New York Latin Parade Features
The Lunar New Year Parade NYC 2023 Has Dragons Dance Through Manhattan Chinatown to the Lower East Side
Sunday, February 12, 2023
MOTT, EAST BROADWAY, FORSYTH
Manhattan Chinatown to the Lower East Side
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Three Kings Day Parade NYC 2023 Marks the End of Christmas
Friday, January 6, 2023
“EL BARRIO” EAST HARLEM
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Continue Reading Three Kings Day Parade NYC 2023 Marks the End of Christmas
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation 2022
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
UPPER WEST SIDE
Continue Reading Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation 2022
New York Latin Parade News
January 2023
The 46th Three Kings Day Parade NYC 2023 with Annette Aguilar & Stringbeans, BombaYo!, and Fogo Azul marches up Park Avenue from 106th St to 115th St in “El Barrio” East Harlem on Friday, January 6, 2023 from 11am – 12noon. FREE! 🇧🇷🇳🇮🇵🇷🇪🇸
The Brooklyn Three Kings Day Parade 2023 is on Graham Ave in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Three Kings Day, Friday, January 6, 2023. 🇵🇷
February 2023
The 25th Lunar New Year Parade NYC 2023 has dragons dancing through Manhattan Chinatown to the Lower East Side on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 1pm. FREE! 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
March 2023
For those who think St Patrick’s isn’t Latin, talk to the Latins who march in the parade [Atlantic Ocean sailors, not the mythical “Black Irish” from Spanish Armada wrecks.]:
- Celtic Iberians from Northwestern Spain and Portugal. We even have gaita bagpipes and kilts in Galicia, Spain. 🇵🇹🇪🇸
- Celtic French from Brittany. 🇫🇷
[To Be Confirmed]
The 48th Queens County St Patrick’s Day Parade 2023 marches from 130th & Newport Ave in Rockaway, Queens on Saturday, March 4, 2023. FREE! 🇮🇪
[To Be Confirmed]
The 25th Throggs Neck St Patrick’s Day Parade 2023 marches from East Tremont & Lafayette, to Harding Ave near Brinsmade Ave, in Throggs Neck, The Bronx, on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 12 noon. FREE! 🇮🇪
The Manhattan St Patrick’s Day Parade 2023 marches up Fifth Avenue from 44th St in Midtown East to 79th St in the Upper East Side on St Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11am. FREE! 🇮🇪
April 2023
The Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival is on Fifth Ave between 49th St & 57th St, on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023 from 10am to about 4pm. It’s not really a parade. People just walk around. The biggest crowds are around St Patrick’s Cathedral. Take your camera.
May 2023
[To Be Confirmed]
NYC’s Cinco de Mayo Parade 2023 marches down Central Park West from 106th St to 97th St on Sunday, May 7, 2023 from 12-3pm. FREE! 🇲🇽
The 17th Dance Parade and Festival 2023 on Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 12noon – 7pm. FREE!
[To Be Confirmed]
The Cuban Parade of New Jersey 2023 (Desfile Cubano de New Jersey) marches from North Bergen to Union City, New Jersey on Sunday, May 15, 2023 from 2 – 5 pm. 🇨🇺
The 156th Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade 2023 is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Memorial Day, May 29, 2023 at 11am. FREE! 🇺🇸
June 2023
NYC’s 75th Celebrate Israel Parade marches up Fifth Avenue from 57th St in Midtown/Midtown East to 74th St in the Upper East Side on Sunday, June 4, 2023.🇮🇱
[To Be Confirmed]
NYC’s Philippine Independence Day Parade marches down Madison Ave from 38th to 27th St in Murray Hill, Kips Bay and NoMad, Manhattan on Sunday, June 4, 2023 from 12-2pm. FREE! 🇵🇭
[To Be Confimed]
The 31st New Queens Pride Parade marches through Jackson Heights, Queens on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 12noon – to the New Queens Pride Festival from 11am-6pm. FREE! 🏳️🌈
The 66th National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2023, America’s biggest cultural celebration, marches up Fifth Avenue from 43rd St in Midtown/Midtown East to 79th St in the Upper East Side on Sunday, June 11, 2023. ¡WEPA! 🇵🇷
[To Be Confirmed]
NYC’s Portugal Day Parade 2023 is in Newark, New Jersey on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at 3pm. FREE! 🇵🇹
The 41st Mermaid Parade 2023 is on Surf Ave and the Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn on June 17, 2023, from 1-4pm. FREE! 🇺🇸
[To Be Confirmed]
The Queens Dominican Parade 2023 marches on 37th Avenue from 69th St to 86th St in Jackson Heights, Queens on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 12noon. FREE! 🇩🇴
The 53rd New York City Pride Parade 2023 is Sunday, June 25, 2023. FREE! 🏳️🌈
August 2023
The 134th Feast of Saint Rocco procession marches through Manhattan’s Little Italy on Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 1pm. 🇮🇹
New York Latin Parade Calendar
In 2023, schedules are starting to normalize after the Covid-19 pandemic.
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
AUGUST
- Ecuadorian Parade 🇪🇨
- National Dominican Day Parade 🇩🇴
- Saint Rocco procession. 🇮🇹
SEPTEMBER
- African American Day Parade 🇺🇸
- J’Ouvert Parade
- Labor Day Parade 🇺🇸
- Mexican Parade 🇲🇽
- Muslim Day Parade 🇺🇸
- Queens Hispanic Day Parade 🇺🇸
- San Gennaro Procession 🇮🇹
- West Indian Day Parade
OCTOBER
- Hispanic Day Parade
- Hispanic State Parade of New Jersey
- Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade
- Italian Day Parade
- Jackson Heights Halloween Parade
- Panamanian Parade
- Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade
- Village Halloween Parade
NOVEMBER
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Veterans Day Parade
DECEMBER
- No parades.
About New York Latin Parades
Parades originated as religious and military processions. Latin parades are influenced by Carnival, patron saint festivals, New Orleans funeral processions, and Cuban Guaracha musical theatre traditions which would carry on into the streets
Guaracha was a naughty Cuban theater tradition that was often performed in bars. Think conga line. In Puerto Rico, guaracha evolved into the Parranda Christmas caroling tradition. Today the word means to have a wild party.
Many Latin parades end at a street fair.
Fifth Avenue and Lower Broadway are among the world’s most famous parade locations. In Manhattan, parades also march on Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue and Central Park West.
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade is the biggest cultural celebration in the United States.
New York Latin festivals, street fairs