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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Karl-Anthony Towns and José Alvarado Lead the Knicks to the NBA Finals
Karl-Anthony Towns “Bodega KAT,” José Alvarado “Grand Theft Alvarado”
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Orchestra of St. Luke’s Latin Season
African American, Brooklyn Public Library, Classical Music, Flushing Town Hall, Hostos Center, New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsFive Boroughs Music Festival “Finding an American Voice” with Joseph Parrish
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International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World
Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Filipino, French, Guatemalan, Haitian, Holidays, Honduran, Italian, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Portuguese, Romanian, Salvadoran, Spanish, Uruguayan, VenezuelanMAY 1 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇬🇹 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
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Palladium Times Square Presents Latin Rock, Urban, and Regional Mexican
Argentine, Dominican, Hip-Hop, Latin Rock, Música Mexicana, Palladium Times Square, Reggaeton, Times Square Theater DistrictCaifanes, Grupo Bryndis, Guardianes del Amor, Industria del Amor, Paulo Londra; T.Y.S
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Bryant Park Dance Party is Free Dancing Outdoors to Live Music with a Lesson
African American, Bachata, Bossa Nova, Brazilian, Bryant Park, Colombian, Cuban, DANCE, Dominican, FREE NYC, Midtown, Panamanian, Puerto Rican, R&B / Soul, Salsa, Samba, VenezuelanSalsa, R&B, Samba/Bossa Nova/Forró, Swing, Bachata, Salsa Cubana
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Havana Film Festival New York 2026 Features Latin Beats on the Big Screen
American, Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Film Festivals, French, Greenwich Village, Havana Film Festival New York, Italian, Midtown, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Spanish, Uruguayan, Venezuelan30+ Caribbean, Latin American, and U.S. Latino films
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PEN World Voices Festival Has Panels on Caribbean Solidarity and Latin Women’s Perspectives
Argentine, BOOKS, Colombian, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Garifuna, Greenwich Village, Honduran, Indigenous, Mexican, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian, UruguayanAgustina Bazterrica, Carmen Boulloso, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Angie Cruz, Álvaro Enrigue, Saraciea Fennell, Reyna Grande, Justin Haynes, Guadalupe Nettel, Mónica Ojeda, María Ospina, Esmeralda Santiago, Fernanda Trías, Gabriela Wiener
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Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel’s New York Philharmonic
Classical Music, David Geffen Hall, Puerto Rican, Salsa, United Palace, Venezuelan, Washington HeightsDavid Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, United Palace
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United Palace Latin Music and Theatre
Bachata, Chilean, Classical Music, Latin Pop, Merengue, Puerto Rican, Salsa, Spanish, United Palace, Venezuelan, Washington HeightsNew York Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel and Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Los Hermanos Rosario, Myriam Hernández, Tony Vega