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Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
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 🇩🇴
Festival Independencia Orgullo Colombiano Celebrates Colombian Independence in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens 🇨🇴
International Peruvian Festival is New York City’s Peruvian Independence Festival
QUEEN CORONATION ~ Corona, Queens 🇵🇪
PARADE ~ Jackson Heights, Queens 🇵🇪
Saint James The Greater is the Patron Saint of Spain, Antigua Guatemala, and Loíza Aldea Puerto Rico
JULY 25 🇪🇸 🇬🇹 🇵🇷
Bastille Day in New York City
JULY 14, 1789
PARIS, France 🇫🇷
Cuban and Hispanic American Parade of New York
MADISON AVENUE, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, NoMad, Manhattan 🇨🇺
Manhattanhenge is a Spectacular Solar Alignment with Manhattan Cross Streets
MANHATTAN 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 57th, and 79th St
Buck Moon is the July Full Moon
MOTHER EARTH
L’Alliance Bastille Day Celebration is NYC’s Grand French Culture Street Fair, Oh là là
MADISON AVENUE, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇫🇷
Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the Patron Saint of Colombia
CHIQUINQUIRÁ, Boyacá, Colombia 🇨🇴
Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church is an Italian Street Fair Famous for Dancing the Giglio Tower
SHRINE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 🇮🇹
Argentine Independence Day is Nueve de Julio!
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 🇦🇷
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Returns to the Brooklyn Bridge and East River
MANHATTAN Financial District, Two Bridges, Lower East Side
BROOKLYN Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the Patron Saint of Haiti
June 27
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Stonewall Uprising at the Stonewall Inn Energized the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights
STONEWALL INN, West Village, Manhattan 🏳️🌈
Ogun is the Yoruba Orisha of Metal, Technology, Drivers, and Rum, ¡Aguanile!
JANUARY 29 Cuban tradition (Regla de Ocha) 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
JUNE 29 African tradition (Regla de Ifá) 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 🇹🇬
JULY 25 Dominican tradition (21 Divisiones) 🇩🇴
Summer for the City Brings the World to Lincoln Center with Free or Pay-What-You-Wish Concerts
La Casita, Latin spoken word and music 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇬🇹 🇵🇷
Missy D French and English hip hop for families 🇨🇦 🇨🇮 🇷🇼 🇿🇼
NADELI, South African jazz 🇿🇦
LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan
Saint John’s Eve, La Noche de San Juan, or Festa Junina, is the Latin Midsummer / Midwinter Festival
JUNE 23 🇧🇷 🇵🇹 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸
NYC Pride Parade Shows That We’re Still Proud
FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH ST, GREENWICH AVE, CHRISTOPHER ST, SEVENTH AVENUE, NoMad, Flatiron, Union Square, Greenwich Village, West Village, Chelsea 🏳️🌈
Juneteenth Celebrates Freedom for All Americans
JUNE 19, 1865 🇺🇸
Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade is Bushwick’s Puerto Rican Festival
KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE, Bushwick, Brooklyn 🇵🇷
Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade and Festival is One of NYC’s Three Puerto Rican Day Celebrations
SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn 🇵🇷
Drums Along the Hudson is a Native American Powwow and Multicultural Celebration of Drum, Song, & Dance
INWOOD HILL PARK, Inwood, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇲🇽 🇱🇰
South Bronx Cultural Festival Celebrates Casita Maria’s 91st Anniversary with an Eddie Palmieri Tribute, Nelson González All Star Band, Bronx Banda featuring Arturo O’Farrill and Lots More
FATHER GIGANTE PLAZA, Longwood, The Bronx 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2025 is America’s Biggest Cultural Celebration
FIFTH AVENUE, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷
Loisaida Festival Kicks Off Summer in Alphabet City AKA “Loisaida”
AVENUE C, Alphabet City, East Village, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇵🇷
152nd Street Cultural Festival 2025 Kicks Off the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
LONGWOOD, The Bronx 🇵🇷
Haitian Flag Day Celebrates the Unity of Africans and Creoles
ARCAHAIE, Ouest, Haiti ~ MAY 18, 1803 🇭🇹
Dance Parade 2025 is Once Again About Reclaiming the Freedom to Be Yourself
SIXTH AVE, 8TH ST, TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village, Manhattan
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Bronx Week 2025 Features the Bronx Ball, Bronx Parade, Bronx Food & Arts Festival, Bronx Week Concert, and More
THE BRONX 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Mother’s Day in New York City and Around the World Started as a Celebration of Peace
SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇺🇪🇨🇭🇳🇮🇹🇵🇪🇵🇷🇺🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪
Cinco de Mayo in New York City 2025
MAY 5 🇲🇽