HERITAGE
New York City’s Latin culture draws from an extraordinary web of heritage lines — the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the European colonizers who reshaped the hemisphere, the African nations whose descendants forged new traditions, and the Asian communities who arrived through indentured servitude and later migration. More recent arrivals, from Lebanese to Japanese communities, have woven themselves permanently into Latin identity across generations. Explore events, artists, and cultural traditions organized by heritage, spanning the full breadth of the communities that make up NYC’s Latin world.
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Haitian Culture Day Parade & Festival Celebrates Haitian Flag Day
Tabou Combo, Anie Alerte with Band Zile, Colmix, AndyBeatz, Steves J. Bryan
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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Has a Brazil Beyond Brazil Section
African American, Art Fairs, Bahamian, Bermudian, Brazilian, British, Chelsea, French, Italian, Ivorian, Nigerian, South AfricanBrazi Beyond Brazil section, “Sun Ra” by Amin El Gotaibi, Port-au-Prince textiles
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El Clásico FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid is One of the World’s Most Watched Sporting Events
Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Pedri vs. Kylian Mbappé, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham
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FUERZAfest Tributes Puerto Rican Pioneers of the Pride Movement
Queer short films, One-act play competition, “En Serio” queer comedy
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New York City FC (NYCFC) Latin Highlights 2026 Season
African American, Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Concourse The Bronx, Day of the Dead, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens, Italian, Jamaican, LGBTQ, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Sierra Leonean, Soccer, TrinidadianLeagues Cup: Santos Laguna, Cruz Azul, Necaxa; Black Excellence Night
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New York African Film Festival is “As the Stars Sow the Earth”
African American, Bissau-Guinean, British, Burkinabè, Cape Verdean, Congo Kinshasa, East Harlem, Egyptian, Film at Lincoln Center, Film Festivals, French, Ghanaian, Harlem, Ivorian, Jamaican, Kenyan, Malian, Maysles Documentary Center, Moroccan, Nigerian, Senegalese, Sierra Leonean, South African, The Africa Center, Togolese, Ugandan“Promised Sky,” “The Eyes of Ghana, “Dust to Dreams”