June is NYC Pride Month and Caribbean American Heritage Month. Juneteenth National Independence Day is a US holiday. Italy, Philippines, Mozambique, Madagascar, and DR Congo Kinshasa also have national days. Father’s Day is a popular tradition.
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Juneteenth Celebrations, 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.
The June Solstice, the longest night in the north and longest day in the south, is celebrated in many traditions. 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
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
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CULTURAL FESTIVALS
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
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
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
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
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
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 2026, 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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FILM
Tribeca Film Festival
NYC’s big spring film and pop culture festival
Multiple Manhattan and Brooklyn venues
June 2-13, 2027
$25+
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HOLIDAYS
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
MUSIC
Blue Note Jazz Festival
June
Banda MS: Somos MS Tour
Regional Mexican banda sinaloense
Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
Rescheduled from Sat, August 22, 2026 | 8pm
Fri, June 25, 2027 | 8pm
$142+
Dreamland Pride 2026
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
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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
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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