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Parades in New York City

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

Diwali is Celebrated in NYC’s South Asian and West Indian Communities

HK HALL, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER, Financial District, Manhattan
NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SEAPORT MUSEUM, Seaport, Manhattan
FLUSHING TOWN HALL, Flushing, Queens
LIBERTY AVE, South Ozone Park, Queens
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Indian NYC

Indian NYC is NYC’s second biggest immigrant community. New York has many Little Indias. Most Indians don’t consider ourselves to be Latin, but in the English-speaking Caribbean we are. After abolition, we came as indentured servants. That’s where that all that good Caribbean curry comes from. In Trinidad, Indian descent is the largest group, though […]

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

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

Things to do in NYC in September 2019

1 Brazilian Day
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2 LABOR DAY
2 West Indian Day Parade
3-16 NYC Broadway Week
5 Socrates Annual
6-14 New York Fashion Week
7 New York City Labor Day Parade
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11 New York Philharmonic Opening Night ~ ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
12 Jazz at Lincoln Center Season Opener
12 Crossing the Line festival
12-22 Feast of San Gennaro
15 Hispanic Heritage Month
15 Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran Independence Day
15 African American Day Parade
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16 Mexican Independence Day
17-30 UN General Assembly
17-13 New York City Ballet Fall Season
22 Queens Hispanic Day Parade
22 Peru to the World Expo
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23-6 NYC Off-Broadway Week
23 Met Opera Opening Night Gala ~ ‘Porgy and Bess’
27 New York Film Festival
29-1 Rosh Hashanah
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Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City 2024

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

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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. 🇭🇹

Things To Do in NYC in September 2023

Things to do in NYC in September 2023 include: New York Carnival, J’ouvert, and the West Indian Day Parade; New York Fashion Week and Fashion Designers of Latin America; Feast of San Gennaro, African American Day Parade; and Mexican Day Parade. The September holiday is Labor Day on Monday, September 4, 2023. Hispanic Heritage Month […]

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

Crown Heights

Crown Heights is a Caribbean and Jewish residential neighborhood in central Brooklyn. It’s the home of the New York Carnival and West Indian Day Parade, Panamanian Parade. Cultural venues include the Weeksville Heritage Center and Brooklyn Children’s Museum. The Caribbean food is really good. Latin Culture in Crown Heights, Brooklyn October 2022 The 27th Panamanian […]

Things To Do in NYC in September 2022

New York Carnival, Brazilian Day, J’ouvert, Mid-Autumn Festival, Feast of San Gennaro, Hispanic Heritage Month

ART Armory Week, Affordable Art Fair
DANCE NY City Ballet, Fall for Dance
FASHION Fashion Week, FDLA
FILM NY Latino Film Festival, NY Film Festival
INDEPENDENCE Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile
MUSIC Met Opera
PARADES West Indian, African American, Mexican

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Bed-Stuy

Bed-Stuy is Bedford-Stuyvesant, a residential neighborhood in north Brooklyn. Everybody calls it Bed-Stuy. It’s been one of New York City’s core African American neighborhoods since the 1930s. It’s very Caribbean too. South WilliamsburgClinton Hill | Bed-Stuy | BushwickCrown Heights Flushing AveClasson Ave | Bed-Stuy | BroadwayAtlantic Ave The neighborhood has a reputation from the bad […]

Things to do in NYC in September 2020

1-24 US Open Tennis (ESPN)
2 Corn Moon
3 Whitney Museum reopens
4-7 Labor Day Weekend
4 NY Carnival Brass Fest 🇹🇹
5 Morgan Library reopens
6 Roberto Clemente Day 🇵🇷
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7 Labor Day
7 NY Carnival Virtual Road 🇹🇹
7 Brazilian Independence 🇧🇷
9 American Museum of Natural History reopens
11 Remember 9/11
11-16 FDLA Fashion Designers of Latin America 🇩🇴
12 El Museo del Barrio reopens
12 Brooklyn Museum reopens
13-16 RUNWAY360 (NYFW) 🇨🇱 🇻🇪
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15-15 Hispanic Heritage Month
15 Independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua 🇨🇷 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇳🇮
16 Mexican Independence 🇲🇽
17 MoMA PS1 reopens
18 Chilean Independence 🇨🇱
18-28 High Holidays 🇮🇱
18-20 Rosh Hashanah 🇮🇱
19 Procession of San Gennaro 🇮🇹
20 African American Parade
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25-11 NY Film Festival
26 NY Carnival Panology 🇹🇹
27-28 Yom Kippur 🇮🇱

Festivals in New York City

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

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.

New Jersey Latin Culture

Explore New Jersey Latin Culture in festivals, music, parades, and sports. Discover Latin communities in North New Jersey.

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 […]

Things To Do in NYC in February 2023

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Things To Do in NYC in January 2023

Three Kings Day, Martin Luther King Day
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Paraguayan NYC

Paraguayan NYC is a small community centered in Queens and Somerset, New Jersey. Paraguayan culture is a mix of Indigenous and Spanish cultures with some German influences. Guarani were the main Indigenous group. Guarani is still the dominant language. Paraguayan NYC News February 2023 Scottish classical guitarist Sean Shibe celebrates the Spanish influence on classical […]

Panamanian NYC

Panamanian NYC used to be centered in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. It is spread out now. The Panamanian Consulate is in Midtown, Manhattan nyconsul.com Panama is Tamborito, Cumbia, Latin Jazz and Salsa. Reggaeton came to NYC from Jamaicans in Panama. NYC’s most famous Panamanian is Salsa and Latin Jazz legend Rubén Blades. He’s super cool. He […]

Things To Do in NYC in November 2022

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Things to Do in NYC in August 2022

DANCE: BAAND Together & Battery Dance Festival
FESTIVALS: Afribembé, Arte Pa’ Mi Gente, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, Harlem Week, Summer For the City, SummerStage, Summer Streets
FOOD: Creole Food Festival, NYC Restaurant Week
MUSIC: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
PARADES: Dominican & Ecuadorian
THEATRE: Shakespeare in the Park
SPORTS: US Open Tennis

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