Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, and Haitian Heritage Month celebrations are among the many Latin things to do in NYC in May 2026.
There are also Cinco de Mayo celebrations, Frieze Week contemporary art fairs, Dance Parade, and Memorial Day Weekend Festivals including: Loisaida Festival, DanceAfrica, BIG Salsa Festival, and more.
Sponsors
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero’s “Iberia” piano recital shows the Spanish influence on piano repertoire at 92NY in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Thursday, May 14 at 7:30pm.
LATIN ART NYC
May auctions followed by New York Art Week (Frieze Week) contemporary art fairs
Sotheby’s May Auction Exhibitions
Includes Basquiat’s “Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)” 1983
He was Haitian Puerto Rican
New Sotheby’s in old Breuer Building, Upper East Side
May 2-18
Reservations required
Christie’s May Auction Exhibitions
Includes Rosa de la Cruz Collection, important Cuban American collector of Latin American and African Diasporic contemporary art
Christie’s Showroom, Rockefeller Center
May 4-18
Exhibitions free, some auctions free, some invitation only
Sanaa Gateja’s “Voices of Peace” tapestry 🇺🇬
Major Ugandan artist represented Uganda at the 2024 Venice Biennale
BAM lobby, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
May 5 – June 30, 2026
Free
15th Frieze New York 2026
International contemporary art fair
Focus on Latin American Art: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Mexico
The Shed, Hudson Yards
Previews May 13, Wed; Public May 14-17, Thu-Sun
$77+
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
First international African and Diasporic contemporary art fair
Brazil Beyond Brazil section
“Sun Ra” installation by Moroccan Amin El Gotaibi
Contemporary Haitian textiles from Port-au-Prince
African American, Bahamanian, Bermudan, Brazilian, Afro-British, Ivorian, French, Haitian, Italian, Moroccan, Nigerian, South African
Starrett-Lehigh Building, Chelsea
Preview May 13-14, Wed-Thu; Public May 14, Thu-Sun
$35+
NADA New York 2026
Emerging contemporary art fair
Argentine, Mexican, and Puerto Rican art
Starrett-Lehigh Building, Chelsea
Wed-Sun, May 13-17
$55+
Future Fair
Emerging artists contemporary art fair
Colombian, Mexican, and Miami galleries
Cuban and Venezuelan artists
Chelsea Industrial, Chelsea
VIP Preview: Wed, May 13
Public: Thu-Sat, May 14-16
$36+
Independent Art Fair
Contemporary art fair produced by New Yorkers
Brazilian and Colombian galleries
Pier 36, Lower East Side
– Invitational Preview: Thu, May 14, 11am-5pm
– Henry Street Settlement Gala: Thu, May 14, 5-8pm, $150+
– Public Show: Fri-Sun, May 15-17, 11am-7pm (6pm Sunday), $48
TEFAF New York
NYC edition of Europe’s leading antique art fair
Important Brazilian modernist
Park Avenue Armory, Upper East Side
– Invitation preview, Thu, May 14
– Public show: Fri-Tue, May 15-19
$63+
From Southeast Queens, With Love
Opening exhibition of SEQAA House, a Southeast Queens Artist Alliance community artspace with Argentine, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Puerto Rican artists
407A Colonels Row, Governors Island
Reception: Sat, May 16, 1-3pm
Through Nov 2, 2026
FREE
@southeastqueensartists
LATIN COMEDY NYC
Raymond Pozo y Miguel Céspedes, humor para las madres
The Legends La Sinfónica, merengue típico de gala
Dominican humor and merengue for Dominican Mother’s Day
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar 207, Inwood
May 29, Fri, 9pm doors
DANCE NYC
KR3TS “Breakin’ the Code” Gala
African American and Puerto Rican hip hop street dance
Host: D-Stroy, Artist: Gabriel Emphasis, Poets: La Bruja & Messiah
Hostos Center, Main Theater; Mott Haven, The Bronx
– May 1, Fri, 7:30pm, $31
– May 2, Sat; Pre-Gala 6pm $111, Show 8pm $49
$31+
Tickets kr3ts.com
Ballet Nepantla “Under the Stars” Gala
One of America’s leading contemporary Mexican ballet folklórico companies
Excerpts from new “Orígenes” plus “Valentina” and “Mísitca” repertory
Live music by Cuarteto Guataca (Cuban jazz)
The DUMBO Loft; DUMBO, Brooklyn
May 2, Sat, 7pm
$70+
Ballet Nepantla deserves your support. The only stronger company is Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández, Mexico’s national ballet folklórico company. It’s a blessing to have Ballet Nepantla in New York.
¡Viva el Cinco de Mayo!
Cinco de Mayo celebration with music and dance
Mariachi Real de Mexico, Tlen Huicani, Mireya Ramos (Flor de Toloache), Alexander Ponce, Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Nueva York
Kupferberg Center, Queens College; Flushing, Queens
May 3, Sun, 3pm
$30+~
Orlando Hernández & The Knee-Heart Connection
“Too Soon to Discover Planets, Too Late to Discover Islands”
Physical theater of tap dance and masks to live music
Inspired by Taíno and colonial Puerto Rican history
Hostos Center, Mott Haven, The Bronx
May 9, Sat, 7:30pm
FREE with RSVP~
DanceAfrica 2026 Tribute to the Ancestors
Abdel R. Salaam & DanceAfrica Council of Elders
African Diasporic and Ugandan drumming, dancing, and toast to the Ancestors
Weeksville Heritage Center, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Sat, May 16, 10am
Free with rsvp
DanceAfrica 2026 Community Day
African American and Ugandan guest and youth artists from Billy Holiday Theatre Arts Academy
Restoration Plaza, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Sat, May 16, 1pm
20th DanceFest NYC 2026
Aerial performances, dance party, free dance lessons
Tompkins Square Park, East Village
May 16, Sat, 3-7pm
Free
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca: Agua Fresca
Spanish flamenco led by “one of today’s great dancers of any genre”
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, NoHo
Wed-Sun, May 20-24, 7pm & 9:30pm (Sun 6pm & 8:30pm)
$54
Olga Pericet: Baile Sonoro
Contemporary Spanish flamenco show
Repertorio Español, Kips Bay
Nine shows May 22 – June 2
$36+
DanceAfrica 2026 Main Stage Performances
African American and Ugandan dance festival featuring
Ndere Troupe, Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater, DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, The Billie’s Youth Arts Academy Ensemble
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Fort Greene
Memorial Day Weekend, Fri-Mon, May 22-25
$35+
DanceAfrica 2026 Bazaar
African, Afro, and Caribbean food, crafts, and fashion
Streets around BAM, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, Sat-Mon, 12-8pm (10pm Sat)
Free to attend
LATIN DANCE NYC
Latin Mondays NYC 20th Anniversary
Talia Castro-Pozo
Dancing to live salsa bands
Salsa is mostly son Cubano developed by Puerto Ricans, plus Colombian, Dominican, Panamanian, Peruvian, and Venezuelan through New York City
5th & Mad, Midtown South
Mondays, 5pm doors, 7pm lesson, 8pm dancing, Live Sets 9pm & 11pm
– May 4 20th Anniversary Finale, Oscar Dudamel y Su Orquesta
20th Dance Parade After Party
2026 Grand Marshal Timmy Regisford, Misbehaviour (Vinyl Nights), Micky Perez, Ali Coleman (House Coalition)
Nublu 151, East Village
May 16, Sat, 10pm – 4am
$28+
DanceAfrica Community Dance Class
BAM teaching artist Kimani Fowlin (African American)
Fort Greene Park (Myrtle Ave & St. Edwards St)
Sun, May 17, 12pm
Free with registration
Midtown Dance
Free outdoor dance lessons, produced by Talia Castro-Pozo
Greeley Square Park (below Herald Square), Midtown South
– Afro Dance: Wed, May 20, 6-7pm
– Haitian Dance: Wed, May 27, 6-7pm
FREE, just show up
BIG Salsa Festival New York
Dance festival of Puerto Rican Salsa on 2, Dominican bachata, and Spanish sensual bachata
New York Hilton Midtown
Thu-Mon, May 21-25, Memorial Day Weekend
Classes from $45
Full Pass $296
DanceAfrica 2026 Late Night Dance Party
Nigerian DJ YB: afrobeats, funk, soul, jazz, and hip hop
BAMcafé dance floor
Memorial Day Weekend, Sat, May 23, 10pm-2am
Free
DanceAfrica 2026 Dance Classes
Ugandan, African Diasporic, and Disability dance classes
Mark Morris Dance Center, Fort Greene
Memorial Day, Mon, May 25
– Family Class by Ndere Troupe, 10am, $12+
– Inclusive Movement Class (disabilities) by Pat Hall, 11am, $12
– Master Class (intermediate/advanced) by Ndere Troupe, 12pm, $12
2nd Salsa Caleña USA Festival 2026
Colombian Salsa master classes, showcases, dance parties
Flushing Town Hall
Flushing, Queens
Sat-Sun, May 30-31
Full Pass $81+ (2 for 1)
NYC Salsa Sunset Boat Party
Salsa Caleña USA Festival Opening Party
Skyport Marina, Kips Bay
Fri, May 29 | 7-10pm, board at 6:30pm
$49+
Workshops and Competitions
Sat, May 30
9am Workshops | $23+
3pm Youth Dance Competition, Showcase, Celiz Cruz tribute | $55
Agua’e Lulo Social
Typical Caleño all-ages dance party with local food vendors
Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens
Sun, May 31 | 5-10pm
$17+ (2 for 1)
LATIN FESTIVALS NYC
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Commemorates the May arrival of the first Japanese immigrant in 1843, and completion of Transcontinental Railroad by Chinese laborers in 1869
MAY
Haitian Heritage Month
A taproot of African Diasporic culture in the U.S. and the Caribbean
MAY
Month of Mary
Italian Catholic takeover of ancient Celtic (Beltane), Roman (Floralia), and Greek spring traditions
MAY
National Salsa Month
Started by a salsa sauce company, but adopted by the salsa music and dance communities. Salsa sauce originated as a Mexican Aztec sauce. ¡Ay-ay-ay AGUA!
MAY
International Workers Day
Global celebration of workers and the international labor movement
May 1
Bronx Week
Festival of Bronx creatives and culture
May 1-17
Stone Street Cinco de Mayo Street Fest
Block party of Mexican mariachi, street performers, DJs, Tequila tastings
Stone Street, Financial District
May 2/5, Sat/Tue; 11am-11pm
FREE entry, food and drink for sale
Fiestas de la Cruz
Puerto Rican commemoration of the biggest earthquake in recorded Puerto Rican history
May 3, 1787
Mother’s Day in Spain
First Sunday in May
Cinco de Mayo Parade NYC
Mexican American and Poblano Festival
Central Park West, 106th to 96th St
May 3, Sun
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Cinco de Mayo & Mother’s Day Parade
Mexican American and Poblano festival
5th Avenue; Sunset Park, Brooklyn
May 3, Sun, 1pm
Saint Florian
Roman patron saint of firefighters. Check the FDNY Emerald Society and the Hispanic Society of the FDNY.
May 4
Cinco de Mayo
America’s festival of Mexican culture celebrates the French defeat at Battle of Puebla in 1862. This prevented the French from joining the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
Citywide
May 5, Tue
Mother’s Day
U.S. and International
May 10 (second Sunday)
Mother’s Day in Mexico
May 9 Eve, Las Mañanitas serenatas
May 10 (always because workers used to be paid every 10 days)
Haitian Flag Day
Celebrates the creation of the Haitian Flag representing the union of Creoles and Africans
May 18, 1803
Harlem Stage Renaissance Gala
African American incubator for talented people of color
Chairs: Angela Glover Blackwell, Misty Copeland, Camille A. Brown
Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center
May 18, Mon, 7pm
$1,500+
Haitian Flag Day Selebrasyon
by Haiti Cultural Exchange
Mizik Ayiti by Mikaëlle Aimée, Okai Musik, Rasin Okan, and Bobby Raymond & Markus Schwartz
Prospect Park Boathouse, Brooklyn
Wed, May 20, 5-9pm
$20 suggested donation
prospectpark.org
Memorial Day
U.S. national holiday commemorating those who died serving
Mon, May 25
George Floyd Day
African American who changed the world. We remember. RIP.
May 25, 2020
Dominican Mother’s Day
Grand Finale of the Catholic Month of Mary
Sun, May 31
LATIN FILM NYC
26th Havana Film Festival New York 2026
🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
30+ Caribbean, Latin American, and U.S. Latino films
Focus on identity, migration, and memory
Opening night red carpet: DGA New York Theater, Midtown; Fri, May 1, 5:30pm
Screenings: Quad Cinema, Greenwich Village; Sat-Thu, May 2-7
33rd New York African Film Festival 2026
African and Diasporic Storytelling
“As the Stars Sow the Earth”
– Town Hall Forum, Africa Center, East Harlem, May 1
– Film at Lincoln Center, May 6-12, $19
– Maysles Documentary Center, Harlem, May 15-17
FilmAfrica 2026
Pan-African cinema focused on Uganda
Curated by the African Film Festival
BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
May 22-28
29th Brooklyn Film Festival 2026
Theme: “The Invitation”
134 films with 36 world premieres, from 30 countries including African American, Brazilian, Colombian, Guatemalan, Indian, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan
BRIC Arts Media, Fort Greene: May 29, June 1, 2, 5, 6
100 Sutton Studios, Greenpoint: May 30-31
Wythe Hotel, Williamsburg: June 1-5
May 29 – June 7, 2026
LATIN MUSIC NYC
Caifanes
Mexican gothic post-punk rock
“La Célula Que Explota,” “Afuera,” “No Dejes Que…”
Palladium Times Square, Theater District
May 1, Fri, 8pm, doors 6:30pm
Sold Out
Peso Pluma “Dinastía Tour”
Música Mexicana, urban corridos tumbados
“London,” “Vino Tinto,” “Hollywood”
UBS Arena, Elmont, Long Island
May 1, Fri, 8pm
$56+
El Rubio Acordeón
Top merengue típico from the Dominican Republic
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar 207, Inwood
May 2, Sat
Ladies free all night
Yordis Larrazábal
Cuban timba, salsa, and son
Drom, East Village
May 2, Sat, 10:30pm doors, 11pm show
$25+
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Big Band Latin Jazz led by one Cuban godfather of Latin Jazz in NYC
City Winery The Loft, Chelsea
Sundays April-May, 2026
$36+
New York Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Leading classical and salsa orchestras together
Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, Ortiz, and salsa with orchestra
– David Geffen Hall, Wu Tsai Theater; Lincoln Center, Wed-Fri, May 6-8, 7:30pm
– United Palace, Washington Heights, Sat, May 9, 7:30pm
Orchestra of St. Luke’s with Joseph Parrish “Finding an American Voice” 🇺🇸 🇨🇿
How African American composer Harry T. Burleigh influenced Czech composer Antonín Dvořák
Dvořák Sonatina in G Major for violin and piano
Burleigh Selected works for voice and piano, “Southland Sketches” for violin and piano
Five Boroughs Music Festival
– May 7, Thu, 7:30pm; Hostos Center, Mott Haven, The Bronx
– May 14, Thu, 7pm; Flushing Town Hall, Flushing Queens
– May 16, Sat, 3pm; Staten Island Museum, Randall Manor, Staten
Island
– May 17, Sun, 4pm; Brooklyn Public Library – Central Branch, Prospect Heights
– May 18, Mon, 6pm; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center
FREE with RSVP
Son Rompe Pera 🇲🇽
Mexican marimba cumbia punk
World Music Institute at Brooklyn Bowl, Williamsburg
May 8, Fri, 8pm
$25+
Romanticos Forever Tour
Grupo Bryndis, Guardianes del Amor, Industria del Amor 🇲🇽
Regional Mexican romantic grupero
Palladium Times Square, Theater District
May 8, Fri, 8pm, doors 7pm
$63+
Andrés Cepeda: Bogotá: La Gira 🇨🇴
Latin Grammy-winning Colombian romantic pop
“Día Tras Día,” “Besos Usados,” “Desesperado”
Beacon Theatre, Upper West Side
May 13, Wed, 8pm, doors 7pm
$88+
Gabriela Montero: Iberia 🇻🇪 🇪🇸
Venezuelan-born pianist recital shows Spain’s influence on piano repertoire including: Albéniz, Granados, and De Larrocha
92NY, Kaufmann Concert Hall, Upper East Side
May 14, Thu, 7:30pm
$45+, Streaming $25+
> > > Get Tickets at 92ny.org
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
$33+
Rodrigo y Gabriela 20th Anniversary Tour 🇲🇽
Mexican acoustic metal rockers who made it in Ireland
Beacon Theatre, Upper West Side
May 15, Fri, 8pm
Aris Jackson 🇩🇴
Merengue típico
“Te Vi,” “Sin Respirar,” “Mesero”
La Casa del Mofongo y Piano Bar, Inwood
Fri, May 15
Guachinangos 🇲🇽 🇨🇴
Son jarocho, cumbia, champeta fusion
Barbès Brooklyn, Park Slope
Sat, May 16, 10pm
$20 per person suggested donation
Luciana Souza 🇧🇷
Brazilian bossa nova vocalist
Brazilian Duos, Cometa, Twenty-Four Short Musical Episodes
Smoke Jazz Club, Upper West Side
Wed-Mon, May 20-25, 6pm, 8pm (some 10pm)
$25+
Roberto Carlos 2026 Tour 🇧🇷
Romantic Latin pop
“Detalhes,” “Emoções,” and “Esse Cara Sou Eu,”
Radio City Music Hall, Midtown
Thu, May 21, 8pm
$80+
Paulo Londra 🇦🇷
Argentine pop rap
“Adán y Eva,” “Cuando Te Besé,” “Nena Maldición”
Palladium Times Square, Theater District
May 21, 8pm, doors 6:30pm
$155+
Meridian Brothers ~ Mexican Institute of Sounds DJ Set 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Ruido Tovar album release party
Psychedelic cumbia
Barbès Brooklyn, Park Slope
Fri, May 22, 10-11:55pm
$20
The Lyricism of Bachata: A Symposium
Dr. Wilfredo Burgos-Matos, poet Scarlet Gomez, Joselito Sentimiento & Los Sabrosos de la Bachata, Afro-Dominican guitarist Yasser Tejeda (Buena Vista Social Club Broadway) discuss the poetry of la bachata.
Bronx Music Hall; Melrose, The Bronx
Sat, May 23, 3-9pm
– Poetry discussion: 3-6pm, $10
– Dance lesson and concert: 6-9pm, $15
– Entire day, $20
Roy Brown & Zoraida Santiago 🇵🇷
“De la Tierra en que nací” (From the land where I was born)
Puerto Rican Jíbaro folk music
Hostos Center, Repertory Theater; Mott Haven, The Bronx
May 23, Sat, 7:30pm
From $43
Martín Vejarano’s Chia’s Dance Party 🇨🇴
Tropical Colombian brass
Barbès Brooklyn, Park Slope
Sat, May 23, 10pm
$20 suggested donation
Pipiris Nights 🇻🇪
Venezuelan joropo
Barbès Brooklyn, Park Slope
Sun, May 24, 6pm
$20 suggested donation
Tropical Vortex: C.A.M.P.O.S.
Psychedelic cumbia and son Cubano
Barbès Brooklyn, Park Slope
Mon, May 25, 9pm
$15 suggested donation
Pipo Romero 🇪🇸
Spanish flamenco guitarist from Cádiz
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, NoHo
Tue, May 26, 7pm
$30
Wyclef Jean 🇭🇹
Grammy-winning Haitian rapper
Discusses his upcoming seven-album project Quantum Leap
National Sawdust | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Wed, May 27, 7:30pm
$59
FlamenKora 🇸🇳 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
World Music meets Flamenco
NYC debut of Senegalese kora griot & Brazilian flamenco guitarist
Drom, East Village
Thu, May 28 | 6:30 PM
$29.36
Wycliffe Gordon and Friends
African American jazz
Bryant Park Picnic Performances Opener
Bryant Park
Midtown South
Thu, May 28 | 7-8:30pm
FREE
Nick Corredor y Su Orquesta La Herencia
New York Salsa Dura
Young Colombian American bandleader inherits his family tradition
“Mi Ritmo Pesa” (My Rhythm is Heavy) is his first single
Drom, East Village
Thu, May 28 | 9:00pm
$21
New York City Opera: American Classics
African American and Puerto Rican sopranos
Latonia Moore and Larisa Martínez
Bryant Park Picnic Performances
Midtown South
Fri, May 29 | 7-9pm
FREE
Raymond Pozo y Miguel Céspedes, humor para las madres
The Legends La Sinfónica, merengue típico de gala
Dominican humor and merengue típico
La Casa del Mofongo and Piano Bar 207, Inwood
For Dominican Mother’s Day (May 31)
May 29, Fri, 9pm doors
Los Corners — Celebrating the Music of Charly García
New York Argentine tribute band to the godfather of Argentine rock
“Clics Modernos” ~ “Piano Bar” ~ “Parte de la Religión”
Drom, East Village
Sat, May 30 | 7:00pm
$29
Festival ‘Ataca Sergio’
Oscar D’León, Andy Montañez, Luis Enrique, Huey Dunbar, Anthony Ramos, Raúl Acosta, Guaynaa, Luis Figueroa, Servando y Florentino
Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan salsa
Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
Sat, May 30, 8pm
$63+
Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors
Guinean griot guitarist with a 1970s Syliphone sound
Residency since 2008
Barbès Brooklyn, Park Slope
Wednesdays, 10pm
$20 suggested donation
LATIN PARADES NYC
20th Dance Parade NYC
10,000+ dancers, 100+ styles, 100,000 viewers
African American, Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Congolese (DRC), Cuban, Dominican, Filipino, Haitian, Indian, Indonesian, Irish dance and more
Sixth Avenue from 17th St to 8th St, to Avenue A
Sat, May 16 | 11am – 4pm
Free, Grandstand seating available for purchase
40th Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade
“Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future”
Salsa, bomba, plena, dance troupes, qué bonita bandera!
Grand Concourse, East 164th up to Mount Eden Ave
Concourse, The Bronx
Sat, May 30, 2026 | 11am
FREE
LATIN SPORTS NYC
New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇯🇲
Eastern Conference Championship
Karl-Anthony Towns, José Alvarado, Jalen Brunson
Madison Square Garden, Chelsea
– Game 1, May 4, Mon ~ Knicks 137-98 (Knicks 1/0)
– Game 2, May 6, Wed; 7pm ~ Knicks 108-102 (Knicks 2/0)
New York City FC (NYCFC) 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇷 🇸🇻 🇸🇱 🇹🇹
Major League Soccer
– Los Angeles FC; Asian American and Pacific Islander Night; Citi Field, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; Wed, May 6, 7:30pm, $140+
– Columbus Crew; Women’s Empowerment Night; Yankee Stadium, Concourse, The Bronx; Sun, May 10, 4:30pm
El Clásico FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid 🇪🇸
One of the world’s most watched sporting events
Top Spanish teams representing working class and elites
Penya FC Barcelona NYC, Smithfield Hall, Chelsea
Peña Madridista NYC, Playwright Irish Pub, Garment District
May 10, Sun, 3pm
New York Mets 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Citi Field; Flushing Meadows, Queens
May 15-17, Fri-Sun Subway Series vs New York Yankees
May 25, Mon, Memorial Day vs Cincinnati Reds
May 26, Tue, Giveaway vs Cincinnati Reds
May 29, Fri, Fireworks Night & Giveway vs Miami Marlins
New York Red Bulls 🇦🇬 🇨🇲 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇹🇹
Major League Soccer
Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, New Jersey
– FC Dallas, May 2
– New York City FC, Hudson River Derby, Sat, May 16, 7:30pm
UEFA Champions League 2026 Final 🇫🇷 🇬🇧
Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal
World’s most prestigious club tournament
PSG Club New York City supporters club
Football Factory at Legends, Koreatown
May 30, Sat, 12pm
Free
LATIN STREET FAIRS NYC
Ninth Avenue International Food Festival
Brazilian, Caribbean, Colombian, Mexican, Portuguese, Spanish+
Ninth Avenue from 42nd to 57th St
Sat-Sun, May 16-17, 10am-6pm
Free entry, food for purchase
Loisaida Festival
Puerto Rican Block Party in Alphabet City
Theme: Our AmeRícan Thing
Batalá NY, Caridad “La Bruja” de la Luz, Daso y el Grupo Cemí, Daydrian, Bebé Bambú, Grupo K’ndela, Legacy Women, Las Mariposas Galácticas, Nuyorican Poets Café, BombaYo, John Benítez & Revolution Latin Jazz
Avenue C, 5th St to 12th St, East Village
Sun, May 24, 11am-5pm (Memorial Day Weekend)
South Bronx Culture Festival 2026
Bronx culture street fair
Mambo Legends Orchestra, Bronx Banda with Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Telmary, Berta Moreno & La Troupe, Kalí Rodríguez-Peña & Mélange, Maria Raquel
African American, Colombian, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Spanish artists playing bomba, jazz, rap, salsa, and more
Father Gigante Plaza
Longwood, The Bronx
Fri, May 29 | 4-7pm
Sat, May 30 | 11am – 7pm
FREE
152nd Street Cultural Festival
National Puerto Rican Day Parade launch street fair
152nd Street (between Jackson and Tinton)
Longwood, The Bronx
Sat, May 30, 2026 | 12-6pm
FREE
LATIN THEATRE NYC
10th Anniversary FUERZAfest 🏳️🌈
Hispanic Federation’s Latinx Queer comedy, film, and theatre festival
– Queer Short Films, May 18
– One-Act Play Competition, including world premiere of “Rise of a King” by Vico Ortiz; A.R.T./New York Theatres, Hell’s Kitchen; May 22-24, 8pm 🇵🇷
– “En Serio” queer comedy hosted by Gabe Ortiz; LGBT Community Center, West Village; May 30, 7pm 🇵🇷
La casa de Bernarda Alba 🇪🇸
García Lorca (1936), Directed by René Buch
Famous, much-loved Spanish play
Tyrannical mother dominates daughters who all love the same man
Repertorio Español, Kips Bay
Spanish with subtitles
Fri, May 15, 11am
$37
La Ternura 🇪🇸
Alfredo Sanzol (2017), Directed by Leyma López
Spanish Shakespearean romantic comedy
Family of women and family of men try to avoid each other
Repertorio Español, Kips Bay
In Spanish with subtitles
Sat, May 16, 7pm
$28+
Free Shakespeare in the Park Romeo & Juliet 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇳 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇭 🇰🇪 🇲🇽 🇪🇸
In this English play, the lovers speak Spanish 🇪🇸
Directed by Saheem Ali 🇰🇪
Choreography by Mayte Natalio 🇩🇴
Spanish translations by Dr. Alfredo Michel Modenessi 🇲🇽
Delacorte Theater, Central Park
May 22 – June 28
Free, but you have to stand in line for tickets, or use other options
Arturo Luíz Soria: The White Whale Journal 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇮🇹
Obie Award-winning actor’s new solo work
Writer inherits his brother’s archive and finds something deep there
Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, NoHo
Fri, May 29, 7pm
Sat, May 30, 9:30pm
$36