Things to Do in NYC in August 2021

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The Month of August

August weather is late summer in New York City. Average temperatures range from 68° to 83°F so it is hot. Humidity rises during the day and breaks into afternoon thunderstorms coming up from the Caribbean.

These events happen all month long.

• Central Park Tango Saturdays from 6-8:30pm 🇦🇷🇺🇾
• New York Mets baseball
• New York Yankees baseball
• NYCFC soccer
• NY Red Bulls soccer
• Peak whale watching season

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Things to Do in NYC in August 2021 Week 30

July 26 – August 1, 2021

• NYC Summer Restaurant Week continues through August 15, 2021
• “Merry Wives” Shakespeare in the Park continues at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park through August 29, 2021.

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Sunday, August 1

Celebrate Pachamama, the Andean new year celebration of Mother Earth. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇪🇨🇵🇪

Grupo Rebolú plays Colombian Caribbean dance music at the Queens Theatre outdoor Summer Stage on Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 4pm. FREE

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm (5:30pm doors). 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in August 2021 Week 31

August 2-8, 2021

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Monday, August 2

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Dance salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo from 7pm to 1am (5pm doors). From $10

Tuesday, August 3

Take a lesson and dance Latin Fusion at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups.

Remember Dolores del Río the first Latin American Hollywood star. She was born in Durango, México on August 3, 1905. 🇲🇽

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Wednesday, August 4

PREVIEWS BEGIN
Pass Over previews begin on Broadway at the August Wilson for a September 12 opening.

Remember Louis Armstrong, the jazz trumpeter and leader who changed popular music forever. Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901.

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Thursday, August 5

Take a salsa lesson and dance at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups.

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Gets busy at 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

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Friday, August 6

Harlem Week runs through August 15.

Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective with the Turtle Island Quartet celebrate Wayne Shorter (Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, Weather Report) for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Bryant Park in the Garment District at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸

The National Dominican Day Parade Gala is at Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle from 8pm to midnight. $275/$2,500 table of 10. 🇩🇴

The Ecuadorian Parade Gala is at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park from 8pm to late. 🇪🇨

Gili Yalo sings Ethiopian Israeli pop at Drom in the East Village at 8pm (7pm doors). $25 🇪🇹🇮🇱

Arturo Ortiz & 7 Con Calle play salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:3opm & 1:30am. $20 🇵🇷

Celebrate Bolivian Independence Day, August 6, 1825. 🇧🇴

Celebrate International Beer Day.

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Saturday, August 7

Summer Streets 2021 is on Park Avenue/Lafayette/Centre St from Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park from 7am to 1pm. FREE

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival is on Meadow Lake and the Model Airplane Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens from 9am to 4pm. Rain or shine. FREE. 🇭🇰

The Red Bull Batalla freestyle rap championship of Costa Rica is on redbull.com at time TBD. 🇨🇷

The 3rd Creole Food Festival is at Skinny’s Cantina on the Hudson in Manhattanville, Harlem from 2-8pm. From $55 creolefoodfestival.com 🇧🇧🇧🇷🇨🇲🇨🇺🇩🇴🇭🇹🇵🇷🇻🇨🇸🇳🇹🇹🇺🇸

Harlem Week’s Great Jazz on the Great Hill, a Jazzmobile picnic concert with live music for swing dancing, is on the Great Hill in Central Park from 4-7pm. FREE 🇺🇸

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

Extranjero (Joel Moscoso) plays Latin rock at Drom in the East Village at 8pm. (7pm doors). 🇪🇨

Wish Caetano Veloso a happy birthday! The Brazilian rock star was born in Santo Amaro da Purifcação, Bahia, Brazil on August 7, 1942. 🇧🇷

Wish Carlos Vives a happy birthday! The vallenato star and actor was born in Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia on August, 7, 1961. 🇨🇴

Remember the Battle of Boyacá of August 7, 1819, the tipping point in the struggle for the independence of northern South America. 🇨🇴

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Sunday, August 8

Nelson Javier “El Cocodrilo” hosts the Virtual National Dominican Day Parade on @NatDDP social media channels at 12pm. FREE 🇩🇴

The National Dominican Day Parade is live on Sixth Avenue from 43rd to 52nd St with a stage between 46th & 47th St at 1pm. FREE 🇩🇴

The 3rd Creole Food Festival is at Skinny’s Cantina on the Hudson in Manhattanville, Harlem from 2-8pm. From $55 creolefoodfestival.com 🇧🇧🇧🇷🇨🇲🇨🇺🇩🇴🇭🇹🇵🇷🇻🇨🇸🇳🇹🇹🇺🇸

The 38th Ecuadorian Parade is on Northern Blvd from 69th St to 86th St from 11am to 4pm. FREE 🇪🇨

The Harlem Week festival is in Harlem through next Sunday.

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm (5:30pm doors). 🇨🇺

Caribbean Beach Fest features Dexta Daps and Lyrikal playing reggae and soca at the Ford Amphitheater Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn at 8pm (7pm doors). From $83 seasideparkconeyisland.com 🇯🇲🇹🇹

Remember Emiliano Zapata! The Mexican Revolution leader was born in Anenecuilco, Morelos, México on August 8, 1879. 🇲🇽

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• The Harlem Week festival is in Harlem through next Sunday.
• NYC Summer Restaurant Week continues through August 15, 2021
• “Merry Wives” Shakespeare in the Park is at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park through August 29, 2021.

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Monday, August 9

Dance salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo from 7pm to 1am (5pm doors). From $10

Celebrate Al-Hijra, Muslim New Year Eve tonight. ☪️

Wish Juanes a happy birthday! The Colombian rock star was born in Carolina del Príncipe, Antioquia, Colombia on August 9, 1972. 🇨🇴

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Tuesday, August 10

Take a lesson and dance Cuban Pachanga at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups. 🇨🇺

The New York Mets game 1 of 3 against the Washington Nationals is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:10pm.

Celebrate Ecuadorian Independence Day, August 10, 1809. 🇪🇨

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Wednesday, August 11

Puppet Fringe NYC is at Teatro SEA at The Clemente in the Lower East Side, through Sunday, and virtual August 16-31, 2021.

The New York Mets game 2 of 3 against the Washington Nationals is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:10pm.

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Thursday, August 12

Puppet Fringe NYC is at Teatro SEA at The Clemente in the Lower East Side.

The New York Mets game 1 of 3 against the Washington Nationals is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 12:10pm.

Take a salsa lesson and dance at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups.

Puppet Fringe NYC has a celebrity puppet red carpet at the Museum of the City of New York at 6pm. Free with registration. Followed by a screening of “Muppets Take Manhattan” at 7:30pm. $15

The 40th Battery Dance Festival virtual performances are on YouTube from 7-8pm. FREE 🇲🇽🇳🇱🇵🇷🇰🇷🇹🇿

Watch the Red Bull Batalla 2021 Spanish Freestyle Rap USA Finals with the judges on twitch.tv/redbullbatalla at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸

Craig Harris’s Nocturnal Nubian Ball tributes Sun Ra for Harlem Stage at Bryant Park in the Garment District at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

Willy Torres plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 9:30pm & 11:30pm. $10 🇵🇷

Remember Cantinflas the beloved comic actor who was born in Santa María la Redonda, México City on August 12, 1911. 🇲🇽

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Friday, August 13

Puppet Fringe NYC is at Teatro SEA at The Clemente in the Lower East Side.

Young Stars of Jazz play for Jazz at Lincoln Center at Bryant Park in the Garment District at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸

The 40th Battery Dance Festival virtual performances are on YouTube from 7-8pm. FREE🇦🇺🇵🇾🇰🇷🇨🇭🇻🇳

Jerry Rivera sings salsa at La Boom in Woodside, Queens at 10pm. From $45 🇵🇷

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Saturday, August 14

Summer Streets 2021 is on Park Avenue/Lafayette/Centre St from Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park from 7am to 1pm. FREE

Puppet Fringe NYC is at Teatro SEA at The Clemente in the Lower East Side.

It’s NYC Homecoming Week through August 22.

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The Queensboro Dance Festival is at Travers Park in Jackson Heights, Queens from 2-4pm. FREE queensborodancefestival.com 🇵🇭🇪🇸

NYCFC vs Inter Miami is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 3:30pm ET.

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

Camille Thurman and the Darrell Green Quintet reimagine Burt Bacharach for Jazz at Lincoln Center at Bryant Park in the Garment District at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The 40th Battery Dance Festival virtual performances are on YouTube from 7-8pm. FREE 🇨🇳🇫🇷🇮🇳🇱🇧🇱🇺🇺🇸

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban rumba at Drom in the East Village at 8pm (7pm doors). $25 🇨🇺

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Sunday, August 15

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
Puppet Fringe NYC is at Teatro SEA at The Clemente in the Lower East Side.

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The Queensboro Dance Festival is at Windmuller Park in Woodside, Queens from 6-7pm. FREE queensborodancefestival.com 🇵🇭

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The 40th Battery Dance Festival In-Person & Livestreamed performances are at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, and on YouTube from 7-9pm. FREE

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm (5:30pm doors). 🇨🇺

LAST CHANCE
NYC Restaurant Week ends today.

Celebrate the Assumption of Mary. This marks the start of summer holidays in Catholic Europe.

Celebrate India Independence Day, August 15, 1947 🇮🇳

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Things to Do in NYC in August 2021 Week 33

August 16-22, 2021

“Merry Wives” Shakespeare in the Park is at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park through August 29, 2021.

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Monday, August 16

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC: The Bronx concert is at Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx at 3pm. FREE

Dance salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo from 7pm to 1am (5pm doors). From $10

Limón Dance Company performs Limón repertory and Music from the Sole dances Afro-Brazilian tap at Bryant Park in the Garment District at 7pm. FREE 🇲🇽🇧🇷

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The 40th Battery Dance Festival In-Person & Livestreamed performances are at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, and on YouTube from 7-9pm. FREE

Celebrate Dominican Restoration Day, and the cry that launched the Dominican War of Restoration (from Spain) on August 16, 1863. 🇩🇴

Celebrate National Rum Day

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Tuesday, August 17

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The BAAND Together Dance Festival of five iconic NYC dance companies is in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center with $1 workshops at 4pm and performances at 7:30pm. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC: Staten Island concert is at Midland Beach in Staten Island at 4pm. FREE

Take a lesson and dance Afrobeats at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups.

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The 40th Battery Dance Festival In-Person & Livestreamed performances are at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, and on YouTube from 7-9pm. FREE

Yankees vs Red Sox is game 1 of 2 at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 7:05pm.

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Wednesday, August 18

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The BAAND Together Dance Festival of five iconic NYC dance companies is in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center with $1 workshops at 4pm and performances at 7:30pm. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The 40th Battery Dance Festival In-Person & Livestreamed performances are at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, and on YouTube from 7-9pm. FREE

Yankees vs Red Sox is game 2 of 2 at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 7:05pm.

Remember Roberto Clemente the baseball star and humanitarian who was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on August 18, 1934. 🇵🇷

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Thursday, August 19

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The BAAND Together Dance Festival of five iconic NYC dance companies is in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center with $1 workshops at 4pm and performances at 7:30pm. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC: Brooklyn concert is at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 4pm. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
Grupo Rebolú plays Colombian Caribbean jazz for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing, Queens at 5pm. FREE

Take a salsa lesson and dance at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups.

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

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Friday, August 20

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC: Queens concert is at Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills, Queens on Friday, August 20, 2021 at 4pm. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The BAAND Together Dance Festival of five iconic NYC dance companies is in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center with $1 workshops at 4pm and performances at 7:30pm. FREE

The Gino Sitson Trio sings Cameroon colors of African music live at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens and streaming on YouTube at 7pm. $12/$7 🇨🇲

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The 40th Battery Dance Festival In-Person & Livestreamed performances are at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, and on YouTube from 7-9pm. FREE

Edmar Castaneda plays jazz on his Colombian harp opening for Johnathan Blake at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). $30 🇨🇴

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Saturday, August 21

Wish Gilberto Santa Rosa a happy birthday! The salsa star was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 21, 1962. 🇵🇷

The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute’s AfriBembé Festival street fair is at Harlem Art Park in El Barrio, East Harlem from 11am-7pm. FREE 🇵🇷🇺🇸

The Villalobos Brothers and Mazarte Dance Company do a cross-Atlantic show with Irish music and dance at the Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx at 3pm ET. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The BAAND Together Dance Festival of five iconic NYC dance companies is in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center with $1 workshops at 4pm and performances at 7:30pm. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
Antibalas plays Afrobeat at Central Park SummerStage on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 5pm. FREE

NYC HOMECOMING WEEK
The We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert includes performances by Andrea Bocelli, Wyclef Jean, Maluma, and Carlos Santana on the Great Lawn in Central Park on Saturday, August 21, 2021 from 5-9:30pm. FREE. 🇨🇴🇭🇹🇮🇹🇲🇽🇺🇸

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

New York City Opera presents a family concert of opera favorites in Bryant Park on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 7pm. FREE 🇮🇹

Xiomara Laugart and Axel Tosca lead The Cuban Jam at Minton’s in Harlem at 8pm (6pm doors) and 10pm (9pm doors). $30 minimum per guest 🇨🇺

NY Red Bulls vs NYCFC is Major League Soccer’s New York Derby at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey at 8pm ET.

The Haitian Revolution began on the night of August 21, 1791.

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Sunday, August 22

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm (5:30pm doors). 🇨🇺

Celebrate the Queenship of Mary and the divinity of women.

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Monday, August 23

Dance salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo from 7pm to 1am (5pm doors). From $10 🇵🇪

Commemorate UN International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition

Remember Graciela Grillo, the legendary salsa singer who was born in Jesús María, Havana, Cuba on August 23, 1915. 🇨🇺

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Tuesday, August 24

Take a lesson and dance Urban Salsa at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups. 🇵🇷

Trio Da Paz plays Brazilian jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle at 7:30 & 9:30pm ET. $35 🇧🇷

Remember Jorge Luis Borges, the writer who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 24, 1899. 🇦🇷

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Wednesday, August 25

Trio Da Paz plays Brazilian jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle at 7:30 & 9:30pm ET. $35 🇧🇷

Celebrate Uruguayan Independence Day, August 25, 1825. 🇺🇾

Remember Leonard Bernstein the legendary classical and Broadway composer, who wrote the music to “West Side Story,” was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 25, 1918.

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Thursday, August 26

There’s a SalsaStories.tv multimedia pop-up salsa festival with a documentary screening, live band (The A Train), photo exhibition, and dance workshops by Piel Canela in front of The Clemente in the Lower East Side from 5-8pm. FREE salsastoriestv.com 🇧🇷🇵🇷

Take a salsa lesson and dance at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups. 🇵🇪

The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet plays Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 7pm. Suggested donation $10/person 🇦🇷

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Intermediate class at 7pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

Trio Da Paz plays Brazilian jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle at 7:30 & 9:30pm ET. $40 🇧🇷

Wish Thalia a happy birthday. The “Queen of Latin Pop” was born in México City, México on August 26, 1971. 🇲🇽

Remember Rufino Tamayo the surrealist painter, known for his watermelons, who was born in Oaxaca de Juárez, México on August 26, 1899. 🇲🇽

The US Open Grand Slam player field will be announced today.

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Friday, August 27

The New York Mets game 1 of 3 against the Washington Nationals is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:10pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

Trio Da Paz plays Brazilian jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle at 7:30 & 9:30pm ET. $45 🇧🇷

Festejation plays Peruvian jazz outdoors at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 8pm. $5 🇵🇪

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban rumba at Drom in the East Village at 8pm (7pm doors). $25 🇨🇺

Orquesta Dulzura plays Puerto Rican salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $20 🇵🇷

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Saturday, August 28

The Blacksmiths We Insist featuring Mimi Jones and Candice Hoyes play a concert for women’s empowerment for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the Bronx Music Hall outdoor plaza at 5pm. FREE. (917)557-2354

The Queensboro Dance Festival is at Gantry Plaza Park in Long Island City, Queens from 6-7:15pm. FREE queensborodancefestival.com 🇵🇭🇪🇸

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

David Calzado y su Charanga Habanera play Cuban timba at La Boom in Woodside, Queens at 7pm. From $35 🇨🇺

The New York Mets game 2 of 3 against the Washington Nationals is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:10pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

NYCFC vs New England is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 7:30pm ET.

Trio Da Paz plays Brazilian jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle at 7:30 & 9:30pm ET. $45 🇧🇷

Hector Jr y Su Orquesta Cani play salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:30 & 1:30pm. $20

Remember Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther, who passed on August 28, 2020.

Remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech from August 28, 1963.

Remember 14 year old Emmett Till who was lynched in Mississippi on August 28, 1955.

Celebrate the Feast of St Augustine, an African Berber from what is now Algeria, who was probably the second most influential Christian philosopher. 🇩🇿

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Sunday, August 29

The New York Mets game 3 of 3 against the Washington Nationals is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 1:10pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

The Queensboro Dance Festival is at Hunter’s Plaza Point South Park in Long Island City, Queens from 6-7pm. FREE queensborodancefestival.com 🇪🇸

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm (5:30pm doors). 🇨🇺

Trio Da Paz plays Brazilian jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle at 7:30 & 9:30pm ET. $35 🇧🇷

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style jazz manouche at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 9-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇫🇷

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Things to Do in NYC in August 2021 Week 35

August 30 – September 5, 2021

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Monday, August 30

OPENING DAY
Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith is at the Met Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan through January 30, 2022. metmuseum.org

OPENING DAY
The US Open Tennis Grand Slam 1st Round begins at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm. The tournament runs for two weeks through Sunday, September 12.

Dance salsa at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo from 7pm to 1am (5pm doors). From $10

The Pedro Giraudo Big Band plays Latin jazz outdoors at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 7pm. Suggested donation $10/person

Son Rompe Pera plays Mexican marimba at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 8 & 10pm. $15/person suggested 🇲🇽

Celebrate La Fiesta de Santa Rosa de Lima (The Feast of Saint Rose of Lima), patron saint of Peru. 🇵🇪

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Tuesday, August 31

The US Open Tennis Grand Slam 1st Round continues at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm.

Eddie Palmieri plays Latin jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village at 8pm (6pm doors). From $30 🇵🇷

Take a lesson and dance Urban Salsa at Midtown Dance with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park (near Herald Square) in Koreatown. Check in 5:45pm. Lesson 6pm. Dancing 7-8pm. Free with pre-registration. Limited walkups. 🇵🇷

The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance’s Summertime Latin Fest features salsa/timba by People of the Earth, samba reggae by Mambembe, and Afro Cuban rumba by Kikiriki Biquey at Drom in the East Village on Tue, Aug 31 at 8pm (7pm doors). $20 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇯🇲

Remember Arsenio Rodríguez “El Ciego Maravilloso.” The tres player and composer developed the son montuno template which later evolved into salsa music in New York City. He was born in Güira de Macurijes, Matanzas, Cuba on August 31, 1911. 🇨🇺

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Categories of Things to Do in NYC in August 2021

These are the big Latin culture events in New York City in August.

AUGUST HOLIDAYS

There aren’t any holidays in August, but the last two weeks are summer holiday time in the U.S. In northern Catholic countries, summer holidays begin after the Assumption of Mary on August 15.

AUGUST INDEPENDENCE DAYS & NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS

• Bolivian Independence Day is August 6, 1825 🇧🇴
• Battle of Boyacá is August 7, 1819 🇨🇴
• Ecuadorian Independence Day is August 10, 1809 🇪🇨
• India Independence Day is August 15, 1947 🇮🇳
• Dominican Restoration Day is August 16, 1863 🇩🇴
• Haitian Revolution began on the night of August 21, 1791 🇭🇹
• Uruguayan Independence Day is August 25, 1825 🇺🇾

AUGUST FESTIVALS

• Pachamama is August 1 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇪🇨🇵🇪
• Assumption of Mary is August 15 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸
• Queenship of Mary is August 22 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸
• La Fiesta de Santa Rosa de Lima (The Feast of Saint Rose of Lima) is August 30 🇵🇪

AUGUST PARADES

• Ecuadorian Parade (1st or 2nd Sunday) Sunday, August 8, 2021 in Jackson Heights, Queens from 11am-4pm. (Several warm-up events have been postponed, so this may get postponed too.) 🇪🇨
• National Dominican Day Parade (Second Sunday) Virtual August 8, 2021 at 12-1pm 🇩🇴

AUGUST STREET FAIRS

• Harlem Week is August 6-15, 2021 🇺🇸
• Ecuadorian Festival (Third Sunday) is postponed to 2022 🇪🇨

AUGUST BROADWAY, OFF-BROADWAY & OFF-OFF-BROADWAY

• Springsteen on Broadway is at the St. James. seatgeek.com
• Pass Over previews begin at the August Wilson on August 4 for a September 12 opening. seatgeek.com

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AUGUST ART

• New York City’s art world is on summer schedule.

AUGUST DANCE

• 40th Battery Dance Festival
  YouTube August 12-14, 7-8pm
  In-Person & Livestreamed: Robert F. Wagner Park, August 15-20 7-9pm

AUGUST DANCING

• Orchard Beach Salsa
• Central Park Tango (1st June Sat – Last September Sat)
• VolvoTango fighting with the City

AUGUST FILM

• New York Latino Film Festival moved to September 14-19, 2021
• MTV Video Music Awards TBD (2020: August 30)

AUGUST FOOD

• NYC Restaurant Week is July 19 – August 15. Reservations open July 12.
• 3rd Creole Food Festival is at Skinny’s Cantina on the Hudson in Manhattanville, Manhattan, Sat-Sun, Aug 7-8. From $55 creolefoodfestival.com 🇧🇧🇧🇷🇨🇲🇨🇺🇩🇴🇭🇹🇵🇷🇻🇨🇸🇳🇹🇹🇺🇸

AUGUST MUSIC

• SummerStage Anywhere
• Global Music Month TBD (2020: August 29 – October 1)
• Brasil SummerFest moved to July
• Afropunk TBD
• Lincoln Center Out of Doors Other summer programming
• Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

AUGUST SPORTS

• US Open Grand Slam August 30 – September 12, 2021
• New York Mets baseball, April 1 – October 3, 2021
• New York Yankees baseball, April 1 – October 3, 2021
• NYCFC soccer, April 3 – November 7, 2021
• NY Red Bulls soccer, April 3 – November 7, 2021
• Gotham FC plays women’s soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark), May 15 – October 31, 2021

AUGUST THEATRE

• Puppet Fringe Festival, August 11-15, 2021 & virtual August 16-31, 2021
• NYC Broadway Week cancelled but Broadway reopens in mid-September
• Shakespeare in the Park “Merry Wives” July 5 – August 29, 2021

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AUGUST NATIONAL DAYS

• International Beer Day (First Friday) August 6, 2021
• NYPD National Night Out TBD
• National Rum Day August 16
• International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition August 23

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

• Dolores del Río, first Latin Hollywood star, August 3, 1905 🇲🇽
• Louis Armstrong, jazz legend, August 4, 1901 🇺🇸
• Caetano Veloso, rock star, August, 7, 1942 🇧🇷
• Carlos Vives, vallenato star, August, 7, 1961 🇨🇴
• Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary hero, August 8, 1879 🇲🇽
• Juanes, pop star, August 9, 1972 🇨🇴
• Cantinflas, comic actor, August 12, 1911 🇲🇽
• Roberto Clemente, baseball star and humanitarian, August 18, 1934 🇵🇷
• Gilberto Santa Rosa, salsa star, August 21, 1962 🇵🇷
• Graciela Grillo, singer, August 23, 1915 🇨🇺
• Jorge Luis Borges, writer, August 24, 1899 🇦🇷
• Leonard Bernstein, legendary classical and Broadway composer, August 25, 1918
• Thalia, pop star, August 26, 1971 🇲🇽
• Rufino Tamayo, surrealist painter, August 26, 1899 🇲🇽
• Arsenio Rodríguez, son montuno composer, August 31, 1911 🇨🇺

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