2020 was the year of COVID-19, Unemployment, Black Lives Matter and a presidential election.
New York City shut down for the COVID-19 Pandemic on March 12, 2020 and reopened slowly in fits and starts as we all figured this thing out.
Black Lives Matter broke out after the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day.
Trump Republicans lost the presidential election not once, but over 50 times in court.
COVID-19 vaccination began on December 14. What’s next?
This year is completely different and our coverage is a bit spotty as we go through the ups and downs of living with COVID like everybody else. But our 2019 coverage captured the end of an era.
New York is always changing. Life will come back, but life will be different.
Things to do in NYC in January 2020
1 Haitian Independence
3-5 PBR Professional Bull Riders
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6 Three Kings Day Parade
9-18 Winter Jazzfest
10-14 APAP
12 globalFEST
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17 MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND
17-18 Black Comic Book Festival
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20 Martin Luther King holiday
24-2 Winter Antiques Show
25-1 Master Drawings
26 Grammys
Things to do in NYC in February 2020
Black History Month
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Broadway Week
Off-Broadway Week
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3-12 New York Fashion Week
5-19 MoMA Doc Fortnight
8 VILLALOBOS BROTHERS
8-11 Westminster Dog Show
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CHEAPEST WEEK TO VISIT NYC
14 Valentine’s Day
14 President’s Day Weekend
14 PISTOLERA
14 Neighboring Scenes Film Festival
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17 PRESIDENTS DAY
21 Carnival weekend
21-15 International Children’s Film Festival
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25 Mardi Gras
26 Ash Wednesday
26 ADAA Art Show
27 Dominican Independence Day
Things to do in NYC in March 2020
Women’s History Month
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3-9 Spring/Break Art Show
4-8 Volta New York
5-15 Rendez-Vous with Frenc Cinema
5-8 Armory Show
5-8 Scope New York
5-8 Art on Paper
5-8 Clio Art Fair
6-8 Independent art fair
8 International Women’s Day
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9 Purim
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17 St. Patrick’s Day
17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
20 Spring
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26-29 Affordable Art Fair
27 Register to Vote
27-5 Flamenco Festival
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31 Cesar Chavez Day
Things to do in NYC in April 2020
National Autism Month
National Poetry Month
International Guitar Month
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5-11 HOLY WEEK
12 EASTER
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8 PASSOVER
8 Romani Day
9-17 SPRING RECESS
12 EASTER
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22 Earth Day
23 RAMADAN
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30 International Jazz Day
Things to do in NYC in May 2020
1 International Workers Day
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(3) Cinco de Mayo Parade
4 Met Gala
(4-10) Pen World Voices Festival
5 CINCO DE MAYO
6-10 Frieze New York
8-12 TEFAF New York
(8-17) Bronx Week
10 MOTHER’S DAY
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11 American Ballet Theatre
16 Dance Parade
(17) Cuban Parade
19 Laylat al-Qadr
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22-25 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
22-25 Big Salsa Festival
(23) 152nd St Cultural Festival
23 Eid al-Fitr
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25 Memorial Day
Things to do in NYC in June 2020
New York on PAUSE COVID-19
Pride Month
Caribbean Heritage Month
Hurricane season begins
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4 Anniversary Day (school holiday)
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10 Portugal Day
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20 Summer Solstice
21 Father’s Day
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28 Stonewall Riots
Things to do in NYC in July 2020
COVID-19
Large outdoor events cancelled to at least the end of September
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SummerStage (Virtual)
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4 U.S. Independence
5 Venezuelan Independence
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9 NYCFC soccer season start (TV)
9 Argentine Independence
11 New York Red Bulls soccer season start (TV)
11 Manhattanhenge
11-14 Bastille Day on 60th St (Virtual)
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13 Shakespeare in the Park (Virtual)
14 Bastille Day
16-26 Colombian Film Festival New York
17-20 Dance on Camera Film Festival (Virtual)
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20 Colombian Independence
23 Yankees & Mets baseball (TV)
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28 Peruvian Independence
30 Eid al-Adha
Things to do in NYC in August 2020
COVID-19
Large outdoor events cancelled to at least the end of September
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Open Streets : Open Restaurants (Fri-Sat)
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1 Pachamama (At home)
1 “Liquidus” Tabula Rasa Dance Theater (YouTube)
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6 Bolivian Independence
9 Dominican Parade (Virtual)
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10 Ecuadorian Independence
14 Shakespeare in the Park (TV)
14-16 Jazz Masters & All Stars Weekend (Virtual)
14-22 Battery Dance Festival (Virtual)
16 Dominican Restoration Day
16-23 Harlem Week (Virtual)
18 19th Amendment
23 Subway Series (TBS)
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19-20 Al-Hijra (school holiday)
21 Haitian Revolution
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25 Uruguayan Independence
28 Remember Emmett Till
28 “I Have a Dream”
29 Metropolitan Museum plans to open
30 MTV VMA Video Music Awards (TV)
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31-13 US Open Tennis (ESPN)
Things to do in NYC in September 2020
1-24 US Open Tennis (ESPN)
2 Corn Moon
3 Whitney Museum reopens
4-7 Labor Day Weekend
4 NY Carnival Brass Fest 🇹🇹
5 Morgan Library reopens
6 Roberto Clemente Day 🇵🇷
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7 Labor Day
7 NY Carnival Virtual Road 🇹🇹
7 Brazilian Independence 🇧🇷
9 American Museum of Natural History reopens
11 Remember 9/11
11-16 FDLA Fashion Designers of Latin America 🇩🇴
12 El Museo del Barrio reopens
12 Brooklyn Museum reopens
13-16 RUNWAY360 (NYFW) 🇨🇱 🇻🇪
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15-15 Hispanic Heritage Month
15 Independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua 🇨🇷 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇳🇮
16 Mexican Independence 🇲🇽
17 MoMA PS1 reopens
18 Chilean Independence 🇨🇱
18-28 High Holidays 🇮🇱
18-20 Rosh Hashanah 🇮🇱
19 Procession of San Gennaro 🇮🇹
20 African American Parade
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25-11 NY Film Festival
26 NY Carnival Panology 🇹🇹
27-28 Yom Kippur 🇮🇱
