Things to do in NYC in April 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It’s not a normal April.
Holy Week and Easter are in April this year.
April weather is peak spring. Average temperatures range from 45° to 61°F so it is still cool. Rainfall is slightly above average.
Things to Do in NYC in April 2021 ~ Week 13
March 29 – April 4, 2021
- NYC Schools Spring Recess 🎓 March 29-April 2, 2021
- Passover ✡️ continues through Sunday.
- College Spring Break Season ⛱ continues through April 10, 2021.
- It’s Holy Week (Semana Santa) ✝️.
- College Spring Breaks ⛱ through April 10, 2021
Thursday, April 1
Celebrate Maundy Thursday ✝️.
(Based on 2020) NYC Schools Spring Recess runs through Friday, April 17.
Friday, April 2
Commemorate Good Friday ✝️.
Saturday, April 3
Celebrate Holy Saturday and the Easter vigil.
Sunday, April 4
Celebrate Easter Sunday!
Walk in the Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue from 59th St to 57th St, from 10am – 4pm. FREE
Passover ends at sundown.
Celebrate Senegalese Independence Day 🇸🇳 from France on April 4, 1960
Things to Do in NYC in April 2021 ~ Week 14
April 5-11, 2021
College Spring Break Season ⛱ runs through April 10, 2021.
Monday, April 5
Tuesday, April 6
Wednesday, April 7
Remember Gabriela Mistral 🇨🇱, the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She was born in Vicuña, Chile on April 7, 1889. She died a New Yorker.
Thursday, April 8
Celebrate International Romani Day.
Friday, April 9
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are VIRTUAL for the next three weekends: April 9-11, 16-18, and 23-25 2021.
Saturday, April 10
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are virtual at 92Y.org.
Sunday, April 11
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are virtual at 92Y.org.
Things to do in NYC in April 2021 ~ Week 15
April 12-18, 2021
It’s New York City Immigrant Heritage Week.
Monday, April 12
Celebrate the start of Ramadan ☪️ tonight through May 12.
Tuesday, April 13
Wednesday, April 14
[2020]
Lucille Lortel award nominations (Off-Broadway) were announced.
Thursday, April 15
Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day, when Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Friday, April 16
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are virtual at 92Y.org.
Saturday, April 17
More immigrants entered Ellis Island on April 17, 1907 than on any other day in history.
Celebrate Malbec World Day with the popular Argentine red wine with French roots.
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are virtual at 92Y.org.
Remember Mexican ranchera legend Chavela Vargas who was born in San Joaquín Flores, Costa Rica on April 17, 1919.
Sunday, April 18
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are virtual at 92Y.org.
Celebrate Zimbabwean Independence Day 🇿🇼 from the UK on April 18, 1980.
Things to Do in NYC in April 2021 ~ Week 16
April 19-25, 2021
SummerStage lineup is usually announced this week.
Monday, April 19
Tuesday, April 20
Latin jazz legend Tito Puente was born in Harlem, NYC on April 20, 1923.
Wednesday, April 21
Thursday, April 22
Celebrate Earth Day.
The new moon rises over New York City at 10:25pm.
Friday, April 23
OPENING
The Artexpo New York 🎨🎪 contemporary art fair opens at Pier 94 in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC through tomorrow.
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are virtual at 92Y.org.
Saturday, April 24
CLOSING
The Artexpo New York 🎨🎪 contemporary art fair closes at Pier 94 in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC.
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations are virtual at 92Y.org.
Celebrate Irish Independence Day 🇮🇪 from the UK on April 24, 1916.
Sunday, April 25
The 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center Future Dance Festival finalist presentations end virtually at 92Y.org.
The 93rd Oscars, the Academy Awards, are broadcast live on ABC Channel 7 from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
Celebrate “Landing of the 33 Patriots Day” the Uruguayan national day.
Things to Do in NYC in April 2021 ~ Week 17
April 26 – May 2, 2021
Monday, April 26
Tuesday, April 27
[2020] The Havana Film Festival New York was scheduled to run through May 14.
Celebrate Sierra Leonean Independence Day 🇸🇱 from the UK on April 27, 1961
Celebrate Togolese Independence Day 🇹🇬 from France on April 27, 1960
Wednesday, April 28
Actress Penélope Cruz was born in Alcobendas, Spain on April 28, 1974.
Thursday, April 29
Celebrate International Dance Day, the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727 – 1810) who transformed ballet from a spectacle of costume and scenery to an emotional expression through movement.
Friday, April 30
Celebrate UN International Jazz Day.
Categories of Things to Do in NYC in April 2021
April is National Autism Month, National Poetry Month and International Guitar Month.
APRIL HOLIDAYS
- NYC Schools Spring Recess 🎓 March 29-April 2, 2021
- College Spring Breaks ⛱ through April 10, 2021
APRIL FESTIVALS
- Passover ✡️ March 27 – April 4, 2021
- Easter ✝️ April 4, 2021
- International Romani Day April 8
- Juan Santamaria Day 🇨🇷 April 11
- New York City Immigrant Heritage Week🗽 April 12-18, 2021
- Ramadan ☪️ April 12 – May 12, 2021
- Landing of the 33 Patriots Day 🇺🇾 April 19
- Earth Day 🌎 April 22
- UN International Jazz Day 🎺 April 30
APRIL INDEPENDENCE DAYS
- Senegalese Independence Day 🇸🇳 from France, April 4, 1960
- Zimbabwean Independence Day 🇿🇼 from the UK, April 18, 1980
- Irish Independence Day 🇮🇪 from the UK April 24, 1916
- Sierra Leonean Independence Day 🇸🇱 from the UK, April 27, 1961
- Togolese Independence Day 🇹🇬 from France, April 27, 1960
APRIL PARADES
Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival 👒🥁 Sunday, April 4, 2021
APRIL ART
- Paris Photo New York (AIPAD) 📸🎪 TBD
- Artexpo New York 🎨🎪 Friday-Saturday, April 23-24, 2021
APRIL DANCE
- The Future Dance Festival (92Y Harkness) VIRTUAL April 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 2021
- Flamenco Festival NYC cancelled
- Youth America Grand Prix international ballet competition
- Dance Theatre of Harlem
- New York City Ballet Spring
APRIL FILM
- 93rd Oscars Academy Awards 🎞🏆 Sunday, April 25, 2021
- 13th ReelAbilities Film Festival 👩🏽🦽🎞🎪 April 29-May 5, 2021
- 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 MOVED to June 9-20, 2021
- Havana Film Festival New York 🇨🇺🎞🎪
- Art of the Real 🎞🎪 documentary film festival (ran last November)
APRIL SPORTS
- New York Mets ⚾️ baseball (April 1 – October 3, 2021)
- New York Yankees ⚾️ baseball (April 1 – October 3, 2021)
- NYCFC ⚽️ soccer, early March to October
- NY Red Bulls ⚽️ soccer early March to October
- Sky Blue FC ⚽️ women’s soccer (April to October)
- Surfs up 🏄🏿♀️ in Rockaway, Queens and Montauk, Long Island.
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
- Gabriela Mistral 🇨🇱, Nobel Prize for Literature, April 7, 1889