Latin Folk music and dance are traditional expressions of families and communities. Some artists remain traditional, and some have evolved into urban fusions. In the beginning, all music is folk music and all dance is folk dance.
Latin Folk Music NYC
Germán López plays Latin Folk on the Canary Island timple guitar at National Sawdust in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Sat, Apr 2 at 7:30pm. $35. 🇪🇸
For the Common Ground: Mini-Global Mashup #5 – Southern Italy Meets Senegal, Alessandra Belloni plays Southern Italian music and Alioune Faye, a Griot (West African troubadour), plays Senegalese percussion at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Sun, Apr 3 at 1pm. $15. flushingtownhall.org 🇮🇹🇸🇳
The Drums Along the Hudson Native American and Multicultural festival is at Inwood Hill Park in Inwood, Manhattan on Sun, Jun 5, 2022 from 11am – 6pm. Free. [To be confirmed.]
Folk Music Venues in NYC
Flushing Town Hall performing arts center in Flushing, Queens.
Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens.
Terraza 7 nightclub in Elmhurst, Queens.
World Music Institute world music and dance producer.
Where to Watch Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks 2022
Monday, July 4, 2022
NBC 4, Manhattan, Brooklyn & Queens
Jazz, Rap, R&B, Rock & Country
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Previous Folk Music & Dance
Aurelio Martínez & the Garifuna Soul Band play Garifuna Folk, with NYC’s own Wabafu Garifuna Dance Company opening, for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village on Thu, Dec 16 at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). worldmusicinstitute.org 🇭🇳|🇧🇿🇬🇹🇳🇮🇺🇸
Miguel Zenón joins Ches Smith and We All Break for their “Path of Seven Colors” record release show of Haitian Vodou music at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn on Tue, Oct 26 at 8pm. $20. 🇭🇹🇵🇷
Cuban Nueva Trova legend Pablo Milanés brings his Dias de Luz Tour to The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan on Sat, Oct 23 at 8pm. From $45. 🇨🇺
Folk Music & Dance in New York City
The World Music Institute, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, Dzul Dance, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Redhawk Native American Arts Council and ID Studio Theater all produce folk music and dance. Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens hosts folk music and dance shows.
Folk Music & Dance New Yorkers
Only in New York City can you enjoy this amount of diversity. Everybody from everywhere is here.
Jarana Beat Does the Mexican Fandango at Terraza 7
Friday, May 13, 2022
TERRAZA 7
Elmhurst, Queens
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Edmar Castaneda to Celebrate “Family” Album Release
Thursday, October 14, 2021
DIZZY’S CLUB
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
Columbus Circle
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Leyla McCalla Connects Country Music to its Caribbean Roots
Monday, September 13, 2021
WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE
PLUS AT HOME
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Say Goodbye to Diego Obregon Colombian Pacific Coast Marimba Master
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 7pm
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Martin Vejarano
La Cumbiamba
Grupo Rebolú
Folklore Urbano
Sebastián Cruz
NYC Gaita Club
Harold Gutierrez
Freddy Castiblanco
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Joan Baez knows a little about diamonds and rust
April 7, 2017
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Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
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Watch the Mexican – American folk singer get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Encuentro NYC Colombian Music Festival
Colombian music and dance for the entire family
Le Poisson Rouge
Greenwich Village
Saturday, December 3, 2016
The Folk Music & Dance World
These artists from the United States and around the world have recently performed in New York City.
Plena Libre Plays Plena for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Riverbank State Park
Saturday, April 30, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
RIVERSIDE STATE PARK
Hamilton Heights, West Harlem
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El Laberinto del Coco Plays Bomba Fusion at Lote 23 in Santurce, Puerto Rico
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Saturday, January 8, 2022
LOTE 23
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Aurelio Martínez & The Garifuna Soul Band Sing Folkloric Jazz for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge
Thursday, December 16, 2021
WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE
LE POISSON ROUGE
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
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OKAN Sings to the Heart of the People
Flushing Town Hall
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Friday, May 14, 2021
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Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Afro-Peruvian tambor jams with Jewish klezmer.
Mighty Sparrow
Saturday, December 7, 2019
NOHO, NYC ~ The living legend of Trinidadian calypso plays Joe’s Pub
Chouk Bwa
Saturday, November 16, 2019
PURCHASE, New York (White Plains) ~ Traditional Haitian folk music as part of ‘(T)HERE: A Global Festival of Art, Culture and Ideas – Haiti’ at the Purchase College Performing Arts Center
Boukman Eksperyans, Haitian Folk Rock
Thursday, August 29, 2019
DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM, Lincoln Center
Olga Cerpa y Mestisay
LINCOLN CENTER, WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE, Tue, Nov 20, 2018. Spanish Canary Island folk music ~ One of the most popular bands in the Canary Islands visits our island
Mercedes Peón Ancient and Contemporary Songs of Galicia, Spain
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
between 34th & 35th St
Murray Hill, Manhattan
Friday, December 8, 2017
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Totó la Momposina
Rumsey Playfield
Central Park
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Los Nocheros
Argentine Pop/Folk
Stage 48
605 W 48th St, Hell’s Kitchen
Friday, June 9, 2017
Qasida Persian Spanish Flamenco Festival at Carnegie Hall
MIDTOWN, Mar 18, 2016 ~ A Flamenco of Arabic poetry by Spanish and Persian musicians.
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Folk Music of Faith and Ritual
Culture begins as an expression of the mysteries of faith and the rituals of belonging to a community.
This is where folk music begins. As it develops, it may lose its connection with faith, or that connection may become hidden to those who don’t know where to look.
Some folk musics become popular and then blend with other musics. Even the most contemporary music like salsa, hip-hop, reggaeton and Latin trap follows this path. It all derives from folk traditions.
We have been human (Homo sapiens) for about 200,000 years. We like to think that we are so very modern, but we really haven’t changed that much.