Women’s History Month celebrations are among the many Latin things to do in NYC in March 2026.
Sponsors
Festivals
Lunar New Year Parade 🇨🇳 🇹🇼
Manhattan Chinatown
Mar 1, Sun
Purim ✡️
Jewish holiday
Mar 2-3, Sunset,
Worm Moon 🌝
Full moon
Mar 3
Holi 🕉️
Hindu spring festival
Mar 3
Ghanaian Independence Day 🇬🇭
Mar 6, 1957
International Women’s Day 🇺🇳
Mar 8
Astor Piazzolla 🇦🇷
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Mar 11, 1921
Laylat al-Qadr (Shia) ☪️
Mar 11, Wed
Mauritius Independence Day 🇲🇺
Mar 12, 1968
Laylat al-Qadr (Sunni) ☪️
Mar 15, Sun
Damballa 🇭🇹 🇩🇴
Sky father in Sèvi Ginen & 21 Divisiones
Mar 17, Tue
St. Patrick’s Day (San Patricio) 🇮🇪 🇪🇸 ☘️
Mar 17, Tue
NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade 🇮🇪 🇪🇸 ☘️
Fifth Avenue
Mar 17, Tue, St. Patrick’s Day
Feast of St. Joseph (San José) ✝️ 🇩🇴
Patron saint of fathers and families
Mar 19
Eid al-Fitr ☪️
Feast that ends Ramadan holy month
Mar 20, Fri
Spring Equinox 🌷
Mar 20
Harlem Renaissance Civic Club Dinner 🇺🇸
Dawn of Harlem Renaissance
Mar 21, 1924
World Poetry Day (UNESCO) 🇺🇳
Mar 21
World Puppetry Day
Mar 21
Puerto Rico Emancipation Day 🇵🇷
Mar 22, 1873
Annunciation ✝️
Archangel Gabriel tells Virgin Mary she is pregnant by Holy Spirit
Mar 25, Wed
No Kings NYC March 2026
Seventh Ave & Central Park South
Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 2pm
FREE
Holy Week ✝️
Christian spring festival and family time
Mar 29-Apr 4, Sun-Sat
Reconciliation Monday ✝️
Forgiveness is a Tri-State Catholic tradition
Mar 30, Mon
ART
Whitney Biennial 2026
🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇸🇻 🇪🇸
Survey of American art, First Puerto Rican curator
Whitney Museum of American Art
Meatpacking District
Mar 8 – Aug 23
New Humans: Memories of the Future
🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇪🇹 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇶 🇲🇽 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇳 🇸🇩 🇿🇼
Reopening exhibition on tech and social effects on humanity
New Museum, Lower East Side
Mar 21 – Aug 23
Affordable Art Fair New York
Contemporary art under $12K
Metropolitan Pavilion, Chelsea
Mar 25-29, Wed-Sun
$30+
BOOKS & SPOKEN WORD
Nuyorican Bowery Slam 🇵🇷
Bowery Poets Club, East Village
Mondays, 7-9pm (6:30pm doors, 6pm signup)
$20
Nuyorican Final Friday Slam 🇵🇷
Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Hell’s Kitchen
Mar 27, Fri, 7pm
$25, $10 livestream
Mario Vargas Llosa birthday 🇵🇪
Peruvian Spanish, Latin American Boom, Nobel Prize-winning author
Mar 28, 1936
COMEDY
Piroberta, Don Jediondo, Bruja Dioselina, La Paty, and Viejitos Sordos 🇨🇴
Colombian comics
Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth, NJ
Mar 14, Sat
DANCE
Flamenco Festival New York 🇪🇸
Citywide
to March 15
Flamenco Festival: Gala Flamenco 🇪🇸
Manuel Liñán, Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, Juan Tomás de la Molía
New York City Center, Midtown
Mar 1, Sun
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
African American modern dance
Joyce Theater, Chelsea
Mar 1
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇵🇷 🇲🇽
Percussive dance
92NY, Upper East Side
Mar 3-4
Dormeshia’s Ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference 🇺🇸 🪶 🇮🇩 🇯🇲 🇵🇷
Percussive dance
92NY, Upper East Side
Mar 5-6
Flamenco Festival: Sara Baras 🇪🇸
New York City Center, Midtown
Mar 5-8, Thu-Sun
TANGOmania 🇦🇷
Argentine tango show
Thalia Spanish Theatre; Sunnyside, Queens
Thu-Sun, Mar 5-8, 12-15, 19-22, 26-29
American Ballet Theatre
Spring Season
David H. Koch Theater
Mar 6-21
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival 🇺🇸
Percussive dance
Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side
Mar 8, Sun
Ailey II 🇺🇸
African American modern dance
Joyce Theater, Chelsea
Mar 17-22, Tue-Sun,
$17+
School of American Ballet (NY City Ballet) “Beauty of Ballet”
Classical ballet demonstration
Hostos Center, Mott Haven, The Bronx
Mar 28, Sat, 2pm
Free with RSVP
LATIN DANCE (Social)
Latin Mondays NYC 20th Anniversary 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪 🇺🇸
Talia Castro-Pozo
Dancing to live salsa bands
5th & Mad, Midtown South
Mon, 5pm doors, 7pm lesson, 8pm dancing, Live Salsa 9pm & 11pm
– Mar 23 Richard Baster Jr. (B.a-Star) 🇵🇷
– Mar 30 Willy Torres Orchestra 🇵🇷
Tango La Nacional 🇦🇷
La Nacional, Chelsea
Thursdays
El Destino 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
tango
Solas, East Village
Sundays
FASHION
Cardi B Grow-Good Beauty Supply Bus Pop-up 🇩🇴
Her new haircare line launch
Hip Hop Museum; Concourse, The Bronx
Mar 24, Tue, 11am-6pm (go early)
FILM
African Diaspora International Film Festival ~ Black History Month 🇧🇷 🇨🇩 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇾
Columbia University
to March 1
Doc Fortnight 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇺🇸 🇺🇾
Documentary film festival
Museum of Modern Art
to March 12
New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) 🪶 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 🇿🇦 🇺🇸
Multiple venues
Weekends to March 15
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷
Film at Lincoln Center
Mar 5-15
“Remaining Native” 🪶 🇺🇸
Native American film
Carnegie Hall 250 @ Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Mar 12
Oscars Academy Awards
Mar 15, Sun
MUSIC
New Colossus Festival 🇦🇷 🇦🇼 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
Rock festival
Lower East Side bars
March 3-8
Flamenco Festival: Dani de Morón and Shai Maestro 🇪🇸 🇮🇱
Dizzy’s Club
Columbus Circle, Manhattan
March 4-5
Flamenco Festival: Ángeles Toledano 🇪🇸
Young flamenco star in breakout year
Roulette Intermedium
Saturday, March 7
Stephanie Susberich
“Songs of Juana Borrero” 🇨🇺
American singing Cuban stories
Carnegie Hall @ Cell Theatre
Sunday, March 8
Patchai Reyes (Gypsy Kings) 🇫🇷 🇪🇸
French Spanish flamenco
Drom
Thursday, March 12
Flamenco Festival: Tribute to Sabicas 🇪🇸
Guitarists Gerardo Núñez, Antonio Rey, Álvaro Martinete, and dancer Olga Pericet
World Music Institute @ The Town Hall
Sunday, March 14
Reik 🇲🇽
Mexican urban pop
The Theater at Madison Square Garden
Friday, March 13
Silvestre Dangond and Juancho De la Espreilla “El Ultimo Baile Tour” 🇨🇴
Colombian vallenato pop
Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
Friday, March 13
Sal Abbatiello’s Forever Freestyle 18 🇮🇹 🇵🇷
TKA, George Lamond, Judy Torres, Brenda K Starr, The Cover Girls, Cynthia, Coro, Soave, C-Bank
Puerto Rican freestyle rap
Lehman Center
Jerome Park, The Bronx
Saturday, March 14
Assad Brothers 🇧🇷
Brazilian classical guitar duo
92NY
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Saturday, March 14
Quitapenas & La Club Papaya 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
Afro-Latin alternative & dance party
Drom, East Village
Saturday, March 14
Flamenco Jazz Jam 🇪🇸
Drom, East Village
Sunday, March 15
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla 🇦🇷
Argentine tango of the Fundación Piazzolla
Carnegie Hall, Midtown
Mar 16, Mon
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with Martin Hayes ☘️ 🇮🇪
Irish folk music
Carnegie Hall, Midtown
Mar 17, Tue
Mikaëlle Aimée 🇭🇹
Mizik Ayiti Haitian jazz folk residency
Haiti Cultural Exchange, Downtown Brooklyn
Mar 19, Thu, 6pm
$30+
Claudia Acuña “Latin American Songbook” 🇨🇱
Chilean folk & jazz vocalist
Dizzy’s Club
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle
Mar 19, Thu, 7pm & 9pm
$30+
Tiga Jean-Baptiste 🇭🇹
Haitian Rasin-Jazz (Roots-Jazz)
LunÀtico, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Mar 20, Fri, 9pm
$10 cash suggested donation
The Legends RD 🇩🇴
Dominican merengue con mambo
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar, Inwood
Mar 20, Fri, Doors 9pm, Show around midnight
No cover
El Blachy 🇩🇴
Dominican merengue típico urbano
“Hola Perdida,” “Me Mataron,” “Sobrio”
Salsa con Fuego, Fordham Manor, The Bronx
Mar 20, Fri, Doors 10pm, Show after midnight
$19+
FKA Twigs & Tokischa 🇬🇧 🇩🇴
British pop and Dominican dembow
Madison Square Garden, Chelsea
Mar 21, Sat, 8pm (7pm doors)
$50+
Helio Alves Quartet 🇧🇷
Brazilian samba jazz
LunÀtico, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Mar 21, Sat, 9pm & 10:15pm
$10 cash suggested donation
La Excelencia 20th Anniversary 🇨🇴
New York salsa dura, Colombian leader, loved by dancers
Drom, East Village
Mar 21, Sat, 10:30pm
$25+
Elvis Martinez “El Camarón” 🇩🇴
Dominican bachata
“Maestra,” “Así Te Amo,” “El trago en Las Terrenas”
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar, Inwood
Mar 21, Sat, Doors 8pm, Show around midnight
$66+
Caleb Michel MCHL 🇭🇹
Haitian tropical urban
LunÀtico, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Mar 23, Mon, 9pm & 10:15pm
$10 cash suggested donation
Alba Musik & Niña Pastori Tribute 🇪🇸
Spanish flamenco
Drom, East Village
Mar 24, Tue, 9pm (Doors 8:30pm)
$25+
Cardi B “Little Miss Drama Tour” 🇩🇴
Dominican rap
Madison Square Garden, Chelsea, Mar 25-26, $355+
Prudential Center, Newark NJ, Mar 28
Malaya Sol & The Soleros 🇵🇭
Filipina torch singer
LunÀtico, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Mar 26, Thu, 9pm & 10:15pm
$10 cash suggested donation
Ladysmith Black Mambazo “Hope Tour” 🇿🇦
South African male Zulu chorus
World Music Institute at Symphony Space, Upper West Side
Mar 27, Fri, 8pm (doors 7:30pm)
$45+
Melanie Martínez “The Hades Ritual Mini Tour” 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Art Pop
United Palace, Washington Heights
Mar 27, Fri, 8pm
$51+
Northeastern Native Arts Festival: Come to the Fire 🪶 🇺🇸
Native American music and talk with local composers Julia Keefe, Brent Michael Davids, and Nathan Young.
Carnegie Hall at Houghton Hall Arts Community, Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner), NoMad
Mar 28, Sat, 4pm
Anant Pradhan & Larry McDonald 🇮🇳 🇯🇲
Roots reggae
LunÀtico, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Mar 27, Fri, 9pm & 10:15pm
$10 cash suggested donation
The Legends RD 🇩🇴
Dominican merengue con mambo
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar, Inwood
Mar 27, Fri, Doors 9pm, Show around midnight
No cover
Northeastern Native Arts Festival: Come to the Fire 🪶 🇺🇸
Native American folk music
Carnegie Hall 250 at Houghton Hall
Little Church Around the Corner, NoMad
Mar 27-28, Fri-Sat
Tradición del Suelo Mío: The Voice of Mariachi in America at 250 🇲🇽
Mariachi Violetas de NYU
Carnegie Hall 250 at King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU
Mar 28, Sat, 12pm
FREE with rsvp
Rosa Marquetti Torres “Celia en el mundo, 1962-2003” 🇨🇺
Talk about Celia Cruz life and legacy
Carnegie Hall 250 on Cuban Cultural Center of New York YouTube
Mar 28, Sat, 3pm
Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra 🇨🇺 🇺🇸
Birdland, Hell’s Kitchen
Sundays
SPORTS
New York Mets 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Major League Baseball
Citi Field, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
– Home Opener vs Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 26
– Giveaway vs Pittsburgh Pirates, Saturday, March 28
New York City FC (NYCFC)
🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇷 🇸🇻 🇸🇱 🇹🇹
Major League Soccer
Yankee Stadium; Concourse, The Bronx
– Home Opener vs Orlando City, Saturday, March 7
– Inter Miami CF (Messi & Juárez), Sunday, March 22
New York Red Bulls
🇦🇬 🇨🇲 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇹🇹
Major League Soccer
Sports Illustrated Stadium; Harrison, New Jersey
– CF Montréal, Sunday, March 8
THEATRE
“Buena Vista Social Club” 🇨🇺
Tony-winning musical about retired musicians who made Son Cubano cool again, and won a Grammy.
Broadway
Ongoing
“Spread” 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
INTAR Theatre, Hell’s Kitchen
In Previews, Opens Mar 2, Runs most Wed-Sun to Mar 22
Repertorio Español, Kips Bay 🇨🇺
– “El Quijote” Sat, Mar 7 🇪🇸
– “En el tiempo de las mariposas” Sun, Mar 3 🇩🇴
– “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao” Sat, Mar 14 🇩🇴
– “Los Soles Truncos” Sun, Mar 15 🇵🇷
– “La Llamada” Sat, Mar 21, 7pm 🇪🇸
– “La Ternura” Sun, Mar 22, 3pm 🇪🇸
– “La Gringa” Tue, Mar 24, 11am 🇵🇷
– “La Casa de Bernarda Alba” Fri, Mar 27, 11am 🇪🇸
– “Más sabe el Saulo por viejo” Fri, Mar 27, 7pm 🇨🇴
– “El Quijote” Tue, Mar 31, 11am 🇪🇸
Hostos Center, Mott Haven, The Bronx
– “Los Soles Truncos,” Puerto Rican play, Wed-Thu, Mar 18-19 🇵🇷
– “Shirley Chisholm” Unbossed and Unbowed,” African American play, Mar 31, Tue, 2pm & 7pm 🇧🇧 🇬🇾 🇺🇸
TRAVEL
Santiago de los Caballeros Carnival Finale 🇩🇴
Dominican Republic
Sun, Mar 1
Santo Domingo Carnival Finale 🇩🇴
Malecon
Sun, Mar 15
Día Nacional de la Zalsa 🇵🇷
World’s largest salsa festival
La Sonora Ponceña, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Bobby Valentin, Victor Manuelle, La India, Tito Nieves, Charlie Aponte
Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sun, Mar 22; Doors 9am, Salsa 11am-10pm
$30+
Things To Do in NYC in March 1, 2026
Sunday, March 1, 2026
African Diaspora Film Festival ~ Closing Night
The African Diaspora International Film Festival ~ Black History Month 2026 Edition; closes with screenings of African American, and Brazilian films at Teachers College at Columbia University in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 12:30pm. From $13. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷
Chinese New Year Festival
The 28th Lunar New Year Parade NYC 2026 is in Manhattan Chinatown; near the end of the Lunar New Year spring festival on Sunday, March 1, 2026. The fun begins with a Cultural Festival and Market, on Bayard St between Mulberry and Mott, from 11:30am – 3:30pm. Lunar New Year Parade dragons dance through Manhattan Chinatown to the Lower East Side at 1pm. FREE! 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
Spanish Flamenco Show
Flamenco Festival ~ Manuel Liñán’s Gala Flamenca features Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, and Juan Tomás de la Molía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1 at 2pm. From $45. 🇪🇸
African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program A: Celebrating Wunmi (his creative partner and spiritual love) with a curtain chat; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2pm. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. In Previews on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Documentary Film Festival
The 25th Doc Fortnight 2026 documentary film festival continues with “Cara a Cara”, (Face to Face) Federico Veiroj’s portrait of his father, told as an examination of the subtle ways that humans communicate face to face, with director Q&As at MoMA the Museum of Modern Art, in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2pm. 🇺🇾
African Afro-Cuban Modern Dance
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season of Afro, Afro-Cuban, modern dance with Program B: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Toni Pierce-Sands (the renowned Ailey dancer who passed away in November 2025); at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 7pm. From $67. ¡Aché! 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Argentine Tango Dancing
El Destino milonga draws some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to dance tango nuevo at Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays with an intermediate lesson from 5-6pm, a guided práctica from 6-7pm, and dancing from 7-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Latin Jazz
Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Latin jazz at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm (Doors 7:30pm & 10pm). From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC in March 2-8, 2026
Monday, March 2, 2026
Purim, the merry Jewish holiday that celebrates deliverance as told in the Book of Esther, is sunset-to-sunset, Monday-Tuesday, March 2-3, 2026. “Purim Allegre” ✡️
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Full Moon
The “Worm Moon” is the Algonquin Native American name for the March full moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. 🌝
South Asian Spring Festival
Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colors, is celebrated in some Indian and Diasporic communities on Tuesday-Wednesday, March 3-4, 2026 🇮🇳 > 🇬🇾 🇯🇲 🇸🇷 🇹🇹
Rock Music Festival
The New Colossus Festival 2026 presents almost 200 emerging global rockers in Lower East Side Manhattan rock clubs, especially opening night host Pianos and closing night host Arlene’s Grocery, with a Latin Lens Showcase at Sour Mouse, and a Spanish Wave Showcase at Baker Falls; from Tuesday-Sunday, March 3-8, 2026. From $20. Festival and Pro passes are available. 🇦🇷 🇦🇼 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
Rhythmic Dance Festival
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival presents performances by Donnetta Jackson / MADD Mixtape (tap), Maria Torres (Latin jazz dance), Nélida Tirado (flamenco), Liliana Morales (flamenco) and Leah Bañales (flamenco); at 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 7pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇲🇽
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Spanish Flamenco Concert
Flamenco Festival New York ~ Dani de Morón, one of the great flamenco guitarists of his generation, and Israeli jazz pianist Shai Maestro play a Flamenco Meets Jazz gig; at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club; on Wednesday-Thursday, March 4-5, at 7 and 9pm. From $30. 🇪🇸 🇮🇱
Portuguese Documentary Festival
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival presents performances by Chelsea Hoy (Irish dance), Fritzlyn Hector (Afro percussive dance), Irene Koloseus (tap & West African dance), and Mai Lê Hô’s LayeRhythm (house dance); at the 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇻🇳
Portuguese Documentary Film
The 25th Doc Fortnight 2026 documentary film festival continues with “As Estaçóes”, (The Seasons) Maureen Fazendeiro’s non-linear sensory journey through rural Portugal’s Alentejo region that blends documentary and theatrical elements, with director Q&As at MoMA the Museum of Modern Art, in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7pm. 🇵🇹
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Tap Dance Conference
Dormeshia’s Ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference features workshops and performances by Demi Remick, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Amanda Castro, Josette Wiggan, Brenda Bufalino, and Dormeshia; in the 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Thursday-Friday, March 5-6, 2026 at 9am. $220 per day. 🇺🇸 🪶 🇮🇩 🇯🇲 🇵🇷
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, produced with UniFrance, is the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States. It opens with François Ozon’s “The Stranger” (2025) based on the iconic Camus existential novel which has particular relevance to this moment in America. It’s at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; on March 5, 2026 at 6pm. The Festival continues through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Spanish Flamenco Concert
Flamenco Festival New York ~ Dani de Morón, one of the great flamenco guitarists of his generation, and Israeli jazz pianist Shai Maestro play a Flamenco Meets Jazz gig; at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club; on Thursday, March 5, at 7pm and 9pm. From $30. 🇪🇸 🇮🇱
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7, 2026, at 7:30pm, with a Sunday, March 8, 2026 matinee at 2pm. There is a pre-show flamenco dance lesson on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 6:30pm. From $45.
Latino Theatre ~ Public Opening Night
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Argentine Tango Show ~ Opening Night
TANGOmania is a new dance musical by Marga Jaurena and Angel Gil Orrios that follows Argentine tango’s journey from Buenos Aires, to Paris, to New York City. It stars dancers Guillermina Quiroga & Mariano Logiudice, and Analia Carreño & Luis Ramirez; with singers Ache Rey and Sofía Tosello. It’s at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens; on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 8pm. Continues Thursdays-Sundays through March 29, 2026. $55. 🇦🇷
Friday, March 6, 2026
Ghanaian Festival
Ghanaian Independence Day celebrates its declaration of independence by its first Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, on March 6, 1957. It was the beginning of the decolonization of Africa. 🇬🇭
Colombian Books
Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera,” was born in Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia on March 6, 1927. 🇨🇴
Tap Dance Conference
Dormeshia’s Ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference features workshops and performances by Demi Remick, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Amanda Castro, Josette Wiggan, Brenda Bufalino, and Dormeshia; in the 92NY Buttenwieser Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Thursday-Friday, March 5-6, 2026 at 9am. $220 per day. 🇺🇸 🪶 🇮🇩 🇯🇲 🇵🇷
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, March 6, 2026, at 7:30pm. There is a pre-show flamenco dance lesson at 6:30pm. From $45.
Latin Rock Showcase
New Colossus Festival 2026 Latin Lens Showcase features Latin rockers from the Americas; at Sour Mouse billiards bar in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Friday, March 6, 2026, starting at 7pm. 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Argentine Tango Show
TANGOmania is a new dance musical by Marga Jaurena and Angel Gil Orrios that follows Argentine tango’s journey from Buenos Aires, to Paris, to New York City. It stars dancers Guillermina Quiroga & Mariano Logiudice, and Analia Carreño & Luis Ramirez; with singers Ache Rey and Sofía Tosello. It’s at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens; on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 8pm. $55. 🇦🇷
Saturday, March 7, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Spanish Theatre
“El Quijote” puts the famous adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on stage. In the States, it’s a children’s story, but in the literary world, it’s the beginning of modern literature. Santiago García adapted the story by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1605), directed by Jorge Alí Triana. In Spanish with English subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 2pm. From $28. 🇪🇸
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Major League Soccer
The New York City FC (NYCFC) home opener is against Orlando City SC; at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx; on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 2:30pm. From $11. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇷 🇸🇻 🇸🇱 🇹🇹
Argentine Tango Show
TANGOmania is a new dance musical by Marga Jaurena and Angel Gil Orrios that follows Argentine tango’s journey from Buenos Aires, to Paris, to New York City. It stars dancers Guillermina Quiroga & Mariano Logiudice, and Analia Carreño & Luis Ramirez; with singers Ache Rey and Sofía Tosello. It’s at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens; on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 3pm and 8pm. $55. 🇦🇷
Latin Rock Showcase
New Colossus Festival 2026 Spanish Wave Rock Showcase is at Baker Falls coffee bar at the Sixty LES Hotel in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Saturday, March 7, 2026, starting at 6pm with the last set at 10:45pm. 🇪🇸
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 7:30pm. From $45.
Spanish Flamenco Concert
Latin Grammy nominee Ángeles Toledano, a rising Spanish flamenco star who combines tradition with a young person’s lyrical view, makes her New York City debut at the Flamenco Festival New York, backed by guitarist Benito Bernal. It’s produced by Robert Browning Associates and Lotus Music & Dance, at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Downtown Brooklyn; on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 8pm. From $38. 🇪🇸
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Women’s Festival
International Women’s Day is a UNESCO festival celebrating the achievements of women, and calling for action towards gender equality. ♀🇺🇳
Latin Art ~ Opening Day
The 82nd Whitney Biennial 2026, the longest-running survey of American art, and arguably the most important; is at the Whitney Museum of American Art from March 8 – August 23, 2026. $30 with free Friday nights, Second Sundays, and 25-and-Under. 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇸🇻 🇪🇸
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Spanish Flamenco Show
Sara Baras, the Olivier Award-winner celebrates Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ 25th Anniversary with “Vuela,” a four-act tribute to flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 2pm. From $45.
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Dominican Theatre
“En el tiempo de las mariposas,” is the story of the Dominican Mirabal Sisters “Las Mariposas,” who supported a rebellion until they were murdered by the dictator Trujillo. Las Hermanas Mirabal are much loved in the Dominican Republic and are now more famous than the dictator. Adapted by Caridad Svich from the Julia Álvarez novel, directed by José Zayas. In Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3pm. From $28. 🇩🇴
Argentine Tango Show
TANGOmania is a new dance musical by Marga Jaurena and Angel Gil Orrios that follows Argentine tango’s journey from Buenos Aires, to Paris, to New York City. It stars dancers Guillermina Quiroga & Mariano Logiudice, and Analia Carreño & Luis Ramirez; with singers Ache Rey and Sofía Tosello. It’s at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens; on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 4pm. $55. 🇦🇷
Major League Soccer
New York Red Bulls vs CF Montréal is at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey; on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 4:30pm. 🇦🇬 🇨🇲 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇹🇹
Things To Do in NYC in March 9-15, 2026
Monday, March 9, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Islamic Festival
In Shia tradition, Laylat al-Qadr the celebration of the night Allah revealed the Quran to Muhammad, the most sacred night in Islam, is expected on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. ☪️
Argentine Tango Legend
Astor Piazzolla revolutionized Argentine tango with his “Nuevo Tango” classical, tango, jazz fusion. It was first rejected at first, but has become the dominant style. Piazzolla got his first bandoneon and music lessons in Downtown, New York City. He was born in Mar de Plata, Argentina, on March 11, 1921. 🇦🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 11am and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Thursday, March 12, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Spanish French Rumba Flamenca
Patchai Reyes (Gypsy Kings founding member) sings French Catalan rumba flamenca mostly in Spanish; at the Drom night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 9pm doors and Wednesday, March 18 at 7pm. From $85. 🇪🇸 🇫🇷
Friday, March 13, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Mexican Urban Pop
Reik plays their Mexican urban pop hits like “Yo Quisiera” and “Me Niego;” in the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $102. 🇲🇽
Dominican & Puerto Rican Salsa
Yiyo Sarante & Charlie Aponte sing Dominican and Puerto Rican (No Hay Paraiso) salsa; at the Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey; on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 8pm. From $71. 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Colombian Vallenato Pop
Silvestre Dangond and Juancho De la Espreilla “El Ultimo Baile Tour” reunite to play Colombian vallenato nueva ola like Dangond’s global hit “Cásate Conmigo;” at Prudential Center arena in Newark, New Jersey; on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $70. 🇨🇴
Saturday, March 14, 2026
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Dominican Theatre
“La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” is Marco Antonio Rodríquez’ adaptation of the Junot Díaz Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New Jersey Dominican teenager who dreams of becoming a writer and finding love, but fears that he suffers from the fukú curse, a legacy of the colonizers. The story touches on many very Dominican themes including, Dominican Spanglish, the way children are raised, belief in curses, working class sexuality, politics, gender relations, racism, and police violence. It’s all tied into the wonderfully strange multicultural experience of being both Dominican and American. It’s in Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 7pm. From $28. 🇩🇴
Brazilian Classical Guitar
The Assad Brothers (Sérgio & Odair Assad), the Brazilians who are one of the world’s leading guitar duos, plays their Farewell-as-a-Duo Tour at 92NY in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 7:30pm. 🇧🇷
Spanish Flamenco Concert
In A Tribute to Sabicas, three generations of flamenco guitarists: Gerardo Núñez, Antonio Rey, and Álvaro Martinete, celebrate the flamenco guitarist whose 1959 recital at The Town Hall, transformed the flamenco guitar from dance accompaniment to the star of the show. Olga Pericet channels Sabica’s long-time performing partner, the legendary flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya.
World Music Institute is producing the tribute on the same historic stage at The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 8pm. From $35. 🇪🇸
> > > Get Tickets at worldmusicinstitute.org
Puerto Rican Freestyle Rap
Sal Abbatiello’s Forever Freestyle 18 brings together TKA, George Lamond, Judy Torres, Brenda K Starr, The Cover Girls, Cynthia, Coro, Soave, and C-Bank; at Lehman Center at Lehman College in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $49. 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇨🇺
Colombian Comedy
“Recarguese de la risa” is a night of Colombian comedy featuring Piroberta, Don Jediondo, Bruja Dioselina, La Paty, and Viejitos Sordos; at the Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 8pm (6pm doors). From $42. 🇨🇴
Tropical Music
Quitapenas and La Club Papaya, two Los Angeles music and DJ collectives, play tropical Afro-Latin alternative with a dance party after midnight; at Drom night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 9:30pm. From $30 with $20 per person table minimum. 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Islamic Festival
In Sunni tradition, Laylat al-Qadr the celebration of the most sacred night in Islam when Allah revealed the Quran to Muhammad, is expected on Sunday, March 15, 2026. ☪️
French Film Festival
The 31st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026, the leading contemporary French film showcase in the United States, produced with UniFrance; continues at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; through March 15. From $19. 🇫🇷
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Puerto Rican Theatre
“Los Soles Truncos” is René Marqués’ story about the pain of gentrification in Puerto Rico, told by three upper-class sisters in 1940s Old San Juan who feel that the Americans have taken everything from them. It’s in Spanish with English subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 3pm. From $28. 🇵🇷
Spanish Flamenco Jazz
Flamenco Jazz Jam is at Drom night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 7pm. From $25 with $20 table minimum per person. 🇪🇸
Film Awards
The 98th Oscars, 2026 Academy Awards will be hosted by Conan O’Brian from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Hollywood, California; on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 7pm ET. You can watch on ABC-7.
Things To Do in NYC in March 16-22, 2026
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Irish Festival
St. Patrick’s Day commemorates the heavenly birth (his earthly death) of the patron saint of Ireland on March 17. 🇮🇪 ☘️
Irish Festival
The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade Times Square Shindig features Celtic Woman, Emer Dunne, Celtic Tenors, and the McLean Avenue Band; on Broadway between 46th and 47th St in Times Square, Manhattan; from 9am – 2pm. FREE. ☘️ 🇮🇪
Irish Parade
The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2026 marches up Fifth Avenue from 44th St to 79th St; on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, from 11am to around 5pm. FREE. ☘️ 🇮🇪
Irish Folk Concert
A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with Martin Hayes has the legendary fiddler playing Irish folk music with poet Paul Muldoon, percussive dancers Nic Gareiss and Stephanie Keane, guitarist and vocalist Sam Amidon, and harpist and vocalist Síle Denvir; to Carnegie Hall on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage; on St. Patrick’s Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 8pm. From $44. 🇮🇪
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Spanish French Rumba Flamenca
Patchai Reyes (Gypsy Kings founding member) sings French Catalan rumba flamenca mostly in Spanish; at the Drom night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Wednesday, March 18 at 7pm. From $85. 🇪🇸 🇫🇷
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Friday, March 20, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Latino Theatre
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
British Pop & Dominican Dembow
Jamaican Spanish English pop star FKA Twigs “Body High Tour” is opened by Tokischa, the naughty Dominican dembowsera; at Madison Square Garden in Midtown South, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 21, 2026 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $50. 🇬🇧 🇩🇴
New York Colombian Salsa Dura
La Excelencia, a New York Colombian salsa dura band loved by salsa dancers, celebrates its 20th Anniversary; at Drom night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on March 21, 2026 at 10:30pm. From $25 with $20 per person table minimum. 🇨🇴
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Latino Theatre ~ Closing Performance
“Spread” is a coming-of-age play about four ninth-grade boys bonding in their Austin, Texas high school lunchroom, mixing snacks together into a communal Texas prison brick lunch, and trying to be friends in that twilight zone between childhood and adulthood. Written by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, it’s world-premiere is in English with Spanglish at INTAR Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 2pm, as part of Teatro Fest NYC 2026. $25. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Things To Do in NYC in March 23-29, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Spanish Flamenco Pop
Alba Musik (Bárbara Martínez & Albert Alabedra), and openers Niña Pastori Tribute play flamenco pop; at Drom night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 8:30pm doors. From $25 with $20 per person table minimum. 🇪🇸
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Major League Baseball
The New York Mets 2026 Home Opener is against the Pittsburgh Pirates; at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 1:10pm. From $64. 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Friday, March 27, 2026
Native American Concert
Northeastern Native Arts Festival: Come to the Fire has local Native composers Julia Keefe, Brent Michael Davids, and Nathan Young talking about Indigenous performances over the years at Carnegie Hall, followed by a concert of Indigenous artists in various genres. It’s part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival at the Houghton Hall Arts Community Center, at the Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner), in NoMad, Manhattan; on Friday-Saturday, March 27-28, 2026 at 4pm. 🪶 🇺🇸
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Native American Concert
Northeastern Native Arts Festival: Come to the Fire has local Native composers Julia Keefe, Brent Michael Davids, and Nathan Young talking about Indigenous performances over the years at Carnegie Hall, followed by a concert of Indigenous artists in various genres. It’s part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival at the Houghton Hall Arts Community Center, at the Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner), in NoMad, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 4pm. 🪶 🇺🇸
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates features a 1986 World Series Championship Ring Replica giveaway to the first 15,000 fans to arrive at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 4:10pm. From $38. 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Dominican Rap
Cardi B “Little Miss Drama Tour” brings New York Dominican rap to Prudential Center arena in Newark, New Jersey; on March 28, 2026 at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). From $400. Wow! 🇩🇴