Things to do in NYC in March 2021 depend on the progress of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It’s not a normal March.
March brings St. Patrick’s Day and the Spring Equinox.
March weather brings the first hints of spring. Average temperatures range from 35° to 50°F so it is still cold. Rainfall is average.
All March
- College Spring Break Season ⛱ is all March long.
- NYCFC ⚽️ plays Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium.
- NY Red Bulls ⚽️ play Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark).
- Surfs up 🏄🏿♀️ in Rockaway, Queens and Montauk, Long Island.
Things to Do in NYC in March 2021 Week 9
March 1-7, 2021
Monday, March 1
Celebrate Women’s History Month ♀.
Tuesday, March 2
Wednesday, March 3
Thursday, March 4
OPENING
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org through March 14. $12/film
Friday, March 5
OPENING
New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org through March 14.
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
Saturday, March 6
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Celebrate Ghanaian Independence Day 🇬🇭, from the UK, on March 6, 1957.
Remember Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez 🇨🇴 who was born in Aracataca, Colombia on March 6, 1927.
Sunday, March 7
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Things to Do in NYC in March 2021 Week 10
March 8-14, 2021
College Spring Break Season ⛱ runs through April 10, 2021.
Monday, March 8
Celebrate International Women’s Day.
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Happy Birthday Johnny Ventura 🇩🇴! The merengue pioneer was born in Santo Domingo on March 8, 1940.
Remember Enrique Rodríguez 🇦🇷, the Argentine tango composer and bandleader who was born in La Plata, Argentina on March 8, 1901.
Tuesday, March 9
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Wednesday, March 10
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Thursday, March 11
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Remember Astor Piazzolla 🇦🇷, the father of Nuevo Tango (tango jazz) who was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina on March 11, 1921. He first learned to play bandoneon in New. York City.
Friday, March 12
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Celebrate Mauritian Independence Day 🇲🇺, from the UK, on March 12, 1968.
Saturday, March 13
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
The New Moon 🌙 reaches maximum over New York City.
Sunday, March 14
Daylight Savings Time ⏰ begins in some regions. “Spring forward/Fall back” so set your clocks one hour forward.
CLOSING
Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 film festival is virtual at filmlinc.org. $12/film
CLOSING
The New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 is virtual at nyicff.org
Remember Rodolfo Biagi 🇦🇷, the Tango pianist and composer with a hard beat, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 14, 1906.
Things to Do in NYC in March 2021 Week 11
March 15-21, 2021
College Spring Break Season ⛱ runs through April 10, 2021.
Monday, March 15
Oscar Nominations 🏆 for the 93rd Academy Awards (April 15, 2021) are announced today.
Happy Birthday Sergio Vargas 🇩🇴! The merengue and bolero singer was born in Villa Altagracia on March 15, 1960.
Tuesday, March 16
The South by Southwest (SXSW) tech, music and film festival is virtual from Austin, Texas March 16-20, 2021. In a normal year, many artists come to New York after SXSW.
Wednesday, March 17
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day 🇮🇪!
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade 🇮🇪 will go on in some form that is COVID-safe. FREE
Remember Elis Regina 🇧🇷, the MPB, samba and jazz singer, who was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on March 17, 1945.
Thursday, March 18
Saheem Ali 🇰🇪 directs Romeo y Julieta 📻🎭 with a cast of Latin stars for the Public Theater on WNYC public radio and podcasts after. FREE with rsvp
Friday, March 19
Celebrate the Feast of Saint Joseph 😇, the Latin Father’s Day which honors both fathers and stepfathers.
Saturday, March 20
The spring equinox marks the first day of meteorological spring 💐
Celebrate Tunisian Independence Day 🇹🇳, from the UK, on March 12, 1968.
Sunday, March 21
Watch the 63rd Grammy Awards 🎼🏆 live on CBS at 8pm ET. There may be some pre-show.
Celebrate Namibian Independence Day 🇳🇦, from South Africa, on March 21, 1990.
Remember Benito Juárez 🇲🇽, the father of modern Mexico, who was born in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca on March 21, 1806.
Celebrate World Poetry Day 📚
Celebrate World Puppetry Day 🎭
Things to Do in NYC in March 2021 Week 12
March 22-28, 2021
College Spring Break Season ⛱ runs through April 10, 2021.
Monday, March 22
Celebrate Día de la abolición de la esclavitud (Puerto Rico Emancipation Day), the day when the law that ended slavery in Puerto Rico was enacted.
Wish Jorge Ben Jor 🇧🇷 a happy birthday. The father of samba-rock was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 22, 1942.
Tuesday, March 23
Wednesday, March 24
The new moon reaches maximum over New York City at 5:28am.
Johnny Pacheco 🇩🇴 Fania All Stars leader, March 24, 1930
Thursday, March 25
Today is the UN’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade ⛓.
Wish Johnny Pacheco 🇩🇴 a happy birthday! The Fania All-Stars leader was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic on March 25, 1935.
Celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation ✝️.
Celebrate Greek Independence Day 🇬🇷, from the Ottoman Empire, on March 25, 1821.
Friday, March 26
Saturday, March 27
Celebrate Passover ✡️ tonight through April 4.
Sunday, March 28
Celebrate Holi 🕉, the Hindu spring festival through tomorrow.
The Worm Moon 🌝, the March full moon, reaches maximum over New York City at 2:48pm.
Happy birthday to Mario Vargas Llosa 🇵🇪, the Nobel Prize-winning author who was born in Arequipa, Peru on March 28, 1936.
Wish Lady Gaga 🇮🇹🇺🇸 a happy birthday. The Italian-American pop star was born in New York City on March 28, 1986.
Things to Do in NYC in March 2021 Week 13
March 29 – April 4, 2021
College Spring Break Season ⛱ runs through April 10, 2021.
Monday, March 29
NYC Schools Spring Recess 🎓 is through April 2.
Tuesday, March 30
Wednesday, March 31
Celebrate César Chávez Day 🇲🇽🇺🇸, the day the Mexican American labor and civil rights leader was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927.
Categories of Things to Do in NYC in March 2021
MARCH HOLIDAYS
- College Spring Breaks ⛱ through April 10, 2021
- NYC Schools Spring Recess 🎓 March 29-April 2, 2021
MARCH INDEPENDENCE DAYS
- Ghana 🇬🇭 March 6, 1957 (from the UK)
- Mauritius 🇲🇺 March 12, 1968 (from the UK)
- Tunisia 🇹🇳 March 20, 1956 (from France)
- Namibia 🇳🇦 March 21, 1990 (from South Africa)
- Greece 🇬🇷 March 25, 1821 (from the Ottoman Empire)
MARCH FESTIVALS
- International Women’s Day 🌹 March 8
- St. Patrick’s Day 🇮🇪 March 17
- Feast of St Joseph 😇 March 19
- Passover ✡️ March 27 – April 4, 2021
- Holi 🕉 March 28-29, 2021
MARCH PARADES
- St Patrick’s Day Parade 🇮🇪 VIRTUAL March 17, 2021
MARCH ART
- Affordable Art Fair New York Spring 🎨 MOVED to May 20-23, 2021
- Armory Arts Week 🎨 MOVED to September this year
MARCH DANCE
- Flamenco Festival 💃🏽 CANCELLED
MARCH FILM
- Rendez-vous with French Cinema 🇫🇷🎞🎪 March 4-14, 2021
- New York International Children’s Film Festival 🎞🎪 March 5-14, 2021
- Oscars Nominations 🎞🏆 Monday, March 15, 2021
- ReelAbilities Film Festival 👩🏽🦽🎞🎪 MOVED to April 29-May 5, 2021
- Colombian Film Festival NY 🇨🇴🎞🎪 TBD (2020: July 16-23, 2019: March 28-31)
- Queens World Film Festival 🗽🎞🎪 TBD
- New Directors/New Films film festival 🎞🎪 TBD (ran in December in 2020)
MARCH LITERATURE
- World Poetry Day 📚 Sunday, March 21, 2021
MARCH MUSIC
- 63rd Grammy Awards 🎼🏆 Sunday, March 21, 2021
MARCH SPORTS
- NYCFC ⚽️ Major League Soccer, early March to October
- NY Red Bulls ⚽️ Major League Soccer, early March to October
- Surfing 🏄🏿♀️ Rockaway, Queens and Montauk, Long Island
MARCH THEATRE
- Romeo y Julieta 📻🎭 Public Theater and WNYC Public Radio, March 18, 2021
- World Puppetry Day 🎭 Sunday, March 21, 2021
- Broadway 🎭 is closed until at least June.
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
- Gabriel García Márquez 🇨🇴 Nobel Prize-winning author, March 6, 1927
- Johnny Ventura 🇩🇴 merengue pioneer, March 8, 1940
- Astor Piazzolla 🇦🇷 tango jazz composer, March 11, 1921
- Sergio Vargas 🇩🇴 merengue and bolero singer, March 15, 1960
- Elis Regina 🇧🇷 bossa nova singer, March 17, 1945
- Benito Juárez 🇲🇽 founding father of modern Mexico, March 21, 1806
- Jorge Ben Jor 🇧🇷 father of samba-rock, March 22, 1942
- Johnny Pacheco 🇩🇴 Fania All Stars leader, March 24, 1930
- Lady Gaga 🇮🇹🇺🇸 pop star, March 28, 1986
- César Chávez 🇲🇽🇺🇸 labor and civil rights leader, March 31, 1927
MARCH NATURE
- New Moon 🌙 March 13, 2021
- Spring 💐 Saturday, March 20, 2021
- Worm Moon 🌝 full moon, March 28, 2021
- Macy’s Flower Show (CANCELLED)