Things to do in NYC January 2018

Things to do in NYC in January include Three Kings Day, APAP NYC showcases, Martin Luther King Day, Masters Week and New York Antiques Week.

January 2018 Calendar

Monday, January 1

January 1 is New Year’s Day.

January 1 is the Christian Feast of Mary.

January 1 is the first day to send Easter Mass ticket requests to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown.

Tuesday, January 2

Wednesday, January 3

Thursday, January 4

Under the Radar Festival of experimental theater at the Public Theater in the East Village was January 4-15, 2017.

Friday, January 5

NYC Broadway Week tickets went on sale January 5, 2017.

25th PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Season 2018 opens at Madison Square Garden January 5-7, 2018.

Saturday, January 6

January 6 is Three Kings Day or the Christian Feast of the Epiphany.

El Museo del Barrio’s annual Three Kings Day Parade in East Harlem is January 6.

Teatro SEA’s Three Kings Day Celebration in the Lower East Side is January 6.

Sunday, January 7

Celebrate the birthday of Argentine Tango pianist, composer, and bandleader Carlos di Sarli in Bahia Blanca, Argentina on January 7, 1903.

LAST CHANCE to see Venezuelan-American artist Alex Da Corte ‘Harvest Moon‘ at the New Museum 231 Bowery storefront in the Lower East Side.

LAST CHANCE to see Leonardo to Matisse: master drawings from the Robert Lehman collection at the Met Fifth Avenue, 10am – 5:30pm. 

The 75th Golden Globe Awards are on NBC Sunday, January 7, 2018 from 8-11pm.

Monday, January 8

Celebrate the birthday of fashion designer Carolina Herrera who was born in Caracas, Venezuela on January 8, 1939.

SEASON PREMIERE of Mascagni and Leoncavallo’s pair of Italian operas Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 7:30 pm. Occasional performances through February 1, 2018. From $25

An exhibition of Spanish medical illustrator Santiago Ramón y Cajal The Beautiful Brain opens at Grey Art Gallery at New York University in Greenwich Village with a reception at 6 pm. Through March 31, 2018.

Tuesday, January 9

Wednesday, January 10

New York Jewish Film Festival by the Jewish Museum and Film Society of Lincoln Center is January 10-23, 2018.

Winter JazzFest 2018  in Greenwich Village and the East Village is January 10-17, 2018.

Thursday, January 11

LAST CHANCE to see Franz Lehár’s English opera The Merry Widow at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 7:30 pm. From $25

Cuban percussionist and singer Pedrito Martinez plays a duo with Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodríguez at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Friday, January 12

It’s Martin Luther King Weekend!

APAP NYC, the national artist booking convention, is January 12-16, 2018.

Cuban percussionist and singer Pedrito Martinez plays a duo with Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodríguez at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Buika, the Spanish Queen of Flamenco Soul, plays a Winter JazzFest concert at The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan at 8 pm. $40 – $70

Saturday, January 13

The Miss New York USA and Miss New York Teen USA beauty pageants were January 13-15, 2017 at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in West Harrison, NY.

Cuban percussionist and singer Pedrito Martinez plays Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Lincoln Square, Manhattan.

Sunday, January 14

globalFEST world music festival is at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village, January 14, 2018.

Cuban percussionist and singer Pedrito Martinez plays Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Lincoln Square, Manhattan.

Monday, January 15

Celebrate Martin Luther King Day, the birthday of American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929.

LAST CHANCE to see Rodin at the Met, an exhibition of works by the French sculptor, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Upper East Side from 10 am-5:30 pm.

Tuesday, January 16

OPENING NIGHT at the Metropolitan Opera for the Season Premiere of Donizetti’s Italian opera L’Elisir d’Amore at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 7:30 pm. Occasional performances through February 17, 2018. From $25

Wednesday, January 17

NYC Broadway Week was January 17 – February 5, 2017.

Colombian Pop superstar Shakira brings her El Dorado World Tour to Madison Square Garden in Chelsea at 7:30pm.

Thursday, January 18

The Outsider Art Fair New York 2017 is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, Manhattan through Sunday.

Friday, January 19

The Winter Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side is January 19-28, 2018.

LAST CHANCE to see Mozart’s Italian opera Le Nozze di Figaro at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 7:30 pm. From $25

Saturday, January 20

The Master Drawings New York art fair is at Upper East Side galleries January 20-27, 2018.

Sunday, January 21

January 21 – February 27 is New York’s Dominican Heritage Month. ¡Quisqueya!

Legendary tenor Plácido Domingo was born in Madrid, Spain on January 21, 1941.

It’s Masters Week and New York Antiques Week.

Monday, January 22

OPENING NIGHT for the Season Premiere of Verdi’s Italian opera Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 7:30 pm. Occasional performances through February 15, 2018. From $25

Tuesday, January 23

NYC Restaurant Week was January 23 – February 10, 2017.

Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards 2018 will be announced.

New York City Ballet’s Winter 2018 season opens at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center with an All Balanchine No. 1 program at 7:30 pm. The season runs through March 4.

Wednesday, January 24

Thursday, January 25

Sotheby’s Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale was January 25, 2017.

Friday, January 26

The Neighboring Scenes contemporary Latin American film festival at Film Society of Lincoln Center was January 26-31, 2017.

Latin Jazz legend Eddie Palmieri plays the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey at 8pm.

Saturday, January 27

January 27 is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Venice Carnival is January 27 – February 3, 2018.

Sunday, January 28

Carnival season starts on the Septuagesima, January 28, 2018.

Miss Universe 2016 was broadcast live from Manila, Philippines on Fox on Sunday, January 29, 2017.

The 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are broadcast live on TNT and TBS January 21, 2018 at 8pm.

Grammy Awards are broadcast on CBS January 28, 2018.

Monday, January 29

Tuesday, January 30

New York Fashion Week Men’s was January 30-February 2, 2017.

Wednesday, January 31

Dominican Day Parade college scholarship applications were due January 31, 2017.

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