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Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
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 🇲🇽
Easter is the Christian Spring Festival
SPRING ✝️
Good Friday is a Christian Commemoration of the Crucifixion of Christ
FRIDAY before Easter ✝️
Malbec World Day Celebrates the Argentine Wine with French Roots
APRIL 17 🇦🇷
Chavela Vargas Didn’t Just Sing Rancheras, She Lived Them
SAN JOAQUÍN FLORES, Heredia, Costa Rica ~ April 17, 1919 🇲🇽
Easter Parade NYC 2025 is a Spring Spectacle
FIFTH AVENUE, Midtown, Midtown East, Manhattan
Holy Week (Semana Santa) is the Christian Spring Festival
SPRING ✝️
Passover, the Jewish Spring Festival, Celebrates Freedom from Slavery
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NYC Immigrant Heritage Week Celebrates When the Most Immigrants Passed Through Ellis Island in 1907
WEEK OF APRIL 17 🗽
Annunciation is a Christian Festival Celebrating the Biblical Story of an Angel Telling the Virgin Mary She Would Give Birth
MARCH 25 🇮🇹
Laylat al-Qadr is a Night to Focus on Your Future
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Purim Celebrates Deliverance as Told in the Book of Esther
WORLDWIDE ✡️
Worm Moon is an Algonquin Native American Name for the March Full Moon
MARCH
Holi, the Hindu Spring Festival of Colors, is All About Loving
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 🇮🇳
International Women’s Day 2025 Remember That a Woman of Conscience Was the First to Call Out America’s McCarthy Fever
March 8
Carnival, Carnaval, Carnevale is the World’s Biggest Latin Party
Worldwide
Ramadan is the Muslim Sacred Month of Faith, Family, Community, and Charity
EVERYWHERE YOU CAN SEE THE MOON ☪️
Women’s History Month Celebrates the Guardians of Culture
March
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Valentines Day in New York City Celebrates Romantic Love ~ or Freedom From It
February 14 🇮🇹
Our Lady of Candelaria is the Patron Saint of the African Diaspora; Tenerife, Canary Islands; and Miners
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, Spain 🇪🇸 > 🇧🇴 🇨🇴 🇬🇹 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷
Oyá is the Yoruba Orisha of Great Storms with Wind and Lightning that Bring Death and Rebirth
February 2 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
October 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
Lunar New Year in New York City 2025 is the Year of the Snake
East Asian and Southeast Asian Diaspora Communities 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Taught Us to Love All People
ATLANTA, Georgia ~ January 15, 1929 🇺🇸
Haitian Independence Day Marks One of the Great Humanitarian Achievements of All Time
January 1, 1804 🇭🇹
Three Kings Day in New York City 2025
January 6 🇩🇴 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇺🇾 ~ 🇮🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸
Three Kings Day Parade NYC 2025 Marches Through El Barrio
“El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷
New Year’s Eve 2025 in New York City
DECEMBER 31 🇫🇷
Virgin of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico and Multiracial People
BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, Cerro del Tepeyac, México City, México 🇲🇽
Día de las Velitas is the Colombian Festival of Lights
December 7 🇨🇴
Mirabal Sisters, “Las Mariposas,” Inspired the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
NOVEMBER 25, 1960 🇩🇴
Portugal Restoration of Independence Day Ended the Iberian Union
December 1, 1640 🇵🇹