Things To Do in NYC in February 2026

Things to do in NYC in February (Karel Noppe/Dreamstime)

Things to do in NYC in February 2026 include Flamenco Festival New York, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Designers of Latin America, NYC Restaurant Week, NYC Broadway Week, and NYC Off-Broadway Week. There are also antiques, old masters, and outsider art fairs; and the start of Major League Soccer.

Traditional Carnival, the world’s biggest Latin party, climaxes around the Latin world on Carnival Tuesday, February 17, 2026.

FEBRUARY 2026 WEEKS ~ 1 | 2-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23-28

Latin Culture in NYC in February

Art

  • Ifeyinwa Joy Chiamonwu: Manuscripts of Tradition @ Jack Shainman Gallery ~ Feb 20-Mar 28, 2026 🇳🇬
  • Martine Gutierrez: Lottery @ Ryan Lee ~ Feb 26 – Apr 4, 2026 🇬🇹
  • Ana González: Río @ Sean Kelly Gallery ~ Feb 26 – Apr 11, 2026 🇨🇴

Dance

  • Barcelona Guitar Trio and Dance @ The Town Hall ~ Feb 19 🇪🇸
  • Lyon Opera Ballet @ New York City Center ~ Feb 19-21, 2026 🇫🇷
  • What Flows Between Us, Indian classical dance and music festival @ 92NY ~ Feb 21, 2026 🇮🇳 🇺🇸
  • Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE @ Joyce Theater ~ Feb 24-Mar 1, 2026 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
  • Flamenco Festival New York @ Multiple Venues ~ Feb 25 – Mar 15, 2026 🇪🇸
  • Flamenco Festival: Gala Flamenco Manuel Liñán, Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, Juan Tomás de la Molía @ New York City Center ~ Thu, Feb 26, Sat, Feb 28, Sun, Mar 1 🇪🇸
  • Flamenco Festival: Estévez / Paños y Compañía @ New York City Center Fri, Feb 27 🇪🇸

Latin Dance

Festivals

Food

  • NYC Restaurant Week ~ reservations open Jan 7 for dining Jan 20 – Feb 12, 2026 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Film

Music

  • Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland ~ Sundays
  • Juan Diego Flórez & Vincenzo Scalera opera @ Carnegie Hall ~ Feb 6, 2026 🇵🇪 🇮🇹
  • Bad Bunny @ Super Bowl Halftime Show ~ Feb 8, 2026 🇵🇷
  • Music of Ignacio Sancho by Dr. Gregory Hopkins and Dr. Robert @McNichols, Jr. for Carnegie Hall @ Convent Avenue Baptist Church ~ Sun, Feb 22, 2026 🇬🇧
  • Joe Veras @ Salsa con Fuego ~ Feb 20, 2026 🇩🇴
  • Grupo Maburuaña (Garifuna) @ Bronx Music Hall ~ Sat, Feb 21, 2026 🪶 🌍 🇻🇨 🇭🇳 🗽
  • Tribute to Johnny Pacheco @ Lehman Center ~ Sat, Feb 21, 2026 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
  • Rueda de Oro (Bullerengue) @ Bronx Music Hall ~ Sun, Feb 22, 2026 🇨🇴
  • La Música Dominicana @ Hostos Center ~ Feb 28, 2026 🇩🇴

Sports

  • Westminster Dog Show @ Javits Center and Madison Square Garden ~ Jan 31 – Feb 3, 2026
  • New York Red Bulls vs New England Revolution @ Sports Illustrated Stadium ~ Sat, Feb 28, 2026 🇦🇬 🇨🇲 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇹🇹

Theatre

Things To Do in NYC in February 1, 2026

Continuing

Food Festival

NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2026 reservations for $30, $45, or $60, 2-course lunches and 3-course dinners; in all five NYC boroughs (counties); open Monday, January 5, 2026; for dining from January 20 to February 12, 2026. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Theatre Festival

NYC Broadway Week 2026 Winter, 2-for-1 tickets to popular Broadway shows, go on sale on Wednesday, January 8, 2026 at 10am; for performances from January 20 – February 12, 2026. This season’s shows with a Latin theme or actors includes “The Book of Mormon,” “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Chicago,” “Hamilton,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Moulin Rouge,” “Ragtime,” and “Six.” 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Argentine Tango

El Destino milonga draws some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to dance tango nuevo at Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays with an intermediate lesson from 5-6pm, a guided práctica from 6-7pm, and dancing until 11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾

Latin Jazz

Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm (Doors 7:30pm & 10pm). From $36 + per person minimum.

Things To Do in NYC in February 2-8, 2026

Continuing

Food Festival

NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2026 reservations for $30, $45, or $60, 2-course lunches and 3-course dinners; in all five NYC boroughs (counties); open Monday, January 5, 2026; for dining from January 20 to February 12, 2026. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Theatre Festival

NYC Broadway Week 2026 Winter, 2-for-1 tickets to popular Broadway shows, go on sale on Wednesday, January 8, 2026 at 10am; for performances from January 20 – February 12, 2026. This season’s shows with a Latin theme or actors includes “The Book of Mormon,” “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Chicago,” “Hamilton,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Moulin Rouge,” “Ragtime,” and “Six.” 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Puerto Rican Urban

Bad Bunny is showing the world who we Americans really are (a loving mix of all the world’s peoples) at his highly anticipated Super Bowl Halftime Show. Watch it on NBC-4, Telemundo-47 or Peacock; on Sunday, February 8, 2026 at around 8pm. 🇵🇷

Like him or not, Bad Bunny is one of the most famous Americans around the world today. His artistry keeps growing and he really loves his country. He has done a lot for Puerto Rico. (Every time I think about this show, I tear up and just want to go home.)

Spread the word. We should make this the most-watched, highest-rated Super Bowl Halftime Show of all time. The whole world and one senile old fool will be watching. If you can’t watch it live, watch the show later on YouTube. In times of trouble, the NFL always turns to Latinos.

Things To Do in NYC in February 9-15, 2026

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Spanish Theatre

La casa de Bernarda Alba,” by García Lorca (1936), directed by René Buch, is an important traditional Spanish family drama about a domineering mother who closes her house for an eight-year period of mourning her husband. This blocks her five daughters from having a normal life of their own. The man engaged to the oldest, courts the youngest in secret. This seminal work of 20th-century Spanish theatre is a metaphor for living under the oppression of 1930s Spain. It’s in Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇪🇸

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Puerto Rican Theatre

La Gringa,” by Carmen Rivera (1995), directed by René Buch, is a classic family comedy about a Nuyorican who visits the island and thinks she knows everything Puerto Rican. “Ay bendito.” Even though Boricuas travel back and forth a lot, Island Puerto Rican life is very different from New York Puerto Rican life. In the Latin world, family is everything, and Puerto Rican families are strong. It’s in Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇵🇷

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Italian Festival

Happy Valentines Day! 🇮🇹 ❤️

Spanish Theatre

La llamada” (The Call) is Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s musical coming-of-age comedy about two Spanish teenagers who love reggaeton and Spanish pop music. At Christian summer camp, one has life-changing visions of God singing Whitney Houston songs. Directed by Rafa Sánchez with a live band. It’s in Spanish with English subtitles, at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Valentines Day, Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 7pm. From $28. 🇪🇸

Things To Do in NYC in February 16-22, 2026

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Asian Spring Festival

The Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse festival runs from the new moon on Tuesday, February 17 to Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

The Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival is in Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, on Lunar New Year, Tuesday, February 17, 2026.

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Repertorio Español, New York’s Spanish-language repertory theatre, presents “El Quijote,” the story that began modern literature; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center at Hostos Community College in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 2:30pm for $7; and Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7pm. $15, $5 students/children. 🇪🇸

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Spanish Theatre

Repertorio Español, New York’s Spanish-language repertory theatre, presents “El Quijote,” the story that began modern literature; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center at Hostos Community College in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7pm. $15, $5 students/children. 🇪🇸

French Contemporary Dance

Lyon Opera Ballet, the French contemporary dance company, performs two world-renowned choreographies. One is the US Premiere of Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos’ “Mycelium” set to electronic music by Coti K. The other is Merce Cunningham’s seminal masterpiece “Biped” (1999) set to music by Gavin Bryars; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7pm; and Friday-Saturday, February 20-21, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $45. 🇫🇷 🇬🇷 🇺🇸

Spanish Flamenco

Barcelona Guitar Trio and Dance performs a tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucia; at The Town Hall theater in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $84. 🇪🇸

Friday, February 20, 2026

Nigerian Art

Ifeyinwa Joy Chiamonwu: Manuscripts of Tradition shows the works on paper and paintings on oil about her Nigerian Igbo community; opens with a reception at Jack Shainman Gallery in Tribeca, Manhattan; which is opening its 346 Broadway gallery with the show; on Friday, February 20, 2026 from 6-8pm. Through March 28. jackshainman.com 🇳🇬

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Indian Dance

What Flows Between Us is an Indian classical dance and music festival; at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 11am. 🇮🇳 🇺🇸

Chinese Festival

The Flushing Lunar New Year Parade starts at Union Street and 37th Avenue in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 11am.

Garifuna Film, Music, Dance, Words

Wanaragua: Garifuna Traditions and Language Preservation is a film screening with a discussion by Eli LaBan, Dan Kaufman, and Luz Soliz, with a performance by Grupo Maburuaña; at The Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx; on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7pm. $20. 🪶 🇻🇨 🇭🇳 🗽

Garifuna are a mix of Indigenous Carib, Arawak, and West African, originally from St. Vincent. Their story is one of tremendous resilience. They have maintained their culture from St. Vincent to exile in Honduras in 1797, to New York City, which has the largest Garifuna population outside of Honduras. Punta, the Honduran national dance, is Garifuna. If you like Afro-Latin drum, song, and dance traditions, you will love Garifuna culture.

UNESCO has declared Garifuna language a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.” This mix of Arawak, Carib, French, Spanish, and West African languages is endangered because young Garifuna are switching to Spanish or English. Our heritage traditions are worth keeping. “Bungiu lereba-hü” (God bless you).

Dominican Puerto Rican Salsa

Wish you could have seen the Fania All-Stars live? A Tribute to Johnny Pacheco pairs legendary salseros from Fania with today’s greats. Actor Nando Albericci hosts. Oscar Hernández (Spanish Harlem Orchestra) is music director. Fania legends Bobby Valentin, Nicky Marrero, Alfredo de la Fe, Jimmy Bosch, and Eddie Montalvo perform. Vocalists are Herman Olivera, Ray Viera, ANOVA, and Jorge Maldonado. It’s a Lehman Center at Lehman College in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 8pm. From $31. 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

This is about a close as you can get today to seeing the Fania All-Stars live. Oscar Hernández was also music director for another famous All-Star, Rúben Blades. We’re losing the Fania generation to old age, so go see them while you can.

Iroko “Kíko” Keith ~ The 1970s Golden Age of Salsa was full of Cubans and Puerto Ricans, but I always wondered where were the Dominicans. It was Fania Records co-owner and Fania All-Stars bandleader Johnny Pacheco. I spend most of my time in his hometown, Santiago de los Caballeros (where merengue típico is from). On Sundays I go dancing son Dominicano on the streets at Son de Keka in his old neighborhood, Los Pepines. The only problem is that dancing salsa Puerto Rican style, blows their minds.

My favorite Johnny Pacheco story is that when he was seven years-old, his bandleader father gave Johnny his first instrument, a harmonica. Without any training, he took it and played “Compadre Pedro Juan,” which is basically the national song of the Dominican Republic. Genius shows early, and Johnny Pacheco was La Salsa.

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Colombian Bullerengue

Sunday Salon: Rueda de Oro (Golden Circle) is Juan Ospina’s Afro-Colombian Bullerengue (sort of women’s cumbia) workshop and drum, song, and dance circle; at The Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx; on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 3pm. FREE. 🇨🇴

If you go, you won’t want to leave. This is Afro-Latin community.

Black British Classical Music

Remembering the Future: The Sonic Imagination of Ignatius Sancho is a concert of music by the Black British polymath who is considered the first Black classical music composer. Pianist Dr. Gregory Hopkins performs with commentary by Baritone Dr. Robert McNichols, Jr. It’s presented by the Black Speculative Arts Movement at Convent Avenue Baptist Church with Carnegie Hall in Hamilton Heights, West Harlem, Manhattan; on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 3pm. 🇬🇧

Things To Do in NYC in February 23-28, 2026

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Spanish Theatre

El Quijote” puts the famous adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on stage. In the States, it’s a children’s story, but in the literary world, it’s the beginning of modern literature. Santiago García adapted the story by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1605), directed by Jorge Alí Triana. In Spanish with English subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇪🇸

African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program A: Celebrating Wunmi (his creative partner and spiritual love); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:30pm. Through Sunday, March 1. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺

This Tuesday performance is cancelled due to the snowstorm.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Spanish Flamenco Festival

The 25th Flamenco Festival New York 2026 opens with “Electric Bohemian: Flamenco and the Arts in Greenwich Village (1950s-1970s),” a discussion about how New York’s folk and flamenco scenes both blossomed in The Village’s golden age. Listen to flamenco scholar K. Meira Goldberg and cultural historian Elijah Wald; in the Skylight Room at CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown South, Manhattan; on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 5pm. Free with RSVP. gc.cuny.edu 🇪🇸

The Festival continues through March 15, 2026.

Latino Theatre

Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. In Previews on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 7:30pm. Opens March 2, and runs through March 22 as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Spanish Flamenco Festival

Flamenco innovator Rocío Marquez sings “Himno Vertical,” her latest work about how the eternal cycle of life and death is influenced by those we meet on the journey, and how the duende, flamenco’s blood-spirit, is bigger than life or death. It’s in Elebash Recital Hall at the CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown South, Manhattan; on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 7pm. $35. 🇪🇸

Kíko ~ I had a slow death last year that culminated in a December surgery. Right after, the most beautiful angel came for me. I followed the light, but the gatekeepers turned me away. With nowhere to go, I came back. I guess I have more work to do. Writing this, I realize that flamenco is bringing me back to life. So I can confirm that Rocío knows of what she sings. Without the duende, we are nothing. In the duende, everything.

African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program A: Celebrating Wunmi (his creative partner and spiritual love) with a curtain chat; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Guatemalan Mayan Art

Martine Gutierrez: Lottery opens with a reception at Ryan Lee in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday February 26, 2026 from 6-8pm. Through April 4, 2026. ryanleegallery.com 🇬🇹

Colombian Art

Ana González: Río, an exhibition of textiles, painting, porcelain, and video; opens with a reception at Sean Kelly Gallery in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Thursday February 26, 2026, from 6-8pm. Through April 11. FREE. skny.com 🇨🇴

African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program B: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Toni Pierce-Sands (the renowned Ailey dancer who passed away in November 2025); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺

Documentary Film Festival

The 25th Doc Fortnight 2026 documentary film festival opens with “Nova ’78,” about a New York counterculture convention, at MoMA the Museum of Modern Art, in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7pm. Continues through March 12. 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇺🇸 🇺🇾

Spanish Flamenco Festival

Manuel Liñán’s Gala Flamenca features Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, and Juan Tomás de la Molía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7:30pm; on Saturday, February 28 at 7:30pm; and Sunday, March 1 at 2pm. From $45. 🇪🇸

This is the heart of the Flamenco Festival New York, a showcase of all that flamenco was, is, and is becoming. Eva Yerbabuena is “one of flamenco’s best.” The show’s Artistic Director Manuel Liñán is famous for breaking flamenco’s gender boundaries. Farru was a member of Paco de Lucia’s legendary sextet. Juan Tomás de la Molía is a rising star. What more can you ask for?

Latino Theatre

Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. In Previews on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7:30pm as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Friday, February 27, 2026

Dominican Festival

Dominican Independence Day celebrates the recapture of Fortaleza Ozama that guards the entrance to Santo Domingo on February 27, 1844. 🇩🇴

Dominican Theatre

En el tiempo de las mariposas,” is the story of the Dominican Mirabal Sisters “Las Mariposas,” who supported a rebellion until they were murdered by the dictator Trujillo. Las Hermanas Mirabal are much loved in the Dominican Republic and are now more famous than the dictator. Adapted by Caridad Svich from the Julia Álvarez novel, directed by José Zayas. In Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇩🇴

African Diaspora Film Festival ~ Opening Night

The African Diaspora International Film Festival ~ Black History Month 2026 Edition; opens with screenings of “Candombe,” “Gurumbé: Afro-Andalusian Memories,” and “Will” at Teachers College at Columbia University in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 6pm. Continues through March 1. From $13. 🇧🇷 🇨🇩 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇾

Spanish Flamenco Festival

Estévez / Paños y Compañía, the 2019 Spain National Dance Award-winning duo, perform “La Confluencia,” in which five dancers show the versatility of the male flamenco dancer in an exploration of flamenco’s roots; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $45. 🇪🇸

African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program B: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Toni Pierce-Sands (the renowned Ailey dancer who passed away in November 2025); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺

Latino Theatre

Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. In Previews on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 7:30pm as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Lunar New Year Festival

Lunar New Year Super Saturday features community-oriented lion dances in Manhattan Chinatown, on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 10am. 🇨🇳 🇹🇼

Children’s Film Festival

The New York International Children’s Film Festival 2026 screens exceptional Oscar-qualifying children’s films for a variety of ages; on weekends from February 28 – March 15, 2026. From $17. 🪶 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 🇿🇦 🇺🇸

African Diaspora Film Festival

The African Diaspora International Film Festival ~ Black History Month 2026 Edition; continues with screenings of African American, Congo-Kinshasa, Haitian, Jamaican, and South African films at Teachers College at Columbia University in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 12:30pm. From $13. 🇺🇸 🇨🇩 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇿🇦

Latino Theatre

Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. In Previews on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Major League Soccer

New York Red Bulls home opener is the Boston rivalry with New England Revolution at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 2:30pm. From $44. 🇦🇬 🇨🇲 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇹🇹

African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program B: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Toni Pierce-Sands (the renowned Ailey dancer who passed away in November 2025); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at a 2pm family matinee. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺

Indigenous Garifuna Film

Quest IV Yurumein” (2025), by John Moreira Arzú, is a documentary about the roots of New York City’s Indigenous Garifuna community which reach back to Central America, and their homeland in Yurumein, the Garifuna name for St. Vincent. It’s at the Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 3pm $15.

Documentary Film Festival

The 25th Doc Fortnight 2026 documentary film festival continues with “Powwow People,” Sky Hopinka’s documentary of a staged Native American powwow, at MoMA the Museum of Modern Art, in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7pm. 🇺🇸

Dominican Theatre

La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” is Marco Antonio Rodríquez’ adaptation of Junot Díaz’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New Jersey Dominican teenager who dreams of becoming a writer and finding love, but fears that he suffers from the fukú curse, a legacy of the colonizers. The story touches on many very Dominican themes including, Dominican Spanglish, the way children are raised, belief in curses, working class sexuality, politics, gender relations, racism, and police violence. It’s all tied into the wonderfully strange multicultural experience of being both Dominican and American. It’s in Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7pm. From $28 🇩🇴

Spanish Flamenco Festival

Flamenco Festival: Manuel Liñán’s Gala Flamenca features Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, and Juan Tomás de la Molía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, February 28 at 7:30pm. From $45. 🇪🇸

Dominican Merengue, Bachata, Dembow

La Música Dominicana celebrates Dominican Heritage Month with merengue típico, merengue de orquesta, bachata, and dembow; featuring Raul Acosta & Oro Sólido, Tito Kenton, Shino Aguakate, El Gringo de la Bachata, Juancky “La Diferencia,” El Manuel Calle, Sancy C Flow & Stalin B; at Hostos Center in the Main Theater; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $25. 🇩🇴