Things to do in NYC in November include Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) celebrations, Veterans Day Parade, DOC NYC documentary film festival, Thanksgiving Day Parade, and more. New York City prepares for the holiday season and by Thanksgiving Week, the holidays are in full swing.
November 1-2 | 3-9 | 10-16 | 17-23 | 24-30
National holidays include Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Native American Heritage Day. November is Native American Heritage Month, Puerto Rican Heritage Month, and Hip-Hop History Month.
November weather is late fall. Average temperatures range from 42° to 54°F, so it is cool. Scarfs, hats, and gloves enable you adjust for the weather.
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Reina Sofía School Orchestra Makes Its Carnegie Hall Debut With a Profound Journey to the New World 🇪🇸
Spain’s Reina Sofía School Orchestra makes its US and Carnegie Hall debut including members of the Colombian Youth Philharmonic, under the baton of Colombian Austrian conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, featuring French violin soloist Renaud Capuçon. The program is a journey to the new world starting with Albéniz’s “El Puerto” from his masterpiece “Iberia, Book 1,” continuing with Barber’s Violin Concerto composed on both sides of the Atlantic, and ending with Dvořák’s iconic Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” which influenced a lot of grand American music. It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7pm. From $30. 🇪🇸
Things to do in NYC in November 2025
ART
- México Now Festival ~ Wed, Nov 5; Fri, Nov 7 🇲🇽
- Christie’s Auctions ~ exhibitions open Fri, Nov 7 for auctions Nov 17-20, 2025 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇪🇸
- Sotheby’s Auctions ~ exhibitions open Sat, Nov 8 for auctions Nov 18-20, 2025 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
- Legacy Lab: Life Interwoven, documentary photography ~ Nov 13, 2025 – Feb 20, 2026 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
- National Puerto Rican Artisans and Authors Fair ~ Nov 22, 2025 🇵🇷
- The Art Show (ADAA) is on break this year.
BOOKS
- México Now Festival ~ Wed, Nov 5 🇲🇽
DANCE
- World Ballet Day ~ Wed, Nov 12, 2025 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇺 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇵🇷
Latin Dance is Social
- La Excelencia, Colombian salsa at Gonzalez y Gonzalez ~ Sat, Nov 22, 2025 🇨🇴
- Rosa Perreo, Puerto Rican reggaeton house at House of Yes ~ Sat, Nov 22, 2025 🇵🇷
- Latin Mondays NYC salsa ~ Mondays 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
- Tango La Nacional milonga ~ Thursdays 🇦🇷
- El Destino tango milonga ~ Sundays 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FESTIVALS
- Joe Arroyo Colombian salsa birthday, Nov 1, 1955 🇨🇴
- Our Lady of Providence, patron saint of Puerto Rico ~ Nov 19 🇵🇷
- Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize) ~ Nov 19 🇧🇿
- Beaujolais Nouveau Day, season’s first French wine ~ Nov 20, 2025 🇫🇷
- Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians ~ Nov 22 🇮🇹
- Beaver Moon full moon ~ Nov 24, 2025 🌝
- Mirabal Sisters “Las Mariposas” inspired the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women ~ Nov 25 🇩🇴 🇺🇳
- Native American Heritage Day ~ Nov 28, 2025 🇺🇸
FILM
- “Con Alma” México Now Festival, Sat, Nov 8 🇲🇽
MUSIC
- Roomful of Teeth, Coro Acardenchado, México Now Festival, Thu, Nov 6, 2025 🇲🇽
- Reina Sofía School Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Thu, Nov 13, 2025 🇪🇸
- Joe Veras, Dominican bachata at Salsa Con Fuego ~ Fri, Nov 21, 2025 🇩🇴
- ALBA Musik, Spanish Argentine Venezuelan flamenco fusion ~ Fri, Nov 21, 2025 🇪🇸 🇦🇷 🇻🇪
- Miguel Zenón Big Band jazz at The Jazz Gallery ~ Fri-Sat, Nov 21-22, 2025 🇵🇷
- Tito Puente Jr. and his Latin Jazz Ensemble Puerto Rican jazz at the Blue Note 🇵🇷
- El Blachy Dominican urban merengue at Salsa Con Fuego ~ Sat, Nov 22, 2025 🇩🇴
- El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico and Grupo Niche, Puerto Rican Dominican salsa at Prudential Center ~ Sun, Nov 23, 2025 🇵🇷 🇨🇴
- Giraudo Sinfonietta, Argentine tango jazz classical at The Jazz Gallery ~ Fri-Sat, Nov 28-29, 2025 🇦🇷
SPORTS
- Copa Sudamericana Final, Lanús vs Atlético Mineiro ~ Sat, Nov 22, 2025 🇦🇷 🇧🇷
- Copa Libertadores Final, Palmeiras vs Flamengo ~ Sat, Nov 29, 2025 🇧🇷 🇧🇷
THEATRE
- “El Quijote” Repertorio Español ~ Tue, Nov 18, 2025 🇪🇸
- “En el tiempo de las mariposas” Repertorio Español ~ Wed, Nov 19, 2025 🇩🇴
- “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao” Repertorio Español ~ Thu, Nov 20, 2025 🇩🇴
- “Risoterapia” with Saulo Garcia Repertorio Español ~ Fri-Sun, Nov 21-23, 2025 🇨🇴
- “The Other Americans” by John Leguizamo, Public Theater ~ through Nov 23 🇨🇴
- “Buena Vista Social Club” Cuban son musical ~ Through Jan 4, 2026 🇨🇺
TRAVEL
- Day of the Dead Parade, Mexico City, Sun, Nov 2, 2025 🇲🇽
Things To Do in NYC This Week: November 1-2, 2025
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Indigenous Month
November is Native American Heritage Month. The Lenape are the Indigenous People of New York City. Today Indigenous Peoples from across the Americas live in New York City. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Month
November is Puerto Rican Heritage Month. There are more Puerto Ricans in New York City than anywhere else in the United States, except Puerto Rico. And Puerto Ricans have contributed a lot to New York City culture, including salsa and hip hop. ¡WEPA! 🇵🇷
Hip Hop Month
November is Hip Hop History Month. Hip hop went global from its roots in The Bronx. 🗽
Italian & Mexican Festival
All Saints Day, Día de los Inocentes in Mexico, honors all saints and the souls of family children. 🇮🇹 🇲🇽
Mexican Day of the Dead Celebration
“Reposo y Recuerdo” (Rest and Remember) by Brooklyn Mexican artist Laura Anderson Barbata, is a large-scale interactive community Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) altar (ofrenda); in the Historic Chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It’s the backdrop for Green-Wood’s annual Day of the Dead Family Celebration with crafts, food, performances, activities, and food; on Saturday, November 1, 2025, from 4-7pm. FREE. green-wood.com 🇲🇽
Famous Puerto Rican Birthday
Happy birthday to Puerto Rican surrealist photographer Adál Maldonado, one of New York Latin Culture Magazine’s padrinos (godfathers). Adál, I know you are busy planting the Puerto Rican flag across the universe, but I wish you’d come home and visit your friends. I miss you man.
Famous Colombian Birthday
Joe Arroyo, one of the godfathers of Colombian salsa, was born in Cartagena, Colombia; on November 1, 1955. Salsa dancers love “La Rebelion.” “En Barranquilla Me Quedo” is another of his anthems. 🇨🇴
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Some Latin communities cherish Day of the Dead, others consider it demonic. Despite the scary imagery, there is nothing bad or scary about All Souls Day, Day of the Dead, Fèt Gede, and similar celebrations. These are harvest and winter festivals that are oriented around family and nature.
Italian Festival
All Souls Day is a day to remember our ancestors, and tend family graves. 🇮🇹
Mexican Festival
Day of the Dead, Día de Muertos, is a pan-Latin celebration of family whose Mexican tradition has gone global. 🇲🇽
Haitian Festival
Fèt Gede is the fun Haitian festival of the dead. The spirits who visit tend to be drunk and naughty. It’s all in good fun. 🇭🇹
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Latin Jazz
Afro 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. 🇨🇺
Travel
Mexico City’s Day of the Dead Parade was founded after tourists came for the parade they saw in the James Bond movie “Spectre.” It’s now a major tourist attraction throughout October and early November. 🇲🇽
Things To Do in NYC This Week: November 3-9, 2025
Monday, November 3, 2025
Big Band Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play big band hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays NYC by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular salsa dance parties, is at 5th&Mad in Murray Hill, Manhattan; on Mondays. Doors open with DJs at 5pm. Salsa lesson at 7pm. Live music for dancing at 9pm and 11pm with DJs and dance shows until late. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
It’s Election Day 2025. If we don’t vote, we lose our voice. Please vote.
Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Tuesdays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). From $25. 🇮🇹
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Mexican Music
“Solidarity in Song: Music, Mutual Aid, and the Making of a Movement,” features Doris Anahí Muñoz talking online about using culture to advocate for social change; at Joe’s Pub in NoHo, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 1pm. Free with RSVP. 🇲🇽
“Canciones de Mis Ancestros, a Tribute to the Ranchera Legacy,” has Doris Anahí Muñoz singing ranchera classics backed by Mariachi Real de México de Ramón Ponce. It’s at Joe’s Pub in NoHo, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 7pm. From $35. 🇲🇽
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, New York City’s most traditional and longest-running milonga (tango dance party), is at La Nacional, the old Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays, with an intermediate lesson at 7pm, dancing at 8pm, gets busy at 9pm, performances around 11pm, and “El Choclo” (last dance) around 2am. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, November 7, 2025
Art Auction Exhibitions
Christie’s New York November art auction exhibitions feature Impressionist and Modern masterpieces including Monet’s “Nymphéas” from his water lily series, and Picasso’s “La Lecture,” one of his Marie-Thérèse portraits, in sales of the collection of Pennsylvania market magnate Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis, 20th Century works, 21st Century works, and more. The exhibitions are museum-quality, free, and open to the public. Exhibitions go on view on Friday, November 7, 2025 for auction from November 17-20, 2025. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇪🇸
México Now Festival (Art)
“Singing Stones: Celebrating the Ancient Americas” celebrates the Met Museum’s reopening of its Ancient Americas galleries with a concert of works by acclaimed Mexican classical music composer Gabriela Ortiz by Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth; and choral ensemble Coro Acardenchado singing canto cardenche, a form of Mexican a capella choral music. The event includes hand-drawn animated projections by Arturo Lópex Pío, and video of Central México’s Wirikuta desert, sacred to the Indigenous Wixárika people, by Mercedes Aquí and Paola Stefani. It’s in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7pm. From $35. 🇲🇽
Comedy Festival
The 21st New York Comedy Festival 2025 hits the big time at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, and all over town; from November 7-16, 2025.
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Art Auction Exhibitions
Sotheby’s New York fall auction exhibitions go on view at Sotheby’s new Breuer Building showroom in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, November 8, 2025, for auctions on Tuesday-Thursday, November 18-20, 2025. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
México Now Festival (Film)
“Con Alma” (With Soul) is the New York Premiere of the documentary film about the Covid-19 collaboration between Mexican jazz singer Magos Herrera and Italian classical composer Paola Prestini. The project grew into an album and concert series. The evening opens with a screening of the short film “Lamento” about Grammy-winning Guatemalan singer Gaby Moreno and Guatemalan American actor Tony Revolori sifting through childhood places that are disappearing into the sands of time. It’s at Espacio de Culturas at NYU (New York University) in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 5pm. Free with RSVP. 🇲🇽 🇮🇹 🇬🇹
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Latin Jazz
Afro 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 This Week: November 10-16, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
Big Band Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play big band hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays NYC by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular salsa dance parties, is at 5th&Mad in Murray Hill, Manhattan; on Mondays. Doors open with DJs at 5pm. Salsa lesson at 7pm. Live music for dancing at 9pm and 11pm with DJs and dance shows until late. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Tuesdays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). From $25. 🇮🇹
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
World Ballet Day 2025, a behind-the-scenes view of a day-in-the-life of the world’s leading ballet companies, is streaming directly from ballet companies’ own web platforms; on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇺 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇵🇷
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Documentary Photography
Legacy Lab: Life Interwoven is a documentary photography exhibition about the memories we keep through community and personal archiving. The presentation of work by Danny Aros, Yeline Del Carmen, Evelyn Martinez, Alexis Marie Montoya, Joshua Poyer, Sophie Vasquez, and Felicia Wilson from En Foco’s summer Legacy Lab workshop at the BxArts Factory, is in conversation with works by Afro-Indigenous American portrait photographer Lola Flash, and Dominican American Magnum Foundation Fellow Groana Melendez.
This is all about us, the others, whatever “other” you are. The exhibition reminds you of people you know or knew, some of the experiences you had, and the ways we organize our personal spaces to keep our personal and heritage connections alive. This exhibition fits right into the theme of Bad Bunny’s 2025 Latin Grammy winning album of the year “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (I Should Have Taken More Photos). He was referring to the insane speed of modern life and how quickly we tend to lose our cultural heritage in diaspora in the Instagram Age. That’s why this kind of documentary work is important. You’ll never look at the clutter on abuela’s (grandma’s) dresser in the same way. The exhibition is on view at Pregones Theater in Concourse, The Bronx; from November 13, 2025 through February 20, 2026. 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Spanish Classical Music
Spain’s Reina Sofía School Orchestra makes its US and Carnegie Hall debut including members of the Colombian Youth Philharmonic, under the baton of Colombian Austrian conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, featuring French violin soloist Renaud Capuçon. The program is a journey to the new world starting with Albéniz’s “El Puerto” from his masterpiece “Iberia, Book 1,” continuing with Barber’s Violin Concerto composed on both sides of the Atlantic, and ending with Dvořák’s iconic Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” which influenced a lot of grand American music. It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7pm. From $30. 🇪🇸
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, New York City’s most traditional and longest-running milonga (tango dance party), is at La Nacional, the old Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays, with an intermediate lesson at 7pm, dancing at 8pm, gets busy at 9pm, performances around 11pm, and “El Choclo” (last dance) around 2am. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, November 14, 2025
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Latin Jazz
Afro 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 This Week: November 17-23, 2025
Our Lady of Providence Starts Puerto Rican Christmas Season
The traditional start of Puerto Rican Christmas Season, one of the world’s longest, is the Feast of Our Lady of Providence. The Season peaks on Three Kings Day, the Hispanic gift-giving day, but doesn’t end until Old San Juan’s Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian (La Sanse) in mid-January. ¡WEPA! 🇵🇷
Monday, November 17, 2025
Big Band Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play big band hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays NYC by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular salsa dance parties, is at 5th&Mad in Murray Hill, Manhattan; on Mondays. Doors open with DJs at 5pm. Salsa lesson at 7pm. Live music for dancing at 9pm and 11pm with DJs and dance shows until late. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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 Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 11am. $37. 🇪🇸
Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Tuesdays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). From $25. 🇮🇹
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Patron Saint of Puerto Rico
The Feast of Our Lady of Providence, patron saint of Puerto Rico, is November 19. It is also the traditional start of Puerto Rico’s Christmas Season, although today on the island, most celebrations start around Thanksgiving. 🇵🇷
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. Adapted by Caridad Svich from the Julia Álvarez novel, and directed by José Zayas. In Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 11am. $37. 🇩🇴
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Dominican Theatre
“La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” is Marco Antonio Rodríquez’ adaptation of 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 Dominican colonizers. The story touches on many very Dominican themes including, Dominican Spanglish, the way children are raised, belief in curses, working class sexuality, politics, and police violence. It’s all tied into the multicultural experience of being both Dominican and American. It’s in Spanish with subtitles at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 11am. $37. 🇩🇴
French Wine Festival
Beaujolais Nouveau Day celebrates the day when the new Beaujolais wine, made from this season’s harvest in the region north of Lyon, goes on sale in Paris. Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé! (The new Beaujolais has arrived!). 🇫🇷
Surrealist Art Collection Auction
Sotheby’s Exquisite Corpus Evening Auction of Surrealist masterpieces from a private collection, is led by Frida Kahlo’s wonderful “El sueño (La cama) painting of her in bed dreaming of death, goes on view at Sotheby’s new Breuer Building showroom in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, November 8, 2025, for auction on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 6:30pm. 🇲🇽
Modern Art Auction
Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction features several iconic Latin American modernists including: Wilfredo Lam’s wonderful “Ídolo (Oyá Divinité de l’air et de la mort)” about Oya the Yoruba orisha of storms, death, and rebirth; a Martins sculpture; Portinari’s “Mulata de vestido branco,” and a Cárdenas sculpture. Sotheby’s photographs sculptures with their shadows which gives them an entirely new 3D and 2D dimension. It’s interesting how much Latin American artists lean into the spiritual realm. The Americas really are the house of the spirits. The exhibition goes on view at Sotheby’s new Breuer Building showroom in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, November 8, 2025, for auction on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:30pm. 🇧🇷 🇨🇺
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, New York City’s most traditional and longest-running milonga (tango dance party), is at La Nacional, the old Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays, with an intermediate lesson at 7pm, dancing at 8pm, gets busy at 9pm, performances around 11pm, and “El Choclo” (last dance) around 2am. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, November 21, 2025
Colombian Stand up Comedy
“Risoterapia” is Colombian comic Saulo Garcia’s latest show. He is really funny, and gets the immigrant experience. We can really use some laughs about that now. It’s in Spanish at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 7pm. Through Sunday. From $28. 🇨🇴
Spanish Flamenco Fusion
ALBA Musik plays flamenco fusion for one of Sofar Sounds’ “secret” shows with a speakeasy vibe at 40 Wooster St, 3rd floor, in SoHo, Manhattan; on Friday, November 21, 2025. 🇦🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Big Band Jazz
Miguel Zenón Big Band plays a special The Jazz Gallery 30th Anniversary Concert in Manhattan’s Flatiron District; on Friday-Saturday, November 21-22, 2025, at 7pm & 9pm. $45. 🇵🇷
Dominican Bachata
Joe Veras, “El Hombre de Tu Vida” (“Se Te Nota”), sings his pioneering Dominican bachata at Salsa Con Fuego Dominican lounge in Fordham Manor, The Bronx; on Friday, November 21, 2025 with 10pm doors. Ladies free until midnight with RSVP. From $29. 🇩🇴
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Patron Saint of Musicians
The Feast of Saint Cecilia, a real Roman martyr who became a fictional character and patron saint of musicians, is November 22. 🇮🇹
Puerto Rican Christmas Market
The 20th National Puerto Rican Artisans and Authors Fair 2025 offers family-friendly Puerto Rican music, bomba dancing, Taíno storytelling, Three Kings crown-making, and artisanal arts and crafts that make great holiday gifts. It’s at Boricua College in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 22, 2025, from 11am – 5pm. Free with items for purchase. 🇵🇷
Puerto Rican Jazz
Tito Puente Jr. and his Latin Jazz Ensemble play Puerto Rican jazz for brunch at the Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 22 at 12:30pm and 2:30pm (Doors 11:30am and 2pm). Door + $20 per person lunch minimum. 🇵🇷
Colombian Stand up Comedy
“Risoterapia” is Colombian comic Saulo Garcia’s latest show. He is really funny, and gets the immigrant experience. We can really use some laughs about that now. It’s in Spanish at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 7pm. From $28. 🇨🇴
Puerto Rican Reggaeton House for Dancing
Rosa Perreo spins neoperreo (electronic reggaeton) and techno in the Onyx Room; at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn; on Saturday, November 22, 2025, from 10pm – 4am. $32. 🇵🇷
Dominican Urban Merengue
El Blachy plays his urban merengue at Salsa Con Fuego Dominican lounge in Fordham Manor, The Bronx; on Saturday, November 22, 2025 late with 10pm doors. From $45. 🇩🇴
Gonzalez y Gonzalez
La Excelencia plays New York salsa dura for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez salsa club and Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 11:45pm & 1:30am. 🇨🇴
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Colombian Stand up Comedy
“Risoterapia” is Colombian comic Saulo Garcia’s latest show. He is really funny, and gets the immigrant experience. We can really use some laughs about that now. It’s in Spanish at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 3pm. From $28. 🇨🇴
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Puerto Rican & Colombian Salsa
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico and Grupo Niche play a “Salsa Pal’ Mundo” Tour, a double-header of some of the world’s best salsa; at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey; on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 8pm. From $87. 🇵🇷 🇨🇴
Latin Jazz
Afro 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 This Week: November 24-30, 2025
Monday, November 24, 2025
Big Band Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play big band hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇮🇹
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays NYC by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular salsa dance parties, is at 5th&Mad in Murray Hill, Manhattan; on Mondays. Doors open with DJs at 5pm. Salsa lesson at 7pm. Live music for dancing at 9pm and 11pm with DJs and dance shows until late. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Women’s History
Mirabal Sisters “Las Mariposas,” of the Dominican Republic, inspired the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women ~ Nov 25 🇩🇴 🇺🇳
Vintage Hot Jazz
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theater at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Tuesdays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). From $25. 🇮🇹
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Thursday, November 27, 2025
American Festival
Thanksgiving is a U.S. national harvest festival that starts Christmas Season. It commemorates a much hyped meal shared by English colonists and Native American Wampanoag in 1621, in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. So many Americans travel to share a meal with family that the day before is the year’s busiest travel day. 🇺🇸
Friday, November 28, 2025
Indigenous Festival
Native American Heritage Day is a U.S. national holiday, on the day after Thanksgiving, that many Americans don’t know about. People think Thanksgiving is a two-day celebration, but this is the second day since President George W. Bush created it in 2008 to honor the history, culture, and contributions of Native Americans. 🇺🇸
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 33rd African Diaspora International Film Festival 2025 opens with a VIP Reception and screening of Andre Gaines’ “The Dutchman,” followed by Q&A. The film is based on Amiri Baraka’s 1964 play that helped launch the Black Arts Movement. It’s at Teachers College at Columbia University in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 7pm. From $30. 🇺🇸
The Festival screens over 70 African Diaspora films from more than 30 countries at Teachers College and Lenfest Center for the Arts at Columbia University in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, and Cinema Village in Greenwich Village; for two weeks through December 14, 2025. From $15. In addition, a Mini Virtual Festival makes 20 films accessible across the U.S. and Canada for $50. 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇧🇫 🇨🇲 🇨🇦 🇹🇩 🇨🇱 🇨🇼 🇩🇴 🇪🇬 🇪🇹 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇬🇵 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇮🇳 🇯🇲 🇲🇱 🇲🇶 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇳🇿 🇵🇪 🇼🇸 🇿🇦 🇹🇳 🇺🇬 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇺🇾 🇿🇲 🇿🇼
Argentine Tango Jazz Classical
The Giraudo Sinfonietta tentet plays Latin Grammy-winner Pedro Giraudo’s fusion of tango, jazz, and classical for The Jazz Gallery’s 30th Anniversary on Friday-Saturday, November 28-29, 2025 at 7pm & 9pm. From $39. 🇦🇷
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Argentine Tango Jazz Classical
The Giraudo Sinfonietta tentet plays Latin Grammy-winner Pedro Giraudo’s fusion of tango, jazz, and classical for The Jazz Gallery’s 30th Anniversary on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 7pm & 9pm. From $39. 🇦🇷
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Latin Jazz
Afro 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. 🇨🇺