Things To Do in NYC in July 2023 include 4th of July, Brasil Summerfest, Peruvian Parade, Bastille Day, SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, Shakespeare in the Park and Restaurant Week.
July weather is peak summer. It’s hot with average temperatures of 69-84°, but it’s the best time to enjoy rivers and the ocean.
July Holidays
The 4th of July, U.S. Independence Day, is a national holiday on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. 🇺🇸
- Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks are in the East River on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 8pm. 🇺🇸
- Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is at Nathan’s Flagship restaurant in Coney Island, Brooklyn; on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 from 11am to 1pm. 🇺🇸
Latin Dance
Lecktra Fire, DJ Lopez, and Alex Vivas, spin a night of Bachata vs Reggaeton; at La Boom night club in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, June 30, 2023. 10pm doors. Free guest list before midnight. $20 after. 🇨🇴 🇵🇷 🇩🇴
DJs Flipstar, Delio, and Manny Mills spin the Spanglish Saturdays urban and latin dance party; of dem bow, rap, reggaeton, trap; with bachata, cumbia, merengue, and salsa; at La Boom night club in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, July 1, 2023. 10pm doors. Free guest list before midnight. $26 after.
Mexican singer Raymix headlines a Mexican Sundays night of electrocumbia with openers Condor, Mister Choki, Twist, Potencia Latina, and Cibey; at La Boom night club in Woodside, Queens; on Sunday, July 2, 2023. $77. 🇲🇽
Carlos Sarabia, La Kumbre, and K-Paz de la Sierra play Mexican banda; at La Boom night club in Woodside, Queens; on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 10pm (9pm doors). $47. Ladies free until 10pm. 🇲🇽
BRASIL SUMMERFEST
Get down to funky Brazilian beats at a Baile do Brasil dance party with DJ Mulú and DJ Tietta; at Nublu in Manhattan’s East Village; on Friday, July 7, 2023 at 11pm (10pm doors). From $22. 🇧🇷
BRASIL SUMMERFEST, SUMMER FOR THE CITY
Get down to a Silent Disco of Brazilian party classics with DJ Greg Caz; in Lincoln Center Plaza; on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 7pm. FREE. 🇧🇷
Ballet Nepantla’s 4th Annual Gala is at 26 Bridge in DUMBO, Brooklyn; on Friday, July 14, 2023 at 7pm. 🇲🇽
The Mobile Dance Film Festival is at Gibney Dance in the Flatiron District, July 27-28, 2023.
Latin Festivals
Summer Festivals
SummerStage
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn
Brasil Summerfest brings the latest Brazilian music, film and dance to NYC, from July 2-23, 2023. 🇧🇷
Parades
The Feria de las Flores (Colombian Flower Fair) is in Jackson Heights, Queens; July 9, 2023. 🇨🇴
The NYC Peruvian Parade is in Jackson Heights, Queens on July 16, 2023. 🇵🇪
The Disability Pride Parade is on Saturday, July 22, 2023. 🇺🇸
The NYC Colombian Parade is in Jackson Heights, Queens; on Sunday, July 23, 2023. 🇨🇴
Paterson Peruvian Parade 🇵🇪
- The Paterson Peruvian Parade Coronation is at the Fiesta Banquet Hall in Wood-Ridge, NJ on Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 11am. $80. 🇵🇪
- The. Paterson Peruvian Parade Gala is at the Legacy Castle in Pompton Plains, NJ on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 6pm. $220. 🇵🇪
- The 37th Paterson Peruvian Parade celebrates Peruvian Independence Day in Passaic, Clifton and Paterson, New Jersey on Sunday, July 30, 2023. 🇵🇪
- The Paterson Peruvian Festival is Sunday, July 30, 2023. 🇵🇪
The Bronx Dominican Parade 2023 (Gran Parada Dominicana en El Bronx) marches down Grand Concourse from 181st St in Fordham Heights to 167th St in Concourse, The Bronx; on Sunday, July 30, 2023, from 11am. FREE. 🇩🇴
Street Fairs
The Giglio Feast is in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, July 5-16, 2023. 🇮🇹
FIAF’s Bastille Day Celebration is on Madison Avenue, from 59th to 63rd St; and on 60th St from Fifth to Madison Avenue; on Sunday, July 16, 2023, from 12-5pm. FREE. 🇫🇷
National Days
- Canadian Independence Day is July 1. 🇨🇦
- Philippines Republic Day celebrates independence from the U.S. on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. 🇵🇭
- U.S. Independence Day is Tuesday, July 4, 2023. 🇺🇸
- Venezuelan Independence Day is Wednesday, July 5, 2023. 🇻🇪
- Argentine Independence Day is July 9. 🇦🇷
- Bastille Day, France’s national day, is Friday, July 14, 2023. 🇫🇷
- Colombian Independence Day is July 20. 🇨🇴
- Puerto Rico Constitution Day is July 25. 🇵🇷
- Peruvian Independence Day is Friday, July 28, 2023. 🇵🇪
Saints Days
The Feast of Our Lady of Chiquinquira, patron saint of Colombia, is July 9. 🇨🇴
The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patron saint of Chile, is Sunday, July 16, 2023. 🇨🇱
The day of Aggayú Sola, orisha of flowing lava, rivers and deserts, is July 25.
The Feast of St James (Santiago Apostle) is July 25. 🇪🇸
The Feast of St Christopher is July 25. 🇮🇹
Famous Birthdays
Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico; on July 6, 1907. 🇲🇽
Simón Bolívar, founding father of Gran Colombia, was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 24, 1783. 🇻🇪
Nature Days
The Buck Moon, July full moon, is July 3.
Summer’s second Manhattanhenge is July 12-13.
Latin Film
SUMMER FOR THE CITY
Watch “Flower” the short film starring and produced by Misty Copeland, the most famous American ballerina since Baryshnikov, followed by Q&A Misty and CNN’s Sara Sidner; in Damrosch Park; on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:30pm. FREE. 🇺🇸
BRASIL SUMMERFEST
“Narciso Em Ferias” (Narcissus Off Duty), Ricardo Calil and Renato Terra’s Caetano Veloso documentary, produced by acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles (Central Station, Motorcycle Diaries), screens at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens; on Sunday, July 23, 2023. 🇧🇷
Latin Food
NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2023 is July 24 to August 20. Reservations open July 6.
World Chocolate Day is July 7.
National Mojito Day is July 11. 🇨🇺
National Tequila Day is July 24. 🇲🇽
In Peru, Pisco Day is July 23, 2023. 🇵🇪
Latin Music
SUMMERSTAGE
Canada brings some musical fire south with Andy Shauf, Leith Ross, and French Canadian experimental vocalist Yves Jarvis; at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park; on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 5pm. FREE. 🇨🇦
BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN
French Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, Ecuadorian Swiss guitar duo Hermanos Gutiérrez, and Tiny Desk concert winner Little Moon, play an NPR Tiny Desk road trip at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 7pm (6pm doors). 🇪🇨
BRASIL SUMMERFEST, SUMMERSTAGE
Marisa Monte sings MPB (Brazilian Pop Music), with openers Joana Amodeira & Fred Martins singing Brazilian fado (Portuguese folk music), and New York’s own Music From the Sole showing off tap dance’s relationship to Afro-Brazilian culture; at Central Park SummerStage; on Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 6pm (5pm doors). FREE! 🇧🇷
BRASIL SUMMERFEST, SUMMER FOR THE CITY
Duda Beat blends MPB with global punk, funk and pop influences, with an opening set by DJ Mulú; at Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center; on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 7:30pm (7pm doors). FREE. 🇧🇷
The LAMC Latin Alternative Music Conference is at the Intercontinental New York Times Square Hotel, July 11-15, 2023.
BRASIL SUMMERFEST
Zabelê (from the Novos Baianos family) sings MPB (Brazilian Pop Music) at The Archway in DUMBO, Brooklyn; on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 6pm. FREE. 🇧🇷
BRASIL SUMMERFEST
Luciane Dom sings her Afro-Brazilian blend of Afrobeats, urban jazz, reggae, and ljexá (candomblé sacred music); in the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center; on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇧🇷
The Jazz in July jazz festival is at the 92nd Street Y, New York, on select days from Tuesday, July 18 to Thursday, July 27, 2023.
BRASIL SUMMERFEST
Forró in the Dark play their urban forró; outside the Brooklyn Public Library (Grand Army Plaza); on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 6:30pm. FREE. 🇧🇷
Ongoing
SummerStage is ongoing.
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn is ongoing.
Latin Sports
The New York Red Bulls play Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. From $34. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽, 🇯🇲, 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪, 🇮🇹. 🇨🇲 🇺🇬
- New England Revolution on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 7:30pm.
- Cincinnati on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 7:30pm.
Latin Theatre
The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park presents Kenny Leon’s direction of “Hamlet,” starring Ato Blankson-Wood, at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park; from June 8 to August 6, 2023. FREE.