New York City becomes a winter wonderland during the holidays. The first snow usually arrives in the first week of December. Winter weather remains through February. The first week of February is the coldest time of the year (and least expensive time to visit New York).
Macy’s 2020 Holiday Windows Thank First Responders, Essential Workers and Marchers for Equality
MACY’S Herald Square | Thursday, November 19, 2020 – January 1, 2021
Watch Neil Tyson’s “Manhattanhenge” Sunrise Solar Alignment
MANHATTAN CROSS STREETS Sunday-Monday, November 29-30, 2020
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In Winter, New York City Becomes a Wonderland
December, January, February
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Support the Arts on Giving Tuesday
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Celebrate the Feast of Santa Barbara
Friday, December 4, 2020
Happy Panamanian Mother’s Day!
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 🇵🇦
Celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights!
Thursday, December 10-18, 2020 🇮🇱
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Celebrate International Tango Day!
Friday, December 11, 2020 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Celebrate La Posada, the Mexican Caroling Tradition!
Wednesday, December 16-24, 2020 🇲🇽
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Celebrate La Novena de Aguinaldos, the South American Holiday Tradition!
Wednesday, December 16-24, 2020 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇻🇪
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Honor Babalú-Ayé, Orisha of the Sick
Thursday, December 17, 2020 SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS, Cuba
Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebration is Streaming This Year
SOLSTICECONCERT.COM | Saturday, December 19, 2020
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Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 25, 2020 The world’s most popular Latin holiday ¡Feliz Navidad! Feliz Natal! Buon Natale! Joyeux Noël! Craciun Fericit! Merry Christmas!
Remember Huitzilopochtli!
Monday, December 21, 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico Aztecs honor their national god Huitzilopochtli the sun god, on the winter solstice
The Cold Moon, December Full Moon, Rises Over NYC
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Indigenous North Americans called the December full moon the “Cold Moon”
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Never Forget Holocaust Remembrance Day when Auschwitz-Birkenau was Liberated
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 – AUSCHWITZ, Poland January 27, 1945
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Rio Carnival 2021 is the World’s Biggest Carnival Festival
Fri-Tue, February 12-16, 2021 Saturday, February 20, 2021 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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Celebrate Portugal Restoration of Independence Day!
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 – LISBON, Portugal December 1, 1640
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Celebrate Candombe Day!
Thursday, December 3, 2020 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square 2020 is Cancelled for COVID-19 Safety
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 LINCOLN SQUARE, NYC
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Celebrate the Immaculate Conception and the Divinity of Women!
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 The idea that the Virgin Mary was born free of sin expresses that the divinity of women and men is equal
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Celebrate Haitian Independence Day!
Friday, January 1, 2021 – GONAUÏVES, Haiti January 1, 1804
Celebrate Kwanzaa, the African American Year End Tradition!
Sunday, December 26, 2020 – Saturday, January 1, 2021
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Celebrate New Year’s Eve!
Thursday, December 31, 2020 TIMES SQUARE, NYC
Celebrate the Solemnity of Mary and the Divinity of Mother & Child
Friday, January 1, 2021 Mothers and children are sacred
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Celebrate Three Kings Day, Día de Los Reyes
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The Latin gift-giving day at the end of the Holiday season celebrates visitors from afar who came to pay their respects and were welcomed by the people
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Let’s Make Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream a Reality
Friday, January 15, 2021 🇺🇸 ATLANTA, Georgia January 15, 1929
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Martin Luther King Weekend is Going to be Special This Year
Friday-Monday, January 15-18, 2021 UNITED STATES
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Join the Women’s March on NYC for Women’s Rights & Human Rights
[Anticipated] Saturday, January 16, 2021
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Carnival, Carnaval, Carnevale
MONTH January 17 – February 16, 2021 SEASON January 31 – February 16, 2021 WEEK February 11 – 16, 2021 – FAT TUESDAY, MARDI GRAS Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Candelaria, Patron Saint of Tenerife and Cartagena
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain
Enjoy the Presidents Day Long Weekend!
Friday-Monday, February 12-15, 2021
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes!
Thursday, February 11, 2021 LOURDES, France On February 11, 1858, 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous heard a Marian apparition tell her to dig a well at the spot. The well’s water is famous for miraculous healings.
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Celebrate Chinese New Year!
[Anticipated] Friday, February 12, 2021 SARA D. ROOSEVELT PARK Chinatown, Manhattan
Barranquilla Carnival 2021
Saturday-Tuesday, February 13-16, 2021 BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – The world’s second biggest carnival festival is a unique blend of Colombian, Caribbean and Latin culture.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sunday, February 14, 2021 This popular celebration commemorates the death of several Roman saints, all named Saint Valentine, who became associated with romantic love through Arthurian stories in the Middle Ages.
Ponce Carnival 2021, the Home of Vejigante de Ponce
[ANTICIPATED] Sunday, February 14, 2021 PONCE, PUERTO RICO
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Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 2021
Tuesday, February 15-16, 2021 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean carnival traditions around the world are based on Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the end of Carnival
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
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Celebrate Ash Wednesday, the Start of Lent
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 – “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This day of repentance starts the Catholic period of devotion leading to Easter.
Celebrate Lent, the Catholic Fast and Devotion Before Easter
Wednesday, February 17 to March 29, 2021
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Celebrate Dominican Independence Day. ¡Quisqueya!
Sunday, February 27, 2021 – SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic February 27, 1844
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El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020 EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO LA MARQUETA East Harlem, NYC Giant puppets, camels, parrandas, BombaYo, Annette Aguilar, Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater, Fogo Azul NYC, and the Three Kings bring the true spirit of the holidays to El Barrio. ¡WEPA!
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Watch the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
Wed, Dec 4, 2019-Jan 7, 2020 [Anticipated] Wednesday, December 2, 2020 to January 3, 2021 ROCKEFELLER CENTER Midtown, NYC Rockefeller Center fills with crowds for the tree lighting ceremony and show
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Celebrate Las Octavitas, the Puerto Rican Holiday Tradition!
Thursday, January 7-14, 2020 The octave of Three Kings Day extends Christmas in Puerto Rico for eight more days to Las Fiestas de la Calle de San Juan
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Celebrate Christmas Eve!
Thursday, December 24, 2020 NORTH POLE Here comes Santa Claus…
Celebrate National Margarita Day!
Saturday, February 22, 2020 – Enjoy the classic Mexican cocktail of tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and salt
Black Comic Book Festival 2020
Friday-Saturday, January 17-18, 2020 SCHOMBURG CENTER Harlem, NYC
Mano a Mano Posadas y Pastorelas
Saturday, December 21, 2019 Lehman College JEROME PARK, The Bronx Celebrate Christmas Mexican style with a workshop, posada, shephard’s play and piñata
More Winter things to do in NYC
Shop Outdoors at Bryant Park’s Winter Village Holiday Market
BRYANT PARK, Midtown, NYC October 30, 2020-Jan 3, 2021
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Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the end of Carnival
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
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Master Drawings New York 2019 at 30 galleries
UPPER EAST SIDE, Jan 26-Feb 2, 2019 ~ A collaborative exhibition of old master art at 30 international dealers within walking distance of each other. # old masters drawings art fair
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5,000 years at the Winter Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory
UPPER EAST SIDE, Opening night Thu, Jan 17, Show Jan 18-27, 2019, daily ~ African, French, Haitian, Italian, Mexican, Puerto Rican and Spanish antiques, art and design. The show benefits East Side House Settlement which provides educational programs to families in the South Bronx and Upper Manhattan. # antiques fair bronx philanthropy
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APAP NYC 2019 brings performing arts showcases to NYC in January
New York Hilton Midtown Sheraton New York Times Square Friday – Tuesday January 4 – 8, 2019
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Off-Broadway Week Winter 2018
February 12-25, 2018 ~ “El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba,” “Fire and Air,” “Jersey Boys”
14th Winter JazzFest 2018 brings together 10,000 Jazz lovers
Multiple venues in Midtown, Greenwich Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Hudson Square, and SoHo, Manhattan January 10 – 17, 2018 JAZZ MARATHON Friday – Saturday January 12 – 13, 2018
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NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2018
RESERVATIONS OPEN January 8, 2018 NYC RESTAURANT WEEK January 22 – February 9, 2018
25th PBR (Professional Bull Riders) 2018 Season Opener ~ Go Brazil!
Madison Square Garden Chelsea, Manhattan Friday – Sunday January 5-7, 2018
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