Things to Do in NYC in October 2021

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There are a zillion things to do in NYC in October 2021. New York City is back!

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The Month of October

October is the nicest month of fall because New York is in full stride, the weather is perfect, and the changing colors are beautiful.

New York City’s October weather is peak fall. Average temperatures range from 50° to 64°F, so it is cool. It’s the end of the March to October rainy season.

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Things to do in NYC in October 2021 Week 39

September 27 – October 3, 2021

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Friday, October 1

Celebrate International Coffee Day and the Ethiopian drink. 🇪🇹

The Diana: The Musical original Broadway cast movie opens on Netflix today.

Palme d’Or winner Titane by Julia Ducournau opens at IFC Center in the West Village Fri, Oct 1-7. 🇫🇷

Oscar Noriega plays straight-ahead Jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 5-7pm. $20. 🇲🇽

La Cumbiamba NY plays Colombian gaitas y tambores at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 7pm. $10. 🇨🇴

Fleur Seule plays retro Jazz and Latin Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park from 7-11pm. 🇺🇸🇵🇷

Alejandro Cerrudo presents ballet at The Joyce in Chelsea at 8pm. From $26. 🇪🇸

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban rumba at Drom in the East Village at 8pm (7pm doors). Tickets $30.

Jerry Rivera sings salsa at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey at 8pm. From $49 🇵🇷

True East plays Latin Jazz Rock at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Oct 1 from 8-9:30pm. $15 🇨🇺

Yotoco plays Latin Folk Jazz (Rumba, Son, Cumbia, Plena) at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Oct 1 from 10pm to midnight. $20. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇵🇷

Gerardo Contino & Los Habaneros play Cuban Timba at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 10:30pm. $10. 🇨🇺

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Saturday, October 2

Movement Without Borders, a day of performance about humanizing our immigration system, is at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, Sat, Oct 2 from 11am – 6:30pm. Suggested $20.

Alejandro Cerrudo presents ballet at The Joyce in Chelsea at 2pm & 8pm. From $26. 🇪🇸

Jose “Pepito” Gomez plays Cuban son in tribute to the Buena Vista Social Club at Drom in the East Village at 5:30pm. (5pm doors). 🇨🇺

The Red Bull Batalla Spanish freestyle rap championship of Spain is on redbull.com. 🇪🇸

Sanda Weigl plays Romanian and Romani Jazz Rock at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Saturdays in October, 2021 from 6-7:30pm. $20. 🇷🇴

Saltapatrás plays Regional Mexican at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Oct 2 at 7pm. $5. 🇲🇽

Francis Jacob plays West African Jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 8-9:30pm. $15 🇫🇷

Gerardo Contino & Los Habaneros play Cuban Timba at the Roxy Bar at the Roxy Hotel in Tribeca on Sat, Oct 2 from 8-10:30pm. 🇨🇺

The KFJ Trio plays West African Jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Sat, Oct 2 from 9-11:30pm. $10. 🇧🇯🇳🇬🇹🇬

La Cumbiamba NY plays folkloric Colombian Cumbia with gaitas at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Sat, Oct 2 from 10pm to midnight. $20. 🇨🇴

Juan Carlos Formell (Los Van Van), Danae Blanco & Chuito Quintero play Cuban Timba at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 10:30pm. $5 🇨🇺

Gerardo Contino & Los Habaneros play Cuban Timba at Cuban Restaurant Mi Salsa Kitchen in the Lower East Side on Sat, Oct 2 at 11pm. 🇨🇺

Grupo Encanto plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 cover after 10pm.

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Sunday, October 3

The Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park in Hudson Heights, Manhattan is officially cancelled for 2021. It will be back October 2, 2022.

Hispanisimo, a virtual celebration of Latin culture, is on YouTube and Canal America cable, at 1pm. FREE

Grupo Aurora plays Bachata for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village for the “Brunchata” Bachata brunch from 1-6pm. 🇩🇴

Alejandro Cerrudo presents ballet at The Joyce in Chelsea at 2pm. From $26. 🇪🇸

Yankees vs Rays is the last game of the regular season at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 3:05pm.

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm. From $30 🇨🇺

Luan Barbosa’s Roda de Samba plays Brazilian Samba and Pagode at Drom in the East Village at 7:30pm. (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇧🇷

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Monday, October 4

Celebrate the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. 🇮🇹

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

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum. 🇮🇹

La Banda Chuska plays Psychedelic Chicha Rock at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 9pm to midnight. $20. 🇵🇪

Lau Noah sings Spanish Jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn from 9-11:30pm. $10. 🇪🇸

POV “Fruits of Labor” shows life as an undocumented American teenager on PBS Thirteen at 10pm ET. 🇲🇽

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Tuesday, October 5

Remember Ismael Rivera (“Las Caras Lindas,” “El Nazareno,” “El Bombón de Elena”). The salsa legend was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 5, 1931. In Puerto Rico, today is the Día Conmemorativo del Natalicio de Ismael Rivera. 🇵🇷

Los Hacheros play hard salsa at The Stage at Hudson Yards, Manhattan from 6-8pm. FREE with registration. 🇵🇷

Los Aliens play Colombian pop at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 7-8:30pm. $15. 🇨🇴

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹

The Yankees play the Red Sox for the American League Wild Card spot at 8:08pm. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇷🇻🇪

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It screens on American Masters on PBS Thirteen at 9pm. 🇵🇷

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Wednesday, October 6

Eva Davidova Global Mode Omnívoros, a mind-bending digital installation opens at Instituto Cervantes in Midtown East to Nov 10. 🇪🇸

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Carolina Mamà sings Argentine Folk Jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn from 9-11:30pm. $10. 🇦🇷

Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors play Guinean Jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 10pm. $15. 🇬🇳

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Thursday, October 7

OPENING DAY
Greater New York 2021 opens at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens from 10:30am – 5:30pm. $25

Tanino Liberatore: Poetry Interrupted! opens with a reception at Philippe Labaune Gallery in Chelsea from 11am-9pm. philippelabuane.com 🇮🇹

It’s New York Comic Con through Sunday.

Lino Tagliapietra: Journey (blown glass) opens with a reception at Heller Gallery in Chelsea from 6-8pm. The show ends Nov 6. hellergallery.com 🇮🇹

Talia Castro-Pozo’s Sunset Salsa dance party is at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park in the West Village, from 6:30-9pm. Free 🇵🇪.

OPENING NIGHT
The Visitor musical premieres Off Broadway at The Public Theater in NoHo at 7pm and runs to Nov 21, 2021.

Los Hacheros play salsa dura at Wild Birds in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Thu, Oct 7 at 9pm. Donation.🇵🇷

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

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. 🇦🇷

Luis Esquilin & SalsaVive play Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez at midnight and 1:30am. $20 🇵🇷

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Friday, October 8

Vera Girivi opens with a reception at Sargent’s Daughters in Two Bridges, Manhattan from 12-6pm. The show ends Nov 7. sargentsdaughters.com 🇮🇹

The NY Gypsy All-Stars play Roma music at Drom in the East Village at 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). $15. [They are not Latin, but in Spain, Roma culture evolved into Flamenco. We love this band. This is Drom.]

Sebastian Natal plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 🇺🇾

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Saturday, October 9

Arrebato (1979) by Iván Zulueta, Pedro Almodóvar’s favorite horror film, is at IFC Center in the West Village through tomorrow only. $17. 🇪🇸

The 26th Panamanian Parade & Street Fair are in Crown Heights, Brooklyn at 12pm. FREE 🇵🇦

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 2pm & 8pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Aventura with Romeo Santos brings their Inmortal Tour to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey at 8pm. From $49.50. 🇩🇴

The 77th Columbus Day Parade Gala is tonight. 🇮🇹

Cosa Seria plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $20

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Sunday, October 10

Arrebato (1979) by Iván Zulueta, Pedro Almodóvar’s favorite horror film, is at IFC Center in the West Village Fri-Sat, Oct 8-9. $17. 🇪🇸

The Hispanic Day Parade is officially cancelled. It returns next year.

The 77th Columbus Day Parade Wreath Laying is at Columbus Circle in Manhattan. 🇮🇹

NYC’s 7th Indigenous Peoples Day celebration opens at Randall’s Island Park in Manhattan from 11am – 9pm. FREE

Afro-Dominicano plays Bachata for dancing at the “Brunchata” Bachata brunch at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village from 12 noon to 10pm. $10 cover after 5pm. 🇩🇴

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 2pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in the East Village on Sundays from 6-11pm. 🇺🇸

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm. From $30 🇨🇺

Alejandro Sanz sings Spanish Pop at Radio City Music Hall at 8pm. From $69.50. 🇪🇸

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Monday, October 11

Italian Heritage Day / Indigenous Peoples Day ~ Many Latin Americans are furious about the whitewashing of the Indigenous Genocide (that began with a 95% death rate) and enslavement of over 12 million African Peoples and their descendants that Columbus brought after 1492, but Columbus himself was an evil man. His own Spanish sponsors called him back to Spain, jailed him, and stripped him of his power for crimes against Indigenous Peoples.

America’s Italian community attached to Columbus because the US holiday was created to discourage Jim Crow Confederates from lynching Italian Americans (for associating with African Americans). The recognition helped Italian Americans make the transition from “others” to just “Americans.”

If you want to know what we think about Christopher Columbus, read our story.

You can tell us to change the name all you want, but we are just journalists. NYC Department of Education changed the holiday’s name to some outcry. [Thank you.] The Columbus Day Parade is responsible for its own name. The New York State Assembly is responsible for the holiday’s name in New York State. The US Congress is responsible for name in the USA. If you want to change it, talk to your elected representatives.

Celebrate Indigenous People Day and the First Nations of the Americas!

NYC’s 7th Indigenous Peoples Day celebration closes with sunrise and water ceremonies at Randall’s Island Park in Manhattan from 7am – 2pm. FREE

Celebrate Italian Heritage Day (formerly Columbus Day), a holiday founded to stop the lynching of Italian Americans in the old Confederate South. 🇮🇹

The 77th Columbus Day Parade Mass is at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown East at 9:30am. 🇮🇹

LAST CHANCE
The Medici: Portraits & Politics 1512-1570 closes at The Met Fifth Avenue from 10am-5pm. $25. 🇮🇹

Surrealism Beyond Borders is at The Met Fifth Avenue through Jan 30, 2022. 🇫🇷

The 77th Columbus Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue at 11:30am. 🇮🇹

Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernández and other Spanish immigrants celebrate Indigenous People Day at Columbus Circle on Mon, Oct 11 at 4:30pm. FREE. instagram.com 🇪🇸

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

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹

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Tuesday, October 12

Celebrate Spain’s National Day 🇪🇸

OPENING NIGHT
The Kicking + Screening soccer film festival opens at Scandinavia House in Murray Hill, Manhattan, at 7pm. It runs to Friday. $20. 🇧🇷🇲🇽

Tickets for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (Dec 1-19) go on sale at New York City Center at 12 noon.

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹

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Wednesday, October 13

Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine opens with a reception at Hunter East Harlem Gallery in El Barrio on Wed, Oct 13 from 12-8pm. The show ends Feb 5, 2022. kodalab.org 🇨🇴

The Kicking and Screening soccer film festival screens Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL (featuring Pelé at the NY Cosmos) at Upper 90 in Astoria, Queens at 7pm. $20. 🇧🇷

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Thursday, October 14

OPENING NIGHT
The 14th NYCWFF – New York City Wine & Food Festival runs through Sunday. nycwff.org

Talia Castro-Pozo’s Sunset Salsa dance party is at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park in the West Village, from 6:30-9pm. Free 🇵🇪.

The Kicking and Screening soccer film festival screens Rayados 75, Fernando Kalife’s film about 2019 Mexico champions CF Monterrey, at Scandinavia House in Murray Hill, Manhattan on Thu, Oct 14 at 7pm. $20. 🇲🇽

Albert Marques leads a Flamenco-Jazz jam at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 7pm. $10. 🇪🇸

Bryan Vargas plays Latin Jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 8pm. $20

Colombian jazz harp virtuoso Edmar Castaneda celebrates the release of his new album “Family” at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle at 7:30 & 9:30pm ET. $40 🇨🇴

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 8pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Fleur Seule sings “Latin Love Songs” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 8:30pm. From $20. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇵🇷

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 Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village from 9:30pm – 2am. $10 🇵🇷

Jay Rodriguez & Brooklyn Soul Status play Latin Jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 10pm. $20 🇨🇴

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Friday, October 15

Hispanic Heritage Month ends today. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

The 14th NYCWFF – New York City Wine & Food Festival continues. nycwff.org

The IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair is virtual at fineartprintfair.org Oct 15-31. FREE

Oscar Noriega plays straight-ahead Jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Oct 15 from 5-7pm. $20 🇲🇽

The Flamenco Certamen USA 2021 Finals are at the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on Fri, Oct 15 at 7pm. $35. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸

Latin Grammy winner Samuel Torres plays Afro-Colombian Jazz from both the Caribbean and Pacific coasts at Chelsea Table and Stage at 7pm. From $35. 🇨🇴

Benjamín Lapidus y Sonido Isleño play Latin Jazz at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 7pm. $5

Fleur Seule plays retro Jazz and Latin Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park from 7-11pm. 🇺🇸🇵🇷

Steinway pianist Rosa Antonelli, a master of Piazzolla, hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month virtual concert on YouTube at 7:30pm. FREE 🇦🇷

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 8pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Xiomara Laugart sings Cuban Jazz at Mi Salsa Kitchen in the Lower East Side, every Friday at 8pm. 🇨🇺

The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet plays Argentine Tango at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 8pm. $20 🇦🇷

La Banda Chuska plays Psychedelic Chicha Rock at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 10pm. $20. 🇵🇪

Lucia Pulido sings Colombian Boleros and Waltzes at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 10:30pm. $10. 🇨🇴

Anissa Gathers sings Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village from 12-2am. $20 🇵🇷

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Saturday, October 16

It’s Open House New York weekend. ohny.org

The 14th NYCWFF – New York City Wine & Food Festival continues. nycwff.org

Dance Theatre of Harlem does pop-up performances inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s sculptures in the Kusama garden at the NY Botanical Garden in The Bronx, from 2-5pm. From $25. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 2pm & 8pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Erik Satie Quartet plays French winds at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 6pm. $20. 🇫🇷

La India sings Puerto Rican salsa at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens at 9pm. From $50. 🇵🇷

Àlvaro Benavides plays Venezuelan Jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn at 9 & 10:15pm. $10. 🇻🇪

The Red Bull Batalla Spanish freestyle rap championship of the Dominican Republic is on redbull.com. 🇩🇴

Jimmy Bosch “El Trombon Criollo” (Rubén Blades, Spanish Harlem Orchestra) plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:30pm and 1:30am. $20. Happy Birthday Jimmy! 🇵🇷

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Sunday, October 17

It’s Open House New York weekend. ohny.org

David Oquendo & Friends play Afro-Cuban rumba in the Bronx Music Hall Plaza outdoors at Bronx Commons on Sun, Oct 17 at 1pm. Free. Facebook @bxmusic 🇨🇺

Dance Theatre of Harlem does pop-up performances inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s sculptures in the Kusama garden at the NY Botanical Garden in The Bronx, from 2-5pm. From $25. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸

LAST CHANCE
The 14th NYCWFF – New York City Wine & Food Festival ends. nycwff.org

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in the East Village on Sundays from 6-11pm. 🇺🇸

Lara Bello and Granada Sounds sing Spanish Flamenco at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Sun, Oct 17 at 7pm. $10. 🇪🇸

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm. From $30 🇨🇺

Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” lindy hop with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26. 🇺🇸

Juanes sings Colombian Pop Rock at Terminal 5 in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 8pm. From $85. 🇨🇴

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style Jazz Manouche at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Sundays at 9-11:55pm. $20. 🇫🇷

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Monday, October 18

The E/AB Editions Artists’ Book Fair is virtual Oct 18-31. FREE eabfair.org 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽

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

Oscar Hernandez and Alma Libre play Puerto Rican Jazz at Chelsea Table and Stage at 7 & 9:30pm. From $35. 🇵🇷

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹

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Tuesday, October 19

Issac Delgado y La Novena play Cuban Timba at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹

Los Cielitos play Boleros at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Tue, Oct 19 at 9 & 10:15pm. $10. 🇩🇴

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Wednesday, October 20

LAST CHANCE
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It screens to today on PBS Thirteen American Masters. 🇵🇷

OPENING NIGHT
The Bushwick Film Festival opens at Lot45 in Bushwick from 7-10pm. The Festival continues online, Thursday-Sunday at bushwickfilmfestival.com

Issac Delgado y La Novena play Cuban Timba at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺

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Thursday, October 21

Talia Castro-Pozo’s Sunset Salsa dance party is at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park in the West Village, from 6:30-9pm. Free 🇵🇪.

Fleur Seule plays retro Jazz and Latin Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park from 7-11pm. 🇺🇸🇵🇷

Issac Delgado y La Novena play Cuban Timba at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺

The Flamenco Vivo Gala is at the Hotel Chantelle Rooftop in the Lower East Side on Thu, Oct 21 at 7:30pm. From $150. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸

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. 🇦🇷

Quinteros Salsa Project sings Venezuelan Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Oct 21 from 9:30-11:30pm. 🇻🇪

The Bushwick Film Festival continues online at bushwickfilmfestival.com

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Friday, October 22

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: inbetweenness opens at the Judd Foundation in SoHo. juddfoundation.org 🇨🇺🏳️‍🌈

Issac Delgado y La Novena play Cuban Timba at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺

Ozuna headlines the Uforia La X Live Reggaeton show at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ at 7:30pm. From $90. 🇩🇴🇵🇷

The Phantom of the Opera returns to the Paris Opera House at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway at 8pm. From $59. 🇫🇷

Xiomara Laugart sings Cuban Jazz at Mi Salsa Kitchen in the Lower East Side, every Friday at 8pm. 🇨🇺

Willie Villegas y Entre Amigos play Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village from midnight – 2am. $20

The Bushwick Film Festival continues online at bushwickfilmfestival.com

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Saturday, October 23

The 31st Tompkins Square Park Dog Parade is at the East River Amphitheater in the Lower East Side from 12-3pm. FREE.

LAST CHANCE
The Bushwick Film Festival screens live at Regal Cinemas in Downtown Brooklyn with a happy hour at Circa Brewing Company, both from 12-11:30pm. bushwickfilmfestival.com

Dayramir Gonzalez & Habana enTRANCé play Cuban Jazz at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens at 7pm. $20. 🇨🇺

Issac Delgado y La Novena play Cuban Timba at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺

Cuban Nueva Trova legend Pablo Milanés brings his Dias de Luz Tour to The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan at 8pm. From $45. 🇨🇺

India brings her Inmensa Tour to Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Sat, Oct 23 at 8pm. From $45. 🇵🇷

LowerEastSalsa plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village from midnight – 2am. $20.

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Sunday, October 24

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm. From $30 🇨🇺

Lalo Mora plays Regional Mexican at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Oct 24 at 10pm. $35. 🇲🇽

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style Jazz Manouche at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 9-11:55pm. $20. 🇫🇷

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Things to do in NYC in October 2021 Week 43

October 25-31, 2021

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Monday, October 25

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

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹

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Tuesday, October 26

Mambembe plays Samba/Reggae and Kikiriki Biguey plays Afro-Cuban Rumba at Drom in the East Village at 8pm (7pm doors). $10. 🇧🇷🇯🇲🇨🇺

Miguel Zenón joins Ches Smith and We All Break for their “Path of Seven Colors” record release show of Haitian Vodou music at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn at 8pm. $20. 🇭🇹🇵🇷

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District, from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹

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Thursday, October 28

Remember Chico O’Farrill who founded one of the Cuban Jazz dynasties that is now in its third generation in New York City. This is for you Arturo O’Farrill. 🇨🇺

Celebrate the Feast of St Jude Thaddeus patron saint of lost causes.

The New Museum 2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone opens in the Lower East Side. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇯🇲🇲🇽🇵🇪🇺🇸|🇨🇩🇿🇦|🇮🇳🇵🇭|🇫🇷

Cosmopolitan Mosaic, a live and digital dance and film performance inspired by NYC’s cultural blend, is at Anita’s Way in the Bank of America Tower in Times Square on Thu, Oct 28 from 3-6pm. FREE. chashama.org 🇵🇷🇮🇳🇺🇸

LAST CHANCE
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Sunset Salsa dance party is at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park in the West Village, from 6:30-9pm. Free 🇵🇪.

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Timba at Drom in the East Village at 8pm (7pm doors). $30. 🇨🇺

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. 🇦🇷

All-blind band Los Ciegos del Barrio plays Latin rhythms for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 9:30pm & 11:30pm. $10

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Friday, October 29

OPENING DAY
Jaume Plensa: NEST is at Galerie Lelong in Chelsea from 10am – 6pm. Through Dec 3. 🇪🇸

OPENING DAY
Kara Walker: Prince McVeigh and the Turner Blasphemies examines American mythmaking at Sikkema Jenkins in Chelsea from 10am – 6pm. Through Dec 18. 🇺🇸

OPENING DAY
Artexpo New York is at Pier 36 in the Lower East Side, from 11am-7pm. From $25.

OPENING DAY
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: A Crack in the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial is at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Park through June 26, 2022. $16. 🇲🇽

LAST CHANCE
From Surface to Space: Max Bill and Concrete Sculpture in Buenos Aires ends at the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art in the Upper East Side. islaa.org 🇦🇷

The Dia de los Muertos Parade: A Community Celebration of Remembrance at the Queens Museum is cancelled by rain, but there are still activities at the Museum, including Mariachi Nuevo Amanecer, Los Chinelos de San Pedro Queens, and Catrinas at 4:30pm. FREE. 🇲🇽

Fleur Seule plays retro Jazz and Latin Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park from 7-11pm. 🇺🇸🇵🇷

BRONX RISING!
Edwin Pagán’s Bronx horror movie Wolfen (1980) screens with live music by Bobby Sanabria & Project X and director Q&As at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory in Foxhurst, The Bronx on Fri, Oct 29 at 7pm. $10 with reservation to (917) 557-2354. Facebook @bxmusic 🇵🇷

Xiomara Laugart sings Cuban Jazz at Mi Salsa Kitchen in the Lower East Side, every Friday at 8pm. 🇨🇺

Gilberto Santa Rosa sings Puerto Rican salsa romantica at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey at 8pm. From $49 🇵🇷

Elvis Martínez plays Dominican Bachata at La Boom in Woodside, Queens at 9pm. From $48. 🇩🇴

Arturo Ortiz & 7 Con Calle play Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village from midnight – 2am. $20 🇵🇷

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Saturday, October 30

Artexpo New York is at Pier 36 in the Lower East Side, from 11am-7pm. From $25.

Grammy winner David Oquendo & Friends play Latin Jazz at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Foxhurst, The Bronx on Sat, Oct 30 at 2pm (1:45pm doors). FREE with reservation (917) 557-2354. @bxmusic 🇨🇺

CELEBRATE MEXICO NOW FESTIVAL

• Reencuentros: Works for the Screen in Times of Lockdown streams at 4pm. 🇲🇽
• Reencuentros: Works for the Screen in Times of Lockdown is a live Q&A with Works for Screen creatives streaming on Sat, Oct 30 at 5pm. 🇲🇽
• New York singer-songwriter Renee Goust turns Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens into a Cantina Cuir at 9pm. 🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈

The Red Bull Batalla Spanish freestyle rap championship of Argentina is on redbull.com. 🇦🇷

Los Hermanos De Leon play Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village from midnight – 2am. $20.

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Sunday, October 31 ~ Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Day of the Dead (Día de muertos) celebrations begin with the building of ofrendas (altars) to invite deceased family members to visit.

Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts closes on the roof garden at The Met Fifth Avenue from 10am-5pm. $25. 🇻🇪

LAST CHANCE
Artexpo New York is at Pier 36 in the Lower East Side, from 11am-6pm. From $25.

Puerto Rican violinist Skye Steele gives a Halloween concert, La Otra Historia del Violín: The People’s History of Latin Strings at the Bronx Music Hall outdoor plaza in Melrose, The Bronx from 2-3:30pm. @bxmusic FREE 🇵🇷

Halloween Bash 2021 is a DJ night with costume, margarita drinking, and chimichanga eating contests at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Oct 31 from 3pm to 2am. $10 in costume. $20 no costume.

CELEBRATE MEXICO NOW FESTIVAL

• Watch “Yolik (Despacio),” Epifanía Martínez Rosete’s documentary of an old Mexican woman talking about her childhood memories at 5:30pm. 🇲🇽
• Watch “Tote/Abuelo,” María Sojob’s story of a mother who while braiding her daughter’s hair, is inspired to visit her grandfather and weave a traditional hat with him as a way to reconcile her past heritage and her daughter’s future, at 6pm. 🇲🇽
• Conversatorio: En Esta Familia is a conversation in Spanish with María Inés Roqué and the directors of “Tote Abuelo” and “Yolik (Despacio)” at 6:30pm. 🇲🇽

The Jackson Heights Halloween Parade marches down 37th Ave in Jackson Heights, Queens at 12pm. This is NYC’s best Halloween Parade for children.

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas in the East Village on Sundays from 6-11pm. 🇺🇸

The Village Halloween Parade marches up Sixth Avenue in SoHo and Greenwich Village at 7pm. Lineup starts at 6:30pm.

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7pm. From $30 🇨🇺

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style Jazz Manouche at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 9-11:55pm. $20. 🇫🇷

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October 2021 Planner

October is a peak time for Latin culture in New York City.

OCTOBER HOLIDAYS

• Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day Weekend is Fri-Mon, Oct 8-11.
• Indigenous People Day is Mon, Oct 11, 2021 🇺🇸
• Columbus Day is Mon, Oct 11, 2021 🇮🇹🇪🇸

OCTOBER INDEPENDENCE DAYS

• Spain’s National Day is Tue, Oct 12 🇪🇸

OCTOBER FESTIVALS

• Hispanic Heritage Month ends Fri, Oct 15 🇺🇸
• Medieval Festival is cancelled this year, but returns Sunday, October 2, 2022.
• Blessing of the Animals is at Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Chelsea, on Sun, Oct 4. 🇮🇹
• Feast of St. Francis of Assisi is Mon, Oct 4. 🇮🇹
• Celebrate Mexico Now Festival is Oct 30 – Nov 1. 🇲🇽
• Redhawk Indigenous People Day Pow Wow Sun-Mon, Oct 10-11, 2021 🇺🇸
• St Jude Thaddeus is Thu, Oct 28.
• Halloween is Sun, Oct 31.
• Day of the Dead / Día de Muertos preparations start Oct 31. 🇲🇽

OCTOBER PARADES

• Panamanian Parade & Street Fair is Sat, Oct 9 at 12pm. 🇵🇦
• Hispanic Day Parade is cancelled this year.
• Columbus Day Parade is Mon, Oct 11. 🇮🇹🇪🇸
• Tompkins Square Park Dog Parade is Sat, Oct 23.
• Jackson Heights Children’s Halloween Parade is Sun, Oct 31.
• Village Halloween Parade is Sun, Oct 31.

OCTOBER STREET FAIRS

• Panamanian Street Fair is Sat, Oct 9. 🇵🇦

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OCTOBER ART

• Open House New York is Sat-Sun, Oct 16-17.
• TEFAF New York Fall is permanently closed. TEFAF New York Spring is May 6-10, 2022.
• IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair is virtual Oct 15-31. fineartprintfair.org FREE
• E/AB Editions Artists’ Book Fair is virtual Oct 18-31. FREE eabfair.org 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽

OCTOBER BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE

• Thoughts of a Colored Man previews Oct 1 for an Oct 31 opening. thoughtsofacoloredman.com 🇺🇸
• The Visitor opens at The Public Theater Thu, Oct 7. 🇺🇸
• Freestyle Love Supreme by Lin-Manuel Miranda opens Thu, Oct 7. 🇵🇷
• The Phantom of the Opera reopens Fri, Oct 22. 🇫🇷

OCTOBER DANCE

• Alejandro Cerrudo ballet ends Sun, Oct 3. 🇪🇸
• Swing Out (Caleb Teicher) lindy hop is Tue, Oct 5-17. 🇺🇸
• Fall For Dance Festival is Wed, Oct 13-24.
• New York City Ballet Fall Season ends Sun, Oct 17.
• American Ballet Theatre Fall Season is Oct 20-31.

OCTOBER FILM

• 59th New York Film Festival ends Sun, Oct 10.

OCTOBER FOOD

• 14th NYCWFF – New York City Wine & Food Festival is Thu-Sun, Oct 14-17

OCTOBER LITERATURE

• Brooklyn Book Festival ends Mon, Oct 4.
• New Yorker Festival is live and virtual Mon-Sun, Oct 4-10.
• New York Comic Con is Fri-Sun, Oct 7-10.

OCTOBER MUSIC

• Enrique Iglesias & Ricky Martin, Prudential Center, Saturday, October 16, 2021 🇪🇸🇵🇷
• Billboard Latin Music Awards Telemundo , moved to April 15, 2021 at 7pm
• Metropolitan Opera is in season.
• New York Philharmonic is in season.

OCTOBER SPORTS

• New York Mets baseball regular season ends Sun, Oct 3.
• New York Yankees baseball regular season ends Sun, Oct 3.
• NYCFC soccer is home Sun, Oct 3; Sat, Oct 23; and Wed, Oct 27.
• NY Red Bulls soccer is home Sat, Oct 9, Sun, Oct 17, and Sat, Oct 30.
• NJ/NY Gotham FC women’s soccer is home Wed, Oct 6 and Sun, Oct 31.

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OCTOBER NATIONAL DAYS

• International Coffee Day is Oct 1. 🇪🇹
• National Coming Out Day is Oct 11. 🏳️‍🌈
• Indigenous People Day is October 12. 🇺🇸
• National Pasta Day is October 17. 🇮🇹
• National Mezcal Day is October 21. 🇲🇽
• International Creole Day is October 28 (last Friday). 🇭🇹
• National Chocolate Day is October 28. 🇲🇽

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

It’s strange that Celia Cruz and Dizzy Gillespie were born on the same day of the year, and that Bebo and Chucho Valdés (father and son) were also born on the same day of the year.

• Gerardo Ortiz, Regional Mexican star, “The King of Corrido”, October 5, 1989 🇲🇽
• Ismael Rivera, Salsa legend, October 5, 1931 🇵🇷
• Bebo Valdés, Tropicana Music Director, October 9, 1918 🇨🇺 (Father and son have the same birthday)
• Chucho Valdés, Timba and Latin Jazz, October 9, 1941 🇨🇺
• Vinicius de Moraes Bossa Nova, October 19, 1933 🇧🇷
• Celia Cruz Queen of Salsa, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺
• Dizzy Gillespie Bebop Jazz & Latin Jazz, October 21, 1917 🇺🇸
• Chico O’Farrill, Cubop Jazz legend, was born in Havana, Cuba on Oct 28, 1921. 🇨🇺
• Miguel Calo Tango composer and leader, October 28, 1907 🇦🇷
• Espinoza Paz Regional Mexican star, October 29, 1981 🇲🇽
• Omara Portuondo, Son singer, October 29, 1930 🇨🇺
• Diego Maradona, soccer legend, October 30, 1960 🇦🇷

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