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Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
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 🇨🇺
Belíe Belcán is the Dominican Loa of Justice
SEPTEMBER 29 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Obatalá is the Yoruba Orisha Who Made the World and People
September 24 🇨🇺
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 🇮🇹
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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Trinidad Carnival 2025 is the Mother of Caribbean Carnival
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹
West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on Labor Day Celebrates Evolution as the Climax of New York Carnival
EASTERN PARKWAY, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 🇹🇹 + 🇩🇲 🇬🇩 🇯🇲 🇳🇬 🇰🇳 🇻🇨
Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastían 2025 (Sanse) is Puerto Rico’s Biggest Festival
CALLE SAN SEBASTÍAN, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Queens Hispanic Parade 2024 Desfile Hispano de Queens
37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇶 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
Queenship of Mary Recognizes the Divinity of Women
August 22
Uruguayan Independence Day is August 25, 1825
August 25, 1825 🇺🇾
Haitian Revolution was the Only Time in History an Enslaved People Freed Themselves and Founded a Nation
August 22, 1791 🇭🇹
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! is BK’s Free Outdoor Summer Festival
Afropunk Black Music Festival ~ Erykah Badu, Larissa Luz 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇸🇩
LENA HORNE BANDSHELL, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Ecuadorian Independence Day Celebrations in New York City Include the Ecuadorian Parade and Ecuadorian Festival
August 10, 1809 🇪🇨
Yewá, the Yoruba Orisha of the Cemetery, Dances with the Dead to Help Them Move On
AUGUST 11 🇧🇯 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
Afribembé Festival, by the CCCADI, Joins Harlem Week’s A Great Day in Harlem
GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL, Morningside Heights, Manhattan 🇭🇹 🇵🇷
Festival de las Flores is New York’s Version of Medellín’s Feria de las Flores
37th AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🇨🇴
Fourth of July in New York City is U.S. Independence Day
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1776 🇺🇸
Feast of Saint John the Baptist Marks Midsummer or Midwinter
JUNE 24 🇮🇹 🇵🇷
Inti Raymi is Inca New Year
JUNE 24 🇵🇪
Queens Dominican Day Parade Marches Through Jackson Heights
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens 🇩🇴
Coney Island Mermaid Parade is America’s Largest Art Parade
SURF AVE & THE BOARDWALK, Coney Island, Brooklyn
Summer Solstice is the Longest Day of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere
JUNE 20, 2024
Eleguá ~ Papa Legba ~ Elegbara ~ Eshu is the Yoruba Orisha of the Crossroads of Destiny
Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Benin, Togo 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
Father’s Day in New York City
THIRD JUNE SUNDAY 🇺🇸
Juneteenth Parade and Street Fair in Harlem Celebrates All American Freedom Day
116TH STREET, Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Portugal Day is Portugal’s National Day
JUNE 10, 1580 🇵🇹
Portuguese Festival and Portugal Day Parade Celebrate Dia de Portugal Newark
NEWARK, New Jersey, Ironbound District 🇵🇹
On Yoruba New Year “E ku odun, eku iyedun”
JUNE 3 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
Italian Republic Day is Italy’s National Day
JUNE 2, 1946 🇮🇹