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The FIFA World Cup, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, and NYC Pride Parade are among the best Latin things to do in NYC in June 2026.
NYC’s summer festivals arrive: Bryant Park Picnic Performances, SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, and Summer for the City.
June is NYC Pride Month and Caribbean American Heritage Month. The national holiday is Juneteenth National Independence Day. Italy, Philippines, Mozambique, Madagascar, and DR Congo also have national days. Father’s Day is a popular tradition.
Spiritual days honor Saint Anthony/Eleguá/Papa Legba (June 13), Saint John’s Eve/Midsummer/Fiestas de San Juan (June 23), Saint John/Ogún/Ti Jean Petro (June 24), and Saints Peter and Paul/Ogún/Papa Ogou (June 29).
SUMMER
Bryant Park Picnic Performances
Live dance, music, theater
Bryant Park Lawn
Midtown South
May 28 – September 11, 2026
FREE
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SummerStage
Rumsey Playfield Central Park and NYC Parks
May 30 – October, 2026
FREE with a few benefit concerts
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
Theme: Radical Joy
Lena Horne Bandshell
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
June 4 – September 19, 2026
June Shows:
– Sheila E, Latin pop R&B | June 4
– Antibalas, Brooklyn Nigerian Afrobeat | June 13
– Wayne Wonder & Lila Iké, Jamaican reggae | June 20
FREE
Summer for the City
Comedy, dance, dancing, music, theater, and more
Lincoln Center’s summer festival includes everyone
June 10 – August 8, 2026
FREE or Choose-What-You-Pay
ART
Ecuadorian Spring Recital / Recital Ecuatoriano de Primavera
Ayazamana Dance Group, Ñukanchik Sapi Children’s Traditional Dance Program, Amawta Roots
Ecuadorian | Traditional dance and music
Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Sat, June 14, 2026 | 2–3:30pm
Pay-what-you-wish admission
Sonia Boyce: Demonstrate
British-Jamaican | Interdisciplinary installation, film, photography, sound
Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Sat, June 27, 2026 – Sun, January 31, 2027
Opening: Sat, June 27, 2026 | 2pm–4:30pm
Pay-what-you-wish admission
BOOKS
Schomburg Centennial Festival
Schomburg Center Literary Festival
Black Comic Book Festival
Schomburg Center (founded by a Puerto Rican)
135th St Block Party
between Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvds.
Harlem
Sat, June 13, 2026 | 11am – 7pm
FREE
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COMEDY
Daniel Pistola: El Mejor Stand-Up Jamás Hescrito
Venezuelan stand-up comedy, en Español
Broadway Comedy Club Main Room
Hell’s Kitchen
Sat, June 6, 2026 | 7pm, doors 6:30pm
$51
Bochinchando: Uptown Solo Festival
Peaches Rodriguez hosts Joanna Briley and Bill Santiago
Being US Mexican, African American, or Puerto Rican Dominican
Standup comedy summer series
Bronx Music Hall
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Wed, Jun 17, 2026 | 7pm, doors 6:30
$12
El Último Chiste — Batalla de Comediantes
Spanish-language stand-up comedy battle
Colombian, Mexican, Venezuelan, Peruvian comics
Broadway Comedy Club Red Room
Fri, June 19, 2026 | 9pm
$17
Splou and Friends
Splou hosts: Big Rhed, Jared Waters, Tommy 5K
Dominican stand-up in Spanglish ~ ya tú sabe
Broadway Comedy Club Main Room
Fri, June 19, 2026 | 9pm
Sat, June 20, 2026 | 7pm
$34
DANCE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
African American Modern dance
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Thu-Sat, June 4-6, 2026 | 7:30pm
Sun, June 7, 2026 | 3:00pm
$35+
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American Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake
Classical ballet | Choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Petipa and Ivanov
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
June 17–20 and July 13–18, 2026
$30+
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Forces of Nature Dance Theatre: Juneteenth Celebration
African Diasporic dance
Hostos Center, Main Theater
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Thu, June 18, 2026 | 7pm
FREE with rsvp
American Ballet Theatre: Onegin
Classical ballet | Choreography by John Cranko
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
June 23–27, 2026
$30+
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American Ballet Theatre: Don Quixote
Classical ballet | Choreography after Petipa and Gorsky | New staging by Susan Jaffe and Susan Jones — World Premiere
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
June 29–July 7, 2026
$30+
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LATIN DANCE
Midtown Dance
Free outdoor dance lessons, produced by Talia Castro-Pozo
Greeley Square Park
Midtown South below Herald Square
– Afro Brazilian Dance: Wed, June 3, 6-7pm
– Puerto Rican Bomba Dance: Wed, June 10, 6-7pm
– Afro-Caribbean Dance: Wed, June 17, 6-7pm
– African Social Dance: Wed, June 24, 6-7pm
FREE, just show up
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FESTIVALS
NYC Pride Month
NYC’s celebration of Pride
June
Caribbean Heritage Month
June
New York Music Month
NYC’s official music festival
June
African Yoruba New Year
Rainy season starts the new year, the Ifá festival, and in New York, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
June 3
African Yoruba Letter of the Year ~ Ifá
Predictions for the year
June 3
Dia dos Namorados
Brazilian Valentine’s Day
June 12
Eleguá Day
Before we begin, we ask the Yoruba Orisha of the crossroads to open a divine connection. This day’s timing is based on African Yoruba new year. There is another based on the Roman calendar of the Americas.
June 13
Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua
Portuguese-born patron saint of the lost
June 13
June Solstice
Longest day / shortest night in the north (Summer Solstice)
Shortest day / longest night in the south (Winter Solstice)
June 21
Father’s Day
Love you Dad
Sun, June 21
Saint John’s Eve
Noche de San Juan (Puerto Rico and Spain)
Noite de São João (Brazil)
Midsummer Eve (Northern Europe)
Traditional to light bonfires to square away bad things
June 23
Feast of Saint John
Catholic feast of Saint John the Baptist
Día de San Juan (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
San Juan Congo (Venezuela)
Festa de São João (Brazil)
Midsummer Day (Northern Europe)
June 24
This is an important day in many African Diasporic traditions. In the Colonial Period, it was a rare three-day holiday when enslaved peoples were allowed to rest, gather, and celebrate their own heritage traditions. The Baptist’s association with water was a natural fit for the sacred nature of water in many African and world traditions, including the Kalûnga of ancient Kongo. People used the chance to gather freely, to plan resistance. Wouldn’t you? Coincidentally, the time of the year mirrors West Africa’s rainy season where the new year begins in some traditions.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The patron saint of Haiti is a Cretan saint who represents the idea that God is always here to help you.
June 27
Stonewall Riots
Energized the Gay Rights Movement
June 28, 1969
Strawberry Moon
June full moon
Mon, June 29, 2026
Saints Peter and Paul Day
Christian takeover of Roman founder’s festival (Romulus and Remus) is celebrated in Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela
June 29
FILM
Tribeca Film Festival
NYC’s big spring film and pop culture festival
Brazilian, Chilean, Cuban, Dominican, Haitian, Mexican, and Puerto Rican films
Multiple Manhattan and Brooklyn venues
June 3-14, 2026
$25+
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LATIN MUSIC
Blue Note Jazz Festival
June
Summer Walker: Still Finally Over It Tour
African American R&B
Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Tue, June 2, 2026 | 7:30pm
$78+
Emilio Solla + Antonio Lizana Quartet
Argentine pianist, Spanish flamenco-jazz vocalist
El Siempre Mar is a roundtrip between Spain, Argentina, and Jazz
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
NoHo
Wed, June 3, 2026 | 7pm
$36
Felipe Lara with Talea Ensemble and Conrad Tao: Mazes and Portals
Brazilian contemporary classical music
National Sawdust
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Wed, June 3, 2026 | 7:30pm
$57+
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
On Mexico’s Day of the Dead, Frida visits Diego for one more night
New Metropolitan Opera Production
Argentine mezzo soprano Isabel Leonard
Spanish baritone Carlos Álvarez
Nicaraguan soprano Gabriella Reyes
Indigenous Peruvian Composer Gabriela Lena Frank
Cuban librettist Nilo Cruz
Brazilian Director/Choreographer Deborah Colker
In Spanish with English, German, or Spanish Met Titles
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
May 14 – June 5, 2026
$33+
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Carín León: De Sonora para el mundo Tour
Música Mexicana
Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Fri, June 5, 2026 | 8pm
$68+
Next Festival featuring Andrea Casarrubios
Spanish contemporary classical cellist and composer
National Sawdust
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sat, June 6, 2026 | 7:30pm, doors 6:30pm
$37+
Los Pleneros de la 21: Por la Plena Tour
Grammy-nominated Puerto Rican plena and bomba group
Bronx Music Hall
Melrose, The Bronx
Sat, June 6, 2026 | 8pm
$25
Carín León: De Sonora para el mundo Tour
Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
Sun, June 7, 2026 | 8pm
$80+
Lulada Club
NYC’s first all-women salsa orchestra
Colombian-led, 1970s New York salsa dura
Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio
East Harlem
Tue, June 9, 2026 | 6pm
FREE
Isabel Leonard and Friends
Multiple Grammy-winning Argentine American mezzo-soprano sings Spanish song and opera with flamenco singer Ismael Fernández, flamenco dancer Sonia Olla, and pianist John Arida.
Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall
Midtown
Tue, June 9, 2026 | 7:30pm
$96+
Viva El Mariachi!
Homenaje a la Música Mexicana!
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Midtown
Tue, June 9, 2026 | 8pm
$25
New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks
Elim Chan conducts free outdoor classical concerts in all boroughs
Copland, Ravel, Berlioz, Duka, NY Phil Very Young Composers
The Bronx: Van Cortlandt Park | Tue, June 9, 2026 | 8pm
Manhattan: Central Park Great Lawn | Wed, June 10, 2026 | 8pm
Queens: Cunningham Park | Thu, June 11, 2026 | 8pm
Brooklyn: Prospect Park | Fri, June 12, 2026 | 8pm
Staten Island: St. George Theatre | Sun, June 14, 2026 | 2pm (Ticketed)
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Danilo Pérez
Panamanian jazz pianist
The Journey, PanaMonk, Central Avenue
Smoke Jazz Club
Upper West Side
Wed-Sun, June 10-14 | 6:30 & 8:30pm dinner, some 10pm shows
$25+
World Cup Music Fest
World Cup Football with World Music After Parties
Drom
East Village
Thu, Jun 11 – Sun, Jun 21
$12+
World Music Institute: World of Percussion Re-Imagined
World Music Institute: Pedrito Martinez, Batalá New York, Cyro Baptista, Loire Cotler and Glen Velez, Sunny Jain, Suphala, Kaoru Watanabe, Adam Rudolph
Brazilian, Cuban, Indian, Japanese, Jewish, Mexican drums
Bryant Park Picnic Performances
Midtown
Fri, June 12, 2026 | 7pm
FREE
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Mafer Bandola: Miss Imposible
Afro-Indigenous Venezuelan, world’s first female Bandola llanera player plays Venezuelan joropo llanero and Afro-Indigenous folk
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
NoHo
Fri, June 12, 2026 | 7pm
$30
The 9AM Banger Presents: Puerto Rican at 9am
Puerto Rican DJ party
Sony Hall
Times Square Theater District
Sat, June 13, 2026 | 9am – 3pm
Los Amigos Invisibles
Venezuelan Latin Alternative
Blue Note Jazz Festival
Sony Hall
Times Square Theater District
Sat, June 13, 2026 | 8pm, doors 6pm
$50+
T.Y.S.
Dominican reggaeton
“Enemy,” “Jordan,” “Tropezone”
Palladium Times Square
Times Square Theater District
Sat, June 13 | 8:30pm
$106+
Candlelight: Tribute to Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Classical strings tribute
Sony Hall
Times Square Theater District
Sun, June 14, 2026 | 6:30pm and 8:45pm
$36+
Rosalía: Lux Tour
Spanish Pop
Madison Square Garden
Midtown South
Wed-Thu, June 16-17, 2026 | 8pm
$376+
Yasser Tejeda ~ Luis “El Terror” Días Acoustic Tribute
Afro-Dominican Alternative artist’s tribute to his mentor
Ki Smith Gallery
Lower East Side
Thu, June 18, 2026 | 6:30pm
$28
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Sonido Gallo Negro
Mexican Peruvian-style psychedelic cumbia
National Sawdust
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Thu, June 18, 2026 | 7:30pm
$40+
Camila Cortina Trio
Cuban-born Latin jazz pianist and educator in Afro-Cuban traditions
Bronx Music Hall
Melrose, The Bronx
Thu, June 18, 2026 | 8pm
$15
Juneteenth LP
African American R&B with classical instruments that will make you shake your ass (their words, but right on)
Celebrating National Independence Day
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
NoHo
Juneteenth: Fri, June 19, 2026 | 6:30pm
$30
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso: Free Spirits World Tour
Argentine Latin trap
“Ouke,” “DUMBAI,” “No Me Sirve Más”
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown
Fri, June 19, 2026 | 8pm
$54+
Juneteenth: The Musical in Concert by Darrel Alejandro Holnes
African American love story with Mexican help, set in the real history of Juneteenth ~ National Independence Day.
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
NoHo
Juneteenth: Fri, June 19, 2026 | 9:30pm
$36
The Music of the Buena Vista Social Club: A Tribute to the Golden Age of Cuba
Cuba | Son cubano, bolero, danzón
Blue Note Jazz Festival
WBGO Presents Brunch
Blue Note Jazz Club
Greenwich Village
Sat, June 20, 2026 | 1pm (doors 11:30am)
$20+ and $20 minimum per person
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band Album Release Dance Party
Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall
Album release dance party
Bronx Music Hall
Melrose, The Bronx
Sat, June 20, 2026 | 7pm
$30
Carín León: De Sonora Para El Mundo Tour
Música Mexicana
Madison Square Garden
Midtown South
Mon, June 22, 2026 | 8pm
$52+
Third World: A Tribute to Cat Coore
Jamaican reggae fusion with special guest Kumar Fyah and DJ Amy “Night Nurse” Wachtel
Blue Note Jazz Festival
Sony Hall
Times Square Theater District
Mon, June 22, 2026 | 8pm, doors 6pm
Ozomatli
Mexican American Latin Alternative
Blue Note Jazz Festival
Blue Note Jazz Club
Greenwich Village
Mon-Tue, June 22-23, 2026 | 8pm and 10:30pm
$39+ and $20 minimum per person
Melanie Martinez
Art pop by a Dominican-Puerto Rican New Yorker
TODAY Show
Rockefeller Center
Fri, June 26, 2026 | Arrive before 5am
FREE to both Fan Pass holders and walk ups
Yasser Tejeda & Marcos J. López
New York Music Month ~ Young Masters Concert
Afro-Dominican Alternative & Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz
National Sawdust
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Fri, June 26 @ 7pm
FREE with RSVP
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El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Iconic Puerto Rican salsa
Beacon Theatre
Upper West Side
Fri, June 26
Louie Vega: Elements of Life with Special Guests
Puerto Rican house, Latin jazz, soul
Blue Note Jazz Festival
Blue Note
Greenwich Village
Sat, June 27, 2026 | 8pm | Special guest: Leroy Burgess
Sun, June 28, 2026 | 8pm
$60.76+ and $20 minimum per person at the club
Dreamland Pride
NYC Pride music festival
Purple Disco Machine, DJ Kungs, DJ Dani Brasil
Performing artists, drag acts, dancing, light shows
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
Sun, June 28, 2026 | 3-10pm
FREE
NATIONAL DAYS
Italian Republic Day
June 2
Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal)
Luís de Camões death, author of Portugal’s epic poem “Os Lusiadas.”
June 10
Philippines Independence Day
From Spain after 333 years
Manila was the Asian end of the Pacific galleon route
June 12, 1898
Juneteenth
USA National Independence Day when the US Army entered Texas to force the end of human slavery in the USA on June 19, 1866.
Fri, June 19, 2026
Mozambican Independence Day
From Portugal
June 25, 1975
Malagasy Independence Day
From France
June 26, 1960
PARADES
34th Queens Pride Parade 2026
Marchers, floats, and community advocates
37th Ave from 89th St to 75th St and 37th Ave
Jackson Heights, Queens
Sunday, June 6, 2026
12-2pm
FREE
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Philippine Independence Day Parade
Madison Avenue
38th St to 27th St
Murray Hill to NoMad
Sun, June 7, 2026 | 12-2pm
FREE
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National Puerto Rican Day Parade Misa Jíbara
St. Patrick’s Cathedral (In Spanish)
Midtown East
Sun, June 7, 2026 | 4pm
FREE
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National Puerto Rican Day Parade Gala
Cocktails, dinner, dancing, and community
Plaza Hotel
Midtown
Fri, June 12, 2026
National Puerto Rican Day Parade
69th National Puerto Rican Day Parade
Rumba, bomba, plena, salsa, reggaeton, trap
Somos Más Que 100×35
Fifth Avenue
44th to 79th St
Midtown to Upper East Side
Sun, June 14, 2026 | 12pm
FREE
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8th Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade 2026
Bushwick Puerto Rican Parade in one of NYC’s Boricua barrios
Knickerbocker Avenue
Menahan St to Jefferson St
Bushwick, Brooklyn
Sun, June 14, 2026 | 3pm
FREE
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Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade
Luis “Inca” Ramos, Aurora Flores Hostos, Elijah Matthews
5th Avenue (Brooklyn)
59th St to 44th St
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Sun, June 14, 2026 | 5pm
FREE
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NYC Pride March
NYC Pride Parade
Fifth Avenue
Sun, June 28
SPORTS
FIFA World Cup 2026
National soccer world championship
Some Group Stage and Round of 32 matches
MetLife Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
FIFA World Cup: June 11 – July 19
At MetLife Stadium: June 13-30 & July 19 Final
STREET FAIRS
Queens Pride Multicultural Festival and Concert
Pride street fair
37th Road and 75th St
Jackson Heights, Queens
Sunday, June 6, 2026
2-6pm
FREE with merchant booths
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Philippine Independence Day Festival 2026
26th St between Madison and Park
(North of Madison Square Park)
NoMad
Sun, June 7, 2026 | 10am-6pm
FREE with vendor booths
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Portugal Day Newark Festival 2026
Live music, great food, a run and a parade
Ferry Street: Raymond Blvd to Jackson Street
Edison Place: New Jersey Railroad Ave to Ferry Street
Bruen Street: Hamilton St to Edison Place
Fri, June 12: 7pm – 12am
Sat, June 13: 12pm – 12am
Sun, June 14, 2026: 9am – 10:30pm
Portugal Day Races: Ferry St | Sun, June 14, 2026 | 8am
Grand Parade: Ferry St from Wilson Ave to Newark Penn Station | Sun, June 14, 2026 | 3pm
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116th Street Festival 2026
Brenda K Starr, Sean Paul, Kat DeLuna, Tito Puente Jr., Alfredo de la Fe, Luis Damon
Puerto Rican street fair
Third Ave between 106th and 122nd St
116th St between Second Avenue and Lexington
Sat, June 13, 2026 | 10am-5pm
FREE
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Sunset Park Puerto Rican Festival
Los Pleneros de la 21, Toca All-Stars Salsa Orchestra
Bomba, plena, salsa, youth chess exhibition
Sunset Park entrance at 5th Avenue and 43rd St
Sun, June 14, 2026 | 6:30-9pm
FREE with vendor booths
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PrideFest
NYC Pride street fair
Fourth Avenue
Greenwich Village
Sun, June 28
THEATER
Free Shakespeare in the Park Romeo & Juliet
Spanish is the love language of this English play
Kenyan American director Saheem Ali
Dominican choreographer Mayte Natalio
Translations by Mexican Shakespeare expert Dr. Alfredo Michel Modenessi
Delacorte Theater
Central Park
May 22 – June 28
Free, but stand in line or use other options for tickets
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