Explore Mexican Culture in NYC: the dance companies, the bands, the clubs, the festivals, the culture, and the history. Two thirds of the United States was once Mexico. As New York’s third-largest Latin community, we are very much part of the fabric of The City.
Regional Mexican is America’s most popular Latin music. Latin rock started in Mexico. The Whitney Museum said that the biggest influence on American art was not the Europeans, it was the Mexican muralists.
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Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 Screens Stories About Life & Those Who Live It
A film festival of Brooklyn’s independent, international energy.
June 2-11, 2023
WINDMILL STUDIOS
Greenpoint
WYTHE HOTEL
Williamsburg
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Drums Along the Hudson is a Native American & Multicultural Celebration of Drum, Song & Dance
A spectacular multicultural pow wow brings the old ways back to life. Everyone hears the call of the drum.
INWOOD HILL PARK
Sunday, June 4, 2023
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ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
A primer on some of the young Latin artists who are doing incredible work stretching the jazz and classical music canon in New York City.
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Sunday, June 4, 2023
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Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Monarcas” Celebrates the Contributions and Sacrifices Mexican Immigrants Make for the USA
These are the first stories in a new Mexican folkloric dance series celebrating immigrant contributions. “Company E” celebrates Mexican American soldiers in the US Army. “Viñedos” celebrates Mexican American families who helped build California’s wine industry.
QUEENS THEATRE IN THE PARK
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Saturday-Sunday, May 27-28, 2023
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Ballet Hispánico Dances an Iconic Ballet Pas de Deux, New Commissions and a Latin Classic at New York City Center
Ballet Hispánico takes the stage with a Forsythe ballet duet, new work by Michelle Manzanales and Omar Román de Jesús, and a company classic by Pedro Ruiz.
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3, 2023
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Frieze New York 2023 Brings International Galleries to One of NYC’s Contemporary Art Cores
Frieze brings hi-end contemporary art galleries from 27 countries to New York. The Frieze Week cluster of art fairs puts New York on the international art calendar.
THE SHED
Hudson Yards, Manhattan
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Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Hosted by Ana Navarro with Sergio Trujillo Tributes The Miranda Family at The Plaza
Ana Navarro (The View) with Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, On Your Feet!) lead a star-filled tribute to The Miranda Family with dancing to the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
THE PLAZA
Midtown, Manhattan
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets
DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village
African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹
DANCEFEST Tompkins Square Park
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Saturday, May 20, 2023
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Ballet Hispánico Makes its Mark as America’s Largest Latinx Cultural Organization
Ballet Hispánico takes center stage with an iconic Forsythe ballet pas de deux that is danced on a diagonal, a literal Latinx.
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3, 2023
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Ballet Hispánico Leaps into the Top Tier of American Dance Companies
Ballet Hispánico takes the stage with a Forsythe ballet duet, new work by Michelle Manzanales and Omar Román de Jesús, and a company classic by Pedro Ruiz.
The opening night Legacy Gala honors The Miranda Family and features dancing to the Spanish Harlem Orchestra at The Plaza Hotel.
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3, 2023
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“Eight Tales of Pedro” Shows How in Times of Trouble; Honor, Family, & Hope Keep You Moving
An award-winning play about a group of immigrants traveling together in a van across Mexico, risking everything to make a new life.
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Friday-Sunday, May 12-14, 2023
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La Boom NY is a Popular Latin Night Club with Latin, Urban, Rock, and Mexican Nights
Depending on the night you can dance Urban dem bow, hip-hop, reggaeton, trap; Latin bachata, cumbia, merengue, salsa; or Regional banda, cumbia grupero, or norteño
WOODSIDE, QUEENS
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PEN World Voices Festival 2023 is Mightier Than the Sword
International writers gather to talk about protecting free expression and human rights through literature.
MULTIPLE VENUES
Wednesday-Saturday, May 10-13, 2023
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The Future Fair 2023 Brings Diversity to the Art-Industrial Complex
A contemporary art fair that works to bring diverse crop of emerging artists and art galleries into the art-industrial complex.
CHELSEA INDUSTRIAL
Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13, 2023
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Best of Cinco de Mayo NYC 2023
This is the best of New York City’s Cinco de Mayo 2023 celebration.
¡Viva México!
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Cinco de Mayo Festival Del Son Features Son Huasteco, Son Jaliscience and Son Jarocho
This family festival features three different Regional sons and dances including: Son Huasteco, Son Jaliscience and Son Jarocho!
KUPFERBERG CENTER
Queens College
Flushing, Queens
Saturday, May 6, 2023
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Cinco de Mayo Changed American History
The Mexican defeat of “superior” French forces in the Battle of Puebla changed American history on May 5, 1862.
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The Cinco de Mayo Parade NYC 2023 is on Central Park West
Enjoy New York City’s Cinco de Mayo celebration with many dance groups and artists from the Tri-State Mexican American community.
CENTRAL PARK WEST
Upper West Side, Manhattan
Sunday, May 7, 2023
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Chosen Memories at MoMA Finds the Needle in the Haystack of Contemporary Latin American Art
The Cisneros Institute show the power of giving.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Midtown, Manhattan
April 30 – September 9, 2023
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International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World
This ancient European spring holiday became associated with the labor movement. The U.S. downplays it, but it’s a major holiday in the Latin world.
Monday, May 1, 2023
Carnegie Hall is One of the World’s Great Concert Halls and Citywide
Classical, jazz and pop music in Midtown, and all kinds of music citywide.
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Saturday, May 6, 2023
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Sunday, May 21, 2023
Colombian cumbia & vallenato in Times Square 🇨🇴
Friday, June 9, 2023
Mexican children’s music at Carnegie Hall 🇲🇽
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Son Cubano in West Harlem
Saturday, June 17, 2023 🇨🇺
Juneteenth Celebration 🇺🇸
Monday, June 19, 2023
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Dzul Dance is a Contemporary Mexican Dance Company That Transcends Dance
A New York/Campeche Mexican dance company, that fuses dance, aerial arts, contortion and acrobatics into a unique bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage.
Morningside Heights, Manhattan / Campeche, México
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Future Dance Festival 2023 is Propelling Dance Forward
92nd Street Y
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Performances by finalists in this open competition for choreographers, produced by the Harkness Dance Center.
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New York City Center is a Premiere Musical Theatre and Dance Theatre Venue
Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15, 2023
AYODELE CASEL Artists at the Center presents the next generation of tap dance stars.
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Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3, 2023
BALLET HÍSPANICO spring season
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Queens Theatre is the Premiere Performing Arts Center in Queens
Cuban, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish; flamenco, folk, latin alternative, trova; dance, music, theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
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Villalobos Brothers Play Their Unique Blend of Mexican Folk, Jazz, Classical at Pregones/PRTT
Saturday, March 25, 2023
PREGONES/PRTT
Concourse, The Bronx 🇲🇽
The New York Now: Home Photography Exhibition at MCNY Shows How New Yorkers Make New York City Home
Ongoing
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
“El Barrio” East Harlem
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Watch New York Red Bulls vs Columbus at Red Bull Arena
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Harrison, New Jersey
MLS REGULAR SEASON
February 25 – October 21, 2023
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NYICFF 2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival is Live Again With Great Latin Films
March 3-19, 2023
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island
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Celebrate National Margarita Day!
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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Mexican NYC
Thank you for sponsoring Mexican culture in New York Latin Culture Magazine!
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- Calpulli Mexican Dance Company 🇲🇽
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- New York City Center
- Throckmorton Fine Art
Mexican Art in NYC
The Mexican Cultural Institute New York is the cultural department of the Mexican Consulate. It regularly presents programs in the Octavio Paz Gallery. mciny.org
Mexican Dance in NYC
Ballet Hispánico is a contemporary dance company with a Mexican American founder, and a strong Mexican choreographer.
Ballet Nepantla is an award-winning contemporary dance company that explores cultural in-between-ness by dancing Mexican folklore as contemporary ballet.
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is a strong community folkloric dance organization with a touring company and teaching artists.
Dzul Dance is a New York/Campeche Mexican dance company that fuses dance, aerial arts, contortion, and acrobatics into a unique bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage.
Bet you didn’t know that José Limón from Culiacán, Mexico was one of the pioneers of American modern dance. Limón Dance Company and Limón Technique are his legacies.
Mexican Festivals in NYC
- Celebrate Mexico Now Festival
- Cinco de Mayo
- Cinco de Mayo Parade
- Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
- Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Las Mañanitas a Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe
- Mexican Independence Day
- Mexican Independence Parade
Mexican New York
Mexican NYC is New York’s third-largest Latin community, and the largest in the United States.
As of 2020, there are about 321,000 of us, around 13% of New York’s Hispanic community. We grew about 10% since 2010, and are New York’s second fastest growing Latin community. We live mostly in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Queens.
We are among the world’s hardest working people.
Like other Latins, we are a multiracial mix of Indigenous, European, and African. We are the descendants of the great Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and many other civilizations. Corn, which feeds America, was developed in Mexico, so was chocolate.
Two thirds of North America was Mexico before it was the United States, so we have a lot in common.
Regional Mexican is America’s most popular Latin music. There are many forms including: mariachi, banda, norteño, and tejano. Mexican cumbia has been popular since the 1940s. Latin rock started in Mexico.
The Whitney Museum of American Art said that the biggest influence on American art was the Mexican muralists, not the Europeans. Let that sink in a minute.
Our big festivals include Three Kings Day (January 6), Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Holy Week (varies), Mexican Independence Day (September 16), Day of the Dead (November 2), the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe (December 12). Our Posadas Navideñas (Christmas processions) are famous.