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APAP showcases, Three Kings Day, and Martin Luther King Day celebrations are among the cool Latin things to do in NYC in January 2027.
APAP showcases are for the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (booking agents), but most are open to the public.
ART
The Winter Show
The nation’s premier antiques fair
Park Avenue Armory, Upper East Side
– Opening Night Preview: Thu, Jan 21, 5-9pm, $300+
– Public Show: Fri-Sun, Jan 22-31
$45+
Master Drawings New York
Old Masters art fair
Multiple galleries in walking distance, Upper East Side
Jan TBD
DANCE
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker”
Lincoln Center
Nov 27, 2026 – Jan 3
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
New York City Center, Midtown
Dec 2, 2026 – Jan 3
Alvin Ailey Birthday
Founder of the nation’s leading Black dance company was born in Texas, on Jan 1, 1931.
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
TBD
New York City Ballet Winter 2027 Season
Classical, neo-classical, and contemporary ballet
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
Tue, Jan 19 – Sun, Feb 28
– Ratmansky’s Romeo & Juliet, Jan 19-31
– Jewels 60th Anniversary
– Balanchine and Contemporary
On Sale: Aug 3, 2026
FESTIVALS
New Year’s Day 🇮🇹
January 1 is the day Roman consuls took office.
Holocaust Remembrance Day 🇺🇳
Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Jan 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 🇺🇸
Great American civil rights leader
Jan 15, 1929
Martin Luther King Day 🇺🇸
U.S. national holiday and long weekend
Mon, Jan 18
Dominican Heritage Month NYC 🇩🇴
From Altagracia and Duarte, through Dominican Carnival to Dominican Independence Day
Jan 21 – Feb 27
Juan Pablo Duarte Birthday 🇩🇴
Founding father of the Dominican Republic
Jan 26, 1813
Spiritual Days
Letter of the Year
Cuban Yoruba predictions for the new year
Jan 1
Solemnity of Mary
Catholics honor the Great Mother on the octave of her son’s birthday
Jan 1
Cassé Gâteau (Breaking the Cakes) 🇭🇹
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).
Jan 2
Three Kings Day
Hispanic gift-giving, end of Christmas, beginning of Carnival Season
Jan 6
Kings Day 🇺🇸
New Orleans Carnival begins
Jan 6
Eleguá 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Feast day for Cuban Yoruba Orisha of the crossroads
At beginnings, we ask Eleguá to connect us with the divine.
Jan 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.
Jan 7-14
La Vieja Belén 🇩🇴
Dominican folklore of an old woman who gives gifts to children who didn’t get anything on Christmas or Three Kings
Jan 13
Feast of San Sebastián 🇮🇹
Patron saint of athletes and soldiers, a gay icon
Jan 20
Feast of La Altagracia 🇩🇴
Patron saint of the Dominican Republic
Jan 21
FOOD
NYC Winter Restaurant Week
Fixed price lunch and dinner menus
Try restaurants with friends and family
Citywide
(Reservations: Wed, Jan 7, 2026)
(Jan 20 – Feb 12, 2026)
FILM
Cinema Tropical Awards 🌎
Excellence in Latin American and U.S. Latin filmmaking
(Wed, Jan 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
(Jan 14-28, 2026)
MUSIC
Chris Botti Holiday Residency 🇺🇸
One of the world’s most popular jazz instrumentalists
Blue Note, Greenwich Village
(2026 through Jan 4)
Jazz Congress & Unity Jazz Festival
APAP jazz showcase
Jazz at Lincoln Center
(Jan 7-9, 2026)
Prototype Festival
APAP musical theatre showcase
(Jan 7-18, 2026)
NYC Winter Jazzfest
APAP jazz showcase
Manhattan & Brooklyn marathons
Le Poisson Rouge and many more
(Est Thu-Tue, Jan 7-12)
globalFEST
APAP world music showcase
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
Sun, Jan 17
SPORTS
Westminster Dog Show
Agility, Breed, and Best in Show awards
Javits Center, Hudson Yards
– Masters Agility Championship: Sat, Jan 30
– Daytime breed judging: Mon-Tue, Feb 1-2
Madison Square Garden, Chelsea
– Group judging: Mon, Feb 1
– Best in Show: Tue, Feb 2
THEATRE
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 NYC
APAP theater showcase
Nation’s largest theater festival
Multiple venues citywide
(Jan 7-25, 2026)
PhysFestNYC
Physical theatre festival
Stella Adler Center for the Arts, Flatiron District
(Jan 8-18, 2026)
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