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 preparations for Day of the Dead.
October is one of our favorite months in New York City. The cultural season is in full swing. The temperature isn’t hot or cold. It is just right, and fall color begins.
Things to do in NYC in October 2024
- BOOKS: Nuyorican Bowery Slam 🇵🇷 (Mondays)
- DANCE: Nélida Tirado flamenco 🇵🇷 (Wednesdays)
- DANCING: Latin Mondays at Taj 🇵🇪 (Mondays), Tango La Nacional 🇦🇷 (Thursdays), El Destino tango 🇦🇷 (Sundays)
- MUSIC: Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel (Oct 8-10), Grupo Niche (Oct 9), Nicki Minaj 🇹🇹 (Oct 11), Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra 🇨🇺 (Sundays),
- PARADES: National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade (Oct 19) 🇺🇸
- SPORTS: New York City Football Club NYCFC (Oct 2, 5), Gotham FC (Oct 5, 20), New York Red Bulls (Oct 19)
- THEATRE: Bad Kreyol 🇭🇹 (Oct 8)
Latin Culture in October 2024
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Latin Travel in October 2024
- 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
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾
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. 🇵🇷
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Friday, October 4, 2024
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. 🇩🇴
Saturday, October 5, 2024
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. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
Sunday, October 6, 2024
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 from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
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. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC October 7-13, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
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. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
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. 🇵🇷
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Venezuelan, Chinese, and Argentine Classical Music Gala
Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala concert features the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, 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 on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7pm. carnegiehall.org 🇻🇪 🇨🇳 🇦🇷
Haitian Theatre
Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by 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. 🇭🇹
This is a universal part of the immigrant experience ~ no matter where you come from. It’s natural to think everyone lives the way you do, but Americans visiting their heritage homeland may find themselves in a very unfamiliar world. There usually comes a tragic moment when the family in the old country says, you’re not one of us any more, you’ve changed. The immigrant generation finds itself stuck in between two worlds, and not fully accepted by either one. It happened to my father when he moved to the United States. It happens to me since I left the United States. As much as I try to fit in, people always tell me, “you’re not from here.”
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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 9, 2024 at 8pm. From $59. 🇨🇴
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. 🇵🇷
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Friday, October 11, 2024
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. 🇩🇴
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. 🇹🇹
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Sunday, October 13, 2024
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 from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
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. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC October 14-20, 2024
Monday, October 14, 2024
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. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
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. 🇵🇷
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 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. 🇵🇷
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Friday, October 18, 2024
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. 🇲🇽
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Indigenous Parade
The National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade marches through NoMad and the Flatiron District; on Saturday, October 19, 2024.
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. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪
Sunday, October 20, 2024
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. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
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 from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
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. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC October 21-27, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
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. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
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. 🇵🇷
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Wednesday, October 23, 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. 🇵🇷
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Friday, October 25, 2024
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. 🇵🇷
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Colombian Pop
Greeicy Rendón, the Latin Grammy-nominated Colombian singer and actress (Chica Vampiro), sings her 2024 album “Yeliana,” at Colden Auditorium at Kupferberg Center in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, October 9, 2024 at 8pm. From $58. 🇨🇴
Sunday, October 27, 2024
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 from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
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. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC October 28-31, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
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. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
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. 🇵🇷
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 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. 🇵🇷
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷