “Hispanic” in America today.
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