Things to do in NYC this week, May 29 – June 4, 2023 include: Ballet Hispánico, Memorial Day, Manhattanhenge, Blue Note Jazz Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Celebrate Israel Parade, Drums Along the Hudson and Queens Pride Parade.
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Things To Do in NYC in the Week of May 29 – June 4, 2023
Main events include:
- Memorial Day
- Manhattanhenge
- Blue Note Jazz Festival
- Celebrate Israel Parade
- Drums Along the Hudson
- Philippine Independence Day Parade
- Queens Pride Parade
Monday, May 29, 2023
(Memorial Day)
Memorial Day is an African Diaspora tradition started after our Civil War in 1865 to honor soldiers who gave their lives to end human slavery in our country. It’s on Monday, May 29, 2023. 🇺🇸
Happy Birthday Fonseca! The Latin pop singer was born in Bogotá, Colombia on May 29, 1979. 🇨🇴
The Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade is Monday, May 29, 2023 at 11am. brooklynmemorialdayparade.com 🇺🇸
The Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade is Monday, May 29, 2023 at 2pm. lndmemorialday.org 🇺🇸
46th DanceAfrica 2023 celebrates Ghanian and African Diaspora dance; at BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; on Monday, May 29, 2023 at 3pm. From $25. 🇬🇭 🇺🇸
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, is one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties with salsa, cha-cha-cha, and more; at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷, 🇵🇦, 🇨🇴 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Watch Neil Tyson’s “Manhattanhenge” half sun solar alignment at 79th, 57th, 42nd, 34th, 23rd, or 14th St in Manhattan; on Monday, May 29, 2023 at 8:13pm. FREE!
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
It’s Salsa Tuesdays with live bands for dancing at Mamajuana Cafe Bronx, a Dominican restaurant in Pelham Bay, The Bronx from 8-11pm. No cover. 🇩🇴
Watch Neil Tyson’s “Manhattanhenge” full sun solar alignment at 79th, 57th, 42nd, 34th, 23rd, or 14th St in Manhattan; on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:12pm. FREE!
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Remember the Tulsa Race Massacre of May 31 – June 1, 1921 when one of America’s most prosperous African American communities, a community known as “Black Wall Street,” was attacked by race mobs, bombed by private aircraft, and burned to the ground. 🇺🇸
The 52nd UEFA Europa League Final 2023 is at Puskás Aréna Park in Budapest, Hungary; on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
It’s Amateur Night at The Apollo, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $29. “Be Good or Be Gone!” 🇺🇸
BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL ~ OPENING NIGHT
Disco and pop legend Grace Jones opens the Blue Note Jazz Festival at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Hell’s Kitchen; on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 8pm. From $199. The festival runs to July 2. bluenotejazz.com 🇯🇲
Dance Argentine tango nuevo with younger dancers at the Tango Café milonga; at You Should Be Dancing in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC; on Wednesdays from 8-12pm. From $18. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Thursday, June 1, 2023
It’s Pride Month!
OPENING NIGHT LEGACY GALA PERFORMANCE
Ballet Hispánico leaps into the top tier of American dance companies with a Gala Performance of a Forsythe ballet duet, new work by Michelle Manzanales, and a company classic by Pedro Ruiz; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 6:30pm. From $35. The show is followed by a Legacy Gala Dinner honoring The Miranda Family and featuring the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. nycitycenter.org 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇻🇪
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, June 2, 2023
Celebrate Italian Republic Day, Festa della Republica, when the people of Italy voted for a republic instead of a monarchy on June 2, 1946. 🇮🇹
Ballet Hispánico leaps into the top tier of American dance companies with a Forsythe ballet duet, new works by Michelle Manzanales and Omar Román de Jesús, and a company classic by Pedro Ruiz; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, June 2, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
The 26th Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint and other venues; June 2-11, 2023. brooklynfilmfestival.org
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Celebrate African Yoruba New Year (Nigera, Benin, Togo)! 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
Ballet Hispánico leaps into the top tier of American dance companies with a Forsythe ballet duet, new works by Michelle Manzanales and Omar Román de Jesús, and a company classic by Pedro Ruiz; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 2pm & 7:30pm. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
OPENING DAY
Dance Argentine tango at Central Park Tango, every Saturday in June through September. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
New York Red Bulls vs Orlando is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $34. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 | 🇯🇲 | 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 | 🇮🇹 | 🇨🇲 🇺🇬
Sunday, June 4, 2023
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade Mass is at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown, Manhattan. 🇵🇷
The Celebrate Israel Parade marches up Fifth Avenue from 57th St in Midtown/Midtown East to 74th St in the Upper East Side, on Saturday, June 4, 2023. FREE! 🇮🇱
The 21st Drums Along the Hudson, Native American and Multicultural celebration, is on the former site of the Lenape village at Inwood Hill Park in Inwood, Manhattan; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 from 11am-6pm. Free. 🇺🇸
The Queens Pride Parade is on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 from 12-6pm. Free. 🏳️🌈
Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach reopens for the season in Orchard Beach Parking Section 5, in Orchard Beach, The Bronx from ~ 12-5pm. FREE 🇵🇷
Dance Argentine tango with some of New York’s best dancers at the El Destino milonga; at Solas bar in the East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. $20 + 1 drink. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen; on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36+ $20 per person minimum. 🇨🇺
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