Things to do in NYC in January 2024 include NYC Broadway Week, NYC Restaurant Week, and events around the APAP booking agent showcases including: Winter Jazzfest.
Latin dance includes the American Dance Platform.
Latin theatre includes “El Otro Oz.”
The January U.S. national holidays include New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Day.
Latin traditions include Three Kings Day and Eleguá.
January weather is peak winter with average temperatures of 26-39°. NYC’s coldest month is still a great time to visit. You just need to plan what to do. It’s too cold and may be slushy for wandering around. Bring a jacket, hat, scarf, and gloves.
Things To Do in NYC January 1-7, 2024
Monday, January 1, 2024
Holiday Jazz
Italian New Yorker Chris Botti, one of America’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, plays trumpet for his 19th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Monday, January 1, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $88. 🇮🇹
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Holiday Jazz
Italian New Yorker Chris Botti, one of America’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, plays trumpet for his 19th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $88. 🇮🇹
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Holiday Jazz
Italian New Yorker Chris Botti, one of America’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, plays trumpet for his 19th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $88. 🇮🇹
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. chezmessy.com 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Italian Opera
Puccini’s “La Bohème, the classic bohemian love triangle, is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center; on Thursday, January 4, 2023 at 7:30pm. In Italian, with Met Titles. From $37. 🇮🇹
Holiday Jazz
Italian New Yorker Chris Botti, one of America’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, plays trumpet for his 19th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $88. 🇮🇹
Tango Dance
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, January 5, 2024
Holiday Jazz
Italian New Yorker Chris Botti, one of America’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, plays trumpet for his 19th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Friday, January 5, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $88. 🇮🇹
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Holiday Jazz
Italian New Yorker Chris Botti, one of America’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, plays trumpet for his 19th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $88. 🇮🇹
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Holiday Jazz
LAST CHANCE
Italian New Yorker Chris Botti, one of America’s most popular jazz instrumentalists, plays trumpet for his 19th Holiday Residency at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $88. 🇮🇹
Latin Jazz
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 January 8-14, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
Salsa Dance
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. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Italian Opera
Puccini’s “La Bohème, the classic bohemian love triangle, is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center; on Monday, January 8, 2024 at 8pm. In Italian, with Met Titles. From $37. 🇮🇹
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
African American Jazz Dance Showcase
The 8th American Dance Platform APAP showcase “Jazz at the Joyce” program features Dormeshia Tap Collective, Michelle N. Gibson, and Josette Wiggan Presents; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 7:30pm. 🇺🇸
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
African American Jazz Dance Showcase
The 8th American Dance Platform APAP showcase “Jazz at the Joyce” program features Dormeshia Tap Collective, Michelle N. Gibson, and Josette Wiggan Presents; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 7:30pm. 🇺🇸
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Tap, Flamenco, Kathak Dance Showcase
The 8th American Dance Platform APAP showcase presents Soles of Duende, a blend of tap, flamenco, and kathak dance; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 8pm. 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇸
Tango Dance
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, January 12, 2024
Modern and Contemporary Dance
The 92NY Harkness Dance Center APAP Showcase features Limón Dance Company, MeenMoves, and Annie Rigney in Buttenwieser Hall at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side, Manhattan; on Friday, January 12, 2024 at 1pm & 3pm. FREE with rsvp. 🇮🇱 🇲🇽
African American Contemporary Dance Showcase
The 8th American Dance Platform APAP showcase presents Dallas Black Dance Theatre contemporary dance; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, January 12, 2024 at 8pm. 🇺🇸
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Mexican Children’s Musical Theatre
OPENING DAY
“El Otro Oz” (The Other Oz) is Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman’s story of Dora, an American teenager who dreads her coming quinceañera (coming-of-age party), but learns to embrace her multicultural Mexican American heritage after being swept away to the strange Land of Oz. The musical, with regional mexican folk, salsa, and merengue music, is on Atlantic Stage 2 at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 10:30am & 1:30pm. Runs weekends through February 18, 2024. From $18. 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Italian Opera
LAST CHANCE
Puccini’s “La Bohème, the classic bohemian love triangle, is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center; on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 12:30pm. In Italian, with Met Titles. From $37. 🇮🇹
African American Contemporary Dance Showcase
The 8th American Dance Platform APAP showcase presents Dallas Black Dance Theatre contemporary dance; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 8pm. 🇺🇸
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Mexican Children’s Musical Theatre
“El Otro Oz” (The Other Oz) is Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman’s story of Dora, an American teenager who dreads her coming quinceañera (coming-of-age party), but learns to embrace her multicultural Mexican American heritage after being swept away to the strange Land of Oz. The musical, with regional mexican folk, salsa, and merengue music, is on Atlantic Stage 2 at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 10:30am & 1:30pm. From $18. 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Tap, Flamenco, Kathak Dance Showcase
The 8th American Dance Platform APAP showcase presents Soles of Duende, a blend of tap, flamenco, and kathak dance; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 2pm. 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇸
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Things To Do in NYC January 15-21, 2024
Monday, January 15, 2024
Salsa Dance
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, January 16, 2024
Senegalese French Wellness Concert
Senegalese kora master and djeli (griot) Ablaye Cissoko and French accordionist Cyrille Brotto play a well-being concert in the Resnick Education Wing at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 6:30pm. From $18. 🇸🇳 🇫🇷
Traditional African, Afro-Cuban & African American Contemporary Dance
OPENING NIGHT
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE blends traditional African, Afro-Cuban, and African American contemporary dance in “Walking Out the Dark” (2001), and “Torch” (2012); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 7:30pm. Through Sunday. From $52. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Latin House DJ
Legendary Puerto Rican Producer and DJ Louie Vega spins the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Tuesday, January 16, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $35. 🇵🇷
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Traditional African, Afro-Cuban & African American Contemporary Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE blends traditional African, Afro-Cuban, and African American contemporary dance in “Walking Out the Dark” (2001), and “Torch” (2012); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $52. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Latin House DJ
Legendary Puerto Rican Producer and DJ Louie Vega spins the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; on Wednesday, January 17, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $35. 🇵🇷
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Traditional African, Afro-Cuban & African American Contemporary Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE blends traditional African, Afro-Cuban, and African American contemporary dance in “Walking Out the Dark” (2001), and “Torch” (2012); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 8pm. From $52. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
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, January 19, 2024
Traditional African, Afro-Cuban & African American Contemporary Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE blends traditional African, Afro-Cuban, and African American contemporary dance in “Walking Out the Dark” (2001), and “Torch” (2012); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, January 19, 2024 at 8pm. From $52. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Mexican Rock Pioneer
Enrique Guzman “Inmortales del Rock n Roll” brings the Latin rock pioneer; to the United Palace in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Friday, January 19, 2024 at 8pm. From $75. 🇲🇽
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Mexican Children’s Musical Theatre
“El Otro Oz” (The Other Oz) is Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman’s story of Dora, an American teenager who dreads her coming quinceañera (coming-of-age party), but learns to embrace her multicultural Mexican American heritage after being swept away to the strange Land of Oz. The musical, with regional mexican folk, salsa, and merengue music, is on Atlantic Stage 2 at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 10:30am & 1:30pm. From $18. 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Traditional African, Afro-Cuban & African American Contemporary Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE blends traditional African, Afro-Cuban, and African American contemporary dance in “Walking Out the Dark” (2001), and “Torch” (2012); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 2pm & 8pm. From $52. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Mexican Children’s Musical Theatre
“El Otro Oz” (The Other Oz) is Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman’s story of Dora, an American teenager who dreads her coming quinceañera (coming-of-age party), but learns to embrace her multicultural Mexican American heritage after being swept away to the strange Land of Oz. The musical, with regional mexican folk, salsa, and merengue music, is on Atlantic Stage 2 at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 10:30am & 1:30pm. From $18. 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Traditional African, Afro-Cuban & African American Contemporary Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE blends traditional African, Afro-Cuban, and African American contemporary dance in “Walking Out the Dark” (2001), and “Torch” (2012); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 2pm. From $52. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Guadeloupean Classical Music Theatre
“The Chevalier;” the New York Premiere of the classical musical theatre piece about the life and music of French Guadeloupean polymath and classical violinist Joseph Bologne; is at the United Palace in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 4pm. From $35. 🇫🇷 🇬🇵
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Latin Jazz
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 January 22-28, 2024
Monday, January 22, 2024
Salsa Dance
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, January 23, 2024
Algerian French Contemporary Dance
OPENING NIGHT
Algerian French Compagnie Hervé KOUBI performs “Sol Invictus” a dance about the invincible sun that shines for all humanity; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 7:30pm. Through Sunday. From $52. 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
African American Classical Music
Grammy winning pianist Michelle Cann with Orchestra of St Luke’s violinist Jesse Mills, play works by Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, two of the first African American women composers to have their work performed by major orchestras; in Cary Hall at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music in Hudson Yards; on Wednesday, January 24, 2023 at 7pm. $33. 🇺🇸
Algerian French Contemporary Dance
Algerian French Compagnie Hervé KOUBI performs “Sol Invictus” a dance about the invincible sun that shines for all humanity; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $52. 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Algerian French Contemporary Dance
Algerian French Compagnie Hervé KOUBI performs “Sol Invictus” a dance about the invincible sun that shines for all humanity; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 8pm. From $52. 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
Tango Dance
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, January 26, 2024
Women of Color Retreat
The CCCADI Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and the DeAlmas Women’s Institute host a retreat for intergenerational women of color at Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Virtual Meet & Greet on Friday, January 26, 2024 at 6:30pm. In-person Workshop Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 10am – 5pm. From $135. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Algerian French Contemporary Dance
Algerian French Compagnie Hervé KOUBI performs “Sol Invictus” a dance about the invincible sun that shines for all humanity; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Friday, January 26, 2024 at 8pm. From $52. 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Women of Color Retreat
The CCCADI Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and the DeAlmas Women’s Institute host a retreat for intergenerational women of color at Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 10am – 5pm. From $135. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Mexican Children’s Musical Theatre
“El Otro Oz” (The Other Oz) is Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman’s story of Dora, an American teenager who dreads her coming quinceañera (coming-of-age party), but learns to embrace her multicultural Mexican American heritage after being swept away to the strange Land of Oz. The musical, with regional mexican folk, salsa, and merengue music, is on Atlantic Stage 2 at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:30am & 1:30pm. From $18. 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Algerian French Contemporary Dance
Algerian French Compagnie Hervé KOUBI performs “Sol Invictus” a dance about the invincible sun that shines for all humanity; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 8pm. From $52. 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
La Excelencia plays New York salsa dura for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez salsa club and Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, January 27, 2024, from 11pm – 3am. 🇨🇴
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Mexican Children’s Musical Theatre
“El Otro Oz” (The Other Oz) is Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman’s story of Dora, an American teenager who dreads her coming quinceañera (coming-of-age party), but learns to embrace her multicultural Mexican American heritage after being swept away to the strange Land of Oz. The musical, with regional mexican folk, salsa, and merengue music, is on Atlantic Stage 2 at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 10:30am & 1:30pm. From $18. 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Algerian French Contemporary Dance
Algerian French Compagnie Hervé KOUBI performs “Sol Invictus” a dance about the invincible sun that shines for all humanity; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 2pm. From $52. 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Latin Jazz
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 January 29-31, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
Salsa Dance
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, January 30, 2024
Afro-Brazilian Tap Dance
OPENING NIGHT
Music from the Sole, led by Leonardo Sandoval and Gregory Richardson, blends tap, samba, house, and Brazilian Carnival in “I Didn’t Come to Stay,” a Guggenheim commission that explores tap dance’s connections to the African Diaspora; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 7:30pm. Through Sunday. From $27. 🇧🇷
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Afro-Brazilian Tap Dance
Music from the Sole, led by Leonardo Sandoval and Gregory Richardson, blends tap, samba, house, and Brazilian Carnival in “I Didn’t Come to Stay,” a Guggenheim commission that explores tap dance’s connections to the African Diaspora; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $27. 🇧🇷
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷