Things To Do in NYC in October 2024 include the: Panamanian Parade, Hispanic Day Parade, Italian Day Parade, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade, and more. Indigenous Peoples Day (Columbus Day) is October’s national holiday. Hispanic Heritage Month ends October 15. The month ends with Halloween and Day of the Dead preparations.
The October holiday is Indigenous Peoples Day / Italian Heritage Day (formerly Columbus Day).
October is one of our favorite months in New York City. It is peak fall. The cultural season is in full swing. It isn’t hot or cold. It is just right. Average temperatures range from 51-65° F (10-18° C). Fall foliage is forecast to peak around October 11.
OCTOBER 2024
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Sponsors
October 2024
ART
- Salsa! art and music exhibition, thru Oct 19
🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪 - Mexican Prints at the Vanguard, Sep 12 – Jan 5 🇲🇽
- Open House New York (OHNY), Oct 18-20
- The Art Show (ADAA), Oct 29
BOOKS
- Feria Internacional Del Libro Ciudad de Nueva York, Oct 8
- Comic Con, Oct 17
- New Yorker Festival (Oct 25-27)
- Nuyorican Bowery Slam, Mondays 🇵🇷
DANCE THEATRE
- New York City Ballet Fall, Sep 17 – Oct 13
- World Ballet Day is on pause in 2024
- American Ballet Theatre Fall, Oct 16 – Nov 3
- Malevo, malambo, Oct 25 🇦🇷
- Calpulli Día de los Muertos, Oct 26 🇲🇽
- Flamenco Certamen USA, Oct 27 🇪🇸
- World Dance Festival, Oct 29
- Nélida Tirado flamenco, Wednesdays 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
- El Destino tango, Sundays 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
- Latin Mondays at Taj salsa, Mondays
- Tango La Nacional, Thursdays 🇦🇷
FILM
- New York Film Festival, Sep 27 – Oct 14
- Mott Haven Film Festival, Oct 5
- Bushwick Film Festival, Oct 15
FOOD
- International Coffee Day, Oct 1. 🇪🇹
- National Taco Day, Oct 4 🇲🇽
- National Pasta Day, Oct 17 🇮🇹
- New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF), Oct 17-20
- National Mezcal Day, Oct 21 🇲🇽
- National Chocolate Day, Oct 28
MUSIC
- Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sundays 🇨🇺
- Barak Christian music 🇩🇴
- BRIC JazzFest, Oct 17-19
- Camilo, pop 🇨🇴
- Christian Nodal, regional Mexican 🇲🇽
- Daymé Arocena, jazz, Oct 9 🇨🇺
- Gaby Moreno, alternative, Oct 9 🇬🇹
- Gilberto Santa Rosa, salsa, Oct 4, 5, 19, 20 🇵🇷
- Grupo Niche, salsa, Oct 9 🇨🇴
- Kany Garcia, 🇵🇷
- Laura Pausini, pop, Oct 5 🇮🇹
- Lisette Oropesa, soprano, Oct 23 🇨🇺
- Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel, classical, Oct 8-10 🇻🇪
- Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas, Oct 1 🇨🇺
- Mike Towers, reggaeton, Oct 12 🇵🇷
- Natalia Lafourcade alternative, Oct 10 🇲🇽
- Nicki Minaj, hip hop, Oct 11 🇹🇹
- Pedrito Martinez rumba jazz, Oct 30 🇨🇺
- Peso Pluma, corridos tumbados, Oct 3 🇲🇽
- Reik, pop, Oct 5 🇲🇽
- Sphinx Virtuosi, classical, ragtime, new music, Oct 16 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
- Stevie Wonder, rhythm and blues, Oct 10 🇺🇸
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
- Nigerian Independence Day Parade, Oct 5 🇳🇬
- Desfile Hispano Americano del Estado de New Jersey, Oct 6
- Panamanian Parade, Oct 12 🇵🇦
- Hispanic Day Parade Desfile de la Hispanidad New York, Oct 13
- Italian Day Parade, Oct 14 🇮🇹
- Indigenous Peoples Day NYC Powwow, Oct 13 🇺🇸
- Day of the Dead Mano a Mano, Oct 19, 25-27, Oct 31 – Nov 2 🇲🇽
- National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade, Oct 19 🇺🇸
- Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, Oct 19 🎃
- Bolivian Day Parade, Oct 20 🇧🇴
- Jackson Heights Halloween Parade, Oct 31 🎃
- Village Halloween Parade, Oct 31 🎃
SPORTS
- Gotham FC, Oct 5, 20
- New York City Football Club, (NYCFC), Oct 2, 5
- New York Red Bulls, Oct 19
THEATRE
- NYC Off-Broadway Week, Sep 30 – Oct 13 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
- Repertorio Español, Oct 4-6, 10-13, 15-16, 19-20, 22, 25-27, 29-30, 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇪🇸 🇵🇷 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
- Bad Kreyol, Oct 8 🇭🇹
- Days of the Dead Festival, Oct 17
MONTH
- Hispanic Heritage Month, Sep 15 – Oct 15
- Hunter’s Moon, Oct 17
NATIONAL DAYS
- Nigerian Independence Day, Oct 1 🇳🇬
- New York Haitian Day, Oct 9 🇭🇹
- Cuban Independence Day (1868), Oct 10 🇨🇺
- Spain National Day, Oct 10 🇪🇸
FESTIVALS
- Rosh Hashanah, New Year, Oct 2-4 ✡️
- Orunmila, wisdom, Oct 4 🇨🇺
- Saint Francis of Assisi, Oct 4 🇮🇹
- Blessing of the Animals, Oct 6 🇮🇹
- Bolivian Women’s Day, Oct 11 🇧🇴
- Yom Kippur, Oct 11-12 ✡️
- Italian Heritage Day, Oct 14 🇮🇹
- Sukkot, Oct 15-23 ✡️
- Mother’s Day Argentina, Oct 20 🇦🇷
- Inle orisha, Oct 24 🇨🇺
- International Creole Day, Oct 27 🇫🇷 🇬🇫 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇱🇨 🇹🇹
- St Jude Thaddeus, lost causes, Oct 28
- Diwali, Oct 31, 2024 🇮🇳 *
- Halloween, Oct 31 🎃
- Day of the Dead, Mexico, Oct 31 – Nov 2 🇲🇽
BIRTHDAYS
- Fela Kuti, Oct 15 🇳🇬
- Celia Cruz, Oct 21 🇨🇺
- Dizzy Gillespie, Oct 21 🇺🇸
- Pelé, Oct 23 🇧🇷
- Pablo Picasso, Oct 25 🇪🇸
- Omara Portuondo, Oct 29 🇨🇺
- Maradona, Oct 30 🇦🇷
TRAVEL
- Billboard Latin Music Week is at the The Fillmore Miami Beach, from October 14-18, 2024. From $150 – $650. billboardlatinmusicweek.com
Things To Do in NYC October 1-6, 2024
DANCE THEATRE
Ballet
World Ballet Day is on pause in 2024.
Ballet
The New York City Ballet Fall 2024 Season features Balanchine’s Coppélia, resident choreographer Justin Peck’s 10th anniversary, a Lar Lubovitch company premiere, and a Caili Quan world premiere; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from September 17 – October 13, 2024. From $54.
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FILM
New York Film Festival
The 62nd New York Film Festival 2024 brings international filmmakers, movie stars, and film lovers to red carpet premieres, screenings with Q&As, and talks at Lincoln Center and partner venues in each of NYC’s boroughs, from September 27 to October 14, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇯 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇳 🇿🇲
Mott Haven Film Festival
Mott Haven Film Festival 2024 Screenings are at Bronxlandia in Hunts Point, The Bronx; on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 1-4pm. $18 per screening session.
The Awards Ceremony is at Bronx Brewery in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 2-5pm. $13.
MUSIC
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas sing Afro-Cuban jazz for the Ancestors; in residence at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. ¡Ashé! 🇨🇺
Puerto Rican Jazz
John Benitez Quintet, led by the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican bassist, plays hard bop inspired by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, in a free concert at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 2pm. FREE. You can also stream it on the Museum’s Facebook and YouTube channels. 🇵🇷
Mexican Corridos Tumbados
Peso Pluma “Exodo Tour” brings regional Mexican corridos tumbados to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 3, 2024, at 8:30pm. From $46. 🇲🇽
Dominican Bachata
Elvis Martínez sings Dominican bachata; at Salsa Con Fuego restaurant and lounge, in Fordham Manor, The Bronx; on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 9pm. $40. 🇩🇴
Puerto Rican Salsa & Bolero
Gilberto Santa Rosa “Auténtico Tour” brings “El Caballero de la Salsa” to:
- St. George Theatre in Staten Island; on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 8pm. From $70. 🇵🇷
- Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair in Jericho, Long Island; on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 8pm. From $60. 🇵🇷
Romantic Latin Pop & Banda
93.1 Amor en Vivo El Concierto brings Alejandro Fernández, Laura Pausini, Sebastián Yatra, Camila, and Reik; to UBS Arena in Elmont, Long Island; on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 8pm. From $59. 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇲🇽
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
Nigerian Parade Welcome Party
The Nigerian Independence Day Parade NYC 2024 Welcome Party is at Lagos TSQ in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 6-11pm. 🇳🇬
Nigerian Parade
Heads Up: 2024 is a new location.
The Nigerian Independence Day Parade NYC 2024 marches down Madison Avenue from 38th St to 24th St; on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 10am – 5pm. 🇳🇬
Nigerian Parade Cultural Festival
Heads Up: 2024 is a new location.
The Nigerian Independence Day Cultural Festival is on East 38th St, between Madison and Park Avenues, in Murray Hill, Manhattan; on Saturday, October 5, 2024. 🇳🇬
Nigerian Parade After Party
The Official Nigerian Independence Day Parade After Party 2024 is at Engine Room in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 11pm to 4am. From $23. 🇳🇬
Indigenous Parade
The National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade 2024 lines up in Madison Square Park at 26th St in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, at 8am, with an opening ceremony at 9am. The Parade marches through traditional Lenape hunting grounds, down Broadway to 17th St at Union Square; on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 12-3pm. FREE. 🇺🇸
We are proud sponsors of the National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade!
SPORTS
Major League Soccer
New York City Football Club vs FC Cincinnati is Major League Soccer at (stadium to be determined); on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7:30pm. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾
Major League Soccer
LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME GAME
New York City Football Club vs Nashville SC is Major League Soccer at (stadium to be determined); on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 7:30pm. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾
National Women’s Soccer League
Gotham FC vs San Jose Bay FC is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
THEATRE
Off-Broadway Theatre Festival
NYC Off-Broadway Week 2024 Fall 2-for-1 tickets for “Bad Kreyol,” “Eva Luna,” “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” “La Llamada,” “Medea Reversed,” and “Radojka;” go on sale on Tuesday, September 17, 2024; for shows at Repertorio Español, Sheen Center, and Signature Theatre; from September 30 – October 13, 2024. 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
Spanish-Language Off-Broadway Theatre
- “Eva Luna” adapted from Isabel Allende. 🇨🇱 🇻🇪
- “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao” adapted from Junot Díaz. 🇩🇴
NATIONAL DAYS
Nigerian Independence Day celebrates Nigeria’s independence from Britain on October 1, 1960. 🇳🇬
FESTIVALS
Orunmila, the Yoruba orisha of wisdom and divination, first priest and creator of Ifá, is celebrated in Cuba on October 4. 🇨🇺
Feast of St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, the environment, and one of the patrons of Italy, is October 4. ✝️
Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year 5785, is from sundown on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 to sundown on Friday, October 4, 2024. “Shanah Tova.” ✡️
The Saint Francis of Assisi Mass at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; is on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 10:30am – 12:15pm. People and pets are welcome. The Saint Francis Day Fair and Blessing of the Animals is from 11:30am – 2pm. It will be livestreamed on the Cathedral’s website. FREE. ✝️
Things To Do in NYC October 7-13, 2024
ART
BOOKS
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷
DANCE THEATRE
Ballet
The New York City Ballet Fall 2024 Season features Balanchine’s Coppélia, resident choreographer Justin Peck’s 10th anniversary, a Lar Lubovitch company premiere, and a Caili Quan world premiere; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from September 17 – October 13, 2024. From $54.
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FILM
Film Festival
The 62nd New York Film Festival 2024 brings international filmmakers, movie stars, and film lovers to red carpet premieres, screenings with Q&As, and talks at Lincoln Center and partner venues in each of NYC’s boroughs, from September 27 to October 14, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇯 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇳 🇿🇲
MUSIC
Venezuelan, Chinese, and Argentine Classical Music Gala
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic play Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala, with piano soloist Lang Lang playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2, and Venezuelan baritone Gustavo Castillo singing Argentine composer Ginastera’s ballet “Estancia.” It’s on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7pm. 🇻🇪 🇨🇳 🇦🇷
German and Mexican Classical Music
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Spanish narration of the associated poem by Spanish actress María Valverde, with New York’s Musica Sacra choir, soprano Jana McIntyre, and Omani Canadian mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny. There is also the New York Premiere of a Carnegie Hall co-commission of Gabriela Ortiz’ “Dznonot,” with MacArthur Fellow cello soloist Alisa Weilerstein. It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 8pm. From $42. 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 🇴🇲 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Dominican Jazz
Ivanna Cuesta Quartet plays Dominican jazz in conversation with Rítmicas: Women in Jazz and Percussion curator Melvis Santa; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 7pm. FREE with rsvp. jmih.org 🇩🇴
Mexican Classical Pop Music
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic host 17-time Latin Grammy winner, Mexican alternative singer Natalia Lafourcade. The orchestra also plays Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’ “Antrópolis,” Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra’s “Alegría,” and Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 9.” It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8pm. From $91. 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
African American Rhythm and Blues
Stevie Wonder “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” sings his soul at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8pm. From $136. 🇺🇸
Dominican DJ
DJ Adoniii, one of La República’s top DJs, spins Dominican urban music; at Salsa Con Fuego restaurant and lounge, in Fordham Manor, The Bronx; on Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend, Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9pm. $15. 🇩🇴
We saw Adoniii in Santiago de los Caballeros, República Dominicana, and many of the artists in the show play at Salsa Con Fuego. Que chimba!
New York Trinidadian Hip Hop
Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2 World Tour” brings the fiercely playful Trinidadian New York rapper to UBS Center in Belmont Park, Elmont, Long Island; on Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9pm. From $72. 🇹🇹
Puerto Rican Reggaeton
Myke Towers “La Pantera Negra Tour” brings Puerto Rican reggaeton to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 12, 2024, at 8pm. From $81. 🇵🇷
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
Hispanic Parade
The 60th Hispanic Day Parade NYC 2024 Desfile de la Hispanidad New York marches up Fifth Avenue from 44th to 69th St, from Midtown/Midtown East to Central Park/Upper East Side; on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 12 noon. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
SPORTS
THEATRE
Off-Broadway Theatre Festival
NYC Off-Broadway Week 2024 Fall 2-for-1 tickets for “Bad Kreyol,” “Eva Luna,” “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” “La Llamada,” “Medea Reversed,” and “Radojka;” go on sale on Tuesday, September 17, 2024; for shows at Repertorio Español, Sheen Center, and Signature Theatre; from September 30 – October 13, 2024. 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
Haitian Theatre
Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹
Spanish-Language Theatre
- “La Gringa” Puerto Rican comedy by Carmen Rivera. 🇵🇷
- “La Llamada” Spanish musical comedy by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. 🇪🇸
- “Radojka” Uruguayan comedy by Fernando Schmidt and Christian Ibarzabal. 🇺🇾
NATURE
NATIONAL DAYS
FESTIVALS
BIRTHDAYS
Things To Do in NYC October 14-20, 2024
ART
BOOKS
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷
DANCE THEATRE
Classical Ballet
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Season features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham; plus classics by Balanchine, Lander, Tharp, and Makarova; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from October 16 – November 3, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FILM
Film Festival
The 62nd New York Film Festival 2024 brings international filmmakers, movie stars, and film lovers to red carpet premieres, screenings with Q&As, and talks at Lincoln Center and partner venues in each of NYC’s boroughs, from September 27 to October 14, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇯 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇳 🇿🇲
MUSIC
Spanish Jazz
Marta Sanchez Trio has the Spanish pianist playing jazz; at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. 🇪🇸
Black and Latin Classical, Ragtime, and New Music
Sphinx Virtuosi “American Form/s,” is a chamber concert of Black and Latin artists exploring American musical forms by playing Black and Latin composers of American classical, ragtime, and new music; on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 7pm. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
Mexican American Rock Tribute
The Linda Ronstadt Experience starring Tristan McIntosh (American Idol); tributes one of the most popular Mexican American singers of all time, at The Iridium rock, blues, and jazz club in Manhattan’s Times Square Theater District; on October 18, 2024, at 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $45. 🇲🇽
Latin Women’s Jazz
Cocomama plays jazz and dances tap; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 4pm. FREE with rsvp. 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇬🇵 🇮🇱 🇲🇽
Dominican Christian Music
Barak “Tour X Manifestacíon” brings Dominican Christian music to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 19, 2024, at 8pm. From $61. 🇩🇴
Colombian Salsa
Grupo Niche, plays their salsa classics and new Grammy-nominated album “Niche Sinfonico,” at Colden Auditorium at Kupferberg Center in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8pm. From $59. 🇨🇴
Puerto Rican Salsa & Bolero
Gilberto Santa Rosa “Auténtico Tour” brings “El Caballero de la Salsa” to:
- Bergen Performing Arts Center (Bergen PAC), in Englewood, New Jersey; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8pm. From $51. 🇵🇷
- State Theater, in New Brunswick, New Jersey; on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $49. 🇵🇷
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
Indigenous Parade
The 3rd National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade 2024 marches through NoMad and the Flatiron District; on Saturday, October 19, 2024.
Halloween Dog Parade
34th Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2024 is in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan’s East Village; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 1-3pm. FREE. 🎃
SPORTS
Major League Soccer
LAST REGULAR HOME GAME vs 2023 MLS Cup Winners ~ FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT T-shirt Giveaway
New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 6pm. From $35. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪
National Women’s Soccer League
LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME GAME
Gotham FC vs Orlando Pride is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 5pm. From $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
THEATRE
Haitian Theatre
Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹
NATURE
The Hunter’s Moon, October full moon, rises over New York City, on October 17, 2024.
NATIONAL DAYS
FESTIVALS
BIRTHDAYS
Things To Do in NYC October 21-27, 2024
ART
BOOKS
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷
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, October 25, 2024, from 9:30pm – 1am. $35. 🇵🇷
DANCE THEATRE
Classical Ballet
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Season features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham; plus classics by Balanchine, Lander, Tharp, and Makarova; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from October 16 – November 3, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FILM
MUSIC
Afro Cuban Jazz
Brenda Navarrete plays Afro Cuban jazz in conversation with Rítmicas: Women in Jazz and Percussion curator Melvis Santa; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 7pm. FREE. 🇨🇺
South African Jazz
JCFI Music Ensemble plays jazz infused with South African traditions; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 2pm. FREE. You can also stream it on the Museum’s Facebook and YouTube channels. 🇿🇦
Regional Mexican
Christian Nodal “Pa’l Cora Tour” brings regional mexican “mariacheño” to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 26, 2024, at 8pm. From $61. 🇲🇽
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
SPORTS
THEATRE
Haitian Theatre
Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹
NATURE
NATIONAL DAYS
FESTIVALS
International Creole Day celebrates the Caribbean’s African Indigenous French heritage, on October 27. 🇫🇷 🇩🇲 🇬🇫 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇱🇨 🇹🇹
BIRTHDAYS
Celiz Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” who did more than anyone to popularize Latin music around the world, was born in Havana, Cuba on October 21, 1925. ¡Azúcar! 🇨🇺
Dizzy Gillespie, one of the fathers of bebop modern jazz, who also brought the Latin back into jazz when he brought Cuban conga player Chano Pozo (“Manteca,” “Tin Tin Deo”) into his band, was born in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 21, 1917. 🇺🇸
Pelé, the Brazilian who made soccer “The Beautiful Game” with his “Ginga” style, was born in Tres Coracoes, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on October 23, 1940. 🇧🇷
Things To Do in NYC October 28-31, 2024
ART
BOOKS
Puerto Rican Spoken Word
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷
DANCE THEATRE
Classical Ballet
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Season features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham; plus classics by Balanchine, Lander, Tharp, and Makarova; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from October 16 – November 3, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
FILM
MUSIC
Cuban Jazz
Pedrito Martinez Group plays Cuban jazz, timba, and rumba; at the Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 8pm and 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $32 + minimums. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
The 33nd Jackson Heights Halloween Parade 2024 marches down 37th Avenue from 89th St to 76th St where more than 3,000 bags of treats are given out on Halloween, in Jackson Heights, Queens; on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 5pm. FREE.
The 51st Village Halloween Parade NYC 2024 marches up Sixth Avenue through the West Village/Greenwich Village, to Chelsea on Halloween Night, Thursday, October 31, 2024 from 7-9pm. FREE with purchase options.
SPORTS
THEATRE
Haitian Theatre
Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹