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Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! is BK’s Free Outdoor Summer Festival
Afropunk Black Music Festival ~ Erykah Badu, Larissa Luz 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇸🇩
LENA HORNE BANDSHELL, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Assumption of Mary Commemorates the Virgin Mary’s Traditional Death
August 15 🇮🇹
Indian Independence Day in New York City
August 15, 1947 🇮🇳
India Day Parade and Food Festival Celebrates Indian Independence
MADISON AVENUE to MADISON SQUARE PARK, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, NoMad, Manhattan 🇮🇳
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 🇧🇯 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
National Dominican Day Parade 2024 Celebrates Merengue
SIXTH AVENUE, Midtown, Manhattan 🇩🇴
Afribembé Festival, by the CCCADI, Joins Harlem Week’s A Great Day in Harlem
GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL, Morningside Heights, Manhattan 🇭🇹 🇵🇷
Augustus Caesar Renamed the Month of August After Himself
AUGUST 🇮🇹
Harlem Week Celebrates Black Culture in the Home of the Harlem Renaissance Which Defined American Culture
HARLEM, CENTRAL PARK, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Black August is a Celebration of Freedom
AUGUST 🇺🇸
Pachamama is the Andean New Year Celebration of Mother Earth
AUGUST 1 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 🇧🇴 🇪🇨 🇵🇪
Puerto Rico Constitution Day is a Great Time to Visit Puerto Rico
JULY 25 🇵🇷
The Feast of St James Celebrates the Patron Saint of Spain Guatemala and Loíza Aldea Puerto Rico
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 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇵🇷
Bronx Dominican Parade es el Gran Parada Dominicana de el Bronx, Quisqueya
GRAND CONCOURSE, Concourse, Claremont, Mount Hope, The Bronx 🇩🇴
Peruvian Parade and Peruvian Festival in Paterson New Jersey is a Gran Desfile y Festival Peruano
PASSAIC, CLIFTON, and PATERSON New Jersey 🇵🇪
Buck Moon is the July Full Moon
MOTHER EARTH
Festival Independencia Orgullo Colombiano Celebrates Colombian Independence in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens 🇨🇴
Bastille Day in New York City
FIAF Bastille Celebration, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇫🇷
SummerStage 🇫🇷
PARIS, France 🇫🇷
Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church is an Italian Street Fair with Giglio Dancing
SHRINE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 🇮🇹
L’Alliance New York Bastille Day Celebration is a Street Fair of French Culture
MADISON AVENUE, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇫🇷
Ecuadorian Parade of New York Desfile Ecuatoriano Celebrates Ecuadorian Culture
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens 🇪🇨
Festival de las Flores is New York’s Version of Medellín’s Feria de las Flores
37th AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🇨🇴
Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the Patron Saint of Colombia
CHIQUINQUIRÁ, Boyacá, Colombia 🇨🇴
Argentine Independence Day is Nueve de Julio!
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 🇦🇷
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 🇮🇹
NYC Pride Month is June!
JUNE 🏳️🌈
Watch Neil Tyson’s Manhattanhenge Solar Alignment 2024
MANHATTAN 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 57th, and 79th St
George Floyd Changed the World
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota
Toussaint L’Ouverture Was an Early Haitian Revolution Leader
CAP-HAITIAN, Haiti 🇭🇹
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Covers a Lot
MAY 🇺🇸
International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World
MAY 1 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇬🇹 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
We Are Still Here! at the Museum of the City of New York Celebrates Lenape Culture
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Cinco de Mayo Parade and Festival in Sunset Park is a Family Festival of Mexican Entertainment
SUNSET PARK, Sunset Park, Brooklyn 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽
Cinco de Mayo Parade NYC 2024 Marches Through Manhattan’s Upper West Side
CENTRAL PARK WEST, Upper West Side, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽