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Day of the Dead NYC
Browse stories about Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) traditions and events in New York City.
Day of the Dead is a celebration of family members and life.
Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, is a Pan-Latin Family Celebration Whose Mexican Tradition Has Gone Global
OCTOBER 31 – NOVEMBER 2 🇲🇽
Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City was Founded After Tourists Showed up Looking for the Parade They Saw in James Bond “Spectre”
MEXICO CITY, Mexico 🇲🇽
All Saints Day, Día de los Inocentes, Honors All Saints and the Souls of Family Children
NOVEMBER 1 ~ The European festival of all saints known and unknown, is Día de los Inocentes in Mexico, the day during the Day of the Dead festival when souls of family children may visit, if they are invited.
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Fèt Gede is the Beautiful Haitian Festival of the Dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti 🇭🇹
Coco, Disney’s Mexican Day of the Dead Movie, is All About Family, the True Meaning of Día de Muertos
THE TOWN HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽
All Souls Day is a Day to Tend Family Graves
NOVEMBER 2 ~ We remember our ancestors and tend family graves.
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Village Halloween Parade 2024 is the Cat’s MEOW
SIXTH AVENUE, Hudson Square/SoHo, West Village/Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Manhattan 🎃
Jackson Heights Halloween Parade is Fun for Young Children
37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🎃
Day of the Dead, Día de Muertos, Comes to Life at Mano y Mano’s Community Altars
HISPANIC SOCIETY, Washington Heights, Manhattan 🇲🇽
ST. MARK’S CHURCH IN-THE-BOWERY, East Village, Manhattan 🇲🇽
DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇲🇽
FLATIRON NORTH PLAZA, Flatiron District, Manhattan 🇲🇽
Ofrendas are Altars That Invite Family Souls to Visit
On or before October 31, we build ofrendas to invite family souls to visit us on the Day of the Holy Innocents (November 1) and the Day of the Dead (November 2).
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Mictēcacihuātl is the Mesoamerican Goddess of the Underworld, Which is a Paradise
DAY OF THE DEAD
Thursday, November 2, 2023
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Mexican Marigolds Attract Family Souls Visiting on Day of the Dead
October 31 – November 2
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Mexican Marigolds are a Central American flower with healing powers that attract spirits to visit their families on the Day of the Dead
Catrina La Calavera Garbancera is the Modern Mictēcacihuātl
DAY OF THE DEAD, DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Thursday, November 2, 2023
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Day of the Dead NYC 2022 Día de los Muertos is a Three-Day Family Celebration of Life
OFRENDAS (Family Altars)
Monday, October 31, 2022
DÍA DE LOS INNOCENTES (Children’s Day)
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
DÍA DE MUERTOS (Day of the Dead)
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Dia de los Muertos Parade 2021 Has Mariachis, Chinelos and Catrinas
Friday, October 29, 2021
QUEENS MUSEUM
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
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CORONA PLAZA
Corona, Queens
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NYC Parks Life and Death Celebration: Día de los Muertos
Saturday, October 26, 2019
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn ~ NYC Parks holds a family celebration of Day of the Dead and Fall traditions at Hattie Carthan Community Market
Staten Island Day of the Dead Festival
Sunday, October 20, 2019
WEST BRIGHTON, Staten Island ~ Help build a communal ofrenda (altar) and learn Mexican Day of the Dead handicrafts for the entire family with teaching artists at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta School
Calpulli ‘Día de los Muertos’ on NY1
Enscenario: El Día de Muertos Llega al Town Hall
by Fernando Cárdenas
NY1 Theater Reporter
November 3, 2017
Calpulli ‘Día de los Muertos’ on NBC News
What’s El Día de los Muertos? It’s Not Scary, and It’s Not Halloween
by Kristina Puga
November 1, 2017
Mano a Mano Day of the Dead celebration 2017
St. Mark’s Church
131 East 10th St
at Second Ave
East Village, Manhattan
Friday – Sunday
October 27 – 29, 2017
Calpulli “Día de los Muertos”
Thursday, October 26, 2017
COUNT BASIE THEATRE
Red Bank, New Jersey
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Sunday, October 29, 2017
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
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Saturday, November 4, 2017
THE TOWN HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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This Day of the Dead story is so good it should be on Broadway
NYC Parks Day of the Dead
Saint Mary’s Park
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Saturday, October 28, 2017