Things To Do in NYC This Weekend March 15-21, 2023 include St Patrick’s Day, St Patrick’s Day Parade, tango, jazz, salsa, bachata, and flamenco.
New York Now: Home, a photography exhibition about how New Yorkers make the city home, at the Museum of the City of New York in “El Barrio” East Harlem, is ongoing. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Dance Argentine tango nuevo with younger dancers at the Tango Cafe milonga; at You Should Be Dancing in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC; on Wednesdays from 8-12pm. From $18. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Thursday, March 16, 2023
BROADWAY OPENING NIGHT
Parade Broadway 2023, a revival of the Tony Award-winning musical about truly seeing each other, stars Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond at the Jacobs Theatre on Broadway from March 16 – August 6, 2023. 🇺🇸
Luzbel & LeProsy play Mexican metal rock; at La Boom in Woodside, Queens; on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 8pm. From $55. 🇲🇽
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Astoria Salsa Project plays salsa, bolero and champeta for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and Latin dance club in Greenwich Village; on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 10pm. $10. 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🇨🇴
Friday, March 17, 2023
St Patrick’s Day
Celebrate St Patrick’s Day, the patron saint of Ireland. Irish aren’t Latin, but built up the Latin religion in New York, and lived the Colonial mess both as sea captains and indentured servants. Some fought in the Latin American wars of independence. Atlantic Ocean sailors in Brittany, France and Galicia, Spain share Celtic culture. Your editor is of part Irish descent. 🇮🇪
The NYC St Patrick’s Day Parade 2023 marches up Fifth Avenue from 44th St to 79th St; on Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11am. 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇪
The Rhythm, Bass and Place CCCADI photography exhibition showing music and dance as the heartbeat of Latin New York from the 1970s to the 2000s, opens with a reception at CCCADI, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Friday, March 17, 2023, from 6-7:30pm. Free with rsvp. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
There is a tribute to Argentine romantic pop stars Pimpinela at Sabor Latino, the Ecuadorian restaurant and nightclub in Elmhurst, Queens; on Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11:30pm (9pm doors). From $23. 🇪🇨 🇦🇷
Dominican trombonist Victor Baro y Su Orquesta plays salsa for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and Latin dance club in Greenwich Village; on Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11:45pm. $20. 🇩🇴
Spanish pop singer Jeanette plays Sabor Latino, the Ecuadorian restaurant and nightclub in Elmhurst, Queens; on Friday, March 17, 2023 at midnight (9pm doors). From $54. 🇪🇨 🇪🇸
Remember Elis Regina, the MPB, samba and jazz singer, who was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on March 17, 1945. 🇧🇷
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Pablo Lescano’s Damas Gratis plays Argentine cumbia; at La Boom in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 7pm. From $57. 🇦🇷
New York Red Bulls vs Columbus is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $34. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽, 🇯🇲, 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪, 🇮🇹, 🇨🇲 🇺🇬
Flamenco guitar master Rafael Riqueni makes his New York debut at the Flamenco Festival; for Robert Browning Associates at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 8pm. From $32.50. robertbrowningassociates.com 🇪🇸
Dance Argentine tango at the All Night Milonga; at Stepping Out Studios in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC; on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 9pm – 3:30am. Class at 8pm. From $25. 🇦🇷🇺🇾
Prostyle, DJ Sencillo and Manny Mills spin the Spanglish Saturdays Latin dance party; at La Boom in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, March 18, 2023 after 10pm. Free guest list, $26 after midnight.
Grupo Ocho plays salsa, cumbia, merengue and bachata for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and Latin dance club in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 11:45pm. $20. 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇩🇴
Sunday, March 19, 2023
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Juan-Carlos Formell y Yambando plays Cuban timba for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Latin dance club and Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village; on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 8pm. FREE. 🇨🇺
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. 🇨🇺
Grupo Super T, Grupo Yulios Kumbia, Sonido Nueva Kumbia, and Winners play the Gran Baile Mexican cumbia dance party; at the La Boom nightclub in Woodside, Queens; on Sunday, March 19, 2023 after 9pm. $52. 🇲🇽
Celebrate the Feast of Saint Joseph, Latin Father’s Day (and Stepfathers Day). ✝️
Happy birthday Eliane Elias! The jazz and bossa nova pianist was born in São Paulo, Brazil on March 19, 1960. 🇧🇷
Monday, March 20, 2023
It’s the spring equinox. New York City blooms anew in spring!
Dance salsa, cha-cha-cha, bachata, merengue and more at Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties; at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷, 🇵🇦, 🇨🇴🇵🇪🇻🇪
Celebrate Tunisian Independence Day, from the UK, on March 12, 1968. 🇹🇳
Celebrate National Ravioli Day. 🇮🇹
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Bárbara Martínez sings and dances Spanish flamenco; at Flamenco Tuesdays at Sala Astoria, a Spanish tapas bar in Astoria, Queens; on Tuesdays, from 7-9pm. 🇪🇸🇦🇷🇻🇪
Celebrate Namibian Independence Day, from South Africa, on March 21, 1990. 🇳🇦
Remember Benito Juarez! The Indigenous founding father of modern Mexico was born in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico on March 21, 1806. Some New Yorkers will visit his statue at Bryant Park. 🇲🇽
Celebrate World Poetry Day!
Celebrate World Puppetry Day!
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