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Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
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 🇲🇽
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 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇬🇧 🇻🇪
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 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 🇭🇹
Puerto Rican Heritage Month, “Yo Soy Boricua…”
NOVEMBER 🇵🇷
St Jude Thaddeus is the Patron Saint of Lost Causes
OCTOBER 28 🇮🇹
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 🇪🇸 🇺🇸
Italian Heritage Day Celebrates One of the Communities Who Defined New York City
Second October Monday 🇮🇹
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, “Yom Tov”
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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 🇺🇸
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 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
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 🇵🇷
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 🇭🇹 🇵🇷
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 🇵🇪