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Things To Do in NYC in February 2023
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Ponce Carnival 2023 is Puerto Rico’s Carnival
Saturday-Tuesday, February 18-21, 2023
PONCE, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
New York Latin Folk Music and Folk Dance
New York Latin dance, music
City Winery
Latin bomba, comedy, jazz, music, plena, rock
New York Rumba
New York Rumba is the root of much of what we call “Latin Music” today. Rumba means “party.” It is an Afro-Cuban drum, song and dance tradition that is one step removed from the sacred traditions of the African Diaspora and Mother Africa. It’s how the community gathers to express family, faith, community and love. […]
Hell’s Kitchen NYC
Hell’s Kitchen NYC (also called Clinton or Midtown West) is an old residential neighborhood along Manhattan’s west side from 34th St to 59th St. Many young actors live here. It used to be a center of Irish power in New York City. Restaurant Row on 46th St is popular for pre-theatre dining because it is […]
globalFEST 2023 Brings Global Music to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Sunday, January 15, 2023
DAVID GEFFEN HALL
Lincoln Center
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Purchase College Performing Arts Center
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Los Hacheros Play Salsa at The Django
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
THE DJANGO
Tribeca, NYC
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Aloha Boricua is a Puerto Rican Musical About the Migration to Hawaii
PREGONES/PRTT, The Bronx 🇵🇷
New York Bomba
Bomba in NYC is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition with African roots. The barille drum used to be made from old rum barrels. “Bomba” in Spanish means “pump.” We pump the barille. The Bomba dancer challenges the lead drummer to match their dance moves. Cuban Rumba Columbia plays a similar game. Women […]
Things To Do in NYC in November 2022
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New York Latin Alternative
Latin Alternative in NYC is a contemporary blend of Rock with Latin rhythms, usually sung in Spanish. It is really a catch-all term for the many fusions Latin artists are creating now. The cover image is Puerto Rican percussionist, composer and leader Ama Rios, from her “PICC Flow Suite.” Ama was the first female Bomba […]
Things To Do in NYC in October 2022
Panamanian Parade, Hispanic Day Parade, Indigenous Peoples Day Parade, Italian Day Parade, Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, Village Halloween Parade and the Jackson Heights Children’s Halloween Parade
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Christmas in New York City
Christmas in New York City is much more than Christmas. New Yorkers call the season “The Holidays” to respect everyone’s traditions. Holiday traditions are rooted in the Winter Solstice which is traditionally an important day in the northern hemisphere. The Christmas holiday was created by a pope in Roman times. Whatever you call the season, […]
Salsa Stories Sound of Light Edition is an Immersive Multimedia Salsa Block Party
Friday, October 14, 2022
KELLY ST Open Street
Longwood, The Bronx
Saturday, October 15, 2022
EAST 115TH ST Open Street
“El Barrio” East Harlem
Sunday, October 16, 2022
THE CLEMENTE
“Loisaida” Lower East Side
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The CCCADI Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico Benefit Supports Caribbean Artists & Cultural Workers at City Winery
Thursday, October 6, 2022
CITY WINERY
Chelsea, Manhattan
Rock, Bomba, Plena, Jazz 🇵🇷
Son Del Monte Plays Pachanga (Salsa Cuban Style) for the New York Salsa Congress at the Marriott Marquis
Sunday, September 4, 2022
MARRIOTT MARQUIS
Times Square
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Riverbank State Park
Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park NYC is a 28-acre recreational park with athletic amenities on the Hudson River in Hamilton Heights. Performance venues include an 800-seat theater, 400-seat amphitheater. Sports amenities include a 2,500-seat athletic complex with track and fitness room, Olympic-size pool, skate rink for ice and roller skating, baseball field, tennis courts, and […]
FELA! The Concert Gets Everyone Singing & Dancing at the Queens Theatre
Saturday, July 16, 2022
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
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Eid al-Adha is the Most Sacred Muslim Holiday
Saturday-Wednesday, July 9-13, 2022
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico really is the island of enchantment. Famous for some of the world’s best beaches, the mountain heartland is even more beautiful. We are both contemporary and conservative. Old ways survive, especially in the mountains. The drum is alive in Puerto Rico. The island is so many things you never imagined. It is famously […]
Atabal’s “Remenéate” Fills the Heart with Afro-Caribbean Soul
June 23, 2022
YouTube
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African NYC
African NYC isn’t necessarily Latin, but many Latins are part of the African Diaspora. African NYC is North, South, Central, East, and West African. The African Diaspora is African American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin, Afro-European and Afro-Asian. Small-minded thinkers see us as all the same, but we are all different. We are many branches with the same […]
The 35th Loisaida Festival 2022 is Taking It Back to Our Streets
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Sunday, May 29, 2022
AVENUE C
East Village (Loisaida)
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David Sánchez Plays Jazz for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio
Saturday, May 21, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
“El Barrio” East Harlem
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Barbès
Barbès is an eclectic French-owned underground nightclub in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Like it’s namesake, the legendary Marché Barbès in the 18e Arrondissement of Paris, you will find all kinds of culture there. In fact, the club has some of the most diverse curation in New York City. Barbès is the home of Peruvian Chica which […]
New York Tropical Music
Tropical Music is Caribbean music. It’s not only from the islands, but also from Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru and New York City. Many traditions spread from Cuba around the Caribbean and Latin America. Brazilian music is related, but is categorized by the Latin Academy as Portuguese Music. Popular forms include: Salsa […]
The Salsa Stories Multimedia Pop-Up Salsa Festival is at The Clemente
Thu-Sun, September 2-5, 2021
THE CLEMENTE
Lower East Side
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TRAVEL: Las Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol en Loíza, PR is a Festival of Bomba Puertorriqueña
LOÍZA ALDEA
Puerto Rico
Friday-Sunday, July 23-25, 2021
PROCESSIONS
July 24-26, and 28, 2pm
CARNIVAL SANTA ANA
Medianía Alta
Sunday, August 1, 2021, 1pm
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Midtown Dance by Talia Castro-Pozo is Free Outdoor Dance Lessons and Salsa Dancing
GREELEY SQUARE PLAZA
(near Herald Square)
DANCE LESSONS & DANCING
Tuesdays to August 31
SALSA LESSONS & DANCING
Thursdays to August 26, 2021
FREE with pre-registration
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Break Your Fiebre de Cabina (Cabin Fever) with Indie Music Curated from Santurce, Puerto Rico
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Things to do in NYC in June 2020
New York on PAUSE COVID-19
Pride Month
Caribbean Heritage Month
Hurricane season begins
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4 Anniversary Day (school holiday)
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10 Portugal Day
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20 Summer Solstice
21 Father’s Day
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28 Stonewall Riots
Bobby Sanabria talks the African-Caribbean Roots of Jazz
Part 1, June 30, 2020
Part 2, July 7, 2020
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) YouTube & Facebook channels
FREE
Flamenco Festival New York City Center 2020
POSTPONED TO FALL
Friday-Sunday
March 27-29, 2020
April 3-5, 2020
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Midtown, Manhattan
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A 20th Anniversary celebration of what flamenco can be, by the best of Spain.
Rocía Molina, María Pagés Compañía, Compañia Manuel Liñán and a Gala de Andalucía with La Chana.
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Sponsored by New York City Center
Eduardo Cabra is Trending Tropics
Wed, September 4, 2019
HUDSON SQUARE, NYC ~ Eduardo Cabra of Calle 13, one of the producers who seems to be unlimited in the types of Latin music he makes well, brings his latest project, Trending Tropics to SOB’s
Things to do in NYC in August 2019
2-4 Carnaval del Barrio Street Fair
3 Summer Streets
4 Ecuadorian Parade
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10 Ecuadorian Independence Day
10 Eid al-Adha
10 Summer Streets
11 Dominican Day Parade
11 Battery Dance Festival
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12-18 New York Latino Film Festival
16 Dominican Restoration Day
17 Summer Streets
18 Ecuadorian Festival
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24-25 Afropunk
25 Uruguayan Independence Day
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26-8 US Open Tennis
29-2 NY Salsa Congress
30-2 LABOR DAY WEEKEND
AfriBembé Festival 2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
EAST HARLEM ART PARK, NYC
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