Things to do in NYC in June 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It’s not a normal May.
June weather is early summer weather. Average temperatures range from 64° to 79°F so it is comfortable. Rainfall is average.
Things to Do in NYC in June 2021 Week 22
May 31 – June 6, 2021
Tuesday, June 1
Hurricane season begins (through November 30).
It’s Pride Month.
It’s Caribbean Heritage Month in New York City.
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The Blue Note Jazz Festival is at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village and other venues through June 30.
Remember the Tulsa Massacre of June 1, 1921.
Wednesday, June 2
Celebrate Italy’s national day La Festa della Repubblica.
Thursday, June 3
Celebrate Yoruba New Year!
Anniversary Day is a New York City School holiday.
Friday, June 4
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The Portugal Day Festival is in Newark, New Jersey through Sunday.
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The Governors Ball music festival is anticipated on Randall’s Island through Sunday.
Saturday, June 5
Sunday, June 6
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The National Puerto Rican Day Parade Mass (in Spanish) is at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown East, Manhattan at 4pm. FREE
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The Celebrate Israel Parade marches up Fifth Avenue from 57th St to 74th St. Time TBD
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The Tony Awards are broadcast live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, Manhattan. Time TBD.
Things to Do in NYC in June 2021 Week 23
June 7-13, 2021
It’s Puerto Rico Week in New York City.
Monday, June 7
Merengue star Juan Luis Guerra was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 7, 1957.
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US Open (tennis) tickets go on sale.
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The CFDA Fashion Awards are today.
Tuesday, June 8
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The Museum Mile Festival street fair and open house is at Africa Center, El Museo del Barrio, Museum of the City of New York, Jewish Museum, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Neue Galerie and the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue from 6-9pm.
Wednesday, June 9
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is in New York City through June, 20, 2021
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The 2021 NYCWFF, NYC Wine & Food Festival lineup is to be announced.
Thursday, June 10
Celebrate Portugal Day, the national day of Portugal which commemorates the death of Luís de Camões, the Portuguese Shakespeare.
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Celebrate NYC Dance Week through next Saturday, June 19.
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is in New York City
Friday, June 11
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Celebrate Corpus Christi, the Catholic Mass that celebrates communion.
Saturday, June 12
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Celebrate Philippines Independence Day (from Spain) on June 12, 1898.
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The 116th Street Festival, the Puerto Rican street fair that is part of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, is on Third Avenue in El Barrio East Harlem from 11am – 5pm. FREE
Brazilians celebrate Dia dos Namorados (Brazilian Valentine’s Day) because Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost things also blesses young couples so they have good relationships.
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The New York Salsa Festival is at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
The 145th Westminster Dog Show opens at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York through tomorrow.
Sunday, June 13
The 145th Westminster Dog Show closes with “Best in Show” live on Fox from the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York.
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
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The 123rd Philippine Independence Day Parade marches up Madison Avenue to a Philippine Street Fair. Time TBD.
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue.
Celebrate the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost things. In Brazil he is known for blessing young couples with a prosperous marriage.
Celebrate Eleguá, the West African orisha of the crossroads who in Cuba is syncretized with Saint Anthony of Padua.
Things to Do in NYC in June 2021 Week 24
June 14-20, 2021
Monday, June 14
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Remember Tito Rojas, the salsa romántica singer who was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico on June 14, 1955.
Tuesday, June 15
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Wednesday, June 16
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Thursday, June 17
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Remember Francisco Oller, the Puerto Rican impressionist painter who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on June 17, 1833.
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CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston Carifest is a Caribbean Carnival that celebrates the end of enslavement in the main slave port of the United States (New York City was #2). Through Sunday. FREE
Friday, June 18
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Saturday, June 19
Celebrate Juneteenth when Federal forces finally ended the U.S. Civil War by enforcing the end of legal slavery in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865.
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
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Paul Winter’s Summer Solstice Celebration is at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, NYC at 4am in the morning.
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Coney Island Mermaid Parade is in Coney Island, Brooklyn at 1pm. FREE
Happy Birthday Chico Buarque de Hollanda 🇧🇷! The legendary Tropicália singer, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 19, 1944.
Sunday, June 20
Celebrate the Summer Solstice (Midsummer), the shortest night of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Happy Father’s Day!
The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 is live.
Celebrate International Tennis Day.
Things to do in NYC
June 2021 Week 25
June 21-27, 2021
It’s Pride Week!
Monday, June 21
The new moon rises over New York City at 2:41am.
Tuesday, June 22
The New York State Primary Election is today.
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The Midsummer Night Swing festival is at Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center Tuesday-Sunday through July 10.
Celebrate Inti Raymi, Inca new year
Wednesday, June 23
Celebrate Saint John’s Eve or Festa Junina (Brazil), the Latin midsummer celebration.
Thursday, June 24
Celebrate the Feast of St John the Baptist.
Friday, June 25
It’s the last day of the 2020-21 public school year in New YorkdCity
Celebrate Mozambican Independence Day 🇲🇿 from Portugal on June 25, 1957.
Saturday, June 26
Happy Birthday Gilberto Gil 🇧🇷! The legendary singer-songwriter, was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on June 26, 1942.
Sunday, June 27
NYC Pride Parade
Celebrate the Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help 🇭🇹, the patron saint of Haiti.
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The NYC Pride Parade marches from 26th St and Fifth Avenue, to Eighth St, down Christopher St and up Seventh Avenue to 23rd St at 12pm. FREE
PrideFest is NYC Pride’s Street Fair.
Things to do in NYC
June 2021 Week 26
June 28 – July 4, 2021
Monday, June 28
The Stonewall Riots, which helped build the LGBT rights movement, began at the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan’s West Village on June 28, 1969. Stand up to the bully!
Celebrate National Ceviche Day 🇵🇪.
Tuesday, June 29
Wednesday, June 30
Remember “La Noche Triste” (the sad night) when the Spaniard Cortés fled the Aztec capital after betraying his host, Aztec ruler Montezuma II, on June 30, 1520. Don’t feel sorry for the Spanish. They had a sickness for gold and conquered dishonorably through betrayal. A gold bar from this episode has recently been discovered (Mexico City gold was Aztec loot Spanish abandoned as they fled in 1520, tests show, “The Guardian,” Friday, January 10, 2020).
Categories of Things to Do in NYC in June 2021
June is Pride Month and Caribbean Heritage Month.
The New York State and New York City 🗽 Primary Election is June 22, 2021.
JUNE HOLIDAYS
- Anniversary Day 📚 NYC Schools holiday, June 3, 2021
- Juneteenth 🇺🇸 the end of legal slavery in the USA, June 19, 1865
- Last day of NYC Schools 📚 Friday, June 25, 2021
JUNE FESTIVALS
- Father’s Day (3rd Sunday) June 20, 2021
- International Tennis Day 🎾 June 20
- Inti Raymi 🇵🇪 June 24, 2021
- Stonewall Riots Commemoration 🏳️🌈 June 28
- Yoruba New Year 🇳🇬 June 30
JUNE INDEPENDENCE DAYS
- Italy Republic Day 🇮🇹 on June 2, 1946
- Portugal Day 🇵🇹 on June 10, 1580
- Philippines Independence Day 🇵🇭 from Spain on June 12, 1898
- Mozambican Independence Day 🇲🇿 from Portugal on June 25, 1957
- Malagasy Independence Day 🇲🇬 from France on June 26, 1960
- Djiboutian Independence Day 🇩🇯 from France on June 27, 1977
- Seychelles Independence Day 🇸🇨 from the UK on June 29, 1976
- Democratic Republic of Congo Independence Day 🇨🇩 from Belgium on June 30, 1960
JUNE PARADES
We won’t know whether parades are allowed until late May.
- Israel Parade 🇮🇱🥁
- Portugal Day Parade 🇵🇹🥁
- Philippine Parade 🇵🇭🥁
- National Puerto Rican Day Parade 🇵🇷🥁
- Coney Island Mermaid Parade 🧜🏽♀️🥁
- NYC Pride Parade 🏳️🌈🥁
JUNE STREET FAIRS
We won’t know whether street fairs are allowed until late May.
- Portugal Day Festival 🇵🇹
- Museum Mile Festival 🏛
- 116th Street Festival 🇵🇷
- PrideFest 🏳️🌈
JUNE ART
- NYC’s art world goes on summer schedule.
JUNE DANCE
- New York City Ballet 🩰
- American Ballet Theatre 🩰
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 🩰
- Midsummer Night Swing 💃🏽🕺🏽UNCERTAIN at press time
- NYC Dance Week 💃🏽🕺🏽 June 10-19, 2021
JUNE FASHION
- CFDA Fashion Awards UNCERTAIN at press time
JUNE FILM
- New York African Diaspora International Film Festival 🎞🎪 June 4-6, to be confirmed
- The 20th Tribeca Film Festival 🎞🎪 June 9-20, 2021
- Human Rights Watch Film Festival 🎞🎪
JUNE MUSIC
- Blue Note Jazz Festival (June 1-30, to be confirmed)
- Concerts in the Parks
- Metropolitan Opera Summer Recitals
- Governors Ball Music Festival
- New York Salsa Festival
- Pride Island
JUNE SPORTS
- New York Mets ⚾️ Major League Baseball (April 1 – October 3, 2021)
- New York Yankees ⚾️ Major League Baseball (April 1 – October 3, 2021)
- NYCFC ⚽️ Major League Soccer, early March to October
- NY Red Bulls ⚽️ Major League Soccer, early March to October
JUNE THEATRE
- Shakespeare in the Park 🎭
- Drama Desk Awards 🎭🏆
- Tony Awards 🎭🏆
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
Luís de Camões 🇵🇹 Portugal’s national poet, June 10, 1580 (Portugal Day)
JUNE NATURE
- Strawberry Moon full moon
- New Moon
- Midsummer