In June, New York City slips into its summer schedule.
NEW YORK ON PAUSE COVID-19
This is not a normal June. New York City has been on PAUSE for the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic since mid-March 2020. Phase 1 reopening begins June 8. Phase 2 begins June 21.
June is Pride Month and Caribbean Heritage Month.
JUNE HOLIDAYS: Anniversary Day is a New York City school holiday. Father’s Day Stonewall Riots.
JUNE PARADES: The Israel Parade, Portugal Day Parade, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Coney Island Mermaid Parade, and NYC Pride Parade.
JUNE STREET FAIRS: Portugal Day Festival, New York City Dance Week, Museum Mile Festival, 116th Street Festival, and PrideFest.
JUNE THEATRE: Shakespeare in the Park, Drama Desk Awards, Tony Awards.
JUNE MUSIC FESTIVALS: Concerts in the Parks, Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, Blue Note Jazz Festival, Governors Ball Music Festival, New York Salsa Festival Midsummer Night Swing, Pride Island
JUNE FASHION: CFDA Fashion Awards.
JUNE NATIONAL DAYS: Italy and Portugal.
Things to do in NYC
June 2020 Week 23
June 1-7, 2020
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Monday, June 1
Hurricane season begins (through November 30).
It’s NYC Pride Month.
[CANCELLED for COVID-19]
The Blue Note Jazz Festival is at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village and other venues through June 30.
Tuesday, June 2
Support Blackout Tuesday in memory of George Floyd and in support of peaceful protest against police violence and racism in the United States.
Celebrate Italy’s national day La Festa della Repubblica.
Wednesday, June 3
Celebrate Yoruba New Year!
Thursday, June 4
Anniversary Day is a New York City School holiday.
Friday, June 5
[MOVED ONLINE]
The Portugal Day Festival is normally in Newark, New Jersey this weekend.
[CANCELLED for COVID-19]
The Governors Ball music festival is on Randall’s Island through Sunday.
Saturday, June 6
BOLIVIA
The Fiesta del Gran Poder was scheduled in La Paz through Sunday.
Sunday, June 7
Merengue star Juan Luis Guerra was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 7, 1957.
[STREAMING for COVID-19] Moved to June 21.
The 56th Celebrate Israel Parade marches up Fifth Avenue from 57th to 74th Streets from 11am – 4pm. FREE
[CANCELLED for COVID-19]
The Portugal Day Parade is in Newark, New Jersey at 3pm.
[STREAMING for COVID-19]
The 122nd Philippine Independence Day Commemoration (2020 Parade and Street Fair) is on Facebook Live at 10am. FREE
[STREAMING for COVID-19]
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade Mass (in Spanish) is at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown East, Manhattan at 4 pm. FREE
[CANCELLED for COVID-19]
The 74th Tony Awards are broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall at 8pm.
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June 2020 Week 24
June 8-14, 2020 is Puerto Rico Week in New York City.
Monday, June 8
New York City began Phase 1 reopening.
[ANTICIPATED] US Open (tennis) tickets go on sale.
[POSTPONED for COVID-19]
The CFDA Fashion Awards are today.
Tuesday, June 9
[STREAMING for COVID-19]
The Museum Mile Festival is online from 9am to 9pm.
Wednesday, June 10
Celebrate Portugal Day, the national day of Portugal which commemorates the death of Luís de Camões, the Portuguese Shakespeare.
[ANTICIPATED] The 2020 NYC Wine & Food Festival lineup is to be announced.
Thursday, June 11
Celebrate Corpus Christi.
It’s New York City Dance Week through June 20.
Friday, June 12
Celebrate Philippine Independence Day.
STREAMING
The 122nd Philippine Independence Day Commemoration (2020 Parade and Street Fair) is on Facebook Live at 10am. FREE
BRAZIL
Celebrate Dia dos Namorados, the Brazilian version of Valentine’s Day. Thanks to reader Ivan Da Hora for the tip.
Saturday, June 13
Celebrate the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost things. In Brazil he is known for blessing young couples with a prosperous marriage.
Celebrate Eleguá, orisha of the crossroads in parts of West Africa, Central Africa and African diaspora.
[CANCELLED for COVID-19]
The 35th 116th Street Festival in Harlem was scheduled from 12pm to 5pm. FREE
[CANCELLED for COVID-19]
The 36th New York Salsa Festival is at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
Sunday, June 14
[MOVED TO CHANNEL 7 for COVID-19]
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade moves the celebration to Channel 7 at 12noon.
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June 2020 week 25
June 15-21, 2020
Monday, June 15
The Supreme Court stopped the Trump Republican GOP assault on LGBT rights.
Tuesday, June 16
Wednesday, June 17
Impressionist painter Francisco Oller was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on June 17, 1833.
Learn with Carnegie Hall presents a concert of Jazz, Bomba & Plena and Brazilian music for kids (4-8) on Facebook and Instagram
Thursday, June 18
[FACEBOOK for COVID-19]
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston Carifest is a Caribbean Carnival that celebrates the end of enslavement in the #1 slave port in the United States (New York City was #2).
Friday, June 19
It’s Juneteenth, the end of slavery in Texas and the United States on June 19, 1865.
Chico Buarque de Hollanda, the legendary singer-songwriter, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 19, 1944.
Juneteenth SummerStage is a digital day of dance on the SummerStage Instagram and YouTube channels from 12pm to 7pm.
Saturday, June 20
The new moon is at 2:41am this morning.
[CANCELLED for COVID-19]
Paul Winter’s Summer Solstice Celebration is at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, NYC at 4am.
It’s Midsummer, the Summer Solstice, the shortest night of the year.
[COVID-19 VIRTUAL]
Instead of a parade today, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade announces its revised parade plans with a NOT The Mermaid Parade show online at coneyisland.com at 8pm. FREE
Sunday, June 21
The new moon is over New York City at 2:42am.
Happy Father’s Day!
[COVID-19 Virtual]
The 56th Celebrate Israel Parade goes online at 1pm. FREE
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June 2020 Week 26
June 22-28, 2020 is Pride Week!
Monday, June 22
[COVID-19 CANCELLED]
PERU
The Inti Raymi festival opens in Cuzco, Peru today.
Tuesday, June 23
[COVID-19 CANCELLED]
The Midsummer Night Swing festival is at Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center through July 11.
Celebrate Saint John’s Eve or Festa Junina (Brazil), the Latin midsummer celebration.
Wednesday, June 24
Celebrate Inti Raymi, Inca new year.
Celebrate the Feast of Saint John the Baptist.
Thursday, June 25
Isabel Leonard, Grammy-winning Argentine-American opera star, goes Live with Carnegie Hall on New York Latin Culture Magazine’s Facebook at 2pm. FREE
Friday, June 26
It’s the last day of public school in New York City.
Gilberto Gil, the legendary singer-songwriter, was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on June 26, 1942.
Angélique Kidjo, the Benin pop star, performs a SummerStage Anywhere concert on the NYCSummerStage YouTube at 7pm. FREE
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York presents Virgilio Piñera’s “Electra Garrigó” on YouTube at 8pm. FREE
Saturday, June 27
Celebrate the feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, the patron saint of Haiti.
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York presents Virgilio Piñera’s “Electra Garrigó” on YouTube at 8pm. FREE
Sunday, June 28
The Stonewall Riots, which launched the LGBT rights movement, began at the Stonewall Inn in the West Village on June 28, 1969.
[COVID-19 BROADCAST]
The 50th NYC Pride Parade celebration is on WABC Channel 7 and streamed live on abc7ny.com and ABC News Live Streaming on Sunday, June 28, 2020 from 12-2pm. FREE
[COVID-19 CANCELLED]
PrideFest is NYC Pride’s Street Fair.
Celebrate National Ceviche Day.
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York presents Virgilio Piñera’s “Electra Garrigó” on YouTube at 3pm. FREE
Things to do in NYC
June 2020 Week 27
June 29 – July 5, 2020
Monday, June 29
Tuesday, June 30
MEXICO CITY This was a colonizer’s point of view. Sorry. We’re learning from Black Lives Matter.
Remember “La Noche Triste” (the sad night) when the Spaniard Cortés had his hostage, the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, murdered on June 30, 1520. A gold bar from this moment has recently been identified (Mexico City gold was Aztec loot Spanish abandoned as they fled in 1520, tests show, The Guardian, Friday, January 10, 2020).
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