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Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
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 🇵🇹
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Latin Stars Include Dora the Explorer, Spider-Man, Natti Natasha, and Sebastián Yatra
UPPER WEST SIDE, MIDTOWN, HERALD SQUARE 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇬🇧 🇻🇪
Saint Cecilia is the Patron Saint of Musicians
November 22 🇮🇹
Our Lady of Providence is the Patron Saint of Puerto Rico
November 19 🇵🇷
Thanksgiving in New York City is Family Time
4th November Thursday through the weekend 🇺🇸
Veterans Day in New York City
NOVEMBER 11, 1918 🇺🇸
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 Souls Day is a Day to Tend Family Graves
NOVEMBER 2 ~ We remember our ancestors and tend family graves.
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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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Native American Heritage Month is November, and We Are Still Here
NOVEMBER 🇺🇸
Fèt Gede is the Beautiful Haitian Festival of the Dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti 🇭🇹
Diwali is Celebrated in NYC’s South Asian and West Indian Communities
HK HALL, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER, Financial District, Manhattan
NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SEAPORT MUSEUM, Seaport, Manhattan
FLUSHING TOWN HALL, Flushing, Queens
LIBERTY AVE, South Ozone Park, Queens
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Jackson Heights Halloween Parade is Fun for Young Children
37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🎃
Puerto Rican Heritage Month, “Yo Soy Boricua…”
NOVEMBER 🇵🇷
St Jude Thaddeus is the Patron Saint of Lost Causes
OCTOBER 28 🇮🇹
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 🇲🇽
International Creole Day, Jounen Kwéyòl, Celebrates the Rich Multicultural Heritage of the West Indies and the Caribbean
OCTOBER 28 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇬🇫 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇱🇨 🇹🇹 🇺🇳
Columbus Day Stopped Southerners from Lynching Italian Americans, but the Evil Man Unleashed The Apocalypse on the World
2nd October Monday 🇪🇸 🇺🇸
Sukkot is the Jewish Fruit Harvest Festival
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Italian Heritage Day Celebrates One of the Communities Who Defined New York City
Second October Monday 🇮🇹
National Day of Spain is el Día de la Hispanidad
October 12, 1492 🇪🇸
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, “Yom Tov”
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Indigenous Peoples Day NYC Powwow Includes a Sunrise Ceremony
RANDALLS ISLAND, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Cuban Independence Day Celebrates “The Cry of Yara” Which Launched the First Cuban War of Independence From Spain
YARA, Granma, Cuba 🇨🇺
Indigenous Peoples Day in New York City
Second Monday in October 🇺🇸
National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade Unites All First Nations and Friends
MADISON SQUARE PARK & BROADWAY, Flatiron District to Union Square, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Saint Francis of Assisi is the Patron Saint of Animals, the Environment, and One of the Patrons of Italy
OCTOBER 4 🇮🇹
Orunmila is the Yoruba Orisha of Wisdom and Divination
October 4 🇨🇺
Rosh Hashanah is Jewish New Year and the Start of the High Holy Days
Shanah tovah ✡️
Belíe Belcán is the Dominican Loa of Justice
SEPTEMBER 29 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Obatalá is the Yoruba Orisha Who Made the World and People
September 24 🇨🇺
Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City 2024
A meditation on what it means to be “Hispanic” in America today.
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El Salvadoran Independence Day is September 15, 1821
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador 🇸🇻
Mexican Independence Day in New York City, ¡Viva México!, ¡Viva México!, ¡Viva México!
September 16, 1810 🇲🇽
The Feast of San Gennaro is a Romantic Little Italy Street Fair
MULBERRY STREET, Little Italy, Manhattan 🇮🇹
Our Lady of Charity, La Caridad del Cobre, is the Patron Saint of Cuba
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba September 8 🇨🇺
Oshun is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Fresh Water, Fertility and Love
September 8 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Brazilian Independence Day is Sete de Setembro
IPIRANGA BROOK, São Paulo, Brazil, September 7, 1822 🇧🇷
Our Lady of Regla is a Catholic Yemayá
REGLA, Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺
Central American Independence Parade and Festival is a Honduran Garífuna Celebration in The Bronx
HAPPY LAND MEMORIAL MONUMENT to CROTONA PARK, Crotona Park East, The Bronx 🇭🇳
Labor Day Weekend in New York City 2024
Celebrate organized labor.
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