Happy New Year! Things to Do in NYC in January 2022 include Restaurant Week, Broadway Week, APAP showcases, Winter JazzFest, American Dance Showcase and the Under the Radar new theatre festival.
January
January is NYC’s coldest month, but still a great time to visit.
New Year’s Day is Sat, Jan 1.
The long weekend is Martin Luther King Weekend, Sat-Mon, Jan 14-17.
It’s peak wetsuit surfing in Rockaway, Queens and Montauk, Long Island.
In NYC
NYC’s Christmas Season ends with the El Museo Three Kings Day Parade on Thu, Jan 6.
NYC’s year starts with the APAP booking agent convention, Fri-Mon, Jan 14-17, so there are lots of performance showcases. Winter Jazzfest is Jan 13-22.
- NYC Restaurant Week is Jan 18 – Feb 13. Make reservations on Tue, Jan 11.
- NYC Broadway Week 2-for-1 tickets is Jan 18 – Feb 13. Buy tickets on Tue, Jan 11.
The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival shows international experimental theater, Wed, Jan 12-23.
The Westminster Dog Show is Sun-Thu, Jan 23-27 (no audience).
January ends with antiques and old masters art fairs and auctions.
The Latin World
Haitian Independence Day is Jan 1.
Three Kings Day and Elegúa are Thu, Jan 6.
Art NYC
January 2022
Antiques Week is a cluster of art fairs, auctions and other events on the third week of January.
The Winter Show, NYC’s big antiques fair, is at the Park Avenue Armory, for ten days, Thu-Sun, Jan 20-30. thewintershow.org
For Master Drawings New York around twenty Upper East Side galleries band together in this old masters art fair. Jan 21-29. masterdrawingsnewyork.com
The auction houses hold Old Masters auctions.
Books NYC
January 2022
The Schomberg Center’s Black Comic Book Festival is at the Schomburg Center in Harlem [Wed-Sat, Jan 13-13, 2021] nypl.org
Broadway Theatre +
January 2022
The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival is a new international theatre showcase at The Public Theater on Jan 12-23. publictheater.org
NYC Broadway Week 2-for-1 tickets promotion is Jan 18 – Feb 13. Buy tickets on Tue, Jan 11. nycgo.com
NYC Off-Broadway Week is UNCONFIRMED. nycgo.com
Dance NYC
January 2022
The American Dance Platform showcase is at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea Tue-Sun, Jan 11-16. joyce.org
NY City Ballet’s Winter Season is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center Tue, Jan 18 – Feb 27. nycballet.com
Film NYC
January 2022
The 79th Golden Globe Awards are on television on Sun, Jan 9. goldenglobes.com
The New York Jewish Film Festival, the year’s first film festival, is at Film at Lincoln Center. [Wed, Jan 13-26, 2021.]
The Cinema Tropical Awards recognize Latin American and Latinx films [Jan 19, 2021].
Food NYC
January 2022
NYC Restaurant Week is Tue, Jan 18 – Feb 13. Make reservations on Tue, Jan 11. nycgo. om
Music NYC
January 2022
The Metropolitan Opera is in season at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center. metopera.org 🇮🇹
The NY Philharmonic is in season. nyphil.org 🇮🇹
The Prototype contemporary opera theatre festival is at Here, Abrons Art Center, La MaMa and St Ann’s Warehouse, Jan 7-16. prototypefestival.org
The APAP booking agent convention is Fri-Mon, Jan 14-17.
globalFEST is at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village, Sun, Jan 16 at 7pm.
The Winter JazzFest showcase is at Le Poisson Rouge and other clubs in Greenwich Village Thu, Jan 13-22. winterjazzfest.com
The Chamber Music America National Conference is UNCONFIRMED.
The FERUS Festival at National Sawdust in Brooklyn is UNCONFIRMED.
The 64th Grammy Awards are Sun, Jan 31.
Parades NYC
January 2022
The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade is in El Barrio East Harlem on Thu, Jan 6. [EXPECTED]
The Westminster Dog Show is Sun-Thu, Jan 23-27 (no audience). westminsterkennelclug.org
Sports NYC
January 2022
Surf’s up in Rockaway, Queens and Montauk, Long Island.
The PBR Monster Energy Buck Off bull riding rodeo is at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan Fri-Sun, Jan 7-9, 2022. 🇧🇷🇲🇽
Celebrate Haitian Independence Day on Sat, Jan 1 (1804). 🇭🇹
The U.S. Emancipation Proclamation marked the legal end of human slavery in the United States on January 1, 1863. 🇺🇸
Santeros look forward to Cuba’s Letter of the Year forecast. 🇨🇺
Celebrate the Solemnity of Mary on Sat, Jan 1. 🇮🇹
Three Kings Day is an important family day on January 6.The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade marches through El Barrio East Harlem. Teatro SEA has a nice meet and greet in the Lower East Side. 🇵🇷
Celebrate Elegúa on Three Kings Day, Thu, Jan 6.
NYC Dominican Heritage Month starts Fri, Jan 21. 🇩🇴
Celebrate the Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, patron saint of the Dominican Republic on Fri, Jan 21. 🇩🇴
Celebrate India Republic Day, January 26, 1950. 🇮🇳
Oggun is Jan 29. 🇨🇺
Things to do in NYC in January 2022 Week 52
December 27 – January 2
Remember Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American movie star. She was born in Los Angeles, California on January 1, 1905.
Celebrate Sudanese Independence Day Sat, Jan 1 (1956). 🇸🇩
The new moon is Sun, Jan 2 at 11:35am.
LAST CHANCE
The Metropolitan Opera’s “Cinderella” English holiday version of Massenet’s “Cendrillon” stars Argentine American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 1pm. From $30. 🇫🇷🇦🇷
LAST CHANCE
Chris Botti’s 17th Holiday Residency is at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village nightly (including New Year’s Eve) through Jan 2, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $55. 🇮🇹
Things to do in NYC in January 2022 Week 1
January 3-9, 2022
The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet plays Argentine Tango at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in NoHo, Manhattan on Fri, Jan 7 at 7pm. 🇦🇷
Remember Juan Gabriel, the flamboyant singer who broke barriers in the Latin music market. He was born on Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico on January 7, 1950. 🇲🇽
Happy Birthday Carolina Herrera! The legendary New York fashion designer was born in Caracas, Venezuela on January 8, 1939.
Remember José Alfredo Jiménez. The ranchera composer was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico on January 9, 1926. 🇲🇽
Friday, January 7
Sueño de Reyes / Dream of Kings children’s theater is at Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side at 7pm. $20. teatrosea.org 🇵🇷
Saturday, January 8
Sueño de Reyes / Dream of Kings children’s theater is at Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side at 3pm. $20. teatrosea.org 🇵🇷
Sunday, January 9
Sueño de Reyes / Dream of Kings children’s theater is at Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side at 4pm. $20. teatrosea.org 🇵🇷
Things to do in NYC in January 2022 Week 2
January 10-16, 2022
Sunrise Manhattanhenge is [Jan 10-12, 2021.]
Remember Eugenio María de Hostos. The Puerto Rican writer, educator and independence activist who was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico on Jan 11, 1839. 🇵🇷
Remember Rafael Cortijo. The Puerto Rican composer and leader, who put Bomba rhythms into La Salsa, was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico on Jan 11, 1928. 🇵🇷
Celebrate Moroccan Independence Day on Tue, Jan 11 (1944). 🇲🇦
Remember José Limón 🇲🇽 (Limón Dance Company), the New York modern dance pioneer who was born in Culiacán, México on Jan 12, 1908.
Happy birthday Yandel! One of the godfathers of reggaeton was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico on Jan 14, 1977. 🇵🇷
Frankie Negron sings Puerto Rican Salsa at SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan on Fri, Jan 14. $25. 🇵🇷
Remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the civil rights leader who was born in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan 15, 1929. 🇺🇸
Martin Luther King Weekend is Sat-Mon, Jan 15-17.
Happy birthday Pitbull! The Cuban American rapper, was born in Miami, Florida on January 15, 1982. 🇨🇺
Happy Birthday Lin-Manuel Miranda! The New York Puerto Rican playwright (In the Heights, Freestyle Love Supreme, Hamilton) was born in Washington Heights, NYC on January 16, 1980. 🇵🇷
Things to do in NYC in January 2022 Week 3
January 17-23, 2022
Celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Mon, Jan 17.
The Wolf Moon full moon rises over New York City on Jan 17 at 6:51pm.
Happy birthday Ricardo Arjona! The pop singer-songwriter, was born in Jocotenango, Guatemala on January 19, 1964. 🇬🇹
New York State celebrates Dominican Heritage Month Jan 21 – Feb 27. 🇩🇴
Celebrate the Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, patron saint of the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴.
Happy birthday Plácido Domingo! The legendary tenor was born in Madrid, Spain on January 21, 1941. (He was raised in Mexico). 🇪🇸🇲🇽
The Cumbia River Band plays Colombian Cumbia at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side on Fri, Jan 21 at 7:30pm. $30. 🇨🇴
Happy birthday Franco De Vita! The Venezuelan pop singer-songwriter, was born in Caracas on January 23, 1954. 🇻🇪
Remember Maria Tallchief, New York City Ballet’s and America’s first prima ballerina who popularized “The Nutcracker” ballet. She was born in Fairfax, Oklahoma on January 24, 1925.
Remember Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, the Harlem Renaissance Black arts collector whose collection became the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Library in Harlem. He was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico on January 24, 1874. 🇵🇷
Sun, January 2
Saulo García’s Quinceañera, 15 years of greatest hits, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 3 & 7pm. From $15. 🇨🇴
Fri, January 7
Saulo García’s Quinceañera, 15 years of greatest hits, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇨🇴
Sat, January 8
Saulo García’s Quinceañera, 15 years of greatest hits, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇨🇴
Sun, January 9
Saulo García’s Quinceañera, 15 years of greatest hits, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 3pm. From $15. 🇨🇴
Tue, January 18
La Gringa, the Carmen Rivera comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 11am. $30. 🇵🇷
Fri, January 21
Flamenco Vivo Musicians of Flamenco are at 4W43 Gallery in Midtown. $35. 🇪🇸
Sat, January 22
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. 🇮🇹🇨🇺
Sun, January 23
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. 🇮🇹🇨🇺
Things to do in NYC in January 2022 Week 4
January 24-30, 2022
Remember Juan Pablo Duarte. One of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic was born in Santo Domingo on January 25, 1813. 🇩🇴
Remember Antônio Carlos Jobim. One of the founders of Bossa Nova music was born in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 25, 1927. 🇧🇷
Never forget the UN’s Holocaust Remembrance Day when the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated by Soviet troops and the world could no longer deny the Holocaust on January 27, 1945.
Happy birthday Maluma baby! The pop reggaeton trap star was born in Medellín, Colombia on January 28, 1994. 🇨🇴
NYC’s average coldest day of the year is Sat, Jan 29.
Celebrate India Republic Day, January 26, 1950. 🇮🇳
Fri, January 28
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. 🇮🇹🇨🇺
Things to do in NYC in January 2022 Week 5
January 31 – February 7, 2022