Fun Latin things to do in NYC in January 2027 start with APAP showcases for booking agents. There are Three Kings Day, and Martin Luther King Day celebrations.
ART
The Winter Show
The nation’s premier antiques fair
Park Avenue Armory
Upper East Side
– Opening Night Preview: Thu, January 21, 5-9pm, $300+
– Public Show: Fri-Sun, January 22-31 $45+
Master Drawings New York
Old Masters art fair
Multiple galleries in walking distance
Upper East Side
January TBD
DANCE
Alvin Ailey Birthday
Founder of the nation’s leading Black dance company was born in Texas, on January 1, 1931.
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker”
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
To January 3
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
New York City Center
Midtown, Manhattan
To January 3
Out-Front! Fest
LGBTQ+ dance showcase
TBD
Live Artery Festival
Bill T. Jones’ modern dance showcase
TBD
Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival
Guggenheim Museum
Upper East Side, Manhattan
TBD
New York City Ballet Winter 2027 Season
Classical, neo-classical, and contemporary ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Tue, January 19 – Sun, February 28
– Ratmansky’s Romeo & Juliet, January 19-31
– Jewels 60th Anniversary
– Balanchine and Contemporary
On Sale: August 3, 2026
HOLIDAYS
New Year’s Day
January 1 became the new year because it was the day Roman consuls took office.
Cuban Yoruba Letter of the Year
A foretelling of the new year. In Yorubaland, it comes out on Yoruba New Year in June. In the Americas, this tradition and others are aligned with European New Year.
January 1
Solemnity of Mary
Catholics honor the Great Mother on the octave of her son’s birthday.
January 1
Haitian: Cassé Gâteau (Breaking the Cakes)
Haitian: Jou Zansèt (Ancestors’ Day / Heroes’ Day)
At beginnings, we honor our ancestors, especially those who gave their lives fighting for freedom (a Haitian Memorial Day).
January 2
Three Kings Day / Epiphany
The Hispanic gift-giving day marks the end of Christmas and beginning of Carnival Season. In colonial times, it was one of the few days when urban enslaved peoples were given a day off, allowed to gather, and celebrate their own traditions.
January 6
Kings Day
New Orleans Carnival begins on the African American version of Three Kings Day.
January 6
Eleguá
Feast day for Cuban Yoruba Orisha of the crossroads
At beginnings, we ask Eleguá to connect us with the divine.
January 6
Las Octavitas
Puerto Rico uses the old Catholic Christmas octave to extend the season to Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, the island’s big festival.
January 7-14
La Vieja Belén
Dominican folklore about an old woman who gives gifts to children who didn’t get anything on Christmas or Three Kings Day.
January 13
San Sebastián
Patron saint of athletes and soldiers, and a gay icon
January 20
La Altagracia
Patron saint of the Dominican Republic (and one of New York Latin Culture Magazine’s saints)
January 21
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Never forget.
January 27
NATIONAL DAYS
Haitian Independence Day
The only people in history to free themselves, and found a nation, founded the second independent republic in the Americas on January 1, 1804.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
The great American civil rights leader who was born on January 15, 1929.
Martin Luther King Day
U.S. national holiday and long weekend
Mon, January 18, 2026
Dominican Heritage Month NYC
From celebrations of patron saint La Altagracia and founding father Duarte, through Dominican Carnival (February weekends) to Dominican Independence Day
January 21 – February 27
Juan Pablo Duarte Birthday
Founding father of the Dominican Republic
January 26, 1813
FOOD
NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2026
Fixed price lunch and dinner menus
Try restaurants with friends and family
Citywide
– Reservations: Wed, January 7, 2026
– Dining: January 20 – February 12, 2026
FILM
Cinema Tropical Awards
Excellence in Latin American and U.S. Latin filmmaking
(EXPECTED: Wed, January 7, 2026)
New York Jewish Film Festival
One of the world’s most influential Jewish film festivals, co-produced with The Jewish Museum
Film at Lincoln Center
(EXPECTED January 14-28, 2026)
MUSIC
Chris Botti Holiday Residency
One of the world’s most popular jazz instrumentalists
Blue Note
Greenwich Village
To January 3
Jazz Congress & Unity Jazz Festival
APAP jazz showcase
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Columbus Circle
(WAS January 7-9, 2026)
Prototype Festival
APAP musical theatre showcase
(WAS January 7-18, 2026)
NYC Winter Jazzfest
APAP jazz showcase
Manhattan & Brooklyn marathons
Le Poisson Rouge, Greenwich Village and many more
(EXPECTED Thu-Tue, January 7-12, 2027)
globalFEST
APAP world music showcase
David Geffen Hall
Lincoln Center
Sun, January 17
SPORTS
Westminster Dog Show
Agility, Breed, and Best in Show awards
Javits Center, Hudson Yards
– Masters Agility Championship: Sat, January 30, 2027
– Daytime breed judging: Mon-Tue, February 1-2, 2027
Madison Square Garden, Chelsea
– Group judging: Mon, February 1, 2027
– Best in Show: Tue, February 2, 2027
THEATER
NYC Broadway Week
2-for-1 tickets to hit Broadway shows
(Onsale: Wed, Jan 8, 2026)
(Shows: Jan 20 – Feb 12, 2026)
Under the Radar Festival
APAP theater showcase
Nation’s largest theater festival
Multiple venues citywide
(WAS January 7-25, 2026)
PhysFestNYC
Physical theatre festival
Stella Adler Center for the Arts, Flatiron District
(WAS Jan 8-18, 2026)