Discover a world of Fall festivals and memorials in NYC in the fall months of September, October and November.
Big Fall Festivals in NYC
US Open Grand Slam
The US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament is an end-of-summer/start of fall social scene for…
Labor Day Weekend in NYC
Labor Day Weekend is the traditional end of summer. Labor Day celebrates the American labor…
Feast of San Gennaro
The Feast of San Gennaro, in Manhattan’s Little Italy, is an Italian American street fair…
Hispanic Heritage Month in NYC
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates our Hispanic heritage and contributions to the culture and society of…
High Holidays
The High Holidays (Yamim Noraim) are Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the ten days between…
Columbus Day / Indigenous People Day Weekend
Columbus Day / Indigenous People Day Weekend is the long weekend on the second Monday…
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Halloween in NYC
New York City’s Halloween traditions include the Village Halloween Parade and the Jackson Heights Children’s…
Day of the Dead, Día de los muertos
The Mexican version of the Day of the Dead blends Aztec, Catholic and Halloween traditions…
Elections
Democracy is the simple idea that common people should choose how they are governed. It…
Veterans Day
Veterans Day, November 11, honors military veterans on the anniversary of the end of World…
Thanksgiving Weekend
On Thanksgiving Weekend in New York City, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade launches the year-end…
NYC Fall Festival Calendar
Being a mix of people and cultures, we celebrate a lot.
Celebrate International Coffee Day and the Ethiopian Drink!
Thursday, October 1, 2020 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇪🇹 🇭🇳 🇺🇬 🇲🇽 🇬🇹
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Celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish Harvest Festival!
Friday, October 2-9, 2020 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 “Chag Sameach” (Happy Holiday)
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NYC’s 2020 Panamanian Parade is Livestreaming
Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 6pm CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn 🇵🇦
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No Latins Left in the 2020 New Yorker Festival
NEWYORKER.COM Monday-Sunday, October 5-11, 2020
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Celebrate Italian & Indigenous Americans on Columbus Day Weekend
Fri-Mon, October 9-12, 2020 NEW YORK CITY 🇺🇸
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Celebrate Indigenous People Day!
Monday, October 12, 2020 THE AMERICAS
Columbus Day Was Started to Stop Violence Against Italian-Americans
Monday, October 12, 2020 MIDTOWN, NYC 🇮🇹 🇺🇸
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The 2020 Columbus Day Parade goes Virtual!
Monday, October 12, 2020 Fifth Avenue MIDTOWN, NYC The world’s biggest Italian-American celebration
Celebrate Spain’s National Day, La Fiesta Nacional de España!
Monday, October 12, 2020 🇪🇸 BAHAMAS ~ October 12, 1492
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
September 15 – October 15 🇺🇸
Celebrate Pasta Day!
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Celebrate Mother’s Day Around the World!
Oct 18 (3rd Sun) Argentina Dec 8: Panama – May 3 (1st Sun) Spain, Portugal & Romania May 10 (2nd Sun) U.S. & many countries May 10: Guatemala, Mexico & El Salvador May 15: Paraguay May 27: Bolivia May 30: Nicaragua May 31 (Last Sun) Dominican Republic & France – Aug 15: Costa Rica
Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade
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Celebrate International Creole Day!
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Celebrate the French-African culture of the Caribbean, the Americas, Africa and the world that gave us jazz
Celebrate The Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos
Sat-Mon, Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2020
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Remember Mictlancihuatl, Aztec Goddess of the Underworld
Sat-Mon, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2020 DAY OF THE DEAD
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Mexico City Day of the Dead Parade Goes Virtual in 2020
VIRTUAL Saturday, October 31, 2020
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month!
November UNITED STATES ~ We are the first Americans. We have always been here. We are still here from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego.
Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage Month!
November UNITED STATES The Puerto Rican diaspora celebrates our heritage on the month when Columbus landed and claimed the island for Spain in 1493. ¡WEPA!
Celebrate All Saints Day!
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Enjoy the Met Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche
[Anticipated] Mon, Nov 2, 2020 – Jan 3, 2021 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Upper East Side, Manhattan
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Celebrate Panamanian Separation Day!
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN 🇵🇦 PANAMA CITY, Panama November 3, 1903
Remember Kristallnacht
Monday November 9, 2020 GERMANY Nazi paramilitary forces and civilians attacked Jewish communities on November 9-10, 1938
Celebrate Diwali!
Saturday, November 14, 2020 LITTLE INDIA, LITTLE TRINIDAD, LITTLE GUYANA, LITTLE SURINAME
Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!
Thursday, November 19, 2020 🇫🇷
Visit the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 UPPER WEST SIDE, NYC ~ Kids love watching the balloons inflate around the American Museum of Natural History
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Remember the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 🇩🇴 SALCEDO, Dominican Republic November 25, 1960
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Enjoy Thanksgiving Weekend, the Start of NYC’s Holiday Season!
Thursday-Sunday, November 26-29, 2020 🇺🇸
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The 94th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2020 is Being Reimagined
Thursday, November 26, 2020 UPPER WEST SIDE to HERALD SQUARE, NYC
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 26, 2020 🇺🇸
Shop Till You Drop (but be Nice, not Naughty) on Black Friday!
Friday, November 27, 2020 Let’s go shopping for Latin fashion
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NYC Ballet’s “George Balanchine The Nutcracker” is Cancelled for 2020
November 27, 2020 – Jan 3, 2021 DAVID H. KOCH THEATER Lincoln Center, NYC
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Celebrate Panamanian Independence Day!
Saturday, November 28, 2020 🇵🇦 PANAMA CITY, Panama November 28, 1821
Watch Neil Tyson’s “Manhattanhenge” Sunrise Solar Alignment
Sunday-Monday, November 29-30, 2020 MANHATTAN CROSS STREETS
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Fall in Love with New York City in Fall
September, October and November
The 2020 AfriBembé Festival Honors Oshun Virtually
Saturday, September 19, 2020 from 2-8pm CCCADI.ORG FREE 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇵🇦 🇵🇷 🇹🇹 🇺🇸
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Celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year!
Friday-Sun, September 18-20, 2020 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 “Shana Tovah” (Have a Good Year)
Little Italy’s 2020 Feast of San Gennaro is Cancelled, but the Procession Carries On
Saturday, September 19, 2020 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD CHURCH Little Italy, NYC
Celebrate Obatalá, the Orisha Who Created Humans
Friday, September 24, 2021 AFRICAN DIASPORA
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Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement
Sun-Mon, September 27-28, 2020 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 “G’mar Chatima Tovah” (May you be inscribed in the Book of Life)
Celebrate All Souls Day!
Monday, November 2, 2020 The Catholic day for tending family graves was blended in Mexico with Aztec traditions into the Day of the Dead
Remember Veterans Day!
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 NOVEMBER 11 🇺🇸
It’s Labor Day Weekend, the End of Summer
Fri-Mon, September 3-6 2021 🇺🇸
Celebrate Labor Day!
Monday, September 6, 2021 UNION SQUARE, NYC 🇺🇸
Celebrate Brazilian Independence Day!
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 LITTLE BRAZIL, Midtown, NYC 🇧🇷 SÃO PAULO, Brazil September 7, 1821
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Regla!
Monday, September 7, 2020 UNION CITY, New Jersey 🇨🇺 IGLESIA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE REGLA, Regla, Havana, Cuba
Celebrate the Nativity of Mary!
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 🇮🇹
Celebrate Our Lady of Charity, Caridad del Cobre, Patron Saint of Cuba!
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 UNION CITY, New Jersey 🇨🇺 🇺🇸 BASÍLICA DEL COBRE, El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba
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Remember 9/11, A Day That Affected All New Yorkers
Friday, September 11, 2020 FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC Never forget, but always forgive what was done to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
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Celebrate Salvadoran Independence Day!
BICENTENNIAL Wednesday, September 15, 2021 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – GUATEMALA CITY September 15, 1821
Celebrate Nicaraguan Independence Day!
BICENTENNIAL Wednesday, September 15, 2021 MANAGUA, Nicaragua – GUATEMALA CITY September 15, 1821
Celebrate Costa Rican Independence Day!
BICENTENNIAL Wednesday, September 15, 2021 GUATEMALA CITY September 15, 1821
Celebrate Guatemalan Independence Day!
BICENTENNIAL Tuesday, September 15, 2020 GUATEMALA CITY September 15, 1821
Celebrate Honduran Independence Day!
BICENTENNIAL Wednesday, September 15, 2021 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – GUATEMALA CITY September 15, 1821
Celebrate Mexican Independence Day!
Thursday, September 16, 2021 MEXICO CITY, Mexico 🇲🇽 DOLORES HIDALGO, Mexico September 16, 1810 ¡Viva México!
Celebrate Chilean Independence Day!
Saturday, September 18, 2021 🇨🇱 SANTIAGO, Chile September 18, 1810
Naomi Osaka & Dominic Thiem Win US Open Grand Slam 2020
August 31 to September 13, 2020 USTA BILLIE JEAN KING NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Naomi Osaka 🇭🇹 🇯🇵 🇺🇸 Dominic Thiem 🇦🇹 – 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇸🇻 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇵🇷 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇺🇸
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Jackson Heights Children’s Halloween Parade
Thursday, October 31, 2019 JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens ~ New York City’s biggest Halloween children’s parade marches down 37th Avenue
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Village Halloween Parade
Thu, October 31, 2019 GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ All you need to march in this fun parade is a costume on Sixth Avenue
NYC Parks Life and Death Celebration: Día de los Muertos
Saturday, October 26, 2019 BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn ~ NYC Parks holds a family celebration of Day of the Dead and Fall traditions at Hattie Carthan Community Market
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Mano a Mano’s Day of the Dead celebration brings Mexican culture to life
Fri-Sun, October 25-27, 2019 EAST VILLAGE, NYC ~ Day of the Dead altar building, Mexican Marketplace, live music and Indigenous Aztec ceremony at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-bowery
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World Ballet Day 2019
Wed, October 23, 2019 The world’s leading ballet companies take you behind the scenes to see a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer on Facebook Live
Staten Island Day of the Dead Festival
Sunday, October 20, 2019 WEST BRIGHTON, Staten Island ~ Help build a communal ofrenda (altar) and learn Mexican Day of the Dead handicrafts for the entire family with teaching artists at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta School
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2019 Season ~ Herman Cornejo 20 Years!
October 16-27, 2019 LINCOLN CENTER ~ In a season of masters, jazz, romantics and families; Principal Herman Cornejo (Argentina) celebrates his 20th Anniversary with ABT on a starry, starry night at the David H. Koch Theater
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Columbus Day Parade 2019
Monday, October 14, 2019 MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Grand Marshal Massimo Ferragamo leads over 100 marching groups, 24 parade floats, 35 vehicles and over 20 marching bands in this celebration of Italian-American heritage, culture and achievements
Redhawk Indigenous People Day Pow Wow
Sun-Mon, Oct 13-14, 2019 RANDALLS ISLAND ~ The Redhawk Native American Arts Council’s annual Indigenous People Day pow wow celebration in front of Icahn Stadium in Randall’s Island Park
Hispanic Day Parade 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019 MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Twenty-one countries from around the world celebrate our Hispanic Heritage on Fifth Avenue
(NYCWFF) NYC Wine & Food Festival 2019
Thu-Sun, October 10-13, 2019 NEW YORK CITY ~ Culinary demonstrations, intimate meals and a giant pier party make the NYCWFF, New York City’s biggest wine and food festival
Celebrate Mexico Now Festival
Mon-Sun, October 7-13, 2019 NEW YORK CITY ~ A festival of contemporary Mexican art, dance, film, literature, music and food curated by New York City’s leading producer of world-class Mexican culture
Fall for Dance Festival 2019
October 1-13, 2019 MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Four world-class companies / choreographers / dancers a night for just $15 is the best deal in dance at New York City Center
TEFAF New York Fall 2019
Fri-Tue, November 1-5, 2019 UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ Europe’s big antiques fair brings decorative antiques to the Park Avenue Armory
Medieval Festival in Fort Tryon Park
Sunday, September 29, 2019 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NYC ~ A family celebration of all things medieval including knights, ladies, minstrels, magicians, jesters and jousting at Fort Tryon Park. FREE
New York Film Festival 2019
September 27 – Oct 13, 2019 LINCOLN CENTER ~ The 57th Festival opens with Scorcese’s ‘The Irishman’ and screens Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘Atlantic,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s Spanish film ‘Pain and Glory,’ and Olivier Assayas’ French film ‘WASP Network’ at Film at Lincoln Center
NYC Ballet Fall 2019 Season
September 17 – Oct 13, 2019 LINCOLN CENTER ~ New leadership, Lovette and Liang premieres, a centennial tribute to modern dance legend Merce Cunningham, and Brazilian Soloist Jovani Furlan at the David H. Koch Theater
74th UN General Assembly looks for global solutions to global problems
September 17-30, 2019 High-Level General Debate September 24-30, 2019 MIDTOWN EAST, NYC ~ Politicians discuss Climate, Universal Health Coverage, Sustainable Development, Financing for Development, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and Small Island Developing States
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African American Day Parade 2019
Sunday, September 15, 2019 HARLEM, NYC ~ Melba Moore and the Orange Crush Roaring Lion Marching Band of Lincoln University lead the parade on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd
Central American Independence Parade & Festival 2019
Sunday, September 8, 2019 CROTONA PARK EAST, The Bronx ~ This Honduran Garifuna parade marches from the Happy Land Memorial to a family festival in Crotona Park
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Labor Day Parade 2019
Saturday, September 7, 2019 MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Grand Marshal Elizabeth Shuler of the AFL-CIO leads the parade from 44th St and Fifth Avenue
West Indian Day Parade 2019
Thu-Mon, Aug 29-Sep 2, 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND Reggae Afrobeats Soca Summer Jam Youth Fest BrassFest Junior Carnival Parade Panorama Steelband Championship Dimanche Gras Carnival Sunday Party VIP Breakfast Parade CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The Brooklyn Museum and the Parade on Eastern Avenue turns the neighborhood into a Caribbean Carnival
J’Ouvert Parade 2019
Monday, September 2, 2019 PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ The J’Ouvert Parade forms at Grand Army Plaza, marches through the Park, to Empire, and down Nostrand to Midwood St
Brazilian Day New York 2019
Sunday, September 1, 2019 LITTLE BRAZIL, NYC ~ Celebrate Brazilian Independence with food, drink, live music and lots of Brazilians on Sixth Avenue at 46th St.
Affordable Art Fair 2018 Fall
Preview, Wednesday, September 26, 2018 ~ Thursday – Sunday September 27 – 30, 2018 ~ Metropolitan Pavilion Chelsea, Manhattan ~ Over 70 exhibitors of art for less than $10,000, including French, Italian and Spanish galleries
New Yorker Festival 2018
October 5 – 7, 2018 Friday – Sunday ~ African, French, Italian & Mexican thinkers
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Fall 2017
New York City Center Midtown, Manhattan Wednesday – Sunday November 29 – December 31, 2017
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