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Things To Do in NYC This Weekend, March 8-14, 2023 include International Women’s Day, the Oscars, traditional Arab music, hip-hop, tango, jazz, salsa, cha-cha-cha, bachata, merengue, and flamenco.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Grammy-winner Melanie Charles sings jazz and iamchelseaiam sings R&B for a streaming Afro Waves concert on CCCADI’s Facebook and YouTube channels on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 7pm. Free. 🇺🇸
Embrace Equity on International Women’s Day 2023. In the Latin world, it’s traditional to acknowledge or even give small gifts to all the women in your life; your love, family, coworkers, and friends. #EmbraceEquity
Celebrate Holi, the South Asian spring festival that celebrates divine love and the triumph of good over evil. 🕉️
Remember Johnny Ventura. The Dominican merengue legend was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on March 8, 1940. 🇩🇴
Remember Enrique Rodríguez. The Argentine tango composer and leader was born in La Plata, Argentina on March 8, 1901. 🇦🇷
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Maurya Kerr (Alonzo King LINES Ballet, ODC) from the Bay Area, brings her contemporary dance to the 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 7:30pm. From $20. 🇺🇸
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Celebrate National Meatball Day. 🇮🇹
Friday, March 10, 2023
In “Indigenous Connections,” Rhiannon Giddens leads women of the Silkroad Ensemble with Tuscarora/Taíno (Indigenous American/Caribbean) singer and lap-steel player Pura Fé, in an evening of Indigenous folk music in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on Tuesday, March 10, 2023 at 7:30pm. 🇺🇸
Maurya Kerr (Alonzo King LINES Ballet, ODC) from the Bay Area, brings her contemporary dance to the 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Friday, March 10, 2023, at 7:30pm. From $20. 🇺🇸
Luisito Quintero plays a boogaloo and salsa tribute to Joe Cuba and Cheo Feliciano; at Terraza 7 bar and community center in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 9:30pm. $15. 🇻🇪🇵🇷
DJ Kazzanova, DJ 3Sixty and Alex Viva spin an 80s & 90s Retro Party at La Boom nightclub in Woodside, Queens, on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 10pm. Guest list before midnight, then $21.
La Excelencia plays New York Colombian salsa for dancing at Mexican restaurant and tropical dance club in Greenwich Village; on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 11:45pm. $20. 🇨🇴
Rikelvy plays an urban bachata tribute to Aventura at Sabor Latino Ecuadorian restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens; on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 12pm (9pm doors). $23. 🇪🇨🇩🇴
The SXSW music festival is in Austin, Texas; from Friday, March 10-19, 2023. Right after, a lot of international talent performs in New York.
Saturday, March 11, 2023
CCCADI’s Sou Sou Saturdays Hip-Hop’s Femme Pioneers family cultural program looks back at the footsteps of lady pioneers of hip-hop; at the CCCADI in El Barrio East Harlem on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 1-5pm. Free with registration. 🇺🇸
New York French Canadian Bernard Labadie conducts Orchestra of St Luke’s “Viajes y Raices” (Journeys and Roots) string quartets by composers with Cuban and Andean roots, including Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León, inti figgis-vizueta, and Keyla Orozco; at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 2pm. Free with regstration. 🇨🇺 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
Palestinian singer Nibal Malshi sings women’s music from the Golden Age of Arabic music in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon; for Robert Browning Associates, at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 8pm. From $32.50. 🇪🇬 🇱🇧 🇵🇸 🇸🇾
New York Puerto Rican DJ Eli Escobar headlines Glitterbox Night 2 with Ladymonix, Kim Anh, and ThereIsNoPlanetEarth; at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn; on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 10pm – 4am. Free – $87. 🇵🇷
DJ Pereira, JStar and Manny Mills spin Spanglish Saturdays tropical dance party at La Boom nightclub in Woodside, Queens, at 10pm. Guest list before midnight, then $26.
Santiago y la Orquesta play salsa at Terraza 7 Colombian bar and Latin community center in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 11pm. $15. 🇨🇴
Jose Candelaria plays Dominican son for dancing at Mexican restaurant and tropical dance club in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 11:45pm. $20. 🇩🇴
Miguel Moly plays Dominican merengue at Sabor Latino Ecuadorian restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens; on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12pm (9pm doors). $33. 🇪🇨 🇩🇴
Los Gigantes Del Vallenato play Colombian Vallenato at Sabor Latino Ecuadorian restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens; on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12pm (9pm doors). $50. 🇪🇨🇨🇴
Remember Astor Piazzolla and his “nuevo tango” jazz. The composer who revolutionized Argentine tango, started playing bandoneon while living in Greenwich Village, New York. He was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina on March 11, 1921. 🇦🇷
Sunday, March 12, 2023
In the Latin world, Sunday is family day, and Sunday night is dance night. (We want to have as much fun as possible, before we go back to work.)
New York French Canadian Bernard Labadie conducts Orchestra of St Luke’s “Viajes y Raices” (Journeys and Roots) string quartets by composers with Cuban and Andean roots, including Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León, inti figgis-vizueta, and Keyla Orozco; Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2pm. Free with RSVP. 🇨🇺 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Jukan Baila & DJ Gaou play salsa, bachata, timba and tropical music for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and tropical dance club in Greenwich Village; on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 8pm. FREE. 🇩🇴
It’s Oscars night. The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are broadcast live on ABC-7 from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles; on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 8pm. Red carpet coverage starts an hour or two before.
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. 🇨🇺
Colectivo Tangente lead an Argentine tango jazz jam at Terraza 7 Colombian bar and Latin community center in Woodside, Queens; on Sunday, March 12, 2023 from 9-11:30pm. $10. 🇨🇴🇦🇷
Celebrate Mauritian Independence Day, from the UK, on March 12, 1968. 🇲🇺
Monday, March 13, 2023
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. 🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷 | 🇵🇦 | 🇨🇴🇵🇪🇻🇪
Tuesday, March 14, 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. 🇪🇸🇦🇷🇻🇪
Remember Rodolfo Biagi. The tango pianist and composer with a strong beat was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 14, 1906. 🇦🇷
Happy Birthday Sergio Vargas! The merengue and bolero singer was born in Villa Altagracia, Dominican Republic on March 15, 1960. 🇩🇴
Celebrate the Ides of March, a Roman holiday and the day Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BCE. 🇮🇹
Celebrate National Reggaeton Day!