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NYC Parades

The Hispanic Day Parade is one of many NYC parades during Hispanic Heritage Month (Giuseppe Masci/Dreamstime)

The Hispanic Day Parade is one of many NYC parades during Hispanic Heritage Month (Giuseppe Masci/Dreamstime)

NYC Parades bring communities together and provide opportunities to teach our children about their heritage.

Many parades are around the independence days of their heritage countries.

Latin parades are basically American-style carnival marches or comparsas.

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NYC Parade Schedule

January Parades

The Three Kings Day Parade is in “El Barrio” East Harlem around Three Kings Day, January 6. 🇵🇷

The Brooklyn Three Kings Day Parade is in Williamsburg, Brooklyn around Three Kings Day, January 6. 🇵🇷

February Parades

Lunar New Year Parade dragons and dogs dance through Manhattan Chinatown to the Lower East Side, around Lunar New Year. 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸

March Parades

Queens County St Patrick’s Day Parade is in Rockaway, Queens around the first Saturday in March. 🇮🇪

Throggs Neck St Patrick’s Day Parade is in Throggs Neck, The Bronx, around the second Sunday in March. 🇮🇪

Manhattan’s St Patrick’s Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue on St Patrick’s Day, March 17. 🇮🇪

The Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival is in Midtown on Easter Sunday.

May Parades

The Cinco de Mayo Parade marches down Central Park West in the Upper West Side around Cinco de Mayo, May 5. 🇲🇽

The Dance Parade and Festival marches from Chelsea, through Greenwich Village to the East Village!

The Bronx Week Parade celebrates The Bronx.

The Cuban Parade of New Jersey (Desfile Cubano de New Jersey) marches from North Bergen to Union City, New Jersey. 🇨🇺

The Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Memorial Day. 🇺🇸

June Parades

The Celebrate Israel Parade is in Midtown and the Upper East Side.🇮🇱

The Philippine Independence Day Parade is in Murray Hill, Kips Bay and NoMad. 🇵🇭

The New Queens Pride Parade is in Jackson Heights, Queens. 🏳️‍🌈

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade is the 2nd Sunday in June. 🇵🇷

The Portugal Day Parade is in Newark, New Jersey. 🇵🇹

The Mermaid Parade is in Coney Island, Brooklyn. 🇺🇸

The Queens Dominican Parade is in Jackson Heights, Queens. 🇩🇴

The NYC Pride Parade is around June 28. 🏳️‍🌈

July Parades

August Parades

The Feast of Saint Rocco procession is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. 🇮🇹

Ecuadorian Parade 🇪🇨

National Dominican Day Parade marches up Sixth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. 🇩🇴

Saint Rocco procession. 🇮🇹

September Parades

African American Day Parade 🇺🇸

J’Ouvert Parade

Labor Day Parade 🇺🇸

Mexican Parade 🇲🇽

Muslim Day Parade 🇺🇸

Queens Hispanic Day Parade 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

San Gennaro Procession 🇮🇹

West Indian Day Parade

October Parades

Hispanic Day Parade 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

Hispanic State Parade of New Jersey 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade 🇺🇸

Italian Day Parade 🇮🇹

Jackson Heights Halloween Parade 🇺🇸

Panamanian Parade 🇵🇦

Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 🇺🇸

Village Halloween Parade 🇺🇸

November Parades

The Veterans Day Parade celebrates veterans and commemorates the war to end all wars, on Veterans Day, November 11, rain or shine. 🇺🇸

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is an American Thanksgiving Day tradition. It brings Santa Claus down from the North Pole. 🇺🇸

The Origin of Latin Parades

Parades originated as religious and military processions.

Latin parades are influenced by Carnival, patron saint festivals, New Orleans funeral processions, and Cuban guaracha musical theatre traditions which would carry on into the streets

Guaracha was a naughty Cuban theater tradition that was often performed in bars. Think conga line. In Puerto Rico, guaracha evolved into the Parranda Christmas caroling tradition. Today the word means to have a wild party.

Many Latin parades end at a street fair.

NYC Parade Routes

Broadway, in the Financial District, is used for New York City’s famed ticker tape parades.

Central Park West is used by Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Fifth Avenue is New York City’s most popular parade route.

Madison Avenue is used by the Mexican Independence Day Parade because it passes the Mexican Consulate.

Sixth Avenue, Avenue of the Americas, is used by the National Dominican Day Parade.

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