Arab American Heritage month celebrations are among the Latin things to do in NYC in April 2026. There are many Broadway openings before June’s Tony Awards.
ART
49th Artexpo New York 2026 🇦🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴
NYC’s big international commercial art fair
[SOLO] Pavilion for independent artists
Pier 36, Lower East Side
Apr 9-12, Thu-Sun
$33+
IFPDA Print Fair 2026 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇪🇸
International Fine Prints and Drawings Association
Largest international fine art print fair
Park Avenue Armory, Upper East Side
Apr 9-12, Thu-Sun
$45+
DANCE
Dance Theatre of Harlem and New York City Ballet are both staging “The Firebird” this month. The story of a fierce, magical creature fighting a tyrant to overcome evil resonates with our moment in history.
Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP) Gala
Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Misty Copeland hosts ballet stars and youth
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
Apr 16, Thu, 7pm
$87+
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) 🇺🇸
African American ballet
Taras’ “Firebird” revival, plus Garland, Forsythe, and Gates
New York City Center, Midtown
Apr 16-19, Wed-Sun
Founding DTH Musical Director Tanía Leon conducts on Apr 17 🇨🇺
5th Future Dance Festival ~ Filmmakers 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Streaming dance filmmaker festival
92NY at 92ny.org
Apr 16-26, Thu-Sun
$25+
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Monarcas” 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
“Company E” and “Viñedos”
Ballet folklorico about the sacrifices and contributions of Mexican Americans
Hostos Center, Main Theater; Mott Haven, The Bronx
– Apr 17, Fri, 10:30am, School Presentation, $Free with rsvp
– Apr 19, Sun, 3pm, $30+, $5 students/children
5th Future Dance Festival ~ Choreographers 🇵🇷
Emerging choreographer festival
92NY, Buttenwieser Hall, Upper East Side
Apr 17-18, Fri-Sat, 7pm
$45+
YAGP 2026 International Dance School Festival 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇲🇨 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Top graduates from renowned dance academies
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
Apr 18, Sat, 2pm
$57+
E-Moves Festival 2026 ~ Camille A. Brown Masterclass and Talk 🇺🇸
Historic choreographer in Broadway, film, opera, television talks with Harlem Stage Artistic Director Dr. Indira Etwaroo
Harlem Stage, Hamilton Heights, West Harlem
Apr 20, Mon, 6pm
$35
New York City Ballet ~ Spring Season 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
“Firebird,” “Coppélia,” Balanchine, Robbins, Liang, Peck, Wheeldon
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
Apr 21 – May 31, Tue-Sun
$77+
Hostos Repertory Company “The Niceties” 🇺🇸
Black student challenges white professor’s American history
Hostos Center, Black Box Theatre; Mott Haven, The Bronx
Apr 22 – May 1, Wed-Fri,
$FREE with email reservation
Ballet Hispánico 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
Latino contemporary dance
New York City Center, Midtown
Apr 23-26, Thu-Sun
E-Moves Festival 2026 ~ Ailey Partnership World Premieres 🇺🇸
Waterworks commissions of Kamani Abu, Derick McKoy Jr., Naia Neal, Kasey Orava
Harlem Stage, Hamilton Heights, West Harlem
– Student Matinee: Apr 24, Fri, 1pm, Free
– Performance: Apr 25, Sat, 7pm
$35
E-Moves Festival 2026 ~ “Paris is Burning“ Screening & Talk 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Tabytha Gonzalez & Surface Level podcast
Cultural impact of the iconic documentary of NYC’s 1980s voguing ballroom scene in Black and Latin Harlem
Harlem Stage, Hamilton Heights, West Harlem
Apr 26, Sun, 2pm
E-Moves Festival 2026 ~ Black Men in Dance 🇺🇸
Ronald K. Alexander and ABT Principal Calvin Royal III talk with Robert Battle (Ailey, Juilliard), Donald Byrd (jazz trumpeter), and Lil’ Buck (transforms hip hop movement into classical dance); with a performance of Buck’s “The Swan.”
Harlem Stage, Hamilton Heights, West Harlem
Apr 27, Mon, 7pm
– Student Matinee, 1pm, free
– Performance, 7pm
$35
Latin Dance (Social Dancing)
Dominican Nights 100% Dembow 🇩🇴
DJ Synchro, Ultra Violet
SOB’s Sounds of Brazil, Hudson Square
Apr 3, Fri, 11pm
$21, Free with RSVP (until 11:30pm)
Desi Saturdays 🇮🇳
Bollywood DJs
SOB’s Sounds of Brazil, Hudson Square
April Saturdays, 11pm
$33+
Latin Mondays NYC 20th Anniversary 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪 🇺🇸
Talia Castro-Pozo
Dancing to salsa bands
5th & Mad, Midtown South
Mondays, 5pm doors, 7pm lesson, 8pm dancing, Live Sets 9pm & 11pm
– Apr 6 Avenida B 🇺🇸
– Apr 13 Luisito Quintero & Antología Sextet 🇻🇪
– Apr 20 Santiago & La Orquesta 🇨🇴
– Apr 27 Víctor Baró y Su Orquesta 🇩🇴
Earth Love Fest
Earth Day fair and house dance block party
House of Yes; Bushwick, Brooklyn
Apr 26, Sun
– Block Party, 12-6pm
– After Party, 6pm-1am
Free with rsvp (sells out fast)
FESTIVALS
Holy Week (Semana Santa) ✝️
Christian spring festival
Mar 30 – Apr 5
Arab American Heritage Month
Culture and contributions of Arab Americans
April
National Jazz Appreciation Month
April
Pink Moon full moon
Native American Algonquin name for when ground phlox flowers bloom pink
Apr 1, Wed
Passover (Pasqua Judía) ✡️
Jewish spring festival, Exodus freedom from slavery, Seder, matzah
Apr 1-9, sunset
Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) ✝️
Last supper, washing of feet, processions
Apr 2, Thu
Good Friday (Viernes Santo) ✝️
Crucifixion and death of Christ
Apr 3, Fri
Easter (Pasqua) ✝️
Apr 5, Sun
Easter Parade & Bonnet Festival 🗽
Fifth Avenue around St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Apr 5, Sun, 10am – 4pm
International Romani Day
Celebrate the culture and contributions of the Romani people, creators of Balkan brass, jazz manouche, and Spanish flamenco.
Apr 8
NYC Immigrant Heritage Week
Busiest day on Ellis Island (Apr 17, 1907)
Apr 14-21, Tue-Tue
FILM
New Directors/New Films 🇦🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇲🇽 🇲🇿 🇳🇱 🇿🇦 🇪🇸
Emerging talent film festival
Film at Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
Museum of Modern Art, Midtown
Apr 8-19, Wed-Sun
$19+
Reelabilities Film Festival New York
Disability film festival
Multiple venues
Opens at New School Tishman Auditorium, Greenwich Village
Closes at Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Upper West Side
Apr 23-30, Thu-Thu
FOOD
Malbec World Day 🇦🇷
The day vines of the iconic Argentine wine arrived in Argentina
Apr 17, 1853
MUSIC
Monty Alexander “Jamaica to Jazz” 🇯🇲
Jamaican American pianist blends reggae, ska, and jazz
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 2-5, Thu-Sun, 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors)
$73+
Brass Queens 🇺🇸
New Orleans Second Line fusion
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 4, Sat, 11:30pm
$20+ ($20 food/drink min)
La Más Doll 🇩🇴
Dominican dembow
“Palo,” “Paso 1,” “Prendia”
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar 207, Inwood
Apr 4, Sat
Ladies free all night
Yilian Cañizares “Vitamina Y” 🇨🇺
Afro-Cuban classical jazz violinist and vocalist
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 6, Mon, 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors)
$33+
Michel Camilo “Mano a Mano” 🇩🇴
Featuring Pedrito Martínez & Ricky Rodríguez 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Caribbean jazz by Grammy, Latin Grammy, Emmy-winning Dominican jazz pianist; world’s leading Cuban rumba percussionist, Grammy-winning Puerto Rican bassist
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 7-12, Tue-Sun, 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors)
$50+
Bobby Rozario “Healer” 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 🇵🇹
Indian Brazilian Portuguese rock guitarist
All-star multiple Grammy-winning band
Drom, East Village
Apr 9, Thu, 9pm doors, 9:30pm show
$25+
Pusanga (Afro-Andean Funk) 🇵🇪
Afro-Peruvian Latin alternative
Drom, East Village
Apr 10, Fri, 6:30pm
$25+
La Súper Banda NYC 🇩🇴
Merengue típico tribute to La Súper Banda
La Casa del Mofongo & Piano Bar 207, Inwood
Apr 10, Fri, late
Raulín Rodriguez & Elvis Martínez 🇩🇴
Dominican bachata
“Bailando Con El,” “Millonario” & “Debate De 4,” “Medicina De Amor”
United Palace, Washington Heights
Apr 11, Sat, 8pm, doors 6:30pm
King Joseph Chatoyer: Garifuna Musical Tribute
Felix Gamboa’s Joseph Chatoyer Garifuna Dance Ensemble 🇻🇨
Honoring the last free Garifuna Chief on St. Vincent
Bronx Music Hall, Melrose The Bronx
Apr 11, Sat, 7pm
$20
Flamenco Jazz Jam 🇪🇸
Juan Murube, Raphael Brunn, Cristina Candela
Drom, East Village
Apr 12, Sun, 6:30pm doors, 7pm jam
$25+
Julius Rodriguez 🇭🇹
Haitian American jazz pianist
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 13-14, Mon-Tue, 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors)
$39+
La Esquinita: Latin Showcase 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Emerging Latin artists
EFXTO, Lee Burgos, Izan Rodriguez, Ana Garrow, FE70, Steelo Flow, Nino Francis, UPWILSON
SOB’s Sounds of Brazil, Hudson Square
Apr 14, Tue, 7pm doors, 18+
$19
Alex Ferreira 🇩🇴
Latin Grammy-nominated Dominican alternative
SOB’s Sounds of Brazil, Hudson Square
Apr 24, Fri, 6pm doors
$50+
Raul Midón 🇦🇷 🇺🇸
Argentine African American one-man band guitarist singer-songwriter
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 15, Wed, 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors)
$33+
Alejandro Meola 🇦🇷
Argentine rock
Berlin, Lower East Side
Apr 15, Wed
Kelsey Lu 🇳🇬 🇺🇸
Nigerian African American R&B pop
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 16-17, Thu-Fri, 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors)
$95+
Chavelas Vargas birthday 🇲🇽
Iconic Mexican ranchera singer
Apr 17, 1919
Alejandro Sanz “Y ahora qué Tour” 🇪🇸
Spanish flamenco pop
“Palmeras en el Jardín,” “Bésame,” “Hoy No Me Siento Bien”
– Prudential Center, Newark, NJ; Apr 17, Fri, 8pm (doors 7pm), $47+
– Barclays Center, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; Apr 18, Sat, 8pm (doors 7pm), $63+
Blessd “El Mejor Hombre del Mundo Tour” 🇨🇴
Colombian reggaeton
“Medallo,” “Mírame,” “+57”
Barclays Center, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Apr 17, Fri, 8pm (doors 7pm)
$63+
Krisspy 🇩🇴
Dominican merengue típico
“Cuando Volverás,” “Malo,” “La Va a Pagar”
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar 207, Inwood
Apr 17, Fri, 9pm doors
No cover all night
Leonardo Paniagua 🇩🇴
Dominican bachata legend
“Chiquitita,” “Un Beso y Una Flor,” “Mi Secreto”
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar 207, Inwood
Apr 18, Sat
No cover all night
Romeo Santos & Prince Royce “Mejor Tarde Que Nunca Tour” 🇩🇴
“King” and “Prince” of urban bachata
“Dardos,” “Estocolmo,” “Ay! San Miguel”
– Apr 19, Sun, 8pm, UBS Arena, Elmont, LI, $77+
– Apr 22, Wed, 8pm, Prudential Center, Newark, NJ, $123+
Feid vs Ferxxo “Falxo Tour” 🇨🇴
Colombian reggaeton
“Luna,” “Classy 101,” “Normal”
Brooklyn Paramount, Downtown Brooklyn
Apr 22, Wed, 7pm
$193+
Amenazzy & La Perversa 🇩🇴
Dominican R&B rap & dembow
La Casa del Mofongo & Piano Bar 207, Inwood
Apr 25, Sat, late
Christopher Sánchez “Latin Jazz Meets Opera” 🇩🇴
Dominican opera singer
Apr 30, Thu, 6:30pm doors, 7pm show
$65+
Zoé 🇲🇽
Mexican alternative rock
“Labios Rotos”
Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden, Chelsea,
Apr 22, Wed, 8:30pm (doors 7:30pm)
$160+
¡Charangazo! Eddy Zervigón & Orquesta Broadway with Karen Joseph, Son del Monte, Foto Rodríguez y su Orquesta La Única tribute to Félix “Pupi” Legarreta 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Major charanga and salsa concert
Hostos Center, Main Theater; Mott Haven, The Bronx
Main Theater
Apr 25, Sat, 7:30pm
$25+
Mega Mezcla with Alex Sensation 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Colombian DJ, Puerto Rican reggaeton & Dominican dembow
Arcángel, Farruko, Wisin, Ivy Queen, Tito El Bambino, De La Ghetto, Alexis y Fido, Greeicy, Jory Boy, Chimbala, Jey One, and La Perversa
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Apr 25, Sat, 8pm (doors 7pm)
$74+
José James 🇮🇪 🇵🇦
Facing East: Music of John Coltrane
Irish Panamanian “jazz singer for the hip-hop generation”
– Grammy-winning sax, Virgin Islander Ron Blake, Thu, Apr 30 🇻🇮
– Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, Sat, May 2 🇨🇱
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
Apr 30 – May 3, Thu-Sun, 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors)
$38+
Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra 🇨🇺
Birdland
Sundays
SPORTS
New York Yankees 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇷
Major League Baseball, American League
Yankee Stadium; Concourse, The Bronx
– Miami Marlins, Apr 3, Fri, 1:35pm; Home Opener
– Los Angeles Angels, Apr 15, 7:05pm; Jackie Robinson Day
New York Red Bulls 🇦🇬 🇨🇲 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇹🇹
Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference
Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, NJ
– FC Cincinnati, Sat, Apr 4; top Eastern Conference team
– DC United, Wed, Apr 22; Atlantic Cup Rivalry
New York Knicks 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Major League Basketball, Eastern Conference
Madison Square Garden, Chelsea
– Boston Celtics, Thu, Apr 9, 7:30pm; Eastern rivals playoff seeding battle
– Charlotte Hornets, Sun, Apr 12, 6pm; Last home game
– Eastern Conference Playoffs Atlanta Hawks: Sat, Apr 18, 6pm; Game 1 of 7
New York Mets 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Major League Baseball, National League
Citi Field; Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
– Oakland Athletics, Apr 11, Sat, 4:10pm; Juan Soto Bobblehead, $35+
Jackie Robinson Day #42 🇺🇸
Broke baseball’s color barrier at Brooklyn Dodgers
Everybody wears #42
Apr 15, 1947
THEATRE
“Los Soles Truncos” 🇵🇷
By René Marqués, directed by José Zayas
Upper-class Puerto Ricans lament that Americans take everything (in the 1950s). ¡Ay bendito!
In Spanish with subtitles
Repertorio Español, Kips Bay
Apr 11, Sat, 7pm
$28+
“La gringa” 30th Anniversary 🇵🇷
Carmen Rivera (1995), directed by René Buch
Nuyorican visits Puerto Rico and thinks she knows everything. She eventually learns the real meaning of being Boricua.
In Spanish with subtitles
Repertorio Español, Kips Bay
Apr 12, Sun, 3pm, $28+
Apr 14, Tue, 11am & 1pm, soldout
“Not Just You.” 🇺🇸
African American theatre
Family dynamics
United Palace, Washington Heights
Apr 20, Mon, 7pm, doors 6:30pm
FREE with rsvp
Drama Desk Awards Nominations
Apr 29, Wed