May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Surprise, Latins are Asian and Pacific Islanders too. The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas came from Asia. Chinese and South Asians were brought to work after abolition. Chinese built the railroads in the Caribbean. South Asians are the largest community in Trinidad and Tobago. Japanese added their flavors to Brazilian and Peruvian cuisine. Easter Island is part of Chile. Ancient Colombians made it to Polynesia. We just don’t know if they made it on their own or on a Polynesian round-trip.
May’s national holiday is Memorial Day (May 27), the popular start of summer. There are many summer festivals on Memorial Day Weekend.
May weather is late spring. It’s comfortably warm. Average temperature is 54° – 72°. It’s one of our favorite months of the year because weather patterns bring big fluffy clouds up from the Caribbean. They make the best backdrop for New York City.
Latin Things To Do in NYC in May 2024
- LATIN ART ~ Frieze New York (May 1-5), Future Fair (May 2-4), Clio Art Fair (May 2-5), 15×15: Independent 2010-2024 (May 9-12), TEFAF New York (10-14), May art auctions.
- LATIN DANCE ~ ABT Studio Company (May 1-5), New York City Ballet (May 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28 – Jun 2), Bryant Park Dance Party (May 1-2, 8-9, 15-16), Limón Dance Company (May 16-17), nora chipaumire (May 17-18), DanceAfrica (May 24-27).
- LATIN FASHION ~ Met Gala (May 6)
- LATIN FESTIVALS ~ 152nd Street Cultural Festival (May 25)
- LATIN MUSIC ~ Nicki Minaj (May 1), Forro in the Dark (May 1), Miguel Zenón (May 1), Eddie Palmieri (May 6, 20), Mon Laferte (May 7), New York Philharmonic (May 10, 27), Los Pleneros de la 21 (May 11), Caña Dulce y Caña Brava (May 18), David Virelles & Dafnis Prieto (May 21), Aventura with Romeo Santos (May 22), Pedrito Martinez (May 23), Silvestre Dangond (May 31)
- LATIN PARADES ~ Cinco de Mayo Parade (May 5), Dance Parade (May 18)
- LATIN SPORTS ~ New York Mets (May 1-2, 10-12, 13-14, 24-26, 27-29, 30-31), Gotham FC (May 4, 19), Cinco de Mayo 5K (May 5), New York City Football Club NYCFC (May 5, 18, 31), New York Red Bulls (May 11, 29), Westminster Dog Show (May 11, 13-14)
- LATIN THEATRE ~ “The Desire of the Astronaut” (May 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, 30-31)
Latin Culture in May 2024
- MONTH OF MAY ~ Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Haitian Heritage Month, National Salsa Month, Month of Mary
- LATIN FESTIVALS ~ International Worker’s Day (May 1), Fiestas de la Cruz (May 3), Saint Florian (May 4), Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Hispanic Mother’s Day (May 5), Bronx Week (May 6-19), Mother’s Day (May 12), Pentecost (May 19), Pinkster (May 19), George Floyd Day (May 25).
- LATIN NATIONAL DAYS ~
- LATIN BIRTHDAYS ~ Osvaldo Fresedo (May 5), Eva Peron (May 7), Louis Gottschalk (May 8)
Things To Do in NYC May 1-5, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Contemporary Art Fair
INVITATIONAL PREVIEW
Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; from Wednesday, May 1, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. Through Sunday. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦
Contemporary Art Fairs
Frieze Week brings a cluster of contemporary art fairs to New York City.
Ugandan South Sudanese Jazz
Emmanuel Michael Duo, led by the Ugandan, South Sudanese guitarist, plays the Jazz Hour at The Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 12:30pm. FREE. 🇺🇬 🇸🇸
Classical Ballet
The ABT Studio Company dances New York premieres of Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, and James Whiteside; plus an excerpt of Ratmansky’s “The Seasons” and classical and neoclassical favorites; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Wednesday-Sunday, May 1-5, 2024.
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Cuban Classical Guitarist
Cuban guitar legend Manuel Barrueco plays classical guitar including works by Spanish composers Sor and Albéniz; in Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺
Puerto Rican Jazz Sax
Miguel Zenón, Puerto Rican sax, plays jazz with multicultural influences in the Dan Weiss Even Odds trio; at the Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Tuesday-Wednesday, April 30 – May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
Trinidadian New York Hip Hop
Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2 World Tour” brings the fiercely playful Trinidadian New York rapper to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8pm. From $73. 🇹🇹 🗽
Brazilian Forró Fusion
Forró in the Dark plays Brazilian forró fusion; at Nublu 151 night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10pm. $23. 🇧🇷
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Contemporary Art Fair
Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 2, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 1:10pm. 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Puerto Rican Theatre
OPENING NIGHT
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 8pm. Continues Thursday-Sunday, through June 2, 2024. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, May 3, 2024
Contemporary Art Fair
Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Venezuelan Comedy
Marko brings his standup show “El Poder de un chisme;” to LeFrak Concert Hall at Kupferberg Center in Flushing, Queens; on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8:30pm. From $35. 🇻🇪
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Contemporary Art Fair
Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦
Cinco de Mayo Mexican Mariachi, Son Jarocho, and Ballet Folklórico
“Viva El Cinco de Mayo! brings Mariachi Real de México with José Adán Pérez, Tlen Huicani from Veracruz, and Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Nueva York;” to Colden Auditorium at Kupferberg Center in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 3pm. $20. 🇲🇽
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
National Women’s Soccer League
Gotham FC vs North Carolina Courage is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
French Jazz Manouche
Stephane Wrembel “Django a Gogo” celebrates the Hot Jazz Manouche of Django Reinhardt; at The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 8pm. From $60. 🇫🇷
Dominican Pop
Ángela Carrasco and Fausto Rey sing Dominican ballads and boleros; at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday May 4, 2024 at 8pm. From $43. 🇩🇴
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Latin Festival
Cinco de Mayo, May 5, is the main Mexican festival in the United States. It’s not Mexican Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the French defeat at the Battle of Puebla, which changed American history. 🇲🇽
Running
The 27th Cinco de Mayo 5K Run, children’s race, starts from Bartel-Pritchard Square in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 11am. 🇲🇽
Contemporary Art Fair
Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 5, 2024; from 11am – 5pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Neoclassical Ballet
New York City Ballet dances an All Balanchine program of “Bourrée Fantasque” (1949), “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” (1975), “Errante (Formerly Tzigane, 1975), and “Symphony in C” (1947); in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 3pm. From $40.
Major League Soccer
New York City Football Club vs Colorado Rapids is Major League Soccer at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 4pm. From $26. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC May 6-12, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷
Latin Jazz and Salsa
Puerto Rican NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri, one of New York’s elder jazzmen, plays Latin jazz and salsa in his Spring Residency; at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village on Monday, May 6, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $35. 🇵🇷
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Chilean Mexican Alternative
Mon Laferte Autopoiética Tour brings Chilean Mexican alternative to the Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 8:00pm. From $89. 🇨🇱 🇲🇽
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Puerto Rican Mother’s Day Salsa
La India sings salsa for Mother’s Day at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday May 11, 2024 at 8pm. From $58. 🇵🇷
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Italian Alternative
Zucchero Overdose D’Amore World Tour 2024 brings Italian alternative rock to the Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 7:00pm. From $71. 🇮🇹
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, May 10, 2024
The Art of Fashion
“Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” is an immersive exhibition that connects four centuries of fashion with the natural cycles of death and rebirth; at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park; from Friday, May 10 through September 2, 2024. $30 (NY state residents pay-what-you-wish). 🇺🇸
Colombian Alternative Cumbia & Puerto Rican Reggae
Combo Chimbita plays Colombian alternative and Pachyman sings Puerto Rican reggae; in the Main Space at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, Manhattan: on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 7pm (6pm doors). From $25. 🇨🇴 🇵🇷
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, May 10, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Trinidadian Conductor Classical New Music
In “Sound On,” the New York Philharmonic conducted by Trinidadian Kwame Ryan, plays a World Premiere music-documentary by Armenian American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and photojournalist Scout Tufankjian, about the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Friday, May 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $34. 🇦🇲 🇹🇹
American Jazz Singer
American singer Madeline Peyroux brings her Parisian jazz to Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, 2024 at 8pm. From $38. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre presents three programs of modern and contemporary dance; in Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey; on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 8pm. Performances through Sunday. From $25. 🇺🇸
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Major League Baseball
MR. MET LONDON TELEPHONE BOOTH BOBBLEHEAD PROMOTION
New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 4:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Major League Soccer
’90s NIGHT ~ Slap Bracelet Giveaway
New York Red Bulls vs New England Revolution is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $25. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪
Major League Soccer
BARK NIGHT ~ Bandana Giveaway
New York Red Bulls vs Charlotte FC is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $22. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪
American Jazz Singer
American singer Madeline Peyroux brings her Parisian jazz to Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, 2024 at 8pm. From $38. 🇺🇸
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre performs modern and contemporary dance; in Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇺🇸
Sunday, May 12, 2024
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre performs modern and contemporary dance; in Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey; on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Major League Baseball
TUMBLER PROMOTION
New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC May 13-19, 2024
Monday, May 13, 2024
Latin Festival
The Feast of Our Lady of Fátima celebrates a famous Marian apparition who first appeared to three peasant children in Fátima, Portugal, on May 13, 1917. 🇵🇹
Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Major League Baseball
SILVER SALUTE 55+ National Anthem on the Warning Track
New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 1:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Brazilian MPB
Céu sings Brazilian música popular brasileira (MPB); in the Main Space at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, Manhattan: on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $30. 🇧🇷
Thursday, May 16, 2024
American Jazz Singer, Afro-Cuban Pianist, Italian Saxophonist
American jazz singer Dianne Reeves, Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chucho Valdés, and Italian American sax master Joe Lovano, play a jazz concert of Duets; in Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side; on Thursday, May 16, 2024. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇮🇹
Argentine Dance Theatre
Anabella Lenzu’s “Listen to Your Mother,” a tribute to immigrant mothers in New York City, opens at LaMaMa theater in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Through Sunday. $30 lamama.org 🇦🇷
Modern Dance
Limón Dance Company brings modern dance to the Marian Anderson Theatre at Aaron Davis Hall at City College Center for the Arts in Hamilton Heights, West Harlem, Manhattan; on May 16-17, 2024 at 7pm. From $13. 🇲🇽
Brazilian Bossa Nova
Bebel Gilberto sings Brazilian bossa nova; for Le Poisson Rouge in the Opera House at the Emmaus Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $40. 🇧🇷
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, May 17, 2024
Zimbabwean Contemporary Art, Dance, and Opera
nora chipaumire, the award-winning New York Zimbabwean dancer and choreographer, presents the New York Premiere of “ShebeenDUB,” a performance tryptich, with the “Nehanda” Radio Opera played through the “afternow” sound system installation designed by Ari Marcopoulos and Kara Walker and built by Matt Jackson Studios, the “ShebeenDUB” dance performance on the “afternow” set, followed by a dub dance after party; at Harlem Stage in Morningside Heights, West Harlem; on Friday-Saturday, May 17-18, 2024. 2pm Radio Opera Installation, 6pm doors, 7:30pm performance, 9pm-midnight dance party. From $10. harlemstage.org 🇿🇼 🇺🇸
Modern Dance
Limón Dance Company brings modern dance to the Marian Anderson Theatre at Aaron Davis Hall at City College Center for the Arts in Hamilton Heights, West Harlem, Manhattan; on May 17, 2024 at 7pm. From $13. 🇲🇽
Peruvian Salsa
Daniela Darcourt “Atrevida Y Teatral” brings the rising star Peruvian singer’s salsa to The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8pm. From $103. 🇵🇪
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Zimbabwean Contemporary Art, Dance, and Opera
Zimbabwean dancer and choreographer Nora Chipaumire presents “afternow,” a monumental sound installation; “Nehanda,” a radio opera about a female Shona spirit who inspired colonial resistance in Central Africa; a performance of “ShebeenDUB,” an indictment of empire in the afternow installation; followed by a dub dance party; at Harlem Stage in Morningside Heights, West Harlem; on Saturday May 18, 2024. 2pm Radio Opera Installation, 6pm doors, 7:30pm performance, 9pm-midnight dance party. From $10. 🇺🇸 🇿🇼
Women’s Mexican Son Jarocho
Caña Dulce y Caña Brava plays son jarocho and dances zapateado from Veracruz, Mexico; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 4pm. FREE. Bring your dancing shoes because it will probably be a fandango! carnegiehall.org 🇲🇽
Major League Soccer
HUDSON RIVER DERBY
New York City Football Club vs New York Red Bulls is the New York Derby of Major League Soccer at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $54. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Bronx Hip Hop
Hip Hop Fever 2024 brings hip hop legends Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Brand Nubian, Onyx, Nice & Smooth, Black Sheep, Peter Gunz, Fearless Four, MC Shan, Sweet G, and Grandmaster Caz; to Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday May 18, 2024 at 8pm. From $48. 🇺🇸
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Latin Festival
Pentecost is considered the beginning of the Christian Church when by tradition, the Holy Spirit entered the disciples of Jesus who went forth and spread the word.
New York African Festival
Pinkster was a New York African festival during the Dutch colonial period, when Africans enslaved by the Dutch were allowed to celebrate their own traditions while Dutch New Yorkers celebrated Pentecost. It was celebrated from 1626 to the mid 1800s.
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
National Women’s Soccer League
Gotham FC vs Chicago Red Stars is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 5pm. From $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC May 20-25, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷
Latin Jazz and Salsa
Puerto Rican NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri, one of New York’s elder jazzmen, plays Latin jazz and salsa in his Spring Residency; at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village on Monday, May 20, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $35. 🇵🇷
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Latin Jazz and Classical New Music
David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble featuring Dafnis Prieto shows the influence of Cuban rhythm of the sacred batá drums on many musical traditions through works curated by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tania León, including León’s “A la par;” NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill’s “Where Coconuts Fall,” Val-Inc’s “Gerta,” and the world premiere of Virelle’s “Oro” a Carnegie Hall commission; in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 7:30pm. Tickets from $54 at carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Dominican Bachata
Aventura “Cerrando Ciclos Tour” brings Romeo Santos and the Kings of Bachata; to Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan: on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 8pm. On Sale Friday, March 1, 2024 at 12noon. 🇩🇴
Italian Pop
Carmen Consoli sings Italian pop; in the Main Space at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, Manhattan: on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $35. 🇮🇹
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Cuban Rumba, Timba, Jazz
Pedrito Martinez, the world’s first-call rumbero, plays Cuban rumba, timba, and jazz; at Drom world music club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $30. 🇨🇺
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, May 24, 2024
It’s Memorial Day Weekend!
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, May 24, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
African and African Diaspora Dance
OPENING NIGHT
DanceAfrica partners with the Weeksville Heritage Center and Billie Holiday Theater in Americas largest festival of African Dance; in the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; over Memorial Day Weekend, on Friday, May 24, 2024 at 7:30pm. Through Monday. From $35, Kids from $22. Through Monday. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Puerto Rican Cultural Festival
152nd Street Cultural Festival is a family-friendly street fair of Puerto Rican music, culture, and food that kicks off the National Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrations; on 152nd St between Jackson and Tinton Avenue in Longwood, The Bronx; on Saturday, May 25, 2024 from 11am – 6pm. FREE 🇵🇷
Major League Baseball
JOEL MESLER BEACH TOTE PROMOTION
New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 1:40pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
African and African Diaspora Dance
DanceAfrica partners with the Weeksville Heritage Center and Billie Holiday Theater in Americas largest festival of African Dance; in the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; over Memorial Day Weekend, on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 2pm & 7pm. From $35, Kids from $22. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tap Dance
Melissa Almaguer hosts a National Tap Dance Day Celebration at The Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. 🇺🇸
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Major League Baseball
HELLO KITTY LIGHT-UP BOW BOBBLEHEAD PROMOTION
New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 1:40pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
African and African Diaspora Dance
DanceAfrica partners with the Weeksville Heritage Center and Billie Holiday Theater in Americas largest festival of African Dance; in the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; over Memorial Day Weekend, on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 3pm. From $35, Kids from $22. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Mexican Comedy
Sofía Niño de Rivera “Vacaciones de Sus Hijos Gira 2024” brings the Mexican comedienne to The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 8pm. From $59. 🇲🇽
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC May 27-31, 2024
Monday, May 27, 2024
American Festival
On Memorial Day, we remember all those who fought in America’s wars. May there be no more. 🇺🇸
African and African Diaspora Dance
DanceAfrica partners with the Weeksville Heritage Center and Billie Holiday Theater in Americas largest festival of African Dance; in the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; over Memorial Day Weekend, on Monday, May 27 2024, at 3pm. From $35, Kids from $22. 🇺🇸
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Monday, May 27, 2024, at 4:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Free Memorial Day Classical Music
The New York Philharmonic Free Memorial Day Concert conducted by Jaap van Zweden; plays Wagner, Copland, and Brahms; at the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine; in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Monday, May 27, 2023 at 7pm. FREE.
Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 4:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Latin Food
International Potato Day is May 30. Potatoes were domesticated in southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia between 8,000 and 5,000 BCE, and possibly before. They arrived in Spain around 1570. 🇵🇪 🇧🇴
Major League Baseball
New York Mets vs Arizona Diamondbacks; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Brazilian Bossa Nova Jazz
Luciana Souza Trio plays “The Book of Longing and Twenty-Four Short Musical Episodes” at The Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Tuesday, May 30, 2024 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. 🇧🇷
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, May 31, 2024
Major League Baseball
FIREWORKS NIGHT
New York Mets vs Arizona Diamondbacks; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, May 31, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Major League Soccer
HEALTHY LIVES CELEBRATION
New York City Football Club vs San Jose Earthquakes is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $28. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾
Colombian Vallenato
Silvestre Dangond “Ta Malo USA Tour” brings Colombian vallenato to Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 8pm. From $82. 🇨🇴
Puerto Rican Theatre
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Monthly Grand Slam is at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 10pm. From $25. 🇵🇷