Things to Do in NYC in September 2021

September 2021 in New York City

In September, New York City transitions from summer to fall rhythms and the city’s cultural cultural season begins. The City is quiet at the start of the month and busy by the end of the month.

September weather in New York City is early fall. Average temperatures range from 61° to 75°F, so it is warm.

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15. It’s the peak of the year’s Hispanic and Indigenous celebrations. September is also Classical Music Month.

These events happen all month long.

• Central Park Tango Saturdays from 6-8:30pm 🇦🇷🇺🇾
• New York Mets play Major League baseball
• New York Yankees play Major League baseball
• NYCFC plays Major League Soccer
• NY Red Bulls plays Major League Soccer

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Wednesday, September 1

Celebrate Classical Music Month!

Wish Gloria Estefan a happy birthday. The legendary Cuban American pop singer (Miami Sound Machine) was born in Havana, Cuba on September 1, 1957 🇨🇺

The US Open Grand Slam 2nd Round and Doubles 1st Round start at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇩🇴🇪🇨🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇹🇷🇴🇿🇦🇪🇸🇹🇳🇺🇾

The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet plays lunÁtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn at 8:30pm. 🇦🇷

Eddie Palmieri plays Latin jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village at 8pm (6pm doors). From $30 🇵🇷

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

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Thursday, September 2

The US Open Grand Slam 2nd Round and Doubles 1st Round end at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm.

West Indian Day Parade Labor Day Carnival
Vibes with Voicey play a Soca concert at a location to be revealed, from 4-10pm. $70 🇹🇹

Cimafunk sings Cuban timba at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village on Thu, Sep 2 at 8pm and 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). 🇨🇺

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. 🇦🇷

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Friday, September 3

It’s Labor Day Weekend

The US Open Grand Slam 3rd Round and Doubles 2nd Round are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm.

New York City Opera performs a new version of Verdi’s Italian opera “Rigoletto” in Bryant Park in the Garment District at 7pm. FREE 🇮🇹

West Indian Day Parade Labor Day Carnival
There’s a Welcome Back Caribbean Carnival concert at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Park from 7pm to 2am. From $10 🇹🇹

THIS IS BROADWAY
Waitress (Sara Bareilles to Oct 17) opens at the Barrymore in the Times Square Theater District. Ages 10+. From $79. waitressthemusical.com

THIS IS BROADWAY
HadesTown reopens at the Walter Kerr in the Times Square Theater District at 8pm. From $70 hadestown.com

Al Di Meola plays jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village on Fri-Sun, Sep 3-5 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). 🇮🇹

Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn

• The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet plays Argentine tango at 8pm. $20 suggested/person 🇦🇷
• Los Cumpleanos play Colombian psychedelic cumbia from 10-11:30pm. $20 suggested/person 🇦🇷🇨🇴

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Saturday, September 4

The Red Bull Batalla freestyle rap championship of Chile is on redbull.com at time TBD. 🇨🇱

The US Open Grand Slam 3rd Round and Doubles 2nd Round are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm.

West Indian Day Parade Labor Day Carnival
The Virtual International Youth Fest is at carnival.nyc, YouTube and Facebook at 11am. FREE 🇹🇹

The Morrisania Band Project featuring Elissa Carmona and Jose “Klasiq” Bennett plays R&B at the Bronx Music Hall outdoor plaza in Melrose, The Bronx on Sep 4, 2021 from 3-4pm. FREE 🇺🇸

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

West Indian Day Parade Labor Day Carnival
The Labor Day Carnival Steelpan Jamboree is at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Park at 7pm. From $15. eventbrite.com 🇹🇹

The 5th Freestyle Funhouse brings Latin freestyle rap legends to the Ford Amphitheater Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn at 7pm. From $29 seasideparkconeyisland.com 🇵🇷

Dayramir González & Habana enTRANCé Quartet play Cuban jazz at Drom in the East Village at 8pm (7pm doors). $20 🇨🇺

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Sunday, September 5

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico plays the season finale of the Salsa at Orchard Beach party in Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx on Sun, Sep 5, 2021 from 11am – 7pm. Free with registration. The show includes Oro Sólido merengue, Judy Torres freestyle rap, Johnnie Rodriguez & the Dream Team salsa and more. 🇵🇷

The US Open Grand Slam Round of 16 and Doubles 3rd Round start at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm.

Valtinho Anastácio & Leandro Pellegrino play Brazilian jazz outdoors at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village from 4-7pm. 🇧🇷

La Diablo Squad (El Maistro Gus, Macario Brujo, Sergio Mejorada) plays the Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Sept 5, 2021 at 6pm. 🇲🇽

Brazilian Day in Manhattan’s Little Brazil is cancelled. It will be back next year. 🇧🇷

LAST CHANCE
Guadalupe Maravilla’s “Planeta Abuelx” closes outdoors at Socrates Sculpture Park. 🇸🇻

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9pm. $30 🇨🇺

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style jazz manouche at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 9-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇫🇷

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Monday, September 6

Celebrate Labor Day!

LAST CHANCE
Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life closes at MoMA in Midtown from 10:30am-5:30pm. $25 🇫🇷

West Indian Day Parade Labor Day Carnival
No parade this year, but there is a “Jus’ Like Mas” all-inclusive road experience from 11am – 6pm. 🇹🇹

The US Open Grand Slam Round of 16 and Doubles 3rd Round end at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 11am and 7pm.

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

Celebrate the High Holidays starting with Rosh Hashanah at sunset 7:03pm through Thursday, September 16. ✡️

Drukas Vallenato Trio plays Colombian vallenato at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Mon, Sep 6 from 10-11:55pm. $15/person suggested 🇨🇴

The Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience featuring Paquito D’Rivera plays the Blue Note in Greenwich Village at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $20. 🇨🇺

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Tuesday, September 7

Celebrate Brazilian Independence Day from Portugal on September 7, 1822. 🇧🇷

Celebrate Yemayá, the Yoruba orisha of motherhood and the sea. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Regla. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Rosh Hashanah continues. ✡️

The US Open Grand Slam Quarterfinals are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 12pm and 7pm.

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrate the September 24 album release of “Dreaming in Lions” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. $30 🇨🇺

OPENING DAY
New York Fashion Week is at Spring Studios in Tribeca and around town through Sunday.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Harlem’s Fashion Row shows offsite at 8pm. harlemsfashionrow.com 🇺🇸

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Wednesday, September 8

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) continues at Spring Studios in Tribeca and around town.

Celebrate Oshun, the Yoruba orisha of fresh waters (the young woman). 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Charity (Caridad del Cobre), patron saint of Cuba. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Rosh Hashanah, Jewish new year, ends today. ✡️

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Alejandra Alonso Rojas shows digitally at 10:30am. alejandraalonsorojas.com 🇪🇸

OPENING DAY
The Spring Break Art Show at 625 Madison Ave in Midtown East opens with a Collector’s Preview from 11am-5pm, and a VIP Preview from 5-9pm. It runs through Monday.

The US Open Grand Slam Quarterfinals are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 12pm and 7pm.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Willy Chavarria shows offsite on Wed, Sep 8 at 8pm. willychavarria.com 🇲🇽

Amayo plays a fusion of Nigerian Afrobeat and Chinese Lion rhythms at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn from 9-11:30pm. $10 suggested donation/person 🇳🇬🇨🇳

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Fashion Designers of Latin America (FDLA) are showing Spring/Summer 2022 collections at Lavan541 in Chelsea, Manhattan. 🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇲🇽🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrate their September 24 album release of “Dreaming in Lions” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. $30 🇨🇺

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Thursday, September 9

New York Fashion Week continues at Spring Studios in Tribeca and around town.

Wish Maria Rita a happy birthday. The MPB singer was born in São Paulo, Brazil on September 9, 1977 🇧🇷

OPENING
The Armory Show contemporary art fair opens with a VIP Preview at Javits Center in Hudson Yards from 10am-8pm. It runs through Sunday. $65

OPENING
The Independent New York contemporary art fair opens with a VIP Preview at Cipriani South Street in the Financial District from 11am-8pm. $60. Through Sunday.

The Spring Break Art Show, at 625 Madison Ave in Midtown East, continues with a Collector’s Preview from 11am-5pm, and a VIP Preview from 5-9pm. It runs through Monday.

The Clio Art Fair of independent artists opens today and runs through Sunday.

OPENING DAY
Raquel Rabinovich: Portals opens at Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary in the Upper East Side from 12-5pm. hutchinsonmodern.com 🇦🇷

The US Open Grand Slam Semifinals and Wheelchair matches are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 12pm and 7pm.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Altuzarra shows in The Studio at Spring Studios at 3pm. 🇫🇷

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Monse (former Oscar de La Renta designers Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia) shows offsite at 4pm. 🇩🇴

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Barragan shows virtually at 5:30pm. 🇲🇽

Schomburg Center is livestreaming Showing Out: Fashion in Harlem at 6:30pm. livestream.com 🇺🇸

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Fashion Designers of Latin America (FDLA) are showing Spring/Summer 2022 collections at Lavan541 in Chelsea, Manhattan. 🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇲🇽🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

OPENING DAY
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 🇵🇪.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Sergio Hudson (Michelle Obama’s 2021 Inauguration) shows in The Gallery at Spring Studios at 7pm. 🇺🇸

The Ori-Gen Festival Day 1 features Rogerio and Anne Boccato, Sofia Rei and JC Maillard, Pablo Aslan Tribute to Piazzolla and Bacalao Men at Drom in the East Village at 7pm (6:15pm doors). From $20 or $36 2-day pass. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇺

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrate their September 24 album release of “Dreaming in Lions” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. $30 🇨🇺

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Tia Adeola shows digitally at 7:30pm. tiaadeola.com 🇳🇬 (Nigeria)

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Carolina Herrera shows with a livestream at 8pm. carolinaherrera.com 🇻🇪

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. 🇦🇷

Freethiopique plays Ethiopian jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 10-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇪🇹

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Friday, September 10

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) continues at Spring Studios in Tribeca and around town.

OPENING DAY
Azor by Andreas Fontana, a Swiss film about Argentine finance in the 1970s, is at Film at Lincoln Center to Sep 16. $15 filmlinc.org 🇦🇷

OPENING DAY
GoodFellas, the Scorsese mob masterpiece, is at Film Forum in Hudson Square, Manhattan to Sep 16. 🇮🇹

LAST CHANCE
Social Works at Gagosian Chelsea closes from 10am – 6pm. gagosian.com 🇺🇸

The US Open Grand Slam Men’s Semifinals, Mens or Mixed Doubles Finals, and Wheelchair matches are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 12pm, 3pm and 7pm.

The Armory Show contemporary art fair is at Javits Center in Hudson Yards from 12-8pm. $65

The Independent New York contemporary art fair is at Cipriani South Street in the Financial District from 12-7pm. $60.

The Spring Break Art Show, at 625 Madison Ave in Midtown East, continues from 11am – 5pm. From $30

The 1st in-person Future Fair features more women and artists of color at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, from 2-8pm. $34

The Clio Art Fair of independent artists is today.

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

The Ori-Gen Festival Day 2 features Duo Chuño, Samuel Torres Duet with Eric Kurimski, Kavita Shah and Mireya Ramos at Drom in the East Village on Fri, Sep 10 at 7pm (6:15pm doors). From $20 or $36 2-day pass. 🇨🇴🇩🇴🇮🇳🇲🇽

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrate their September 24 album release of “Dreaming in Lions” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. $30 🇨🇺

SUBWAY SERIES
The New York Mets game 1 of 3 against the New York Yankees is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:10pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

Bacalao Men play Cuban songo at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 10-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇨🇺

Frank Reyes sings Dominican bachata at La Boom in Woodside, Queens at 10pm. From $50 🇩🇴

Sebastian Natal plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Sep 10 at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 🇺🇾

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Saturday, September 11

Remember 9/11. Never forget, but always forgive.

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) continues at Spring Studios in Tribeca and around town.

The Red Bull Batalla freestyle rap championship of Colombia is on redbull.com at time TBD. 🇨🇴

The US Open Grand Slam Women’s Final, Mixed or Men’s Doubles Finals and Wheelchair Doubles Finals are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 12 pm and 4 pm.

The Spring Break Art Show, at 625 Madison Ave in Midtown East, continues from 11am – 8pm. From $30

The Independent New York contemporary art fair is at Cipriani South Street in the Financial District from 12-7pm. $60.

The Armory Show contemporary art fair is at Javits Center in Hudson Yards from 12-8pm. $65

The 1st in-person Future Fair features more women and artists of color at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, from 12-8pm. $34

The Clio Art Fair of independent artists is today.

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrate their September 24 album release of “Dreaming in Lions” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. $30 🇨🇺

SUBWAY SERIES
The New York Mets game 2 of 3 against the New York Yankees is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:40pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

The Metropolitan Opera commemorates 9/11 with Verdi’s “Requiem” at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 7:45pm. 🇮🇹

Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Zemog plays Puerto Rican rock from 8-9:30pm. $20/person suggested 🇵🇷
• Rana Santacruz plays Irish mariachi from 10-11:55pm. $20/person suggested. 🇲🇽

Astoria Salsa Project plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20

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Sunday, September 12

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) ends at Spring Studios in Tribeca and around town.

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, Brooklyn is cancelled after all.

LAST CHANCE
The US Open Grand Slam Men’s Final, Mixed or Women’s Doubles Finals and Wheelchair Singles Finals are at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens with starts at 12pm, 1pm and 4pm.

LAST CHANCE
The Armory Show contemporary art fair closes at Javits Center in Hudson Yards from 12-7pm. $65

LAST CHANCE
The Independent New York contemporary art fair closes at Cipriani South Street in the Financial District from 12-6pm. $60.

The Spring Break Art Show, at 625 Madison Ave in Midtown East, continues from 11am – 8pm. From $30

LAST CHANCE
The 1st in-person Future Fair features more women and artists of color at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, from 12-8pm. $34

The Clio Art Fair of independent artists is today.

BRONX SALSAFEST
Celebrate Hector Lavoe’s birthday with music by Kidd Ore y Afinque and dance by Accent Dance in the outdoor plaza at The Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx at 3pm. FREE. Also on Facebook Live @BxMusic 🇵🇷

Valtinho Anastácio & Leandro Pellegrino play Brazilian jazz outdoors at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village from 4-7pm. 🇧🇷

Àlvaro Benavides plays Venezuelan jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn at 7pm & 8:30pm. $10 suggested donation/person 🇻🇪

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrate their September 24 album release of “Dreaming in Lions” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9:30pm. $30 🇨🇺

SUBWAY SERIES
The New York Mets game 3 of 3 against the New York Yankees is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 8:08pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

Pass Over on Broadway opens tonight for the trade only.

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style jazz manouche at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 9-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇫🇷

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Monday, September 13

LAST CHANCE
The Spring Break Art Show, at 625 Madison Ave in Midtown East, c;pses from 11am – 8pm. From $30

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

The Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience featuring Paquito D’Rivera plays the Blue Note in Greenwich Village at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $20. 🇨🇺

Honduran violinist Marissa Licata “Strings on Fire” plays Roma jazz at the Birdland Theater in Hell’s Kitchen on Mon, Sep 13 at 8:30pm. $30 🇭🇳

NYC Gaita Club plays Colombian Caribbean folkloric jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Mon, Sep 13 from 9-11:55pm. 🇨🇴

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Tuesday, September 14

The New York Latino Film Festival runs through Sunday.

THIS IS BROADWAY
A cluster of Broadway shows opens in the Times Square Theater District

• Wicked musical reopens at the Gershwin at 7pm. From $89. wickedthemusical.com
• The Lion King musical reopens at the Minskoff at 7:30pm. From $99 lionking.com
• Hamilton musical reopens at the Richard Rodgers 8pm. From $149 🇵🇷
• Chicago musical reopens at the Ambassador Theatre at 8pm. From $59 🇨🇺🇸🇻🇲🇽🇺🇸
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s “Lackawanna Blues” previews at the Friedman. From $59 manhattantheatreclub.com 🇵🇷

Cimafunk sings Cuban timba at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village at 8pm and 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). $35 🇨🇺

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Wednesday, September 15

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month through October 15. 🇺🇸

Celebrate the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua from Spain on September 15, 1821. 🇨🇷🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇳🇮

The Little Island Dance Festival is on Little Island at Hudson River Park in Meatpacking through Sunday. 🇵🇷

The New York Latino Film Festival runs through Sunday.

Cimafunk sings Cuban timba at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village at 8pm and 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). $35 🇨🇺

PERCUSSION DISCUSSION
Ronny Puente (Tito Puente’s oldest son) talks with Bobby Sanabria about his career and his father’s legacy on Facebook Live @BxMusic on Wed, Sep 15 at 8pm. FREE 🇵🇷

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban rumba at Drom in the East Village on Wed, Sep 15 at 8pm (7pm doors). $30 🇨🇺

Yasser Tejeda & Palotré play Dominican jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Wed, Sep 15 from 9-11:30pm. $10 suggested donation/person. 🇩🇴

Celebrate Yom Kippur at sundown. ✡️

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Thursday, September 16

Celebrate Yom Kippur. ✡️

Celebrate Mexican Independence Day September 16, 1810. 🇲🇽

Natalia Bravo-Barbee: Flores de Femicidio opens at the York College gallery in Jamaica, Queens and runs to Nov 19. cuny.edu 🇦🇷

OPENING DAY
Celebrate the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan’s Little Italy through Sunday, September 26. The Blessing of the Stands is at 6pm. Free. 🇮🇹

The New York Latino Film Festival runs through Sunday.

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 🇵🇪.

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. 🇦🇷

The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet plays Argentine tango at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens at 7pm. Suggested donation $10/person 🇦🇷

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, September 17

Little Girl by Sébastien Lifshitz (2020), a gentle story of how a 3-year old boy deals with the world after declaring herself a girl, opens at Film Forum in Hudson Square in French with subtitles on Fri, Sep 17. 🇫🇷🏳️‍🌈

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. The Cannoli Eating Competition is at 2pm. Free. 🇮🇹

The New York Latino Film Festival runs through Sunday.

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

HISPANIC HERITAGE CAP PROMOTION
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The Yankees play the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 7:05pm. From $40

The New York Mets game 1 of 3 against the Philadelphia Phillies is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:10pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

THIS IS BROADWAY
Times Square Theater District

• Six: The Musical resumes previews at the Brooks Atkinson at 8pm. From $169 sixthemusical.com
• David Byrne’s American Utopia musical reopens at the St James at 8pm. From $59 americanutopiabroadway.com

SEASON OPENER
The NY Philharmonic opens its 2021 season with “From Silence to Celebration” at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center at 8pm. From $101

Oscar de Leon sings Venezuelan salsa on at La Boom in Woodside, Queens at 9pm. From $40 🇻🇪

Arturo Ortiz & 7 Con Calle play salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:3opm & 1:30am. $20 🇵🇷

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Saturday, September 18

Celebrate Chilean Independence Day from Spain on September 18, 1810. 🇨🇱

OPENING DAY
Tatiana Trouvé: From March to May opens at Gagosian Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side and ends Oct 30. gagosian.com 🇮🇹

The Red Bull Batalla Spanish freestyle rap championship of the USA & Puerto Rico is on redbull.com at time TBD. 🇵🇷🇺🇸

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. Mike Sergio celebrates Sinatra at 7pm. Free. 🇮🇹

The New York Latino Film Festival runs through Sunday.

HISPANIC HERITAGE CAP PROMOTION
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The Yankees play the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 1:05pm. From $40

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

The New York Mets game 2 of 3 against the Philadelphia Phillies is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 7:10pm. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

Grupo Rebolú plays Colombian Caribbean jazz at Drom in the East Village on Sat, Sep 18 at 7:30pm (7pm doors). 🇨🇴

Damas Gratis plays Argentine cumbia at La Boom in Woodside, Queens at 9pm. From $45 🇦🇷

Jimmy Bosch “El Trombon Criollo” plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:30pm and 1:30am. $20 🇵🇷

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Sunday, September 19

Celebrate National Dance Day.

The Mexican Day Parade is on Madison Avenue from 38th St to 27th St in Murray Hill starting at 10am. 🇲🇽

Tickets go on sale for the Fall for Dance Festival (Oct 13-24) at New York City Center at 11am. It always sells out fast. $15 🇦🇷🇮🇹🇵🇭🇵🇷

The 52nd African American Day Parade is a streaming celebration on pix11.com . 🇺🇸

The Feast of San Gennaro Mass and Procession of the Saint are at the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood at 2pm. Free. 🇮🇹

The New York Latino Film Festival ends today.

HISPANIC HERITAGE CAP PROMOTION
🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
The Yankees play the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 1:05pm. From $40

The New York Mets game 3 of 3 against the Philadelphia Phillies is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens at 1:10pm. It’s the last Mets home game of the season. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪

Valtinho Anastácio & Leandro Pellegrino play Brazilian jazz outdoors at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village from 4-7pm. 🇧🇷

Puerto Rican salsa star Marc Anthony brings his “Pa’lla Voy Tour” to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn at 7pm. From $67.🇵🇷

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9pm. $30 🇨🇺

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style jazz manouche at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 9-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇫🇷

The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards are on CBS.

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Monday, September 20

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. Free. 🇮🇹

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

HISPANIC HERITAGE CAP PROMOTION
🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
The Yankees play the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 7:05pm. From $40

Michael Olatuja (Lagos Pepper Soup) plays Nigerian jazz on Mon, Sep 20 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 9:30pm doors). From $15 🇳🇬

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 🇮🇹

Green Mambo plays 1950s style Latin mambos for dancing at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 9-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇨🇺

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Tuesday, September 21

Celebrate the Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival), the East Asian harvest festival, Tue, September 21 🇨🇳🇻🇳🇯🇵🇵🇭🇰🇷🇹🇭

Mariano Ferrante: Monocromo opens at Art Projects International in Tribeca from 11am to 6pm, and closes Nov 20. 🇦🇷

Tickets go on sale for the City Center Dance Festival at New York City Center at 12 noon.

Lucio Pozzi: Time and Again 1974 / 2018 / 2021 opens at Hal Bromm Gallery in the Financial District with a reception from 6-8pm. 🇮🇹

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. It’s Enrico Caruso Opera Night at 7pm. Free. 🇮🇹

THIS IS BROADWAY
Come From Away reopens at the Gerald Schoenfeld in the Times Square Theater District at 7pm. From $49 comefromaway.com

HISPANIC HERITAGE CAP PROMOTION
🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
The Yankees play the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 7:05pm. From $40

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 🇮🇹

OPENING NIGHT
New York City Ballet’s fall season opens tonight at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, and runs Tuesday-Sunday through October 17.

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Wednesday, September 22

Celebrate the beginning of the fall season.

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. The Zeppole Eating Competition is at 1pm. Free. 🇮🇹

HISPANIC HERITAGE CAP PROMOTION
🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
The Yankees play the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx at 7:05pm. From $40

OPENING NIGHT
Ragamala Dance Company dances South Asian Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical Dance) at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26 🇮🇳.

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Thursday, September 23

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. Free. 🇮🇹

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 Albert Alabedra Band plays Spanish flamenco jazz at Drom in the East Village on Thu, Sep 23 at 7pm (6:30pm doors). 🇪🇸

Ragamala Dance Company dances South Asian Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical Dance) at The Joyce in Chelsea at 8pm. From $26 🇮🇳.

Italian jazz guitarist Pasquale Grasso celebrates “The Pasquale Grasso Trio” album release at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen on Thu, Sep 23 at 8:30pm. $30 🇮🇹

Quintero’s Salsa Project plays Venezuelan jazz at Drom in the East Village at 9:30pm (9pm doors). $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. 🇦🇷

Cosa Seria plays Latin music for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10

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Friday, September 24

Honor Obatalá, the Yoruba son of God, the creator of the world and human bodies. This is the day of his/her Caribbean festival, not his/her West African festival. 🇨🇺

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy, the Christian art tradition of showing the Virgin Mary covering a group of children with her cloak (like the mother in “The Nutcracker” ballet). 🇨🇺

Multi Grammy winners Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra release their new album “Dreaming in Lions.” It’s no accident they are releasing on this day. 🇨🇺

OPENING DAY
The Affordable Art Fair is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea through Sunday.

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. The Pizza Eating Competition is at 1pm. Free. 🇮🇹

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

OPENING NIGHT
The 59th New York Film Festival opens with “The Tragedy of Macbeth” at Film at Lincoln Center at 6pm. $40. The festival runs through Oct 10.

THIS IS BROADWAY Times Square Theater District

• Moulin Rouge! The Musical reopens at the Hirschfeld at 8pm. (12+) From $69 moulinrougemusical.com 🇫🇷
• Is This a Room at the Lyceum first previews at 8pm. (14+) From $39 telecharge.com

Ragamala Dance Company dances South Asian Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical Dance) at The Joyce in Chelsea at 8pm. From $26 🇮🇳.

Alhambra plays Ladrino (Jewish Spanish) music at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 8-9:30pm. $20/person suggested ✡️🇪🇸

Cosa Seria plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10

Mike Bahía sings Colombian pop at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Sep 24. From $40. 🇨🇴

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Saturday, September 25

The Red Bull Batalla Spanish freestyle rap championship of Peru is on redbull.com at time TBD. 🇵🇪

LAST CHANCE
Cézanne Drawing is at MoMA in Midtown through Sat, Sep 25, 2021. 🇫🇷

The Affordable Art Fair is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea.

The Feast of San Gennaro street fair is in Manhattan’s Little Italy. The Grand Procession with floats, bands and celebrities is broadcast live by Joe Causi on WCBS FM at 2pm. Free. 🇮🇹

Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park from 6-8:30pm. Pay-as-you-wish ($10-20 recommended) 🇦🇷🇺🇾

THIS IS BROADWAY
The Lehman Trilogy opens at the Nederlander in the Times Square Theater District at 7pm. From $59. thelehmantrilogy.com

Ragamala Dance Company dances South Asian Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical Dance) at The Joyce in Chelsea at 8pm. From $26 🇮🇳.

Eddie Palmieri, Tito Nieves and Arturo O’Farrill play a “Salsa Meets Jazz” concert at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) at 8pm. From $29 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Miramar plays Puerto Rican boleros from 8-9:30pm. $15 🇵🇷
• Rumba de la Musa plays Cuban rumba from 10-11:55pm. $15 🇨🇺

Los Hermanos De Leon play Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 after 10pm.

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Sunday, September 26

LAST CHANCE
Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography 1946-1964 closes at MoMA in Midtown from 10:30am – 5:30pm. $25 🇧🇷

LAST CHANCE
The Affordable Art Fair ends at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea.

LAST CHANCE
The Feast of San Gennaro street fair ends in Manhattan’s Little Italy. The Meatball Eating Competition is at 1pm. The Neapolitan Concert is at 2pm. Free. 🇮🇹

Ragamala Dance Company dances South Asian Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical Dance) at The Joyce in Chelsea at 2pm. From $26 🇮🇳.

Au Revoir Zoe plays Romanian folk and klezmer at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 4-6pm. $20/person suggested 🇷🇴✡️

Valtinho Anastácio & Leandro Pellegrino play Brazilian jazz outdoors at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village from 4-7pm. 🇧🇷

PALABREANDO
Yaissa Jimenez joins hosts BocaFloja and Lyrical Bliss for a spoken word, storytelling open mic on Facebook Live @BxMusic on Thu, Sep 26 at 7pm. FREE. Signup at emartinez@whedco.org

Lara Bello / Granada Sounds plays Arabic Spanish jazz at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens from 7-10pm. Free 🇪🇸

Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Cuban jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen at 7 & 9pm. $30 🇨🇺

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style jazz manouche at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn at 9-11:55pm. $20/person suggested 🇫🇷

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Things to do in NYC in September 2021 Week 39

September 27 – October 3, 2021

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Monday, September 27

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

SEASON OPENING NIGHT
The Metropolitan Opera opens the 2021-22 Season with a new production of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones“, the first opera by a Black composer at the Met, at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 6:30pm.

Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn:

• Gallo/Florez plays Colombian folkloric jazz from 7-8:30pm. $15/person suggested 🇨🇴
• The Drukas Vallenato Trio plays Colombian vallenato from 10-11:55pm. $15/person suggested 🇨🇴

The Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience plays the Blue Note in Greenwich Village at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $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 🇮🇹

Yacine Boulares’ Ajoya 4tet plays Tunisian jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Mon, Sep 27 from 9-11:30pm. $10 suggested donation/person. 🇹🇳

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Tuesday, September 28

LAST CHANCE
Jules Tavernier and the Elem Promo, an exhibition of the artist’s collaboration with the Indigenous Pomo community in northern California, closes at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park from 10am – 5pm. $25. 🇺🇸

Ludovica Burtone Sparks plays Italian classical jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Tue, Sep 28 from 7-8:30pm. $15/person suggested 🇮🇹

THIS IS BROADWAY
Aladdin returns to the New Amsterdam Theatre at 7pm. From $57 aladdinthemusical.com

OPENING NIGHT
Alejandro Cerrudo presents ballet at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26. 🇪🇸

Julius Rodriguez plays Haitian jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village on Tue, Sep 28 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). 🇭🇹

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, September 29

Latin Grammy Nominations are announced today.

Celebrate Broadway Musicals Day.

Celebrate National Coffee Day!

Celebrate the Archangel Michael! 🇮🇹

Alejandro Cerrudo presents ballet at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. From $26. 🇪🇸

Guilherme Monteiro and Helio Alves play Brazilian jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Wed, Sep 29 from 9-11:30pm. $10 suggested donation/person. 🇧🇷

Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors play Guinean jazz at Barbés in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 10-11:55pm. $15/person suggested 🇬🇳

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Thursday, September 30

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 🇵🇪.

Barbara Martínez sings flamenco jazz at Drom in the East Village at 7pm (6:30pm doors). $10 🇻🇪🇦🇷

Alejandro Cerrudo presents ballet at The Joyce in Chelsea at 8pm. 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. 🇦🇷

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Categories of Things to Do in NYC in September 2021

These are New York City’s big Latin culture events in a normal September. The 75th UN General Assembly will be held virtually for the first time.

SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS

• Labor Day Weekend September 3-6, 2021
• Labor Day Monday, September 6, 2021
• High Holidays September 6-16, 2021 ✡️
• Rosh Hashanah September 6-8, 2021 ✡️
• Yom Kippur September 15-16, 2021 ✡️

SEPTEMBER INDEPENDENCE DAYS

• Brazilian Independence Day is September 7 🇧🇷
• Independence day of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua is September 15 🇨🇷🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇳🇮
• Mexican Independence Day is September 16 🇲🇽
• Chilean Independence Day is September 18 🇨🇱

SEPTEMBER DAYS

• Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 – October 15 🇺🇸
• National Dance Day is September 19
• Broadway Musicals Day is September 29
• National Coffee Day is September 29

SEPTEMBER FESTIVALS

• Yemayá September 7 🇨🇺
• Our Lady of Regla September 7 🇨🇺
• Oshun September 8 🇨🇺
• Our Lady of Charity (Caridad del Cobre) September 8 🇨🇺
• Feast of San Gennaro is Thu-Sun, September 16-26, 2021 🇮🇹
• Moon Festival, Tue, September 21 🇨🇳
• Obatalá September 24 🇨🇺
• Archangel Michael September 29 🇮🇹

SEPTEMBER PARADES

• Coney Island Mermaid Parade is postponed to 2022 (usually June).
• West Indian Day Parade is postponed to 2022, with virtual and some live outdoor activities, Thu-Mon, Sep 2-6, Labor Day Weekend 🇹🇹
• J’ouvert Parade Labor Day cancelled 🇹🇹
• Labor Day Parade TBD
• Central American Independence Parade TBD
• African American Day Parade Sunday, September 19, 2021 🇺🇸
• Queens Hispanic Parade TBD

SEPTEMBER STREET FAIRS

• Brazilian Day is postponed to 2022 (Sunday, Labor Day Weekend) 🇧🇷
• Feast of San Gennaro September 16-26, 2021 🇮🇹

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SEPTEMBER ART

• Armory Show September 9-12, 2021
• Clio Art Fair September 9-12, 2021
• Independent New York September 9-12, 2021
• Photoville TBD
• Affordable Art Fair September 23-26, 2021

SEPTEMBER DANCE

• Little Island Dance Festival is on Little Island in Meatpacking September 15-19.
• New York City Ballet fall season September 21 – October 17, 2021

SEPTEMBER DANCING

• Central Park Tango Saturdays from 6-8:30pm. 🇦🇷🇺🇾
• New York International Salsa Congress (POSTPONED TO 2022) September 1-5, 2022

SEPTEMBER FASHION

• New York Fashion Week (NYFW) is Tue-Sun, September 7-12, 2021.
• Fashion Designers of Latin America (FDLA) is Wed-The, September 8-9, 2021

SEPTEMBER FOOD

• NYC Restaurant Week Moved to July 19 – August 22, 2021.
• Peru to the World Expo Sunday, September 6, 2021. 🇵🇪

SEPTEMBER FILM

• New York Latino Film Festival is September 14-19, 2021
• Havana Film Festival NY is September 17-23, 2021 🇨🇺
• 59th New York Film Festival is at Film at Lincoln Center, Fri, Sep 24 – Oct 10, 2021.
• 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards CBS, Sunday, September 19, 2021

SEPTEMBER LITERATURE

• NY Art Book Fair moved to February 24-28, 2021 (2019: September 20-22)

SEPTEMBER MUSIC

• New York Philharmonic 2021 Season is September 17, 2021 – June 10, 2022
• Metropolitan Opera 2021 Season is September 27, 2021 – June 11, 2022
• Latin Grammy Nominations are September 28, 2021

SEPTEMBER SPORTS

• US Open Grand Slam tennis, August 30 – September 12, 2021
• New York Mets baseball, April 1 – October 3, 2021
• New York Yankees baseball, April 1 – October 3, 2021
• NYCFC soccer, April 3 – November 7, 2021
• NY Red Bulls soccer, April 3 – November 7, 2021

SEPTEMBER THEATRE

• Broadway Week is cancelled. (2019: September 3-6)
• Off-Broadway Week is cancelled. (2019: September 23 – October 6)
• HadesTown reopens at the Walter Kerr Sep 2. hadestown.com From $70
• Waitress (Sara Bareilles to Oct 17) opens at the Barrymore Sep 2 through Jan 9, 2022. Ages 10+. From $79. waitressthemusical.com
• Hamilton musical reopens at the Richard Rodgers Sep 14. From $149 hamiltonmusical.com 🇵🇷
• The Lion King musical reopens at the Minskoff Sep 14. From $99 lionking.com
• Wicked musical reopens at the Gershwin Sep 14. From $89. wickedthemusical.com
• Chicago musical reopens at the Ambassador Theatre Sep 14. From $59 chicagothemusical.com
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s “Lackawanna Blues” previews at the Friedman Sep 14 and opens Sep 28 through Oct 31. From $59 manhattantheatreclub.com 🇵🇷
• Six: The Musical resumes previews at the Brooks Atkinson Sep 17 and opens Oct 3. From $169 sixthemusical.com
• David Byrne’s American Utopia musical reopens at the St James on Sep 17. From $59 americanutopiabroadway.com
• Come From Away reopens at the Gerald Schoenfeld on Sep 21. From $49 comefromaway.com
• Moulin Rouge! The Musical reopens at the Hirschfeld Sep 24. (12+) From $69 moulinrougemusical.com 🇫🇷
• Is This a Room at the Lyceum previews Sep 24 and opens Oct 11. (14+) From $39 telecharge.com
• The Lehman Trilogy opens at the Nederlander on Sep 25. From $59. thelehmantrilogy.com
• Aladdin returns to the New Amsterdam Theatre on Sep 28. From $57 aladdinthemusical.com

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SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

• Gloria Estefan pop singer, September 1, 1957 🇨🇺
• Maria Rita MPB singer, September 9, 1977 🇧🇷
• Jose Feliciano folk singer, September 10, 1945 🇵🇷
• Andrea Echeverri Aterciopelados rocker, September 13, 1965 🇨🇴
• Marc Anthony salsa singer, September 16, 1968 🇵🇷
• Julio Iglesias pop singer, September 23, 1943 🇪🇸
• Victor Manuelle salsa singer, September 23, 1943 🇵🇷
• Pedro Fernández ranchera singer, September 28, 1969 🇲🇽
• Héctor Lavoe salsa legend, September 30, 1946 🇵🇷

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