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. This category gathers 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.
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Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church is an Italian Street Fair Famous for Dancing the Giglio Tower
SHRINE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 🇮🇹
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Stonewall Uprising at the Stonewall Inn Energized the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights
STONEWALL INN, West Village, Manhattan 🏳️🌈
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Summer for the City Brings the World to Lincoln Center with Free or Pay-What-You-Wish Concerts
African American, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Holidays, Indigenous, Ivorian, Lincoln Center, Puerto Rican, Rwandan, South African, ZimbabweanLa Casita, Latin spoken word and music 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇬🇹 🇵🇷 Missy D French and English hip hop for families 🇨🇦 🇨🇮 🇷🇼 🇿🇼 NADELI, South African jazz 🇿🇦 LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan
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Ogun is the Yoruba Orisha of Metal, Technology, Drivers, and Rum, ¡Aguanile!
Beninese, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, Haitian, Nigerian, Puerto Rican, Religious Holidays, Togolese, Trinidadian, YorubaJANUARY 29 Cuban tradition (Regla de Ocha) 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 JUNE 29 African tradition (Regla de Ifá) 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 🇹🇬 JULY 25 Dominican tradition (21 Divisiones) 🇩🇴