March 2020 brings spring weather. In the United States, March is Women’s History Month.
Coronavirus COVID-19 Changed Everything
March 7, 2020 ~ New York Governor Cuomo declared a State of Emergency in New York State. March 13, 2020 ~ Mayor De Blasio declared a State of Emergency in New York City.
We left our listings in place, but large gatherings and events in New York City were shut down. Please respect our Governor’s and Mayor’s guidelines and stay home.
MARCH HOLIDAYS: International Women’s Day, Purim and Easter.
MARCH PARADES: On St. Patrick’s Day, the St Patrick’s Day Parade marches through Midtown.
MARCH ART: The Armory Week art fairs are in town (Spring Break, Armory Show, Scope, Volta, Independent, Art on Paper). The Macy’s Flower Show welcomes spring.
MARCH DANCE: The Flamenco Festival is at New York City Center and other venues.
MARCH MOVIES: The Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, New Directors/New Films and Colombian Film Festival NY and Queens World film festivals are in town.
MARCH SPORTS: NYCFC and the NY Red Bulls start their Major League Soccer seasons. The New York Mets start their home season.
¡Get the Latin World!
PUERTO RICO
Surf’s up in Rincon, Puerto Rico.
URUGUAY
The Fiesta de la Patria Gaucha (Gaucho Homeland Festival), one of the biggest celebrations of gaucho culture, is in Tacuarembo, Uruguay.
March 2020 Things to do in NYC
Week 9
February 24 – March 1, 2020
Sunday, March 1
It’s Women’s History Month.
Major League Soccer’s 2020 Season kicks off today. It’s NY Red Bulls vs FC Cincinnati at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark) at 2pm. NYCFC (New York City Football Club) is away at Columbus Crew at 1:30pm ET.
Watch El Clásico, Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona with Peña Madridista NYC at Playwright Irish Pub in NYC’s Garment District, or with Penya FC Barcelona at Smithfield Hall in Chelsea, NYC at 4pm. No cover
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in Manhattan’s East Village from 6-11pm. $12
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8:30pm & 11pm. From $30
Los Hacheros play Puerto Rican salsa at Verlaine in Manhattan’s Lower East Side from 9pm to midnight.
March 2020 Things to do in NYC
Week 10
March 2-8, 2020
(Armory Week art fairs)
The Armory Week cluster of contemporary art fairs is this week.
Monday, March 2
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
Tuesday, March 3
It’s Super Tuesday, the day of 2020 primary elections in thirteen states.
OPENING NIGHT
The 9th Spring/Break Art Show contemporary art fair opens at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan with a Collector’s Preview from 11am – 5pm ($50), and VIP Opening Night party from 5-8:30pm. The art fair runs through Monday, 11am – 8pm. From $35
Dominican merengue accordionist “El Prodigio” Krency Garcia opens the 2020 Artists Studio in the Veterans Room at the Park Avenue Armory at 7 & 9pm. $45
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
URUGUAY
The 34th Fiesta de la Patria Gaucha (Gaucho Homeland Festival), one of the biggest celebrations of gaucho culture, is in Tacuarembo, Uruguay through Sunday.
Wednesday, March 4
The 9th Spring/Break Art Show contemporary art fair is at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, 11am – 8pm. From $35
La Canción, the Puerto Rican hip-hop reggaeton musical, is in Spanish with English supertitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, NYC at 11am. $30
OPENING NIGHT
The Volta New York contemporary art fair opens with a free public vernissage at Metropolitan West in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC from 6-9pm. FREE. Fair $30 through Sunday.
Thursday, March 5
The Rendez-vous with French Cinema film festival opens with a screening of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “The Truth,” with a conversation with stars Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke, at Film at Lincoln Center at 6:30pm. From $17. Daily through March 15.
The 9th Spring/Break Art Show contemporary art fair is at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, 11am – 8pm. From $35
The 26th Armory Show contemporary art fair opens at Piers 90 & 94 in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan from 12-8pm. From $35. Through Sunday.
The Volta New York contemporary art fair is at Metropolitan West in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC from 12-8pm. $30
OPENING NIGHT
The 20th Scope New York contemporary art fair opens with previews at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, NYC from 3-9pm, from $100. Fair Friday-Sunday.
OPENING NIGHT
The Art on Paper contemporary art fair opens with a VIP Preview at Pier 36 in NYC’s Lower East Side from 6-10pm. $50. Fair $25 through Sunday.
OPENING NIGHT
The Clio Art Fair opens with a VIP Opening Reception from 6-9pm, $55. The fair $18 runs through Sunday.
Italian opera La Traviata is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center at 7:30pm. From $30
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan from 9:30pm – 2am. (Classes: Beginners 7pm, Intermediate 8pm). $15
Legendary Puerto Rican house DJ and producer Louie Vega spins at Mr. East in Roselle, New Jersey at 10pm. $15
Friday, March 6
Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia on March 6, 1927.
The Art on Paper contemporary art fair continues at Pier 36 in NYC’s Lower East Side from 11-7pm. $25
The 9th Spring/Break Art Show contemporary art fair is at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, 11am – 8pm. From $35
The 20th Scope New York contemporary art fair is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, NYC from 11am – 8pm. $25
The 26th Armory Show contemporary art fair is at Piers 90 & 94 in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan from 12-8pm. From $35.
The Volta New York contemporary art fair is at Metropolitan West in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC from 12-8pm. $30
The Independent New York contemporary art fair is at Spring Studios in Tribeca, NYC from 12-7pm.. Through Sunday. $35
Saturday, March 7
The Art on Paper contemporary art fair continues at Pier 36 in NYC’s Lower East Side from 11-7pm. $25
The 9th Spring/Break Art Show contemporary art fair is at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, 11am – 8pm. From $35
The 20th Scope New York contemporary art fair is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, NYC from 11am – 8pm. $25
The 26th Armory Show contemporary art fair is at Piers 90 & 94 in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan from 12-7pm. From $45.
The Independent New York contemporary art fair is at Spring Studios in Tribeca, NYC from 12-7pm. $35
The Volta New York contemporary art fair is at Metropolitan West in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC from 12-8pm. $30
Colombian salsa legends Grupo Niche play a 40th anniversary concert at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx at 8pm. From $45
Sunday, March 8
Daylight Savings Time begins. “Spring forward/Fall back” so adjust your clocks an hour forward.
Celebrate International Women’s Day.
Tango composer and bandleader Enrique Rodríguez was born in La Plata, Argentina on March 8, 1901.
The 9th Spring/Break Art Show contemporary art fair continues at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, 11am – 8pm. From $35
The 20th Scope New York contemporary art fair closes at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, NYC from 11am – 8pm. $25
The Volta New York contemporary art fair closes at Metropolitan West in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC from 12-5pm. $30
The 26th Armory Show contemporary art fair closes at Piers 90 & 94 in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan from 12-6pm. From $45.
The Independent New York contemporary art fair closes at Spring Studios in Tribeca, NYC from 12-6pm. $35
The Art on Paper contemporary art fair closes at Pier 36 in NYC’s Lower East Side from 11-7pm. $25
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in Manhattan’s East Village from 6-11pm. $12
Italian-American trumpeter Chris Botti plays jazz at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey at 7pm. From $39
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico plays Puerto Rican salsa at Sony Hall in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8pm. $30
Puerto Rican jazz saxophonist Miguel Zenón joins the Berklee All Star Ensemble at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8:30pm.
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8:30pm & 11pm. From $30
Los Hacheros play Puerto Rican salsa at Verlaine in Manhattan’s Lower East Side from 9pm to midnight.
March 2020 Things to do in NYC
Week 11
March 9-15, 2020
Monday, March 9
March’s Worm Moon reaches peak fullness at 1:47pm.
The 9th Spring/Break Art Show (art fair) is at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, 11am – 8pm. From $35
Celebrate Purim eve, the festive Jewish holiday at sundown.
Italian opera La Traviata is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center at 7:30pm. From $30
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
Tuesday, March 10
Celebrate Purim, the festive Jewish holiday.
Jorge Alí Triana & Verónica Triana’s Colombian play El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, NYC in Spanish with English subtitles at 11am. $30
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
Wednesday, March 11
Astor Piazzolla, the father of Nuevo Tango (Tango Jazz) was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina on March 11, 1921.
Watch Liverpool vs Atlético Madrid soccer (UEFA Champions League Round of 16) with the Peña Oficial Atlético de Madrid supporters club at the Football Factory at Legends in Koreatown, NYC at 4pm. No cover
Watch PSG vs Borussia Dortmund soccer (UEFA Champions League Round of 16) with the PSG New York City supporters club at the Football Factory at Legends in Koreatown, NYC at 4pm. No cover.
Italian-New Yorker Tony Bennett sings jazz at the Count Basie Center in Red Bank, New Jersey at 8pm. From $216
Thursday, March 12
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan from 9:30pm – 2am. (Classes: Beginners 7pm, Intermediate 8pm). $15
Friday, March 13
Large gatherings are cancelled.
President Trump declared a national emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, March 13, 2020. This ended large gatherings and shut down events in New York.
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
José del Ton Group “Plaza Vieja” plays Spanish flamenco at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village at 8pm. From $20
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
Patricia Guerrero “Proceso Eterno” dances Spanish flamenco at BAC Baryshnikov Arts Center in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan at 7:30pm. $25
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
Israel Galván “FLA.CO.MEN” dances Spanish flamenco at NYU Skirball in Greenwich Village, NYC at 7:30. From $35
Italian opera La Traviata is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center at 7:30pm. From $30
Ballet Nepantla “Valentina” is at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8pm. From $25
Bulla en el Barrio sings and dances Colombian Bullerengue at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 10pm. $10 suggested donation.
AUSTIN, TEXAS
SXSW, the South by Southwest film festival runs through March 22.
Saturday, March 14
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Rodolfo Biagi, the Tango pianist and composer, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 14, 1906.
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
Patricia Guerrero “Proceso Eterno” dances Spanish flamenco at BAC (Baryshnikov Arts Center) in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan at 2pm & 7:30pm. $25
Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México Silvia Lozano performs Mexican folk dances at the Purchase College Performing Arts Center in Purchase, New York at 8pm. Tickets $70 at artscenter.org
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
World Music Institute presents a night of experimental flamenco with Niño de Elche and Leonor Leal at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, NYC at 8pm. Tickets from $35 at worldmusicinstitute.org
Barbára Martínez sings Spanish flamenco and Brazilian bossa nova at Club Bonafide in Midtown East, NYC at 8pm.
Latin Grammy winner Pedro Giraudo plays Argentine tango at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 8pm. $10 suggested donation
Dance Argentine Tango at the NYC All Night Milonga at Stepping Out Studios in NoMad, Manhattan from 10pm – 4am. $18
MEXICO
The Vive Latino rock festival is in Mexico City, Mexico through tomorrow.
Sunday, March 15
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Ballet Hispánico dances at the Academic Arts Theatre at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York at 3pm. $28
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in Manhattan’s East Village from 6-11pm. $12
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8:30pm & 11pm. From $30
Los Hacheros play Puerto Rican salsa at Verlaine in Manhattan’s Lower East Side from 9pm to midnight.
ARGENTINA
The CITA tango festival is in Buenos Aires through March 21.
March 2020 Things to do in NYC
Week 12
March 16-22, 2020
Monday, March 16
Large gatherings are cancelled.
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
Dani de Morón, Yotam Silberstein and Agustín Diassera play flamenco jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $35 cover
Aventura with Romeo Santos brings its Inmortal tour to Radio City Music Hall at 8pm. From $109
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
Tuesday, March 17
(St Patrick’s Day)
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.
Nicky Jam, the Puerto Rican-Dominican-American reggaeton star, was born in New York City on March 17, 1981.
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue past St Patrick’s Cathedral, from 44th St to 79th St from 11am to 5pm. FREE
Watch Manchester City vs Real Madrid soccer (UEFA Champions League Round of 16) with the Peña Madridista NYC supporters club at Playwright Irish Pub in NYC’s Garment District at 4pm. No cover
Watch Juventus vs Olympique Lyonnais with the Juventus Club NYC supporters club at the Football Factory at Legends in Koreatown, NYC at 4pm. No cover
Aventura with Romeo Santos brings its Inmortal tour to Radio City Music Hall at 8pm. From $109
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
Wednesday, March 18
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Caribbean Colombians Grupo Rebolú release “Que Paso?” (What happened?) a new song and video from their upcoming album “Tiempos Buenos” (Good Times).
Watch Barcelona vs Napoli, UEFA Champions League Round of 16, 2nd leg, with the Penya FC Barcelona NYC supporters club at Smithfield Hall in Chelsea, NYC at 4pm. No cover
Aventura with Romeo Santos brings its Inmortal tour to Radio City Music Hall at 8pm. From $109
Thursday, March 19
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Today is the first day of Spring 2020.
Celebrate the Feast of Saint Joseph, the Latin Father’s Day which honors fathers and stepfathers in memory of Saint Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus.
The 10th Queens World Film Festival runs through March 29.
END OF SEASON
Italian opera La Traviata is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center at 7:30pm. From $30
Aventura with Romeo Santos brings its Inmortal tour to Radio City Music Hall at 8pm. From $109
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan from 9:30pm – 2am. (Classes: Beginners 7pm, Intermediate 8pm). $15
Friday, March 20
Large gatherings are cancelled.
La Excelencia, a great Colombian-led salsa dura band, celebrates the release of their new album at SOB’s in Hudson Square, NYC. 7pm doors. Shows at 8:30 and 10pm. From $15
Malo Ruiz, the New York Puerto Rican salsa romántica singer, is joined by Colombian Vallenato band Binomio de Oro at La Boom in Woodside, Queens at 10pm. From $30
Saturday, March 21
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Ballet Hispánico presents its full-length contemporary ballet carmen.maquia in the Victoria Theater at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey at 7:30pm Saturday and 3pm Sunday. From $59
Celebrate Día de la abolición de la esclavitud (Puerto Rico Emancipation Day), the day when the law that ended slavery in Puerto Rico was enacted.
Benito Juárez, the father of modern Mexico, was born in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca on March 21, 1806
Celebrate World Poetry Day.
Celebrate World Puppetry Day.
Dominican New Yorker Maluca Mala brings her fly R&B barrio techno to El Museo del Barrio for Carnegie Hall Citywide at 4pm. FREE
Sunday, March 22
Large gatherings are cancelled.
In 2019, tickets went on sale for American Ballet Theatre’s spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center.
The Macy’s Flower Show opens at Macy’s Herald Square in Manhattan’s Garment District. Daily through April 5.
CLOSING
An exhibition of Jewish-American artist Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, Crone, closes at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan’s Upper East Side from 11am to 5:45pm. From $8
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in Manhattan’s East Village from 6-11pm. $12
Aventura with Romeo Santos brings its Inmortal tour to Radio City Music Hall at 8pm. From $109
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8:30pm & 11pm. From $30
Los Hacheros play Puerto Rican salsa at Verlaine in Manhattan’s Lower East Side from 9pm to midnight.
PUERTO RICO
Celebrate Puerto Rico Emancipation Day, the day Puerto Rican slaves were legally freed on March 22, 1873.
March 2020 Things to do in NYC
Week 13
March 23-29, 2020
Monday, March 23
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
PUERTO RICO
Today is the Día de la abolición de la esclavitud (Puerto Rico Emancipation Day) holiday.
Tuesday, March 24
Large gatherings are cancelled.
The new moon is this morning at 5:28am.
Latin Grammy winner Pedro Giraudo plays Argentine tango at The Django in Tribeca, NYC at 8pm. $20
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
Wednesday, March 25
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Today is the UN’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
OPENING NIGHT
The New Directors New Films Festival opens at MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center. It runs through April 5.
Celebrate the Catholic Feast of the Annunciation.
Thursday, March 26
Large gatherings are cancelled.
It’s Yankees opening day at the Baltimore Orioles.
It’s New York Mets opening day vs the Nationals at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens. From $71
The Affordable Art Fair runs through Sunday.
Latin Grammy winner Pedro Giraudo plays Argentine tango at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 9pm. $10
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan from 9:30pm – 2am. (Classes: Beginners 7pm, Intermediate 8pm). $15
Friday, March 27
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Today is the last day to register to vote in New York State in the 2020 presidential election primary election.
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
The Flamenco Festival 20/20 opens with Rocío Molina Caída del Cielo at New York City Center in Midtown, NYC at 8pm. From $35
Italian-New Yorker Tony Bennett sings jazz at the St. George Theater in Staten Island, NYC at 8pm. From $86
The Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet plays Afro-Peruvian jazz at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, NYC at 8pm & 10pm. From $30
Saturday, March 28
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, Peru on March 28, 1936.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Italian-American pop star Lady Gaga, was born in New York City on March 28, 1986.
Jorge Alí Triana & Verónica Triana’s Colombian play El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, NYC in Spanish with English subtitles at 3pm. From $15
It’s New York Mets vs the Nationals at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 4:05pm. From $21
Caribbean Colombians Grupo Rebolú play Wild Birds in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
The Flamenco Festival 20/20 continues with María Pagés Compañía “An Ode to Time” at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan at 8pm. From $35
Dance Argentine Tango at the NYC All Night Milonga at Stepping Out Studios in NoMad, Manhattan from 10pm – 4am. $18
Sunday, March 29
Large gatherings are cancelled.
It’s New York Mets vs the Nationals at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 1:10pm. From $21
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
The Flamenco Festival 20/20 continues with María Pagés Compañía “An Ode to Time” at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan at 3pm. From $35
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in Manhattan’s East Village from 6-11pm. $12
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
Los Aurora play Spanish nuevo flamenco jazz for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, NYC at 8pm. Tickets from $35 at worldmusicinstitute.org
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC at 8:30pm & 11pm. From $30
Los Hacheros play Puerto Rican salsa at Verlaine in Manhattan’s Lower East Side from 9pm to midnight.
March 2020 Things to do in NYC
Week 14
March 30 – April 5, 2020
Monday, March 30
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20
Bulla en el Barrio sings and dances Colombian Bullerengue at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 9:30pm. $10 suggested donation.
Tuesday, March 31
Large gatherings are cancelled.
Celebrate César Chávez Day, the day the Mexican-American labor leader was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927.
OPENING NIGHT
The ReelAbilities Film Festival opens at the JCC Manhattan and around town. Through April 6.
Italian-American hot jazz specialists Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play Iguana in Times Square, Manhattan at 8 & 11pm. $20