Holidays
Holidays in New York City carry the weight of centuries, arriving from every corner of the Latin world’s mother cultures. Here, Catholic feast days blend with Indigenous ceremony, African diasporic devotion, and celebrations that predate all of them, tracking the sun and seasons themselves. Here are the sacred and the seasonal side by side, covering the religious observances and nature-marked occasions that bring NYC’s Latin, African, Indigenous, European, and global roots communities together throughout the year. Regardless of your personal heritage, all human traditions offer wisdom if you are open to it.
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Joe’s Pub Latin Season 2026 Great Dance, Music, & Theatre
African American, Argentine, Brazilian, Classical Music, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Flamenco, Flamenco Shows, Indigenous, Italian, Joe’s Pub, Juneteenth, Noho, Roots Music, Spanish, Tango, VenezuelanSoledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, Pipo Romero, Arturo Luíz Soria, Emilio Solla + Antonio Lizana Quartet, Mafer Bandola, Juneteenth LP, Juneteenth: The Musical in Concert by Darrel Alejandro Holnes
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BIG Salsa Festival Brings Great Salsa and Bachata Teachers to New York
World-class teachers of Dominican bachata, Spanish sensual bachata, and Puerto Rican New York salsa
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Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach is a Hot Summer Salsa Dance Party
Salsa on 1, Salsa on 2, Casino, Rueda de Casino, Salsa Caleña
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Loisaida Festival 2026 Celebrates Our AmeRícan Thing on Avenue C
John Benítez & Revolution Latin Jazz, Las Mariposas Galácticas, Grupo K’ndela, Batalá New York, Caridad “La Bruja” de la Luz, BombaYo
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DanceAfrica at BAM ~ Brooklyn Celebrates Uganda
African American, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Dance Festivals, Folkloric Dance, Fort Greene Brooklyn, Memorial Day, UgandanTribute to the Ancestors, Community Day, Ndere Troupe, Bazaar, Dance Classes, Late Night Dance Party, FilmAfrica, Voices of Peace tapestry
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Mother’s Day is a Celebration of Peace
Bahamian, Barbadian, Belizean, Brazilian, Chilean, Chinese, Colombian, Congo Kinshasa, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Equatorial Guinean, Ethiopian, Filipino, French Canadian, Ghanaian, Grenadian, Guyanese, Holidays, Honduran, Indian, Italian, Ivorian, Jamaican, Kenyan, Mother’s Day, Peruvian, Saint Lucian, South African, Taiwanese, Trinidadian, Uruguayan, Venezuelan, Vincentian, ZimbabweanSECOND SUNDAY IN MAY 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇺🇪🇨🇭🇳🇮🇹🇵🇪🇵🇷🇺🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
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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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Hostos Center Latin Spring
African American, Ballet, Classical Music, Cuban, Folkloric Dance, Hostos Center, Juneteenth, Mexican, Modern Dance, Mott Haven The Bronx, Puerto Rican, Roots Music, Salsa, Street Dance, Tap Dance, THEATERCalpulli Mexican Dance Company, “The Niceties,” Eddy Zervigón & Orquesta Broadway with Karen Joseph, Son del Monte, Foto Rodríguez y su Orquesta La Única, KR3TS, La Bruja, Orchestra of St. Luke’s with Joseph Parrish, Orlando Hernández, Roy Brown & Zoraida Santiago
