NOVEMBER 25, 1960 🇩🇴
Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
Our Lady of Providence is the Patron Saint of Puerto Rico
November 19 🇵🇷
Saint Cecilia is the Patron Saint of Musicians
November 22 🇮🇹
Kristallnacht Happened When Good People Stood By and Did Nothing When the Government Turned Against Its Own People
November 9, 1938
Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, is a Pan-Latin Family Celebration Whose Mexican Tradition Has Gone Global
OCTOBER 31 – NOVEMBER 2 🇲🇽
Jackson Heights Halloween Parade is Fun for Young Children
37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🎃
Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is Celebrated in NYC’s South Asian and West Indian Communities
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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 🇲🇽
Festival de las Flores is New York’s Version of Medellín’s Feria de las Flores
BARCODE, Elizabeth, New Jersey 🇨🇴
Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade Softens Life’s Ruff Edges
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, East Village, Manhattan 🎃
Día de la Hispanidad is Spain’s National Day
October 12, 1492 🇪🇸
Panamanian Parade NYC Celebrates Panamanian Independence
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn 🇵🇦
Indigenous Peoples Day NYC Powwow Features Intertribal Drumming, Singing, Dancing, Cultural Performances, Overnight Camping, and a Sunrise Ceremony
RANDALLS ISLAND, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Columbus Day Parade NYC Celebrates Italian Heritage
FIFTH AVENUE, Midtown/Midtown East, Central Park/Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇮🇹
Sukkot in New York City
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Hispanic Day Parade NYC, Desfile de la Hispanidad New York, Celebrates the Culture and Contributions of 21 Hispanic Countries
FIFTH AVENUE Midtown/Midtown East, Central Park/Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade Unites All First Nations and Friends
MADISON SQUARE PARK & BROADWAY, Flatiron District to Union Square, Manhattan 🇺🇸
San Miguel Arcángel Changed My Life
SEPTEMBER 29 🇩🇴
Obatalá, the Yoruba Orisha Who Made the World and People, Stands for Peace
September 24 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Queens Hispanic Parade Desfile Hispano de Queens
37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇶 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
African American Day Parade Celebrates Black Culture in Harlem
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. BLVD, Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City
A meditation on what it means to be “Hispanic” in America today.
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Brazilian Independence Day, Sete de Setembro, is September 7, 1822
IPIRANGA BROOK, São Paulo, Brazil, September 7, 1822 🇧🇷
Nativity of Mary Celebrates the Divinity of Mother and Child
SEPTEMBER 8 🇮🇹
Our Lady of Charity, La Caridad del Cobre, is the Patron Saint of Cuba
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba September 8 🇨🇺
Our Lady of Regla, Cuba, Patron Saint of Sailors and the Sea, is a Catholic Yemayá
REGLA, Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺
Corn Moon is September’s Full Moon
SEPTEMBER 🌕
Yemayá is the Yoruba Great Mother Orisha of the Sea
February 2 🇧🇷 🇺🇾
September 7 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
December 31 🇧🇷
Oshún is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Fresh Water, Fertility and Love
September 8 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Rosh Hashanah is Jewish New Year and the Start of the High Holy Days
Shanah tovah ✡️
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Should Never be Forgotten
August 23 🇺🇸 🇧🇪 🇬🇧 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇺🇳
Labor Day Parade NYC
FIFTH AVENUE, Midtown, Manhattan
Assumption of Mary Launches Summer Holidays in Europe
August 15 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇾 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸
19th Amendment Gave Women the Right to Vote in 1920, But That Right is Now at Risk
AUGUST 18, 1920 🇺🇸
Indian Independence Day in New York City
August 15, 1947 🇮🇳
India Day Parade NYC and Cultural Festival Celebrates Indian Independence
MADISON AVENUE 🇮🇳
Ecuadorian Festival of New York, Festival Ecuatoriano, Celebrates Ecuadorian Independence and Culture
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens 🇪🇨
Pachamama is the Andean New Year Celebration of Mother Earth
AUGUST 1 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 🇧🇴 🇪🇨 🇵🇪
Augustus Caesar Renamed the Month of August After Himself
AUGUST 🇮🇹
Dominican Restoration Day Commemorates “El Grito de Capotillo” That Finally Led to Dominican Independence
DAJABÓN, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
National Dominican Day Parade
SIXTH AVENUE, Midtown, Manhattan 🇩🇴
Black August is a Celebration of Freedom
AUGUST 🇺🇸
Harlem Week Celebrates Black Culture in the Home of the Harlem Renaissance Which Defined American Culture
HARLEM, CENTRAL PARK, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Ogun Balenyo is the Dominican Palo Saint of Santiago de Los Caballeros
JULY 25 🇩🇴
Puerto Rico Constitution Day is a Great Time to Visit the Island
JULY 25 🇵🇷
St Christopher is the Traditional Patron Saint of Travelers
JULY 25 🇮🇹
Aggayú Solá is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Flowing Forces of Nature
JULY 25 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇵🇷
Peruvian Festival and Peruvian Parade in Paterson is NYC’s Gran Desfile y Festival Peruano
PASSAIC, CLIFTON, and PATERSON New Jersey 🇵🇪
Ecuadorian Parade NYC Desfile Ecuatoriano Celebrates Ecuadorian Independence
ELMHURST, FOREST HILLS, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens 🇪🇨
Bronx Dominican Parade es el Gran Parada Dominicana de el Bronx, Quisqueya
GRAND CONCOURSE, Concourse, Claremont, Mount Hope, The Bronx 🇩🇴