Things to do in NYC in December
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Things To Do in NYC December 1-3, 2023
Friday, December 1, 2023
Dominican alternative singer-songwriter Yasser Tejeda plays a special Uptown Nights Latin Music Series show for Harlem Stage, the World Music Institute and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). New York Haitian DJ Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) keeps the room moving with a little Afro-Everything before and after the show at Harlem Stage in Morningside Heights, West Harlem; on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 8pm. From $20. harlemstage.org 🇩🇴 🇭🇹
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC December 4-10, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023 ~ Hanukkah Begins
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, December 8, 2023
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC December 11-17, 2023
Monday, December 11, 2023
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
OPENING NIGHT
The New York Philharmonic conducted by Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, plays Handel’s “Messiah;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at 7pm. From $66. 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
The New York Philharmonic conducted by Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, plays Handel’s “Messiah;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 7pm. From $66. 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
Thursday, December 14, 2023
The New York Philharmonic conducted by Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, plays Handel’s “Messiah;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at 7pm. From $66. 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, December 15, 2023
Saturday, December 16, 2023
The New York Philharmonic conducted by Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, plays Handel’s “Messiah;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at 7pm. From $66. 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC December 18-24, 2023
Monday, December 18, 2023
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Anthony Parnther, plays the score to Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” with Senegalese talking drum master Massamba Diop; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $48. 🇺🇸 🇸🇳
Thursday, December 21, 2023 ~ Winter Solstice
The Northern Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year in the north and most ancient origin of the December holidays, is Thursday, December 21, 2023.
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Anthony Parnther, plays the score to Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” with Senegalese talking drum master Massamba Diop; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $48. 🇺🇸 🇸🇳
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, December 22, 2023
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Anthony Parnther, plays the score to Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” with Senegalese talking drum master Massamba Diop; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Friday, December 22, 2023 at 8pm. From $48. 🇺🇸 🇸🇳
Saturday, December 23, 2023
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Anthony Parnther, plays the score to Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” with Senegalese talking drum master Massamba Diop; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 8pm. From $48. 🇺🇸 🇸🇳
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC November 25-31, 2023
Monday, December 25, 2023 ~ Christmas Day
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Tuesday, December 26, 2023 ~ Kwanzaa Begins
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, December 29, 2023
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Sunday, December 31, 2023 ~ New Year’s Eve
Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2023!
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺