Things to Do in NYC in April 2022

Things to do in NYC in April 2022 include the Easter Parade, Whitney Biennial, “Paradise Square” and “The Little Prince on Broadway,” Flamenco Festival; ReelAbilities, New Directors / New Films and Colombian film festivals;

April weather is peak spring. Average temperatures range from 45°-64°, so it is cool. Many trees and flowers bloom. New Yorkers head outdoors. Baseball and soccer are in season.

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20th Flamenco Festival NYC 2022
Returns to New York City Center

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Fri, April 1

The New Moon is Fri, Apr 1.

Ramadan, the month of Muslim community, is April 1-30 this year. It starts with the sighting of the moon. ☪️

The Marta Sanchez Trio plays Spanish Jazz at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Apr 1 from 5-7pm. $15. 🇪🇸

Alex Fernandez and Daniel Sosa will make you laugh in Spanish at Carolines in the Times Square Theater District, Apr 1 at 7pm. From $32.75. 🇲🇽

Ogemdi Ude: Hear is Part 2: of the NY Nigerian American dancer’s “Dig/Hear/Sing” triptych about processing loss, at Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side on Fri, Apr 1 at 7pm. $21. 🇳🇬

DJ Cocotaso and Conjunto Imagen play Salsa for dancing at SOB’s in Hudson Square on Fri, Apr 1 at 7pm (6:30pm doors). $25.

Fleur Seule plays retro 1940s Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Fri, Apr 1 from 7-11pm. 🇵🇷

OPENING NIGHT
Ballet Hispánico presents the world premiere of its first full-length commission, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Doña Perón at the City Center Dance Festival at New York City Center in Midtown at 7:30pm. From $35. 🇨🇴

Ailey II performs African American Modern Dance at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, at 7:30pm. From $59. 🇺🇸

Aurora y Zon del Barrio, led by former music journalist and current El Barrio Ambassador Aurora Flores, plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing, featuring Fania All-Star Nicky Marrero and Cuatro player Prodigio, at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Fri, Apr 1 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇵🇷

AJOYO plays Global Music of the African Diaspora at the Iridium in the Times Square Theater District on Fri, Apr 1 at 7:30pm. $25.

Jerry Rivera sings Puerto Rican Salsa at the Palladium Times Square at 8pm (6:30pm doors). From $60. 🇵🇷

New Yorker Michela Marino Lerman and Love Movement dance tap to live Jazz in “Once Upon a Time Called Now” at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea at 8pm From $26. 🇺🇸

La Dama Boba, the Leyma López adaptation of the Lope de Vega comedy (1613) about two sisters marrying, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇪🇸🇨🇺

Josimar y Su Yambu and Hey Hey Camaguey play Peruvian Salsa for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Apr 1 at 10pm. From $50. 🇵🇪

The Selena Tribute Band plays Regional Mexican Tejano at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Apr 1 from 10pm – midnight. $25.

Peruvian singer Mercedes Pollet sings Latin dance music at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Apr 1 at 11:45pm and 1:30am. $20. 🇵🇪

EDITOR’S PICK
Nene Malo sings Argentine Cumbia at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Apr 1 after midnight (10pm doors). From $30. 🇦🇷

Sat, April 2

New York Philharmonic Very Young People’s Concerts: “Tutti! / Uwaragua Wama!” brings Classical and Garifuna Folk music together at Merkin Hall at the Kaufmann Music Center in Lincoln Square on Sat Apr 2 at 12:30 & 3pm $25. kaufmannmusiccenter.org 🇭🇳

La Dama Boba, the Leyma López adaptation of the Lope de Vega comedy (1613) about two sisters marrying, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Sat, Apr 2 at 3pm. From $15. repertorio.nyc 🇪🇸🇨🇺

Ballet Hispánico presents the world premiere of its first full-length commission, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Doña Perón at the City Center Dance Festival at New York City Center in Midtown at 2pm & 7:30pm. From $35. 🇨🇴

La Dama Boba, the Leyma López adaptation of the Lope de Vega comedy (1613) about two sisters marrying, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 3pm. From $15. 🇪🇸🇨🇺

Ogemdi Ude: Sing is Part 3: of the NY Nigerian American dancer’s “Dig/Hear/Sing” triptych about processing loss, at Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side on Sat, Apr 2 at 7pm. $21. 🇳🇬

Alex Fernandez and Daniel Sosa will make you laugh in Spanish at Carolines in the Times Square Theater District, Apr 2 at 7 & 9:45pm. From $32.75. 🇲🇽

Ajna Dance Company celebrates Autism Acceptance Month by teaching South Asian Dance for special teens and young adults at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Sat, Apr 2 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇮🇳

Germán López plays Latin Folk on the Canary Island timple guitar at National Sawdust in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 7:30pm. $35. 🇪🇸

Ailey II performs African American Modern Dance at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, at 7:30pm. From $59. 🇺🇸

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

EDITOR’S PICK
Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans with guests Randy Brecker and Ada Rovatti, play Brazilian and Latin Jazz and Salsa at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Sat, Apr 2 at 8pm. Live $20 ($5 students). Streaming $10. cuny.edu 🇧🇷🇮🇹🇳🇮

Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas, the successor to Segovia, plays Albeniz at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side, on Sat, Apr 2 at 8pm. From $20. 92y.org 🇪🇸

New Yorker Michela Marino Lerman and Love Movement dance tap to live Jazz in “Once Upon a Time Called Now” at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea at 8pm From $26. 🇺🇸

Filomena Marturano: Un Matrimonio a la Caribeña, the Leyma López adaptation of De Filippo’s romantic comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 8pm. From $15. 🇮🇹🇨🇺

Violinist, singer, and composer L. Shankar, tabla master Abhijit Banerjee, and drummer Rohan Krishnamurthy play Classical Indian Music at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn on Sat, Apr 2 at 8pm. From $25. 🇮🇳

Las Rubias del Norte (Barbès Records) play Latin Pop at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Sat, Apr 2 from 8-9:30pm. $20.

Brasil Summerfest presents Baile do Brasil with Mulú, Gaspar Muniz and Luciane Dom at Nublu in the East Village on Sat, Apr 2 at 9pm. 🇧🇷

EDITOR’S PICK
DJs Cauty, Naisgai and Flipstar spin the Rauw Alejandro afterparty at the Spanglish Saturdays dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Apr 2 at 10pm. Guestlist free before midnight. Then $25. 🇵🇷

Sun, April 3

Karlos Rosé sings Dominican Bachata for dancing at Brunchata at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Apr 3 at 1pm. $20. 🇩🇴

For the Common Ground: Mini-Global Mashup #5 – Southern Italy Meets Senegal, Alessandra Belloni plays Southern Italian music and Alioune Faye, a Griot (West African troubadour), plays Senegalese percussion at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Sun, Apr 3 at 1pm. $15. 🇮🇹🇸🇳

Ballet Hispánico presents the world premiere of its first full-length commission, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Doña Perón at the City Center Dance Festival at New York City Center in Midtown at 2pm. From $35. 🇨🇴

New Yorker Michela Marino Lerman and Love Movement dance tap to live Jazz in “Once Upon a Time Called Now” at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea at 2pm From $26. 🇺🇸

LAST CHANCE
Ailey II performs African American Modern Dance at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, at 3pm. From $59. 🇺🇸

Filomena Marturano: Un Matrimonio a la Caribeña, the Leyma López adaptation of De Filippo’s romantic comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 3pm. From $15. 🇮🇹🇨🇺

Tango Argentina is a Tango show at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Sun, Apr 3 at 4pm. From $25. 🇦🇷

Hashtag Mountain Girl, New York Salvadoran Christine Stoddard’s comedy play about social media influencers in the mountains, is at Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Apr 3 at 6pm. $15. 🇸🇻

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

Guitarist Raul Rodriguez Duo with Samuel Torres / “Tres Flamenco” brings contemporary Flamenco to Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Sun, Apr 3 at 8pm. $15.

The Sunday Live Latin dance party is at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village at 7:45pm with live sets at 8:30 & 10:30pm. $10. 🇩🇴

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

Montez de Durango plays Regional Mexican music for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Apr 3 at 10pm. $50. 🇲🇽

Mon, April 4

Celebrate Senegalese Independence Day, Apr 4, 1960. 🇸🇳

Celebrate the Feast of St Benedict, the Moor, an Italian saint of African descent remembered for his charity, on Apr 4. 🇮🇹

Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, is at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10 🇵🇪

La Banda Chuska plays Peruvian Psychedelic Cumbia (a Barbès specialty) at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Mon, Apr 4 from 9pm – midnight. $20. 🇵🇪

Tue, April 5

OPENING NIGHT GALA
Dance Theatre of Harlem at the 1st City Center Dance Festival starts with a Gala Performance that includes the NY premieres of “Higher Ground” and an extended “Balamouk” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at New York City Center in Midtown, Tue, Apr 5 at 7pm. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸

Pedro Giraudo plays Argentine Tango at the Django in Tribeca on Tue, Apr 5 from 7-9:30pm. 🇦🇷

OPENING NIGHT
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, at 7:30pm. From $51. 🇪🇸

OPENING NIGHT
Queer the Ballet, an Adriana Pierce project (New York City Ballet, Miami City Ballet) focused on queer women and non-binary dancers, is at Chelsea Factory at 7:30pm. $45. 🏳️‍🌈

Chino Pons plays Cuban Jazz at The Django in Tribeca on Tue, Apr 5 from 10pm – 12:30am. 🇨🇺

Wed, April 6

OPENING DAY
The 2022 Whitney Biennial “Quiet as It’s Kept” features sixty-three artists and collectives at the Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District, Apr 6 – Sep 5. 🇨🇱🇫🇷🇲🇽🇹🇹🇺🇸🇻🇪

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, at 7:30pm. Curtain chat. From $51. 🇪🇸

Queer the Ballet, an Adriana Pierce project (New York City Ballet, Miami City Ballet) focused on queer women and non-binary dancers, is at Chelsea Factory at 7:30pm. $45. 🏳️‍🌈

Mamadou’s Fantastic Band plays Senegalese Global Music at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Wed, Apr 6 from 10pm – midnight. $15. 🇸🇳

Thu, April 7

Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American Nobel Prize for Literature winner, was born in Vicuña, Chile on April 7, 1889. 🇨🇱

La Gringa, the Carmen Rivera comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 11am. $30. 🇵🇷

On art gallery opening night, it’s fun to walk the Chelsea art district from 6-8pm.

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, at 8pm. From $51. 🇪🇸

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba at Drom in the East Village most Thursdays at 8pm (7pm doors). $25. 🇨🇺

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. 🇦🇷

Uptown Salsa Royalty plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Apr 7 at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10.

Fri, April 8

New York Salvadoran artist Guadalupe Maravilla : Tierra Blanca Joven, works to heal undocumented and cancer communities at the Brooklyn Museum Fri, Apr 8 – Sep 18. 🇸🇻

Fleur Seule plays retro 1940s Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Fri, Apr 8 from 7-11pm. 🇵🇷

Dance Theatre of Harlem at the 1st City Center Dance Festival presents two programs that include the NY premieres of “Higher Ground” and an extended “Balamouk” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at New York City Center in Midtown, Fri, Apr 8 at 7:30pm. From $35. 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸

Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt style French Jazz Manouche at National Sawdust in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Fri, Apr 8 at 7:30pm. $30. 🇫🇷

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, at 8pm. From $51. 🇪🇸

Tango in America is a contemporary Tango show at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Fri, Apr 8 at 8pm. From $20. 🇦🇷

La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao, the Junot Díaz Pulitzer Prize winner, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇩🇴

Pedro Giraudo plays Argentine Tango at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Apr 8 at 8pm. $20. 🇦🇷

Daniel Calderon y Los Gigantes play Colombian Vallenato, and Arelys Henao sings Colombian Rancheras for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Apr 8 at 10pm. From $48. 🇨🇴

Luciano Mellera brings his brand of Argentine comedy to Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Fri, Apr 8 at 10:15pm. 🇦🇷

Willy Torres plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Apr 8 at 11:45pm & 1:30am. $20. 🇵🇷

Sat, April 9

The Selfish Giant / El Gigante Egoista is children’s puppet theatre about a giant whose garden wilts when he chases the children away, at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Sat, Apr 9 in English at 1pm and Español at 3:30pm. $15. 🇪🇨

Dance Theatre of Harlem at the 1st City Center Dance Festival presents two programs that include the NY premieres of “Higher Ground” and an extended “Balamouk” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at New York City Center in Midtown, Sat, Apr 9 at 2pm. From $35. 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, at 2pm & 8pm. From $51. 🇪🇸

Grupo Rebolu plays Colombian Caribbean dance music at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Sat, Apr 9 at 8pm. From $20. 🇨🇴

NYC vs D.C. is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx on Sat, Apr 9 at 5pm. From $27.

La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao, the Junot Díaz Pulitzer Prize winner, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇩🇴

Astoria Salsa Project plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Apr 9 at 9:30pm & 11:30pm. $20

DJs Hova, Manny Mills and All Out spin the Spanglish Saturdays dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Apr 9 at 10pm. Guestlist free before midnight. Then $25.

Luis Angel Díaz tributes his father Diomedes Díaz, the great Colombian Vallenato singer, at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Apr 9 after midnight (10pm doors). From $25. 🇨🇴

Sun, April 10

Holy Week (Semana Santa) starts today and runs to next Saturday.

Maduritas, Macrobioticas y Multiorgasmicas is a dark comedy play about aging in Spanish at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Sun, Apr 10 at 2 & 5pm. $20. 🇪🇨

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, at 2pm. From $51. 🇪🇸

Los Pleneros de la 21 sing, drum and dance the Puerto Rican community traditions of Bomba and Plena at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Sun, Apr 10 at 3pm. From $20. 🇵🇷

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 Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

El Yaki plays Regional Mexican Banda music for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Apr 10 at 10pm. 🇲🇽

Mon, April 11

Juan Santamaria Day is Apr 11. 🇨🇷

Changüi: The Sound of Guantanamo producer Gianluca Tramontana (Rolling Stone), talks with the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance’s Arturo O’Farrill for the World Music Institute at home on Mon, Apr 11 at 6pm. FREE with registration. 🇨🇺

Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, is at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇵🇪

Milagro Verde plays Peruvian Psychedelic Cumbia at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Mon, Apr 11 at 9pm. $15. 🇵🇪

Tue, April 12

Saxophonist and composer Alexa Tarantino plays Jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tue, Apr 12 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $35. 🇮🇹

Mike Zito Band and Albert Castiglia play Blues guitar at the Iridium in the Times Square Theater District on Tue, Apr 12 at 8pm (6:30pm doors). $35. 🇨🇺🇮🇹

Gerardo Contino and Los Habaneros play Cuban Timba at The Django in Tribeca on Tue, Apr 12 at 10pm. 🇨🇺

TRAVEL
El Laberinto del Coco hosts a Bomba Fusion fundraiser for their Philadelphia Latino Film Fest tour at CasaSaffra at La Placita in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico on Thu, May 12, 2022 at 9pm. $30 suggested donation. @ellaberintodelcoco 🇵🇷

Wed, April 13

Rolling Stone reporter Julyssa Lopez talks with Linda Briceño, Carlos Chirinos Ph.D., Jaime Lozano and Sofia Rei about the changing American Songbook at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Wed, Apr 13 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇦🇷🇲🇽🇻🇪

Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors play Guinean Jazz at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Wed, Apr 13 & 20 at 10pm. $15. 🇬🇳

Kiambe plays LusAfrican (Portuguese African) music at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Wed, Apr 13 at 10pm. $15. 🇦🇴🇧🇷🇨🇻🇲🇿🇵🇹

Thu, April 14

Celebrate Maundy Thursday. ✝️

Raphael Montañez Ortiz : A Contextual Retrospective explores identity, decolonization and ethno-aesthetics through a founder’s work at El Museo del Barrio in El Barrio East Harlem Thu, Apr 14 – Sep 11. 🇵🇷

The BAM Gala 2022 celebrates the opening night of French play “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Thu, Apr 14 at 5pm. From $2,500. 🇫🇷

On art gallery opening night, it’s fun to walk the Chelsea art district from 6-8pm.

Magos Herrera sings from her new album “Remanso” at Americas Society in the Upper East Side , Wed, Apr 13 at 7pm. 🇲🇽

Colombian harp virtuoso Edmar Castañeda plays his newest Jazz album “Family” at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Thu, Apr 14 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇨🇴

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba at Drom in the East Village most Thursdays at 8pm (7pm doors). $25. 🇨🇺

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. 🇦🇷

Grupo Ocho plays Latin music for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Apr 14 at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10. 🇵🇷

Jazz trombonist Conrad Herwig plays the Latin side of Mingus at The Django in Tribeca on Thu, Apr 14 at 10pm and Fri, Apr 15 at 7pm.

Fri, April 15

Commemorate Good Friday ✝️.

Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day, when Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

Los Hacheros with Jeremy Bosch play Salsa Dura at SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan on Fri, Apr 15 at 6pm. 🇵🇷

Fleur Seule plays retro 1940s Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Fri, Apr 15 from 7-11pm. 🇵🇷

Elio Villafranca and friends play as the Chick Corea Afro-Caribbean Experience at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Fri-Sat, Apr 15-16 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $35. 🇨🇺

Celebrate the music of Chick Corea (1941-2021) with longtime band member John Patitucci and A-list musicians including Rubén Blades, Carlos Henriquez, Antonio Sanchez, Luisito Quintero, Mike Rodriguez and more in the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Columbus Circle at 8pm. From $55. 🇮🇹

Puerto Rican Peruvian guitarist Zemog plays experimental Latin music at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Apr 15 from 8-9:30pm. $20. 🇵🇷🇵🇪

Alphonso Horne and The Gotham Kings play New Orleans Jazz at The Django in Tribeca on Fri, Apr 15 at 10pm. 🇺🇸

Yotoco plays Latin Folk Jazz (Cumbia, Plena) at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Apr 16 at 10pm. $20. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇵🇷

Rumba Nation plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Apr 15 at 11:45pm. $20 🇵🇷🇨🇺🇬🇹

Sat, April 16

The Pink Moon or Planter’s Moon, the first Full Moon of spring, is Sat, Apr 16.

Commemorate Holy Saturday and the Easter vigil.

Sanda Weigl plays Roma and Romanian Rock at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Sat, Apr 16 from 6-7:30pm. $20. 🇷🇴

Elio Villafranca and friends play as the Chick Corea Afro-Caribbean Experience at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Fri-Sat, Apr 15-16 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $35. 🇨🇺

Celebrate the music of Chick Corea (1941-2021) with longtime band member John Patitucci and A-list musicians including Rubén Blades, Carlos Henriquez, Antonio Sanchez, Luisito Quintero, Mike Rodriguez and more in the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Columbus Circle at 8pm. From $55. 🇮🇹

Filomena Marturano: Un Matrimonio a la Caribeña, the Leyma López adaptation of De Felippo’s classic comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 8pm. From $15. 🇨🇺

DJs Bobby Trends, Spinking, Haze and Werd Da Mouf spin the Spanglish Saturdays dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Apr 16 at 10pm. Guestlist free before midnight. Then $25.

Pernett and the New Caribbean Ravers play Colombian Pop at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Sat, Apr 16 at 10pm. $15. 🇨🇴

Moncho Rivera tributes his uncle, El Sonero Mayor Ismael Rivera, at Stepping Out Studios in Hell’s Kitchen on Sat, Apr 16 at 11:30pm (8pm doors). From $50. 🇵🇷

The Bollywood Beats: Desi Saturdays party is at SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan on Saturdays in April, 2022 (except Apr 9) at 11pm. $35. 🇮🇳

Jimmy Bosch “El Trombon Criollo” (Spanish Harlem Orchestra) plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Apr 16 at 11:45pm & 1:30am. $20. 🇵🇷

Sun, April 17

More immigrants entered Ellis Island on April 17, 1907 than on any other day in history.

Celebrate Malbec World Day with the popular Argentine red wine with French roots. 🇦🇷

Remember Mexican ranchera legend Chavela Vargas who was born in San Joaquín Flores, Costa Rica on April 17, 1919.

Celebrate Easter Sunday ✝️

The Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival mills around on Fifth Ave between 49th St & 57th St, on Easter Sunday, Apr 17, from 10am to about 4pm. Take your camera.

NYC vs Salt Lake is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx on Sun Apr 17 at 1pm. From $27.

La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao, the Junot Díaz Pulitzer Prize winner about growing up Dominican American, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 3pm. From $15. repertorio.nyc 🇩🇴

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 Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

La Cumbiamba NY plays Indigenous Colombian Cumbia with gaitas at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Sun, Apr 17 from 10pm to midnight. $20. 🇨🇴

Estrellas de la Kumbia play Mexican Cumbia for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Apr 17 at 10pm. $35. 🇲🇽

Mon, April 18

Zimbabwean Independence Day was April 18, 1980. 🇿🇼

Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, is at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇵🇪

La Banda Chuska plays Peruvian Psychedelic Cumbia (a Barbès specialty) at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Mon, Apr 18 from 9pm – midnight. $20. 🇵🇪

Tue, April 19

Landing of the 33 Patriots Day is Apr 19. 🇺🇾

SEASON OPENING NIGHT
New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins I with Balanchine’s “Serenade” and Robbins’ “The Goldberg Variations” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Tue, Apr 19 at 7:30pm. From $38.

Lila Downs sings Regional Mexican Pop at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District on Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 8pm. (6pm doors). From $62. 🇲🇽

Wed, April 20

Remember Tito Puente the Latin jazz legend who was born in Harlem, NYC on April 20, 1923. 🇵🇷

Terreno Comum featuring Alexia Bomtempo plays Brazilian Jazz at The Django in Tribeca on Wed, Apr 20 from 7-9:30pm. 🇧🇷

New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins I with Balanchine’s “Serenade” and Robbins’ “The Goldberg Variations” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Wed, Apr 20 at 7:30pm. From $38.

Broadway star Lea Salonga (Les Misérables) sings Broadway at The Town Hall in Midtown on Wed, Apr 20 at 8pm. From $81. 🇵🇭

Angela Aguilar sings Regional Mexican at the Beacon Theatre in the Upper West Side at 8pm. From $49. 🇲🇽

Thu, April 21

On art gallery opening night, it’s fun to walk the Chelsea art district from 6-8pm.

New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins I with Balanchine’s “Serenade” and Robbins’ “The Goldberg Variations” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Thu, Apr 21 at 7:30pm. From $38.

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba at Drom in the East Village most Thursdays at 8pm (7pm doors). $25. 🇨🇺

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. 🇦🇷

Fri, April 22

Celebrate Earth Day.

The NY African Diaspora International Film Festival is Apr 22-25. nyadiff.org

Fleur Seule plays retro 1940s Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Fri, Apr 22 from 7-11pm. 🇵🇷

La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao, the Junot Díaz Pulitzer Prize winner about growing up Dominican American, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇩🇴

EDITOR’S PICK
The 20th Flamenco Festival NYC 2022 presents Compañía Manuel Liñán “Viva!” at New York City Center in Midtown, Fri, Apr 22 at 8pm. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇪🇸

New York City Ballet presents Visionary Voices featuring premieres of Jamar Roberts and Pam Tanowitz with Peck and another Tanowitz at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Fri, Apr 22. From $38.

Luis Vargas & Alexandra sing Dominican Bachata for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Apr 22 at 10pm. From $40. 🇩🇴

Sat, April 23

Queens New York City celebrates Rosa Antonelli Day and the renowned Argentine Steinway pianist. 🇦🇷

New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins I with Balanchine’s “Serenade” and Robbins’ “The Goldberg Variations” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Sat, Apr 23 at 2pm. From $38.

Lucha Libre ¡Back to Back Explosion! is a tribute to técnico (good guy) luchador Skayde at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Apr 23 at 5pm. All Ages $50. Kids $35. 🇲🇽

EDITOR’S PICK
Afro-Cuban dance collective Oyu Oro call the great mother Yemayá and the great drummer Changó in the world premiere of “Oni Oni” in the main theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Sat, Apr 23 at 7pm. $10 (Students Free). Ashé. 🇨🇺

EDITOR’S PICK
The 20th Flamenco Festival NYC 2022 presents Gala Flamenca with Mercedes Ruiz, Eduardo Guerrero, María Moreno and special guest María Terremoto, Sat, Apr 23 at 8pm. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇪🇸

EDITOR’S PICK
Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn on Sat, Apr 23 at 8pm. From $25. 🇨🇺

The Metropolitan Opera premieres a new “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring Puerto Rican soprano Nadine Sierra and Mexican tenor Javier Camarena on Sat, Apr 23 at 8pm. From $30. 🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇷

New York City Ballet presents Visionary Voices featuring premieres of Jamar Roberts and Pam Tanowitz with Peck and another Tanowitz at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Sat, Apr 23 at 8pm. From $38.

En el tiempo de las mariposas, the Julia Álvarez drama about the legendary Mirabal Sisters, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇩🇴

Havana d’Primera plays Cuban Timba at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Sat, Apr 23 at 8pm. From $45. 🇨🇺

The Bollywood Beats: Desi Saturdays party is at SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan on Saturdays in April, 2022 (except Apr 9) at 11pm. $35. 🇮🇳

Sun, April 24

Celebrate Irish Independence Day, Apr 24, 1916. 🇮🇪

EDITOR’S PICK
The 20th Flamenco Festival NYC 2022 presents Gala Flamenca with Mercedes Ruiz, Eduardo Guerrero, María Moreno and special guest María Terremoto, Sun, Apr 24 at 3pm. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇪🇸

The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus returns to the stage with some Queer performance joy at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Sun, Apr 24 at 3pm. $20 (Students $5). 🏳️‍🌈

New York City Ballet presents Visionary Voices featuring premieres of Jamar Roberts and Pam Tanowitz with Peck and another Tanowitz at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Sat, Apr 23 at 3pm. From $38.

La Gringa, the Carmen Rivera comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 3pm. From $15. 🇵🇷

New York Salvadoran Christine Stoddard’s “My Favorite Sex Toy” comedy play is at Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Apr 24 at 4pm. $15. 🇸🇻

NYC vs Toronto FC is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx on Sun Apr 24 at 5pm. From $25.

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

Colombian comic Diego Mateus is at Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Apr 24 at 7pm. $27.50. 🇨🇴

David Dorfman Dance : (A) Way Out of My Body brings new Modern Dance to NYU Skirball on Sun-Mon, Apr 22-23 at 7:30pm. $35. 🇺🇸

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

Los Recoditos and K-Paz de la Sierra play Regional Mexican Banda for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Apr 24 at 10pm. $50. 🇲🇽

Mon, April 25

Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Salsa dances, is at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇵🇪

New Directors / New Films 2022 film festival is at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, Mon, Apr 25 – May 1. 🇲🇽

Lakou Mizik plays Haitian roots music for the World Music Institute at Drom in the East Village on Mon, Apr 25 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $20.🇭🇹

Tue, April 26

En el tiempo de las mariposas, the Julia Álvarez drama about the legendary Mirabal Sisters, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 11am. $30. 🇩🇴

Pedro Cortes Flamenco Ensemble plays Spanish Flamenco at The Django in Tribeca on Tue, Apr 26 at 7pm. 🇪🇸

New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins I with Balanchine’s “Serenade” and Robbins’ “The Goldberg Variations” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Tue, Apr 26 at 7:30pm. From $38.

Filipino American Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo brings her Sour Tour to Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, Tue-Wed, Apr 26-27 at 8pm. 🇵🇭

Los Hacheros play Salsa at The Django in Tribeca on Tue, Apr 26 at 10pm. 🇵🇷

Wed, April 27

Celebrate Sierra Leonean Independence Day, Apr 27, 1961. 🇸🇱

Celebrate Togolese Independence Day, Apr 27, 1960. 🇹🇬

The 2022 Whitney Biennial “Quiet as It’s Kept” features sixty-three artists and collectives at the Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District, Wed, Apr 6 – Sep 5, 2022. 🇨🇱🇫🇷🇲🇽🇹🇹🇺🇸🇻🇪

New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins II with Robbins’ “Afternoon of a Faun,” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Wed, Apr 27 at 7:30pm. From $38.

Filipino American Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo brings her Sour Tour to Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, Tue-Wed, Apr 26-27 at 8pm. 🇵🇭

Thu, April 28

La Gringa, the Carmen Rivera comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 11am. $30. 🇵🇷

9th Colombian Film Festival New York is Apr 28-May 1.🇨🇴

OPENING RECEPTIONS
On art gallery opening night, it’s fun to walk the Chelsea art district from 6-8pm.

OPENING RECEPTION
Oscar Murillo : Ourself behind ourself concealed, new paintings on the dark spirits in the news, opens with a reception at David Zwirner in Chelsea, Thu, Apr 28 from 6-8pm and runs to Jun 4. davidzwirner.com 🇨🇴

Compañía Cuerpo de Indias : Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen) celebrates Japanese Butoh dance in this benefit for the Caring for Colombia NGO at La MaMa in the East Village at 7pm. A pay what you can benefit. 🇨🇴

New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins II with Robbins’ “Afternoon of a Faun,” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Thu, Apr 28 at 7:30pm. From $38.

Burna Boy plays Nigerian Afrobeats in his “One Night in Space” show at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea on Thu, Apr 28 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $109. 🇳🇬

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba at Drom in the East Village most Thursdays at 8pm (7pm doors). $25. 🇨🇺

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. 🇦🇷

Fri, April 29

Celebrate Laylat al-Qadr, the Muslim Night of Power and most sacred night in Islam. ☪️

Celebrate International Dance Day, the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727 – 1810) who transformed Ballet from a spectacle of costume and scenery to emotional expression through movement on April 29.

Duke Ellington, the legendary Jazz composer, was born in Washington, DC on April 29, 1899. 🇺🇸

Chioma Ebinama : Tipota shows the Nigerian American artist’s Afrocentric watercolors on paper at Fortnight Institute in the East Village, Fri, Apr 29 – May 29. fortnight.institute 🇳🇬

Compañía Cuerpo de Indias : Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen) celebrates Japanese Butoh dance in this benefit for the Caring for Colombia NGO at La MaMa in the East Village at 7pm. A pay what you can benefit. 🇨🇴

Cumbia River Band plays Colombian Cumbia at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Apr 29 at 7pm. $15. 🇨🇴

Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet plays Latin Jazz at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem on Fri, Apr 29 at 7 & 9:30pm (6pm/8:30pm doors). $30. 🇵🇪

Fleur Seule plays retro 1940s Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Fri, Apr 29 from 7-11pm. 🇵🇷

Les Ballet Afrik raps, DJs and dances for the Universal Hip Hop Museum at the Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center on Fri, Apr 29 at 7:30pm. FREE.

New York City Ballet presents Visionary Voices featuring premieres of Jamar Roberts and Pam Tanowitz with Peck and another Tanowitz at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Fri, Apr 29 at 8pm. From $38.

¡Viva el Tango! is a new Argentine Tango show at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens at 8pm. From $40. 🇦🇷

Sat, April 30

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Plena Libre Plays Puerto Rican Plena
for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Riverbank State Park

Celebrate UN International Jazz Day, Apr 30.

Chicago’s Hiplet Ballerinas dance Hip-Hop on pointe at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park at 2pm and 8pm. From $20. 🇺🇸

Batalá New York, NYC’s all-woman, Afro-Brazilian drum line celebrates its 10th Anniversary at Drom in the East Village on Sat, Apr 30 at 6pm. From $12. 🇧🇷

Valentango Company : Confianza (Trust) explores relationship through Argentine Tango improvisation at La MaMa in the East Village, at 7pm. From $25. 🇦🇷

New York City Ballet presents Masters at Work : Balanchine & Robbins II with Robbins’ “Afternoon of a Faun,” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on Sat, Apr 30 at 2 & 8pm. From $38.

EDITOR’S PICK
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company presents “The Story of Cinco de Mayo” at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Sat, Apr 30 at 3pm. $10 (Students Free). Ashé. 🇨🇺

¡Viva el Tango! is a new Argentine Tango show at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens at 8pm. From $40. 🇦🇷

Filomena Marturano: Un Matrimonio a la Caribeña, the Leyma López adaptation of De Felippo’s classic comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇨🇺

Nueva York Flamenco City featuring Aliesha Bryan plays Spanish Flamenco at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Apr 30 at 8pm. $15. 🇧🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸

The Bollywood Beats: Desi Saturdays party is at SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan on Saturdays in April, 2022 (except Apr 9) at 11pm. $35. 🇮🇳

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