Things to Do in NYC in June 2022

Things to do in NYC in June 2022 include SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, NY Puerto Rico Week and the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and NYC Pride Parade.

June is NYC Pride Month. It’s also Caribbean Heritage Month and African-American Music Appreciation Month.

June is a great month to visit because the school and cultural season is winding down and summer season starts up. New York City really heads outdoors in June.

Early summer weather is warm as the school year ends and summer begins.

Wed, June 1

June is NYC Pride Month. 🏳️‍🌈

Remember the Tulsa Race Massacre of June 1, 1921. To build a better future together, we must accept our past. 🇺🇸

Hurricane Season starts today.

Eddie Palmieri plays Salsa for dancing at The Oasis in Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center on Wed, Jun 1 at 6pm. FREE. 🇵🇷

Grupo Rebolu plays Afro-Colombian Caribbean dance music for the Center for Traditional Music and Dance at Highland Park, Brooklyn on Wed, Jun 1, 2022 from 6-7pm. Free. 🇨🇴

Thu, June 2

Anniversary Day is a New York City School holiday.

Celebrate Italy’s national day La Festa della Repubblica. 🇮🇹

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

Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours play Latin Jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $40. 🇵🇷

Madeleine Peyroux sings French-influenced Jazz for the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District at 8pm (6pm doors). From $50. 🇫🇷

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, June 3

Celebrate Yoruba New Year (in Yorubaland, not the Caribbean)! 🇳🇬

OPENING DAY
The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

The Kaatsbaan Summer Dance Festival is upstate in Tivoli, New York, weekends Jun 3-19, 2022. kaatsbaan.org

Madeleine Peyroux sings French-influenced Jazz for the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District at 8pm (6pm doors). From $50. 🇫🇷

The Gypsy Kings play Rumba Flamenca Pop at the Beacon Theatre in the Upper West Side on Fri, Jun 3 at 8pm. From $80.

In “From Poor to Rico,” by Nuyorican spoken word poet Caridad de la Luz “La Bruja” imagines an Indigenous-Afro-Taíno-Jíbaro future at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Fri, Jun 3 & 10, 2022 at 8pm. From $30. 🇵🇷

Sat, June 4

At sundown, celebrate Shavuot, the Jewish harvest festival, Sat-Mon, Jun 4-6. ✡️

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

OPENING NIGHT
Central Park Tango starts Sat, Jun 4 from 6-8:30pm. $20 donation. 🇦🇷

OPENING NIGHT
The Jamaica Dance Festival is at Rufus King Park, in downtown Jamaica, Queens on Saturdays, Jun 4-25, 2022 at 7pm. thejamaicadancefestival.com

Reik brings their “En Cambio Tour” of Mexican Pop to the United Palace in Washington Heights, Manhattan on Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 8pm (Doors 6:30pm). From $55. 🇲🇽

Sun, June 5

Celebrate Pentecost, the Christian festival of the Holy Spirit, on Sun, Jun 5. ✝️

OPENING DAY
The Queensboro Dance Festival is Jun 5 – Oct 2. queensboroughdancefestival.com

The 20th Drums Along the Hudson 2022 Native American and Multicultural drum festival is at Inwood Hills Park in Inwood, Manhattan on Sun, Jun 5, 2022 from 11am – 6pm. Free. 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇬🇪🇲🇽🇰🇷

New Queens Pride NYC 2022 includes the New Queens Pride Parade and New Queens Pride Festival in Jackson Heights, Queens on Sun, Jun 5, 2022. The Festival is 11am-6pm. The Parade starts at 12noon. Free. 🏳️‍🌈

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach reopens for the season in Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx from around 1pm – 6pm. FREE 🇵🇷

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+. 🇨🇺

Mon, June 6

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

The Harlem Stage 2022 Gala features the opening night of Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité’s Hip-Hop theatre “A Drop of Midnight” at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, West Harlem and livestreamed at Malt House in Harlem on Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 7pm. From $1,250. harlemstage.org

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. 🇵🇪

Tue, June 7

Happy birthday Juan Luis Guerra! The merengue star was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 7, 1957. 🇩🇴

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Spring Gala, cocktail reception and formal dinner on the Cherry Esplanade, is at the Garden Tue, Jun 7 from 5:30-11:30pm. From $500.

Opera Lafayette Silvain is a favorite opera of Marie Antoinette, set in Colonial Mexico, at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem on Tue, June 7 at 7pm. From $30. 🇫🇷🇵🇷🇲🇽

Italian American guitarist Al Di Meola (Return to Forever) plays Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village on Tue-Sun, Jun 7 -12 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $40. 🇮🇹

Wed, June 8

OPENING NIGHT
The Tribeca Film Festival 2022 is at the Beacon Theatre in the Upper West Side and all over Manhattan, Wed, June 8-19, 2022. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇴🇩🇴🇲🇽🇵🇷🇪🇸🇧🇴🇺🇸

“Halftime,” the Netflix Jennifer Lopez documentary by Amanda Micheli, gets its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival at the United Palace in Washington Heights, Manhattan on Wed, June 8 at 7pm. From $45. 🇵🇷

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

This SummerStage mini-festival of New Orleans Jazz features Trombone Shorty & New Orleans Avenue with special guests at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Wed, Jun 8 from 6-10pm (5pm doors). From $65. 🇺🇸

Opera Lafayette Le Salon de Musique de Marie Antoinette brings German, Caribbean and West African music typical of the French queen’s salon to El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem on Wed, June 8 at 7pm. From $30. The performance is followed by a Gala dinner at the Colony Club honoring Emily K. Rafferty, President Emerita of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From $750. 🇬🇳🇫🇷

Thu, June 9

NYC Dance Week 2022 is ten days of free or discounted dance, fitness and wellness classes at all kinds of dance studios, all over New York City from June 9-18, 2022. 🇦🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇫🇷🇬🇵🇮🇳🇵🇷🇪🇸

OPENING DAY
The Open Roads: New Italian Cinema film festival is at Film at Lincoln Center Jun 9-15. 🇮🇹

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

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

The Hudson River Dance Festival is at Pier 63 in Hudson River Park in Chelsea at 7pm.

Nilko Andreas with Blanca Gonzalez play a “Back to Roots” concert of Latin folk music at Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side on Thu, Jun 9 at 7pm. $25. 🇨🇴

Opera Lafayette Concert Spirituel aux Caraibes presents spiritual music of the French Caribbean at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem on Thu, June 9 at 7pm. From $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. 🇦🇷

Fri, June 10

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

La X Live Reggaeton concert with Don Omar, Nicky Jam, Blessd, Archangel, Sech, Farina, Elvis Martinez and Joonti is at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $70. 🇨🇴🇩🇴🇵🇦🇵🇷

Italian guitarist Fabrizio Sotti plays Jazz with Ice T & M1 (Dead Prez) for the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District on Fri, Jun 10 at 8pm (6pm doors). 🇮🇹

In “From Poor to Rico,” by Nuyorican spoken word poet Caridad de la Luz “La Bruja” imagines an Indigenous-Afro-Taíno-Jíbaro future at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Fri, Jun 3 & 10, 2022 at 8pm. From $30. 🇵🇷

Sat, June 11

The 116th Street Festival 2022 is in El Barrio East Harlem on Sat, June 11, 2022 from 10am – 5pm. Free. 🇵🇷

Ricitos y los 3 Ositos (Ricitos & the 3 Bears) is at Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side, Saturdays from May 7 – Jun 18 at 11am. $20 (Kids $15). 🇵🇷

The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

American Liberty Ballet “The Spirits of a Summer Day” (Os Espíritos de um Dia do Verão) tells Indigenous Brazilian legends with an Argentine male dancer on pointe to music by Brazilian Classical Music composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. It’s in the Theater at St Jean in the Upper East Side and a live stream on Sat, June 11 at 3pm & 7pm. $35. americanlibertyballet.com 🇦🇷🇧🇷

Central Park Tango is at the Shakespeare Statue at the south end of the Central Park Mall from 6-8:30pm. $20 donation. 🇦🇷

SUMMERSTAGE OPENING NIGHT
SummerStage NYC 2022 opens with Jazz legend Herbie Hancock and trumpeter Keyon Harrold at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Sat, Jun 11 at 7pm. Free.

The Jamaica Dance Festival is at Rufus King Park, in downtown Jamaica, Queens on Saturdays, Jun 4-25, 2022 at 7pm. thejamaicadancefestival.com

NEW YORK SALSA FESTIVAL

• Jerry Rivera sings Puerto Rican Salsa for the New York Salsa Festival at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Sat, Jun 11 at 8pm. From $71. 🇵🇷
• India plays the New York Salsa Festival at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Sat, Jun 11, 2022. From $71. 🇵🇷
• Grupo Niche plays Salsa Colombiana at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn during New York Puerto Rico Week on Sat, Jun 11. From $71. 🇨🇴

Sun, June 12

Celebrate Philippines Independence Day from Spain! 🇵🇭

The 65th National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2022 is back on Fifth Avenue in Midtown and the Upper East Side on Sun, Jun 12 at 11am. 🇵🇷

LAST CHANCE
The 25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, “Unthinkable,” is at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, some at Union Docs in Williamsburg, and online Fri, Jun 3-12, 2022. From $10. Full Pass $35. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇫🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸

American Liberty Ballet “The Spirits of a Summer Day” (Os Espíritos de um Dia do Verão) tells Indigenous Brazilian legends with an Argentine male dancer on pointe to music by Brazilian Classical Music composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. It’s in the Theater at St Jean in the Upper East Side and a live stream on Sun, June 12 at 3pm. $35. americanlibertyballet.com 🇦🇷🇧🇷

The Portugal Day Parade 2022 is back in the Ironbound District of Newark, New Jersey on Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 3pm. 🇵🇹

Celebrate Dia dos Namorados (Lovers Day), the Brazilian equivalent of Valentines Day, on the evening of June 12.

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach is at Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx from around 1pm – 6pm. FREE 🇵🇷

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

The 75th Tony Awards are at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, Sun, Jun 12 at 8pm. tonyawards.com

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+. 🇨🇺

Mon, June 13

Celebrate Eleguá, the orisha of destiny and the paths of life on Jun 13. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

Celebrate the Feast of St Anthony, patron saint of lost things. 🇮🇹

SUMMERSTAGE
Trombone Shorty’s Voodoo Threauxdown, Tank and the Bangas, Big Freedia and Cyril Neville play a New Orleans Jazz Festival at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Mon, Jun 13 from 6-10pm (5pm doors). From $65. 🇺🇸

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 🇵🇪

The American Ballet Theatre Summer Season is at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, Jun 13 – Jul 16. 🇦🇷

Tue, June 14

The Museum Mile Festival open house and street fair is on Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side and East Harlem.

“Halftime” the story of Jennifer Lopez and her biggest performances opens on Netflix. 🇵🇷

Wed, June 15

NYC PRIDE
Family Movie Night presents “MOANA!” at The Battery in the Financial District on Wed, June 15 at 6pm. FREE.

Thu, June 16

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

BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN!
Davido (FIFA World Cup 2022 soundtrack “Hayya Hayya” (Better Together)) brings his “The We Rise By Lifting Others Tour” of Nigerian Afrobeats Global music to the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). From $60. 🇳🇬

Cirque du Soleil “Crystal” blends French Canadian cirque nouveau with ice skating at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Jun 16, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $39. 🇨🇦

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, June 17

New York Black Restaurant Week is June 17 – July 3, 2022.

The Americas Film Festival New York is at Instituto Cervantes, City College Downtown, Argentine Consulate, Colombian Consulate and the National Museum of the American Indian on various dates Jun 17-24 at taffny.com 🇦🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇲🇽🇸🇻🇪🇸

SummerStage screens Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), the documentary about NYC’s 1969 African Diaspora Woodstock, at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem on Fri, June 17, 2022 at 5pm (3pm doors). Free with registration. 🇺🇸

NYC PRIDE
Pride Presents LGBTQIA+ film festival presents Netflix documentary “Disclosure” at Spring Studios in Tribeca on Fri, June 17 at 7pm.

Cirque du Soleil “Crystal” blends French Canadian cirque nouveau with ice skating at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $39. 🇨🇦

The Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band “Vox Human” features Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), Antoinette Montague and Jennifer Jade Ledesna singing Jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. From $35. 🇵🇷

Remember Francisco Oller, the Puerto Rican Impressionist who taught Cezánne. Oller was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on June 17, 1833. 🇵🇷

Sat, June 18

The 13th Juneteenth NY Festival street fair is at Linden Park in East New York, Brooklyn on Sat, June 18, 2022 from 10am – 6pm. FREE. juneteenthny.com 🇺🇸

The Schomburg Center Literary Festival is inside and outside the Schomburg Center in Harlem on Sat, June 18, 2022 from 10:30am – 6pm. Free. 🇵🇷🇺🇸

The Harlem Juneteenth Parade 2022 and Street Fair starts at 116th St and Malcolm X Boulevard on Sat, June 18, 2022 from 11am – 6pm. Free. themasjidmalcolmshabazz.com 🇺🇸

Ricitos y los 3 Ositos (Ricitos & the 3 Bears) is at Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side, Saturdays from May 7 – Jun 18 at 11am. $20 (Kids $15). 🇵🇷

Miguel Zenón & Andrea Arroyo mix Jazz with Art on the Audubon Terrace at Hispanic Society in Washington Heights, Manhattan on Sat, Jun 18, 2022 from 1-4pm. Free with registration. Free. 🇵🇷🇲🇽

The 40th Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2022 and street fair is in Coney Island, Brooklyn on Sat, June 18, 2022 at 1pm. The Mermaid Parade Ball follows at 5pm.

Cirque du Soleil “Crystal” blends French Canadian cirque nouveau with ice skating at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Jun 16, 2022 at 3:30 & 7:30pm. From $39. 🇨🇦

Central Park Tango starts Sat, Jun 4 from 6-8:30pm. $20 donation. 🇦🇷

BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN!
This year’s NPR Tiny Desk contest winner Alisa Amador sings Pop and is joined by past winners Fantastic Negrito (Blues), Seratones (Rock), and Linda Diaz (R&B from the Lower East Side) at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Sat, June 18, 2022 at 7pm (6pm doors). Free. bricartsmedia.org 🇦🇷🇵🇷🇺🇸

The Jamaica Dance Festival is at Rufus King Park, in downtown Jamaica, Queens on Saturdays, Jun 4-25, 2022 at 7pm. thejamaicadancefestival.com

Chris Botti plays the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District, Sat-Sun, June 18-19 at 7:30 & 10pm. From $65. 🇮🇹

The Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band “Vox Human” features Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), Antoinette Montague and Jennifer Jade Ledesna singing Jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. From $35. 🇵🇷

Ana Gabriel brings her “Por Amor A Ustedes World Tour” of Regional Mexican Pop to Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, Sat, Jun 18 at 8pm. From $92. 🇲🇽

Manny Manuel (Los Sabrosos del Merengue) sings Puerto Rican Merengue at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Sat, June 18, 2022 at 8pm. From $45. 🇵🇷

Sun, June 19 (Juneteenth & Father’s Day)

Celebrate Juneteenth.

Happy Father’s Day.

The 13th Juneteenth NY Festival street fair is at Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Sun, June 19, 2022 from 10am – 6pm. FREE. juneteenthny.com 🇺🇸

Celebrate Juneteenth Black liberation and creativity in a full day of family activities at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Park on Sun, Jun 19, 2022 from 11am – 7pm. Free with RSVP. 🇺🇸

NYC PRIDE
The Brunch features Black LGBTQ+ chefs at 74Wythe on Sun, June 19, 2022 at 12pm. From $30.

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach is at Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx from around 1pm – 6pm. FREE 🇵🇷

Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner André De Shields (Hadestown on Broadway) performs excerpts from his solo show “Frederick Douglass: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” with Gospel by Chuk Fowler and Company at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Juneteenth, Sun, June 19, 2022 at 2pm & 7pm. $40. 🇺🇸

The Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band “Vox Human” features Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), Antoinette Montague and Jennifer Jade Ledesna singing Jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 5pm & 7:30pm. From $35. 🇵🇷

NYC vs Colorado is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx on Sun, Jun 19 at 5pm. From $27. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇬🇭🇪🇹🇲🇽🇵🇪🇷🇴🇺🇾

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

The Carnegie Hall Juneteenth Celebration 2022 with The Healing of the Nations Institute celebrate Juneteenth on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, and a livestream on Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 7pm. Free tickets. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸

BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN!
Jay Lamont hosts Tye Tribbett, Israel Houghton, Mali Music and Robert Randolph at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Juneteenth, Sun, June 19, 2022 at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). Free. 🇺🇸

Cirque du Soleil “Crystal” blends French Canadian cirque nouveau with ice skating at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Jun 16, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $39. 🇨🇦

Chris Botti plays the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District, Sat-Sun, June 18-19 at 7:30 & 10pm. From $65. 🇮🇹

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+. 🇨🇺

Mon, June 20 (Juneteenth National Holiday)

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 🇵🇪

Tue, June 21

OPENING NIGHT
Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, June 21 – July 17, 2022. Free. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

Flamenco Vivo Fronteras is at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 21-26, 2022.  🇪🇸

Wed, June 22

Celebrate Inti Raymi, Inca new year, on Wed, June 22.

Flamenco Vivo: Fronteras is at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 21-26, 2022. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸

Thu, June 23

NYC PRIDE
The Human Rights Conference features keiyaA, Nieri and DJ Fade at New York Law School in Tribeca, Thu, June 23 at 9am. From $25.

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

Flamenco Vivo: Fronteras is at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 21-26, 2022. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸

In “The Mix Vol 2 Live at the Batey,” Arlene Chico-Lugo and Eric Aviles make fun of themselves and us around the batey, the sacred circle where our Taíno ancestors gathered, at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 7:30pm. $10. 🇵🇷

OPENING NIGHT
La Micro Theater’s adaptation of Claudio Tolcachir’s “Tercera Cuerpo” (Third Wing) is at the Chain Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Thu-Sun, June 23-26, 2022 at 7:30pm (Sun 3pm). $25. lamicrotheater.org 🇦🇷

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 8pm. Free tickets. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

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. 🇦🇷

Pedrito Martinez joins an All-Star lineup for Issac Delgado’s “Con Tumbao” at Sony Hall in Times Square Theater District on Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 9pm (7pm doors). From $45. 🇨🇺

Fri, June 24

OPENING NIGHT
The 8th International New York Film Festival is at the Producer’s Club in Hell’s Kitchen, Jun 24-25 and online Jun 24 – Jul 4, 2022. inyfilmfest.com

NYC PRIDE
The Rally is hosted by Raquel Willis and Sage Dolan-Sandrino at The Battery in the Financial District on Fri, June 24 from 4-7pm. FREE.

The Valentiona Kozlova International Ballet Competition Gala performance is at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side on Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 7pm. $40. symphonyspace.org 🇧🇷🇪🇨🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇽🇻🇪

BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN!
Fonseca plays Colombian Vallenato, and NYC’s own La Cumbiamba eNeYé plays Cumbia the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Fri, June 24, 2022 at 7:30pm (6:30pm). Free. 🇨🇴

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 8pm. Free tickets. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

Sat, June 25

NYC PRIDE
The Pride Island music festival features Lil’ Kim, Shenseea, Netta, Raye and Papi Juice at Play Lawn on Governors Island on Sat-Sun, June 25-26 at 2pm. From $85.

NYC PRIDE
The Fantasy Days VIP party is at Harbor NYC Rooftop in Hell’s Kitchen on Sat, June 25 at 2pm. From $60.

NYC PRIDE
The Teaze diversity party is at the 3 Dollar Bill gay bar in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Sat, June 25 at 2pm. From $25.

NYC PRIDE
Youth Pride teen festival features Taylor Bennett at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Sat, June 25 at 3pm. FREE with registration.

Rock the Bronx 2022 opens with Blackfort and Black Lotus Band playing R&B fusions at the Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 3pm. Free.

Central Park Tango starts Sat, Jun 4 from 6-8:30pm. $20 donation. 🇦🇷

Flamenco Vivo: Fronteras is at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 21-26, 2022. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸

The Jamaica Dance Festival is at Rufus King Park, in downtown Jamaica, Queens on Saturdays, Jun 4-25, 2022 at 7pm. thejamaicadancefestival.com

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 8pm. Free tickets. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

Sun, June 26

It’s NYC Pride Day!

NYC PRIDE
The 28th PrideFest street fair is on Fourth Avenue between 8th St & 13th St in Greenwich Village on Sun, June 26, 2022 at 11am. Free, but a curated section is $60. nycpride.org 🏳️‍🌈

NYC PRIDE
The NYC Pride Parade or NYC Pride March is in NoMad, Chelsea and Greenwich Village on Sun, June 26, 2022 starting at 12 noon. Free. 🏳️‍🌈

NYC PRIDE
Bliss Days womxn’s party is at Harbor NYC Rooftop in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, June 26 at 2pm. From $35.

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach is at Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx from around 1pm – 6pm. FREE 🇵🇷

Flamenco Vivo: Fronteras is at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 21-26, 2022. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸

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

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 8pm. Free tickets. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

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+. 🇨🇺

Mon, June 27

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, patron saint of Haiti. 🇭🇹

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 🇵🇪

Tue, June 28

Remember the Stonewall Riots that energized the struggle for LGBTQ+ Human Rights, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. 🏳️‍🌈

Celebrate National Ceviche Day! 🇵🇪

Luisito Quintero and 3rd Element play Venezuelan Jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $35. 🇻🇪

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 8pm. Free tickets. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

Wed, June 29

Celebrate Ogún, the warrior orisha of metals, technology, drivers and rum on June 29. 🇨🇺🇵🇷

The 10th Afro-Latino Festival NYC is online Wed, June 29, 2022 from 6-8pm. Free with RSVP. 🇧🇷🇩🇴🇯🇲🇵🇦🇵🇷

OPENING NIGHT
The Brasil Summerfest Brazilian cultural festival opens with Rodrigo Amarante (Narcos theme song) and Alice Caymmi at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 7pm (6pm doors). $31. 🇧🇷

Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-uba plays Cuban Jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wed-Thu, Jun 29-30, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. From $35. 🇨🇺

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 8pm. Free tickets. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

Thu, June 30

The 10th Afro-Latino Festival NYC is at Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, Thu, June 30, 2022 from 3-10pm. Free with RSVP. 🇧🇷🇩🇴🇯🇲🇵🇦🇵🇷

MIDTOWN DANCE
Take a free dance lesson and then dance Son Cubano (Cuban Salsa) with Talia Castro-Pozo at Greeley Square Park near Herald Square on Thursday, June 30, 2022 from 6-7pm. 🇨🇺

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

Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-uba plays Cuban Jazz at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wed-Thu, Jun 29-30, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. From $35. 🇨🇺

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 8pm. Free tickets. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Timba in residency at Drom in the East Village on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 8pm (7pm doors and Salsa dance class). From $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. 🇦🇷

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