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Bomba NYC

Bomba is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition of the African Diaspora, but today it is a communal expression of family, faith, community, and love for all Puerto Ricans. Bomba rhythms mixed with Cuban son into salsa. In NYC, bomba is performed and taught by folkloric drum, song and dance groups such as […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

El Laberinto del Coco

Follow us into El Laberinto del Coco of Calle 13’s original percussionist Hector “Coco” Barez (NEA, Puerto Rican Cultural Institute and SXSW), and discover the living folk art of Bomba. (“Bomba” means pump in Spanish. We pump the barril or rum barrel.) The distinctly Puerto Rican drum, song and dance tradition from Mayagüez, is all about connecting with family, friends, […]

Carnegie Hall’s “Nuestros Sonidos” (Our Sounds) Festival of Latin Culture

Junior Scholar Program Annual Youth Summit, Black and Brown creatives and intellectuals 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
La Musica: Art Inspired by the Soul of Latin Music and Culture, pop-up art installation
Salsa Stories, immersive dance party 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Rumba Meets Salsa, book signing, workshop, and social dance 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Emiliano Messiez, Argentine tango piano 🇦🇷
Tribute to Leo Brouwer, Cuban classical guitar 🇨🇺
Cimafunk & La Tribu, Cuban funk/timba 🇨🇺

MIDTOWN, Manhattan and CITYWIDE

Argentine Culture in New York City

Explore Argentine Culture in New York City, including artists, venues that present Argentine culture, Argentine New York City, and more. 🇦🇷

Music in New York City

Explore Latin Music in New York City in stadiums, arenas, concert halls, clubs, restaurants and bars, parks and even on the streets.

Flamenco Festival New York 2025 Pays Tribute to Granada, One of the Cradles of Flamenco

DIZZY’S CLUB at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, Manhattan 🇪🇸
ELEBASH RECITAL HALL at CUNY Graduate Center, Murray Hill, Manhattan 🇪🇸
JOE’S PUB at the Public Theater, NoHo, Manhattan 🇪🇸
KING JUAN CARLOS CENTER (KJCC) at New York University (NYU), Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇪🇸
LE POISSON ROUGE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇪🇸
MERKIN CONCERT HALL at Kaufman Music Center, Lincoln Square, Manhattan 🇪🇸
NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇪🇸
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn 🇪🇸
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL, Kips Bay, Manhattan 🇪🇸

Dominican Culture in New York City

Explore Dominican Culture in New York City, including artists, venues that present Dominican culture, Dominican New York City, and more. 🇩🇴

Reggaeton in New York City

Explore Reggaeton in New York City including top singers and bands, news from presenting venues, New York’s reggaeton scene, and its origins.

Bachata in New York City

Discover Bachata in New York City including bachata artists, concerts, festivals, venues, dances, and more. 🇩🇴 🇪🇸

Peruvian Culture in New York City

Explore Peruvian Culture in New York City, including artists, venues that present Peruvian culture, Peruvian New York City, and more. 🇵🇪

Things To Do in NYC in November 2023

Things to do in NYC in November include: the Veterans Day Parade and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Celebrate Mexico Now cultural festival, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the fall art auctions. November is Native American Heritage Month, Puerto Rican Heritage Month, and Hip-Hop History Month. US national holidays in November include Veterans Day, Thanksgiving […]

Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village

African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹

DANCEFEST Tompkins Square Park
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Saturday, May 20, 2023

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Chinese NYC

Chinese NYC is the biggest population of Chinese descent outside of Asia. NYC has many Chinatowns now, but the original Manhattan Chinatown was formed by the workforce that built the western end of the Transcontinental Railroad (1863-1869). Chinese are Latin through the Caribbean. We were the first to understand what was done to the African […]

Terraza 7

Terraza 7 is a Latin Jazz club in Elmhurst, Queens, just across Roosevelt Avenue from Little Colombia in Jackson Heights. It’s Colombian-owned, but everyone goes. 🇨🇴 It is one of NYC’s most unique Latin night clubs. It’s more Jazz and Folkloric than the others. Actually, Terraza 7 is more than a nightclub ~ it’s a […]

Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema 2020

Friday-Tuesday, February 14-18, 2020
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER
Upper West Side, NYC
Cinema Tropical co-produces one of New York City’s most important Latin film festivals. This year’s films are Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Indigenous, LGBT, Mexican and Peruvian.

En el Ojo de la Aguja

September 7-22, 2019
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ A Colombian director and his theatre company explore how in the age of the internet and social media, actually communicating has become harder than threading a needle. In Spanish with English subtltles.

Dance Parade New York 2019

FLATIRON, UNION SQUARE, EAST VILLAGE, NYC | Sat, May 18, 2019 | Dance parade & festival | African, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Panamanian, Puerto Rican & Spanish dances