Things To Do in NYC in January

Things to do in NYC in January include APAP showcases (Association of Performing Arts Professionals). While The City is catching its breath from the holidays, booking agents fill New York theaters and night clubs for APAP’s JanArtsNYC performing arts festival dance, music, and theatre showcases.

JANUARY ~ 1-4 | 5-11 | 12-18 | 19-25 | 26-31 ~ 2026

U.S. holidays in January are New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Day.

Three Kings Day or Kings Day is important in Hispanic, African Diasporic, and Ethiopian or Eritrean Orthodox communities. In Orthodox Ethiopia and Eritrea, it’s Gahad (Christmas Eve). In Europe, it’s the end of Christmas Season. In Colonial Times, January 6 was the only time African Descendants were allowed to celebrate their heritage traditions. It starts New Orleans Carnival and serious pre-Lenten Carnival preparations which continue until Carnival Tuesday on February 17, 2026.

January weather is peak winter with average temperatures of 26-39°. New York City’s coldest month is still a great time to visit. You just need to plan what to do. It’s too cold for wandering aimlessly and may be slushy. Bring a jacket, hat, scarf, and gloves so you can layer, and rain boots.

Things to do in NYC in January 2026

ART

Winter Show antiques fair @ Park Avenue Armory ~ Jan 23 – Feb 1, 2026
Master Drawings New York, old masters art fair @ Upper East Side ~ Jan 30 – Feb 7, 2026

CONFERENCES

globalFEST Wavelengths Conference ~ Jan 9, 2026
ISPA New York Congress (International Society for the Performing Arts) ~ Jan 13-15, 2026

DANCE

New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” @ Lincoln Center to Jan 3, 2026 🇺🇸
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre @ New York City Center, to Jan 4, 2026 🇺🇸
Out-FRONT! Fest, LGBTQ+ dance ~ Jan 3-11, 2026 🏳️‍🌈
Live Artery Festival, Bill T. Jones ~ Jan 7-17, 2026 🇺🇸
Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival @ The Guggenheim ~ Jan 9-13, 2026
New York City Ballet Winter Season @ Lincoln Center Jan 20 – Mar 1, 2026

Latin Dance & Dancing

Latin Mondays NYC salsa ~ Mondays 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Tango La Nacional ~ Thursdays 🇦🇷
El Destino tango ~ Sundays 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
House of Yes 10th Anniversary Birthday Party ~ Jan 2-3, 2026

FESTIVALS

New Year’s Day ~ U.S. national holiday 🇺🇸
Emancipation Proclamation ~ Jan 1 🇺🇸
Haitian Independence Day ~ Jan 1 🇭🇹
Letter of the Year ~ Jan 1 🇨🇺
Solemnity of Mary ~ Jan 1 🇮🇹
Alvin Ailey birthday ~ Jan 1, 1931 🇺🇸
Cassé Gâteau community festival ~ Jan 2-4 🇭🇹
Twelfth Night / Epiphany ends Christmas Season ~ Jan 6 🇮🇹
Eleguá Cuban Yoruba Orisha ~ Jan 6 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Three Kings Day, Hispanic gift-giving day ~ Jan 6 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
Three Kings Day Parade & Celebration @ El Museo del Barrio ~ Jan 6 🇵🇷
Kings Day African American ~ Jan 6 🇺🇸
Tirer Gâteau opens Rara Season ~ Jan 6 🇭🇹
Pre-Lenten Carnival Preparations ~ Jan 6 – Feb 17, 2026
Las Octavitas ~ Jan 7-14 🇵🇷
La Vieja Belén, gifts for children who got nothing on Christmas or 3 Kings ~ Jan 13 🇩🇴
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday ~ Jan 15, 1929 🇺🇸
Martin Luther King Jr Weekend ~ Jan 17-19, 2026 🇺🇸
San Sebastian ~ Jan 20 🇵🇷
Dominican Heritage Month ~ Jan 21-Feb 27 🇩🇴
La Altagracia ~ Jan 21 🇩🇴
Juan Pablo Duarte ~ Jan 26 🇩🇴
Holocaust Remembrance Day ~ Jan 27 🇺🇳

FOOD

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

FILM

“Iracema” (Iracema, uma transa amazônica, 1974) @ Film at Lincoln Center 🇧🇷
“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025), Brazil’s Oscar Entry @ Film at Lincoln Center 🇧🇷
Cinema Tropical Awards @ Film at Lincoln Center ~ Wed, Jan 7, 2026 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇻🇪 🇺🇸
New York Jewish Film Festival @ Film at Lincoln Center ~ Jan 14-28, 2026 ✡️
“Trenque Lauquen” film + Melissa Anderson book signing @ Film at Lincoln Center 🇦🇷

MUSIC

Chris Botti @ Blue Note ~ to Jan 4, 2026 🇮🇹
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Birdland ~ Sundays 🇨🇺
Jazz Congress & Unity Jazz Festival @ Jazz at Lincoln Center ~ Jan 7-9, 2026 🇺🇸
Prototype Festival musical theatre showcase ~ Jan 7-18, 2026
NYC Winter Jazzfest ~ Jan 8-13, 2026
APAP NYC booking agent conference ~ Jan 9-13, 2026
globalFEST world music showcase @ David Geffen Hall ~ Jan 11, 2026
Isabel Leonard & Friends American Songbook @ Carnegie Hall ~ Jan 15, 2026 🇦🇷 🇺🇸
Conjunto Imagen Puerto Rican salsa @ David Rubenstein Atrium ~ Jan 16, 2026 🇵🇷
Timo Andres & Aaron Diehl classical jazz @ Carnegie Hall ~ Jan 28, 2026 🇺🇸
Dámaris Bójor Regional Mexican folk pop fusion @ David Rubenstein Atrium ~ Jan 29, 2026 🇲🇽
Miriam Elhajli Venezuelan Moroccan American folk @ David Rubenstein Atrium ~ Jan 31, 2026 🇻🇪 🇲🇦 🇺🇸

SPORTS

Surfing in Far Rockaway and Montauk is at its peak.
Westminster Dog Show @ Javits Center & Madison Square Garden ~ Jan 31- Feb 3, 2026

THEATRE

“Dream of Kings / Sueño de Reyes” @ Teatro SEA ~ Jan 3-5, 2026 🇵🇷
NYC Broadway Week ~ reservations Jan 7 for shows Jan 20 – Feb 12, 2026
NYC Under the Radar Festival ~ Jan 7-25, 2026
PhysFestNYC physical theatre ~ Jan 8-18, 2026
“Llontop” interactive Indigenous Quechua Peruvian theatre @ Pregones PRTT ~ Fri-Sun, Jan 9-18, 2026 🪶 🇵🇪
“La casa de Bernarda Alba” @ Repertorio Español ~ Jan 15, 2026 🇪🇸
“La gringa” @ Repertorio Español~ Jan 21, 2026 🇵🇷
“La ternura” @ Repertorio Español ~ Jan 27, 2026 🇪🇸
“En el tiempo de las mariposas” @ Repertorio Español ~ Jan 28, 2026 🇩🇴
“La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao” @ Repertorio Español ~ Jan 30, 2026 🇩🇴

TRAVEL

La Sanse or Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, Puerto Rico’s biggest festival, is in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Thursday-Sunday, January 15-18, 2026. 🇵🇷

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Thursday, January 1, 2026

African American History

The Emancipation Proclamation made all Americans free on January 1, 1863. 🇺🇸

Haitian Independence Day

Haitian Independence Day, January 1, 1804, marks one of the great humanitarian achievements of all time. It’s the only time in history that an enslaved people freed themselves and founded a republic. 🇭🇹

African American Festival

Kwanzaa, the African American holiday that started in New York City, ends with a celebration of Imani ~ Faith. “Habari Gani?” The Swahili greeting asks “What News?” or in other words, what are you learning?

Cuban Yoruba Festival

The Letter of the Year, published by Cuba’s Yoruba Cultural Assocation, predicts events in the year ahead and suggests good behaviors for the year. In 2020, the Letter of the Year predicted a year of serious health sufferings. That was before most Americans knew about the Covid-19 pandemic brewing in China. Explain that. This tradition started in the 1800s. Other Yoruba communities publish their own Letter of the Year which may offer different predictions. 🇨🇺

Catholic Festival

The Solemnity of Mary celebrates the divinity of mother and child, on January 1. 🇮🇹

Jazz Pop

Chris Botti, the Italian American trumpet player who is one of the world’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, and has crossed over into jazz pop, plays his 21st Annual Holiday Residency at The Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Thursday, January 1, 2025, at 7pm and 9:30pm. From $89. 🇺🇸

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world, starts the Alicia Graf Mack Era with an All New Works program; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇫

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Tango La Nacional, New York City’s most traditional and longest-running milonga (tango dance party), is at La Nacional, the old Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays, with an intermediate lesson at 7pm, dancing at 8pm, gets busy at 9pm, performances around 11pm, and “El Choclo” (last dance) around 2am. $25. 🇦🇷

Friday, January 2, 2026

Jazz Pop

Chris Botti, the Italian American trumpet player who is one of the world’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, and has crossed over into jazz pop, plays his 21st Annual Holiday Residency at The Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday, January 2, 2025, at 7pm and 9:30pm. From $89. 🇺🇸

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world, starts the Alicia Graf Mack Era; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, January 2, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇫

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Famous Asian American Birthday

Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American Hollywood star, was born in Los Angeles, California on January 3, 1905. 🇺🇸

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world, starts the Alicia Graf Mack Era with a Family Matinee; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 2pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇫

Three Kings Bilingual Children’s Theatre

“Dream of Kings // Sueño de Reyes,” is a modern Three Kings story where instead of following the brightest star in the sky, the 3 Kings use GPS which leads them not to Bethlehem, but to the home of Jesús Rodríguez, a kid in Trujillo Alto’s Barrio Belén, a real town inland from San Juan and Carolina, Puerto Rico where the coastal plain turns to hills. Belén is Spanish for Bethlehem, but as far as we know, there is no Barrio Belén in Trujillo Alto. The premise is right on because GPS in Puerto Rico sometimes leads you astray to empty fields or off a cliff. San Juan is one corner of the Bermuda Triangle after all. ¡WEPA! It’s at Teatro SEA in The Clemente Center in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 3pm. Through Monday. From $23. 🇵🇷

Jazz Pop

Chris Botti, the Italian American trumpet player who is one of the world’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, and has crossed over into jazz pop, plays his 21st Annual Holiday Residency at The Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 3, 2025, at 7pm and 9:30pm. From $89. 🇺🇸

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world, starts the Alicia Graf Mack Era; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 7:30pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇫

Sunday, January 4, 2026

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world, starts the Alicia Graf Mack Era; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 2pm & 7:30pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇫

Three Kings Bilingual Children’s Theatre

Argentine Tango Dance Party

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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾

Jazz Pop

Chris Botti, the Italian American trumpet player who is one of the world’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, and has crossed over into jazz pop, plays his 21st Annual Holiday Residency at The Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 4, 2025, at 7pm and 9:30pm. From $89. 🇺🇸

Latin Jazz

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Latin jazz at 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 This Week: January 5-11, 2026

Monday, January 5, 2026

Famous African American Birthday

Alvin Ailey, founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world, was born in Rogers, Texas (near Austin) on January 5, 1931. 🇺🇸

Big Band Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play big band vintage jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇮🇹

Three Kings Bilingual Children’s Theatre

Salsa Dance Party

Latin Mondays NYC by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular salsa dance parties, is at 5th&Mad in Murray Hill, Manhattan; on Mondays. Doors open with DJs at 5pm. Salsa lesson at 7pm. Live music for dancing at 9pm and 11pm with DJs and dance shows until late. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Vintage Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage vintage jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Tuesdays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇮🇹

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Brazilian Film

“Iracema” (Iracema, uma transa amazônica, 1974) by Jorge Bodansky and Orlando Senna, is the story of a teenage Indigenous sex worker who teams up with a tough guy trucker hauling illegal hardwoods on the then new Trans-Amazonian Highway, as the government destroys the Amazon rainforest in the name of progress. This is a raw window into a past that mostly no longer exists. The film premiered at Cannes in 1975. Brazil’s military government banned it in the late 1970s, so it must be good. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, is at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 7 at 4pm; and Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 1:30pm. $20. 🇧🇷

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, opens its theatrical release at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 6:15pm with Q&As. Through Thursday, January 15. $21. 🇧🇷

Latin Film Awards

16th Cinema Tropical Awards 2026 ceremony will announce the best Latin American and American Latin films of the year; at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇻🇪 🇺🇸

Theatre Festival

NYC Broadway Week Winter 2026, 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.” Discount codes are NYCBW250 and NYCUP250 for better seats. 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Thursday, January 8, 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.” 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 2pm with Q&As. $21. 🇧🇷

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Friday, January 9, 2026

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Friday, January 9, 2026 at 1pm, 5:15pm, & 8:20pm. $21. 🇧🇷

Indigenous Quechua Peruvian Theatre

“Llontop,” by Anonymous Ensemble, is Indigenous Peruvian Quechua mobile interactive theatre with an interactive heirloom installation, a live film performance, and a conversation with the artists about Quechua history from the Indigenous perspective. Bring your phone to Pregones PRTT theater in Concourse, The Bronx; on Friday, January 9, 2025 at 7pm. Continues Friday-Sunday through January 18. Free with RSVP. 🪶 🇵🇪

Saturday, January 10, 2026

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 5:15pm & 8:20pm. $21. 🇧🇷

Indigenous Quechua Peruvian Theatre

“Llontop,” by Anonymous Ensemble, is Indigenous Peruvian Quechua mobile interactive theatre with an interactive heirloom installation, a live film performance, and a conversation with the artists about Quechua history from the Indigenous perspective. Bring your phone to Pregones PRTT theater in Concourse, The Bronx; on Saturday, January 10, 2025 at 7pm. Free with RSVP. 🪶 🇵🇪

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Indigenous Quechua Peruvian Theatre

“Llontop,” by Anonymous Ensemble, is Indigenous Peruvian Quechua mobile interactive theatre with an interactive heirloom installation, a live film performance, and a conversation with the artists about Quechua history from the Indigenous perspective. Bring your phone to Pregones PRTT theater in Concourse, The Bronx; on Sunday, January 11, 2025 at 3pm. Free with RSVP. 🪶 🇵🇪

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 5:15pm & 8:20pm. $21. 🇧🇷

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Latin Jazz

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Latin jazz at 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 This Week: January 12-18, 2026

Monday, January 12, 2026

Big Band Hot Jazz

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Monday, January 12, 2026 at 5:15pm & 8:20pm. $21. 🇧🇷

Salsa Dance Party

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Vintage Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play big band hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Tuesdays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). From $25. 🇮🇹

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 5:15pm & 8:20pm. $21. 🇧🇷

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 3pm, 5:15pm & 8:20pm. $21. 🇧🇷

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Spanish Drama

“La casa de Bernarda Alba,” by García Lorca (1936) and 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 at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇪🇸

Brazilian Film

“The Secret Agent Network” (O Agente Secreto, 2025) by Kleber Mendonça Filho, stars Wagner Moura (Narcos) as a man on the run from his past in 1970s Recife, Brazil (the director’s hometown of his youth). These were some crazy times during Brazil’s military dictatorship. The film is about maintaining your sense of self, while adapting to the pressures of government abuses of power. Brazilians are really good at that. Never thought we would be in this same place, but we are. Brazil’s 2026 Best International Feature Oscars entry won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes. The film, in Portuguese with English subtitles, closes at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 5:15pm & 8:20pm. $21. 🇧🇷

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Friday, January 16, 2026

Indigenous Quechua Peruvian Theatre

Puerto Rican Salsa

Conjunto Imagen plays Puerto Rican salsa for dancing in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Friday, January 16, 2026 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇵🇷

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Indigenous Quechua Peruvian Theatre

“Llontop,” by Anonymous Ensemble, is Indigenous Peruvian Quechua mobile interactive theatre with an interactive heirloom installation, a live film performance, and a conversation with the artists about Quechua history from the Indigenous perspective. Bring your phone to Pregones PRTT theater in Concourse, The Bronx; on Saturday, January 17, 2025 at 7pm. Free with RSVP. 🪶 🇵🇪

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Indigenous Quechua Peruvian Theatre

“Llontop,” by Anonymous Ensemble, is Indigenous Peruvian Quechua mobile interactive theatre with an interactive heirloom installation, a live film performance, and a conversation with the artists about Quechua history from the Indigenous perspective. Bring your phone to Pregones PRTT theater in Concourse, The Bronx; on Sunday, January 18, 2025 at 3pm. Free with RSVP. 🪶 🇵🇪

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Latin Jazz

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Latin jazz at 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 This Week: January 19-25, 2026

Monday, January 19, 2026

Big Band Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play big band hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇮🇹

Salsa Dance Party

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Vintage Hot Jazz

Wednesday, January 21, 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 end, family is everything, and Puerto Rican families are strong. It’s at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇵🇷

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Friday, January 23, 2026

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Film Criticism Book Signing + Argentine Film

Screenwriter Melissa Anderson celebrates “The Hunger: Film Writing, 2012-2024,” her new book of film criticism, with a screening of Laura Citarella’s Argentine film “Trenque Lauquen” (2022) with the author signing books. The film, in Spanish with subtitles, screens at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan; on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 12pm. $21. 🇦🇷

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Latin Jazz

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

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Monday, January 26, 2026

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Big Band Hot Jazz

Salsa Dance Party

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Theatre Festival

Food Festival

Vintage Hot Jazz

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

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 Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇩🇴

Food Festival

Theatre Festival

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Food Festival

Theatre Festival

Regional Mexican Music

Dámaris Bójor plays her folk pop fusion of Regional Mexican music from the Sierra de Sonora between Chihuahua and Sinaloa; at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center; on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇲🇽

She is one of a large group of young Mexican female singers who is blending traditions in the most wonderful way.

Friday, January 30, 2026

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 Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11am. $37. 🇩🇴

Food Festival

Theatre Festival

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Food Festival

Theatre Festival

Venezuelan Moroccan American Experimental Folk

Miriam Elhajli plays her really unique blend of Venezuelan Moroccan American folk music in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇻🇪 🇲🇦 🇺🇸

You can hear all her claimed influences in her music and some others too because she is a musicologist.

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