Things To Do in NYC in September 2022

Things To Do in NYC in September 2022 include Labor Day Carnival, Brazilian Day, J’ouvert, West Indian Day Parade, Brazilian Day, Feast of San Gennaro, Hispanic Heritage Month, African American Day Parade, and the Mexican Day Parade.

September marks the transition from summer to fall rhythms as NYC’s cultural season starts anew. It’s Classical Music Month. The month starts slow until Labor Day Weekend, but gets busy in the second half.

Latin traditions include the Cuban festivals of Yemayá / Our Lady of Regla and Oshun / Caridad del Cobre. The Jewish High Holidays begin with Rosh Hashanah.

It’s early fall, so the weather is still warm. Average temperatures range from 61° to 75°F.

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Things to Do in NYC in September 1-4, 2022

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Happy birthday Gloria Estefan! The Cuban American pop legend (Miami Sound Machine) was born in Havana, Cuba on September 1, 1957. 🇨🇺

NEW YORK CARNIVAL & WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
The Vibes with Voice concert is at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, September 1, 2022 from 4-11pm.

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Swiss singer Tatiana Eva Marie: Djangology singing Django Reinhardt’s French Jazz Manouche in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 5pm. Free.🇨🇭🇫🇷

MIDTOWN DANCE (SEASON END)
Take a free dance lesson and then dance Afro Fusion at Greeley Square Park near Herald Square on Thursday, September 1, 2022 from 6-7pm. 🌍

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until 2am. 🇦🇷

Colombian artist Carolina Caycedo’s Patrón Mono: Ríos Libres, Pueblos Vivos billboard installation of flowing water from her “Water Portraits” series is displayed as a Midnight Moment in Times Square September 1-30, 2022 from 11:57pm – 12 midnight. Free. 🇨🇴

Friday, September 2, 2022

It’s Labor Day Weekend.

NEW YORK CARNIVAL & WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
The Island 2 Island NYC party is at the Brooklyn Museum on Friday, September 2, 2022 from 4-11pm.

Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant Jam standup comedy show features immigrant comedy at Caveat in the Lower East Side on Friday, September 2, 2022 at 7pm (6:30pm doors). From $15. caveat.nyc 🇧🇷🇵🇷

New York City Opera performs highlights from Donizetti’s Italian opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” in a picnic performance at Bryant Park in Manhattan’s Garment District on September 2, 2022 from 7-8:30pm. Free. 🇮🇹

Saturday, September 3, 2022

NEW YORK CARNIVAL & WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
The New York Junior Carnival Parade 2022 is at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Park on Saturday, September 3, 2022 from 9am – 4pm. Free. 🇹🇹

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue on the south end of The Mall in Central Park from 6-9pm. $20 suggested donation. 🇦🇷🇺🇾

NEW YORK CARNIVAL & WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
The New York Carnival Steel Pan Competition 2022 is “Pan in A Minor with a Minor Change” is on the Brooklyn Museum Grounds on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 7pm. From $23. 🇹🇹

Sunday, September 4, 2022

NEW YORK CARNIVAL & WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
New York Carnival J’ouvert 2022 Paintopia is New York Carnival’s official J’ouvert party with a bunch of great DJs on the Brooklyn Museum Grounds on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 7am – 2pm. From $45. 🇹🇹

NEW YORK CARNIVAL & WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
The Amnesia party is on the Brooklyn Museum grounds on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 3-11pm.

Brazilian Day 2022 is expected to be a casual street fair only in Manhattan’s Little Brazil on 46th St between Fifth & Sixth Avenues on Labor Day Weekend, Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 9am – 5pm. Free. 🇧🇷

CLOSING DAY
Dance Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach at Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from around 1pm – 6pm. FREE. 🇵🇷

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Son Del Monte plays New York Pachanga (Salsa Cuban Style) at the New York International Salsa Congress at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 6:30-11pm. From $20. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in September 5-11, 2022

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Monday, September 5, 2022 (LABOR DAY)

Celebrate Labor Day!

The NYC J’ouvert 2022 Carnival daybreak festival is on Monday, September 5, 2022 from 6 – 11am. We all have a responsibility to keep the community safe. 🇹🇹

NEW YORK CARNIVAL & WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade 2022 is on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights from Schenectady Avenue to Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn on Monday, September 5, 2022 at 11am through mid-afternoon.

Dance Salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Machel Montano Soca Kingdom celebrates 40 years of Trinbagonian Soca at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2022 at 8pm. From $62. 🇹🇹

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Ballet Hispánico founder Tina Ramirez passed away on September 6, 2022 in the Upper West Side at age 92. 🇵🇷🇲🇽

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Celebrate Brazilian Independence Day from Portugal on September 7, 1822. 🇧🇷

Celebrate Yemayá, the Yoruba orisha of motherhood and the sea. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Regla. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

The 10th Spring Break Art Show 2022 bleeding-edge, independent curator’s art fair explores the “Naked Lunch” at the Atlantic Production Center at 625 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan Thursday-Monday, September 8-12, 2022 from 11am – 8pm, with Collector’s and VIP Opening Night previews on Wednesday, September 7 at 11am at 5pm. From $36.

OPENING RECEPTION
Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime, an art exhibition exploring the contrasts between a natural paradise, tourism and finance, opens with a reception at Americas Society in the Upper East Side, on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends December 17, 2022. Reception free with RSVP. 🇧🇸🇩🇴🇯🇲🇲🇶🇵🇷🇹🇹

OPENING RECEPTION
Luiz Zerbini: Dry River explores the relation of people and nature. The exhibition opens with a reception at Sikkema Jenkins in Chelsea, Manhattan on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 6-8pm. The show runs to October 15. 🇧🇷

OPENING RECEPTION
Brianna Bass & Ivelisse Jiménez: Image Schema opens with a reception at Latchkey Gallery in the Lower East Side, on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 6-8pm. Jiménez is a Puerto Rican installation artist. The exhibition runs to October 23. latchkey-gallery.com 🇵🇷

Maria Klabin: Liquid Air, the Brazilian painter’s first US solo show, is at Nara Roesler in Chelsea, Manhattan, Monday-Friday, September 7 – October 15, 2022. nararoesler.art 🇧🇷

Taína Cruz: Woodland Sermon, the Puerto Rican artist’s first New York solo exhibition, is at Housing on 191 Henry St in the Lower East Side, September 7 – October 23, 2022. housing-art.info 🇵🇷

Pianist Dayramir Gonzalez plays Cuban Jazz with Willard Morgan in “The Art of Cuban Piano” at Joe’s Pub on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 7pm (6pm doors). $25+ 🇨🇺

NYC vs Cincinnati is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx on Wednesday, September 7 at 8pm.

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Celebrate Oshún, the Yoruba orisha of fresh water, fertility and love (the young woman). 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Charity (Caridad del Cobre), patron saint of Cuba. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

OPENING DAY
The first day of NYC public school is Thursday, September 8, 2022.

OPENING DAY
The Independent 20th Century art fair is at Cipriani South Street in the Battery Maritime Building in Manhattan’s Financial District, Thursday-Sunday, September 8-11, 2022. From $66.

OPENING DAY
The Art on Paper, contemporary paper-based art fair, is at Pier 36 in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, on Thursday-Sunday, September 8-11, 2022. From $25. thepaperfair.com

OPENING DAY
The Clio Art Fair for independent artists is at 550 West 29th St, September 8-11, 2022. From $10.

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents bassist Liany Mateo Quintet playing Jazz in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 5pm. Free. 🇩🇴

OPENING RECEPTION
Gracelee Lawrence: Marisol, art inspired by the New York Venezuelan French artist Marisol Escobar, opens with a reception at Heroes Gallery in the Lower East Side, on Thursday, September 8, 2022 from 5-8pm. The show runs to October 22. heroesgallery.gallery 🇻🇪🇫🇷

OPENING RECEPTION
Vusi Beauchamp: The Cult of One, Part II, paintings and works on paper by the South African artist, opens with a reception at David Krut Projects in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 8, 2022 from 6-8pm. The show runs to October 14. davidkrutprojects.com 🇿🇦

OPENING RECEPTION
Ronny Quevedo: entre aquí y allá, an exhibition exploring Indigenous Ecuadorian heritage, migration and community, opens with a reception at Alexander Gray Associates in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 8, 2022 from 6-8pm. The show runs to October 15. alexandergray.com 🇪🇨

OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST
Salomón Huerta: Daily Ritual, an exhibition by the Mexican Los Angeles artist exploring tension, opens with a reception at Harper’s Chelsea 534 in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 8, 2022 from 6-8pm. The show ends October 2022. harpersgallery.com 🇲🇽

Rodrigo Chapa: Episodios, the Mexican photographer’s first solo exhibition in NYC explores nudes and color, is at High Line Nine Galleries in Chelsea, Manhattan, Thursday, September 8-30, 2022. highlinenine.org 🇲🇽

Chidinma Nnoli: When will my feet catch fire?, an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Nigerian artist, is a Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan, Thursday, September 8 – October 8, 2022. marianneboeskygallery.com 🇳🇬

America Martin: Unframed (New York), an exhibition by the Colombian American artist, is at Joanne Artman Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan, Thursday, September 8, 2022 – January 6, 2023. joanneartmangallery.com 🇨🇴

Daddy Yankee brings his “La Ultima Vuelta World Tour” to Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 8pm. From $116. 🇵🇷

Friday, September 9, 2022

Happy birthday Maria Rita! The MPB singer was born in São Paulo, Brazil on September 9, 1977 🇧🇷

Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park, September 9, 2022 – February 5, 2023. 🌍🇺🇸

The Armory Show contemporary art fair has a Latin American and Latinx Focus Section at Javits Center in Hudson Yards, Friday-Sunday, September 9-11, 2022. From $35. 🇨🇦🇨🇷🇬🇹🇲🇽🇺🇸 | 🇧🇸🇨🇺🇵🇷 | 🇦🇷🇨🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇵🇪🇻🇪 | 🇪🇹🇰🇪🇳🇬🇿🇦 | 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸

New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2023 collections are showing at Spring Studios in Tribeca and around town, Friday, September 9 to Wednesday, September 14.

Michael Olatuja plays highlights from his album “Lagos Pepper Soup” for Carnegie Hall Citywide in Times Square on Friday, September 9, 2022 at 5pm. Free. carnegiehall.org 🇳🇬

OPENING RECEPTION
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Common Measures, installations by the Mexican Canadian artist, opens with a reception at PACE gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 9, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 22. pacegallery.com 🇲🇽

OPENING RECEPTION
Claudia Martínez Garay: Ghost Kingdom, an exhibition of the Peruvian artist that explores the colonial legacy, opens with a reception at Grimm gallery in Tribeca, Manhattan on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 15. grimmgallery.com 🇵🇪

Claudio Parmiggiani, an exhibition of work by the Italian artist, is at Bortolami in Tribeca, Manhattan, September 9 – October 29, 2022. bortolamigallery.com 🇮🇹

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, an exhibition of the Venezuelan ceramist, is at Kaufmann Repetto in Tribeca, Manhattan, September 9 – October 29, 2022. kaufmannrepetto.com 🇻🇪

FIAF CROSSING THE LINE FESTIVAL ~ OPENING RECEPTION
The exhibition of New York Senegalese artist Omar Ba’s important work “Clin d’œil à Cheikh Anta Diop-Un continent à la recherche de son histoire (2017)” opens with a reception at the FIAF Gallery in the Upper East Side on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 6-8pm. Free with registration. Ends October 28, 2022. 🇫🇷🇸🇳

OPENING RECEPTION
Felipe Baeza: Made Into Being, an exhibition of surreal figures by the New York Mexican artist, opens with a reception at Fortnight Institute in Manhattan’s East Village on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 9. fortnight.institute 🇲🇽

OPENING RECEPTION
Paul Corio: These Foolish Things, an exhibition of abstract paintings by the Italian American artist, opens with a reception at Mckenzie Fine Art in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 23. mckenziefineart.com 🇮🇹

OPENING RECEPTION
Erika Verzutti: Churros and Rain, a mix of sculpture and painting by the São Paulo, Brazilian artist, opens with a reception at Andrew Kreps gallery in Manhattan Chinatown, Friday September 9, 2022 from 5-7pm. The show ends October 29. andrewkreps.com 🇧🇷

John Baldessari: The Story Underneath, an exhibition of maquettes (sculpture models), is at Sprüth Magers in the Upper East Side, September 9 – October 29, 2022. spruethmagers.com 🇮🇹🇺🇸

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Happy Birthday José Feliciano. The Puerto Rican singer-s0ngwriter (“Feliz Navidad”) was born in Lares, Puerto Rico on September 10, 1945. 🇵🇷

Celebrate the Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival), the East Asian harvest festival, on Saturday, September 10, 2022. 🇨🇳🇻🇳🇯🇵🇵🇭🇰🇷🇹🇭

OPENING RECEPTION ~ EDITOR’S PICK
Mario Ayala: Truck Stop, paintings by the Los Angeles Cuban Mexican artist opens with a reception at Jeffrey Deitch Wooster St in SoHo, Manhattan, on Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 6-8pm. deitch.com 🇲🇽🇨🇺🇺🇸

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue on the south end of The Mall in Central Park from 6-9pm. $20 suggested donation. 🇦🇷🇺🇾

Karol G brings her “$trip Love Tour” to Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 8pm. From $107. prucenter.com 🇨🇴

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Remember 9/11. Never forget, but always forgive.

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, September 10, 2022 from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, September 10, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in September 12-18, 2022

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Monday, September 12, 2022

The New York Latino Film Festival 2022 is at Julia de Burgos Center, Quisqueya Plaza and Regal Union Square, September 12-18, 2022.

Dance Salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Mexican flutist Wilfrido Terrazas releases his latest album of experimental music, The Torres Cycle, at Americas Society in the Upper East Side on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7pm. Free with RSVP. as-coa.org 🇲🇽

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Happy Birthday Andrea Echeverri! The lead singer of Colombian Pop Rock band Aterciopelados was born in Bogotá, Colombian on September 13, 1965. 🇨🇴

The 77th UN General Assembly is at the United Nations in Midtown East, Tuesday, September 13-27, 2022.

The Fashion Designers of Latin America fashion shows are September 13-14, 2022.

Christian Boltanski: Départ – Arrivée, an exhibition of the French sculptor (1944-2021), is at Marian Goodman Gallery in Midtown, Manhattan, September 13 – October 15, 2022. mariangoodman.com 🇫🇷

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Le Corbusier: Nomadic Murals, an exhibition of tapestries by the renowned French architect, is at Almine Rech in the Upper East Side, September 14 – October 22, 2022. alminerech.com 🇫🇷

Casa Malaparte, an exhibition of furniture from the famous modern and contemporary home in Capri, Italy, is at Gagosian Park & 75 in the Upper East Side, Monday-Friday, September 14 – October 22, 2022. gagosian.com 🇮🇹

Literature to Life presents their adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Díaz in The Glade at Little Island off the Meatpacking District on September 14, 2022 at 6:30pm. Free. 🇩🇴

FIAF CROSSING THE LINE FESTIVAL
Marion Siéfert’s “_jeanne_dark_” explores the darker side of social media by breaking the theater’s fourth wall through intimate live Instagram video starring Helena de Laurens at FIAF Florence Gould Hall in the Upper East Side on Wednesday-Thursday, September 14-15, 2022 at 7:30pm. $48. 🇫🇷

Thursday, September 15, 2022
(Hispanic Heritage Month)

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of the Americas, through October 15. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

Celebrate the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua from Spain on September 15, 1821. 🇨🇷🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇳🇮

The Feast of San Gennaro Festival 2022 is on Mulberry Street in Manhattan Little Italy Downtown, from Thursday, September 15-25, 2022. The grand procession is on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 2pm. 🇮🇹

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents South African bassist Zwelakhe Duma Bell-Pere playing Jazz in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 5pm. Free. 🇿🇦

FIAF CROSSING THE LINE FESTIVAL
Marion Siéfert’s “_jeanne_dark_” explores the darker side of social media by breaking the theater’s fourth wall through intimate live Instagram video starring Helena de Laurens at FIAF Florence Gould Hall in the Upper East Side on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 7:30pm. $48. 🇫🇷

Teatro Real (Royal Opera of Madrid – Best Opera Company at the 2021 International Opera Awards) performs Spanish Opera, with pianist Javier Perianes and soprano Sabina Puértolas, at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 8:30pm. From $25. 🇪🇸

RECEPTION ~ Editor’s Pick
Juan Sánchez: Ricanstructions Condiciones Que Existen has a reception for the important Puerto Rican artist at Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary in the Upper East Side on September 15, 2022 from 5-8pm. Ends November 4. 🇵🇷

RECEPTION ~ Editor’s Pick
Rodrigo Valenzuela: Afterwork has a reception for the Chilean artist, Guggenheim Fellow and Smithsonian research fellow, at Asya Geisberg Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 15, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 22. If you stop and look, Valenzuela’s work makes you think. A previous review. asyageisberggallery.com 🇨🇱

OPENING RECEPTION
Roger Toledo: PAR | ERGON, Cuban abstract art that explores perception and personal history, opens with a reception at Thomas Nickles Project in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Thursday, September 15, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends November 6. thomasnickles.com 🇨🇺

RECEPTION ~ Editor’s Pick
Maliyamungu Gift Muhunde: Kobikisa has a reception for the exhibition of new work by the Congolese artist at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Thursday, September 15, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends December 2. iscp-nyc.org 🇨🇩

Jamie Diaz: Even Flowers Bleed, by the Mexican American trans woman serving a life sentence in a men’s jail in Texas, is at Daniel Cooney Fine Art in Chelsea, Manhattan, September 15 – October 29, 2022. danielcooneyfineart.com 🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽

Friday, September 16, 2022

Celebrate Mexican Independence Day September 16, 1810. 🇲🇽

Happy Birthday Marc Anthony! The Puerto Rican Salsa singer was born in NYC on September 16, 1968. 🇵🇷

OPENING RECEPTION ~ Editor’s Pick
Jazmin López: The Great Dane, a Surrealist installation by the New York Argentine artist and filmmaker, inspired by the legendary Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali film “Un Chien Andalou”, opens with a reception at Transmitter in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Friday, September 16, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 16. transmitter.nyc 🇦🇷

EDITOR’S PICK
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN, a multimedia installation and performance series by the respected Afro-Puerto Rican artists, is at the Artists Space in Tribeca, Manhattan, September 16 – December 3, 2022. Performances are Thursday, October 27 at 7pm, Saturday, October 29 at 1pm, and Sunday, October 30 at 7pm. artistsspace.org 🇵🇷

Saturday, September 17, 2022

The Feast of San Gennaro Festival 2022 grand procession is on Mulberry Street in Manhattan Little Italy Downtown on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 2pm. 🇮🇹

RECEPTION
Eduardo Arroyo, an exhibition of the Spanish painter, author and set designer (1937-2018), opens at Marlborough New York on Saturday, September 17, 2022 from 3-6pm. Ends October 29. 🇪🇸

OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST
Hilda Palafox: A través, the Mexico City artist’s New York debut of paintings in the great Mexican mural tradition, opens with a reception at Hashimoto Contemporary in the Lower East Side on Saturday, September 17, 2022 from 6-8pm. hashimotocontemporary.com 🇲🇽

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue on the south end of The Mall in Central Park from 6-9pm. $20 suggested donation. 🇦🇷🇺🇾

NYC vs New York is Major League Soccer (the NY Derby) at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx on Sat, Sep 17 at 7pm. From $40.

Eddie Palmieri plays Latin Jazz at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 8pm. 🇵🇷

Carlos Vives Después de Todo Vives brings Colombian Vallenato Pop to Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 8pm. From $61. 🇨🇴

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Celebrate Chilean Independence Day, from Spain, on September 18, 1810. 🇨🇱

The 53rd NYC African American Day Parade 2022 marches on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (Seventh Avenue) between 111th St and 137th St in Harlem on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 1pm. The Pre-Parade Show is on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd & 125th St from 11am – 1pm. The Pre-Parade Children’s Community Literacy Event is fun for kids with a free book giveaway on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd at 127th St from 9am – 1pm. Free. 🌍🇺🇸

The 28th Mexican Parade NYC 2022 marches proudly down Madison Avenue from 38th to 26th St through Murray Hill and Kips Bay to NoMad on Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 11am – 2pm. Free. 🇲🇽

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

Celebrate Chilean Independence Day with DJ Christ Selekta and Cuecas at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 11pm. From $35. 🇨🇱

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Things to Do in NYC in September 19-25, 2022

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Monday, September 19, 2022

Celebrate National Dance Day.

The Procession of San Genarro is in Little Italy, Manhattan on Monday, September 19, 2022. 🇮🇹

Dance Salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Latin Grammy nominations are announced today.

SEASON OPENER
New York City Ballet opens its 2022-23 Season with an All Balanchine I program of Balanchine’s “Divertimento No 15” (1956) to Mozart; “Scotch Symphony” (1952), a classic romantic ballet set in the Scottish Highlands; and “La Sonnambula” (1946), a romantic tale of a sleepwalker on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

SEASON OPENER
The Joyce Theater opens its Fall 2022 Season with “Burn” by Alan Cumming & Steven Hoggett at 7:30pm.

Daddy Yankee brings his La Ultima Vuelta World Tour to Madison Square Garden in Chelsea on Tue, Sep 20 at 8pm (7pm doors). 🇵🇷

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

The 19th Fall For Dance Festival is at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan from September 21 – October 2, 2022. $20. (On Sale August 28.)

New York City Ballet dances an All Balanchine I program of Balanchine’s “Divertimento No 15” (1956) to Mozart; “Scotch Symphony” (1952), a classic romantic ballet set in the Scottish Highlands; and “La Sonnambula” (1946), a romantic tale of a sleepwalker on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Celebrate the September Equinox, which marks the start of Fall in the northern hemisphere, on Thursday, September 22, 2022.

The Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 2022, of contemporary art priced from $100-$10,000, is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, Manhattan, Thursday-Sunday, September 22-25, 2022. 🇦🇷🇨🇦🇨🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸

2022 Grammy Album of the Year winner Jon Batiste presents the world premiere of “American Symphony” at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on September 22, 2022. (Rescheduled from May 7, 2022). 🇺🇸

Multicultural dance company UNA Productions “Grass is Green” explores queer intimacy and communal joy in cycles of rebirth at Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $20. 🇩🇴🇭🇹🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭🇿🇦

PROGRAM OPENER
New York City Ballet presents a Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins program with Balanchine’s plotless “Raymonda Variations” to Glazounov (1961), the neoclassical “Duo Concertant” to Stravinsky (1972), and Robbins’ “Piano Pieces” (1981) to Tschaikovsky on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

Miguel Zenón plays Jazz with Matt Mitchell & Dan Weiss at The Stone in the New School Glass Box Theatre in Greenwich Village, Manhattan on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 8:30pm (8pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷

The Axel Tosca Trio featuring Xiomara Laugart plays Cuban Jazz at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 9pm-midnight. $20. 🇨🇺

Friday, September 23, 2022

Happy birthday Victor Manuelle! The Puerto Rican Salsa singer was born in The Bronx on September 23, 1943. 🇵🇷

Happy Birthday Julio Iglesias! The Spanish Pop singer was born in Madrid, Spain on September 23, 1943. 🇪🇸

Roy Brown: “Distancias” features singer Zoraida Santiago paying tribute to Puerto Rican poet Juan Antonio Corretjer in the Main Theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx, on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 8pm. From $30. 🇵🇷

Latin Grammy-winner Antonio Rey plays Flamenco guitar for Robert Browning Associates at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 8pm. From $30. 🇪🇸

Miguel Zenón plays Jazz with Anthony Tidd’s Quite Sane at the Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $30. 🇵🇷

New York City Ballet dances an All Balanchine I program of Balanchine’s “Divertimento No 15” (1956) to Mozart; “Scotch Symphony” (1952), a classic romantic ballet set in the Scottish Highlands; and “La Sonnambula” (1946), a romantic tale of a sleepwalker on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 8pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Celebrate Obatalá, the Yoruba son of God, creator of the world and human bodies. This is the day of his/her Cuban festival, not his/her West African festival. 🇨🇺

Harlem Stage is streaming the spring concert of Pedrito Martinez, the world’s 1st-call Rumbero, from September 24 – October 3, 2022 for just $5. harlemstage.org 🇨🇺

Celebrate the Virgin of Mercy, the Christian art tradition of showing the Virgin Mary covering a group of children with her cloak (like the mother in “The Nutcracker” ballet). 🇮🇹

New York City Ballet presents a Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins program with Balanchine’s plotless “Raymonda Variations” to Glazounov (1961), the neoclassical “Duo Concertant” to Stravinsky (1972), and Robbins’ “Piano Pieces” (1981) to Tschaikovsky on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 2 & 8pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue on the south end of The Mall in Central Park from 6-9pm. $20 suggested donation. 🇦🇷🇺🇾

Mariah Carey and Rosalía join the Global Citizen Festival on the Great Lawn in Central Park on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 4pm (2pm gates). Free tickets available . 🇬🇭🇮🇳🇪🇸🇻🇪

Maelo Ruiz sings Salsa Romántica at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Saturday, September 24, 2022 after midnight (10pm doors). From $64. 🇵🇷

Sunday, September 25, 2022 (Rosh Hashanah)

The Queens Hispanic Parade 2022 marches on 37th Avenue from 69th St to 86th St in Jackson Heights, Queens on Sunday, September 25, 2022 starting at 11am. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

Junta Hispana 2022, Hispanic culture street fair festival is in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Sunday, September 25, 2022 from 11am – 6pm. Free. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

New York City Ballet dances an All Balanchine I program of Balanchine’s “Divertimento No 15” (1956) to Mozart; “Scotch Symphony” (1952), a classic romantic ballet set in the Scottish Highlands; and “La Sonnambula” (1946), a romantic tale of a sleepwalker on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 3pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, September 25, 2022 from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year is sundown Sunday, September 25-27, 2022. NYC schools are closed tomorrow. ✡️

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in September 26-30, 2022

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Monday, September 26, 2022

NYC schools are closed for Rosh Hashanah on Monday, September 26, 2022.

NYC Off-Broadway Week 2022 is September 26 – October 9, 2022. 🇦🇷🇨🇱🇨🇺🇩🇴🇬🇹🇪🇸

Dance Salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

SEASON OPENER AND NEW PRODUCTION PREMIERE
The Metropolitan Opera opens its 137th Season (2022-23) with a new David McVicar production of Cherubini’s Italian opera “Medea,” at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, on Tuesday, September 27 at 6pm. Sondra Radvanovsky stars. American soprano Janai Brugger sings Glauce. From $32.50. 🇮🇹

PROGRAM OPENING NIGHT
New York City Ballet dances a Classic NYCB I program including Balanchine’s “Stravinsky Violin Concerto“ (1972) leotard ballet; Ratmansky’s second City Ballet “Concerto Dsch” (2008) to Shostakovich; and Peck’s indie-pop “Everywhere We Go” (2014) to Sufjan Stevens at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Happy Birthday Pedro Fernández! The Ranchera singer was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 28, 1969. 🇲🇽

Abya Yala: Structural Origins, an exhibition of Latin American prints, opens with a reception at the BronxArtSpace in Hunts Point, The Bronx on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 from 5:30-8pm. Ends November 5. bronxartspace.com

PROGRAM OPENING NIGHT
New York City Ballet’s Classic NYCB II program is about beginnings, old and new. It includes Balanchine’s grand Swarovski ballet from the very beginning of NY City Ballet “Symphony in C” (1947) to Bizet; Peck’s pandemic ballet “Solo” (2021) to Barber; new Reisen commission to Knowles for the 2022 Fall Fashion Gala; and new Abraham, his 2nd City Ballet commission, at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 7pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

Latinos Night Live is a night of improv comedy in Spanish at Teatro LATEA in The Clemente in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 7:30pm. $23.

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Celebrate Broadway Musicals Day.

Celebrate National Coffee Day and the beloved Ethiopian drink! 🇪🇹

Celebrate the Archangel Michael! 🇮🇹

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Brazilian percussionist Fernando Saci: T.E.N.S (Black Sound From Brasil) playing Jazz in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 5pm. Free. 🇿🇦

San Juan Hill Day: Connecting at the Seams is an experimental oral history dance workshop for people who lived on San Juan Hill, led by Lincoln Center teaching artists Renee Flemings and Yvonne Winborne. It’s followed by a performance by Sydnie L. Mosley Dance with emcee support from Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence. It’s at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Workshop 5:30pm. Performance 7:30pm. 🇵🇷

San Juan Hill was the Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood that got torn down to build Lincoln Center. It was once NYC’s largest Black community.

NEW YORK LATIN AMERICAN ART TRIENNIAL 2022 ~ OPENING RECEPTION
Abya Yala: Structural Origins, an exhibition of Latin American photography, opens with a reception at Teatro LATEA in The Clemente in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 6pm. Ends October 16. teatrolatea.org

OPENING RECEPTION
El Corazón Aúlla (Heart Howls): Latin American Feminist Performance in Revolt, an exhibition of performance art on Latin American gender violence, opens with a reception at The 8th Floor in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends January 21, 2023. the8thfloor.org 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇷🇸🇻🇬🇹🇲🇽🇵🇪

OPENING RECEPTION
Pedro Wirz: sadnest, an exhibition of the Swiss Brazilian artist’s work on the intersection of organic and synthetic, opens the new Kay Matsumiya gallery space with a reception in Manhattan Chinatown on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 6-9pm. kaimatsumiya.com 🇨🇭🇧🇷

Fulvio Testa: Nowhere | Now Here, an exhibition of watercolors by the Italian artist, is at Victoria Munroe Fine Art in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, September 29 – October 29, 2022. victoriamunroefineart.com 🇮🇹

SEASON OPENER
The Philadelphia Orchestra led by French Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin performs Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala, including Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Chasqui” from “Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout” on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7pm. From $75. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Billboard Latin Music Week 2022 climaxes with the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards show on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7pm. 

New York City Ballet presents a Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins program with Balanchine’s plotless “Raymonda Variations” to Glazounov (1961), the neoclassical “Duo Concertant” to Stravinsky (1972), and Robbins’ “Piano Pieces” (1981) to Tschaikovsky on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

The Axel Tosca Trio featuring Xiomara Laugart plays Cuban Jazz at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 9pm-midnight. $20. 🇨🇺

Friday, September 30, 2022

Remember Héctor Lavoe, “El Cantante,” Fania All-Star and one of the most loved Salsa singers. Lavoe was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on September 30, 1946. 🇵🇷

OPENING NIGHT
The 60th New York Film Festival 2022 opens with Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” at Film at Lincoln Center, September 30 – October 16, 2022. From $17. 🇦🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇳🇮🇷🇴🇪🇸

Ghanaian dance icon Ata Kak dances and raps, and Batswanan New Yorker Lollise sings Afrobeat for the World Music Institute at Elsewhere in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:30pm (doors 6:30pm). From $26. 🇬🇭🇧🇼

New York City Ballet dances an All Balanchine I program of Balanchine’s “Divertimento No 15” (1956) to Mozart; “Scotch Symphony” (1952), a classic romantic ballet set in the Scottish Highlands; and “La Sonnambula” (1946), a romantic tale of a sleepwalker on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 8pm. From $38. 🇧🇷🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸