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Browse Latin Music in New York City, from rumba to salsa and reggaeton, from the blues to hip hop and trap, and from classical to Latin jazz and opera.

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Makes August Hot

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (William Gottlieb/Library of Congress)

MARCUS GARVEY PARK, Harlem 🇺🇸
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, East Village 🇺🇸 🇨🇲

New York Salsa Festival is a Night of Salsa Legends

New York Salsa Festival (EKH Pictures/Adobe)

BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

Jennifer Lopez Cancels Her “This is Me…Now,” Summer 2024 Tour

Jennifer Lopez in 2012 (Malivoja/Dreamstime)

We hope you are well Jenny.

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is One of New York’s Busiest Latin Jazz Big Bands

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (David Garten/Hostos Center)

THE TOWN HALL, Midtown Manhattan, Blue Note Jazz Festival 🇨🇺 🇧🇷
BIRDLAND, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Rita Moreno Sings for the Blue Note Jazz Festival

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It (WNET Thirteen)

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Blue Note Jazz Festival Kicks Off Summer in New York City

Blue Note Jazz Festival New York (olenadesign-Adobe)

BLUE NOTE Greenwich Village, Manhattan
BROOKLYN BOWL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
SUMMERSTAGE Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER Columbus Circle, Manhattan
SONY HALL Times Square Theater District, Manhattan
THE TOWN HALL Midtown, Manhattan
🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇹 🇭🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇪 🇳🇬 🇵🇷

Israel Fernández Sings Traditional Spanish Romani Flamenco in a Very Modern Way

Israel Fernández and Diego del Morao (World Music Institute)

SUMMERSTAGE, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan 🇪🇸

Andy Montañez is a Puerto Rican Salsa Legend

Andy Montañez (Daniel Romero/Lehman Center)

CONEY ISLAND AMPHITHEATER, Coney Island, Brooklyn 🇵🇷

SummerStage 2024 is a Free Summer Performing Arts Festival in New York City Parks

SummerStage NYC (Emily Goncalves/City Parks Foundation)

It’s Showtime NYC, Maimouna Keita African Dance Company, Kash Gaines, African Diaspora dance 🇺🇸
Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) Latin music showcase, Fonseca Colombian pop, Israel Fernández Romani Spanish flamenco, Bruses Mexican pop 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇪🇸
BRESH inclusive Buenos Aires street party 🇦🇷
SummerStage Bastille Day, IAM, Magic System, The Avener, Laurie Darmon, Femi the Scorpion 🇫🇷 🇪🇬 🇨🇮

ALL FIVE BOROUGHS

Caña Dulce y Caña Brava Plays Mexican Son Jarocho for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio

Caña Dulce y Caña Brava (Carnegie Hall)

CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE, EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽

Lulada Club, Women’s Salsa Orchestra, Plays a Women’s Health Services Benefit at SOB’s

Lulada Club (Andrea Chavarro)

SOB’s Sounds of Brazil, Hudson, Square, Manhattan 🇨🇴 🇺🇸 🇵🇷

Mon Laferte “Autopoiética Tour” Features Ximena Sariñana

Mon Laferte in 2018 (Hutchinsphoto/Dreamstime)

THEATER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇨🇱 🇲🇽

Forró in the Dark, Brazilian Forró Fusion at Nublu

Forro in the Dark (Vladimir Radojicic/FITD)

NUBLU 151, East Village, Manhattan 🇧🇷

Bernie Williams #51, Former Yankee All-Star, is a Guitar Soloist for Dudamel’s New York Philharmonic Gala

Bernie Williams (Schimmel Center)

DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Summer for the City Brings the World to Lincoln Center with Free or Pay-What-You-Wish Concerts

Soundcake Sapphira Cristál & Monét X Change (Lawrence Sumulong/Lincoln Center)

LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇰🇾 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇶 🇮🇹 🇨🇮 🇯🇲 🇯🇴 🇲🇱 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇸🇩 🇹🇹 🇻🇪 🇿🇼

Davido is Available for a Timeless Good Time of AfroBeats at Madison Square Garden

Davido (Joshua Wanyama/Dreamstime)

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇳🇬

Cécile McLorin Salvant, One of the Great Jazz Singers of Her Generation, Sings at the 92nd Street Y

Cécile McLorin Salvant (Karolis Kaminskas)

92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇭🇹 🇫🇷

David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble with Dafnis Prieto, Curated by Tania León, Explores the Influence of Afro-Cuban Rhythms on American Music at Carnegie Hall

David Virelles and Dafnis Prieto (Carnegie Hall)

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇭🇹

Bad Bunny “Most Wanted Tour”

Bad Bunny in 2022 (Starstock/Dreamstime)

BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 🇵🇷

OKAN Sings Joyful Afro-Cuban Alternative at Lincoln Center

OKAN (Ksenija Hotic/Flushing Town Hall)

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM at Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Snarky Puppy Features Silvana Estrada, Sílvia Pérez-Cruz, Gaby Moreno, and Fuensanta for the World Music Institute at Kings Theatre

Snarky Puppy Friends: Silvana Estrada, Sílvia Pérez-Cruz, Gaby Moreno, and Fuensanta

KINGS THEATRE, Flatbush, Brooklyn 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Olivia Rodrigo “Guts World Tour” Rocks Madison Square Garden

Olivia Rodrigo in 2022 (Starstock/Dreamstime)

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇵🇭

Leyenda Plays Latin Pop Classics with Bridget Kibbey harp, Samuel Torres percussion, and Louis Arques clarinet; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church

Leyenda: harp virtuoso Bridget Kibbey, Colombian percussionist Samuel Torres, and French clarinetist Louis Arques (Carnegie Hall)

CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE, Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church, Hudson Heights, Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇺🇸

La Sonora Ponceña Plays Puerto Rican Salsa at Lehman Center

La Sonora Ponceña in 2024 (Lehman Center)

LEHMAN CENTER, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Ensemble Modern Plays International New Chamber Music Curated by Tania León at Carnegie Hall

Ensemble Modern (Wonge Bergmann/Carnegie Hall)

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇩🇪 ~ 🇨🇺 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇿🇦

Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Women in Latin Jazz Festival at Hostos Center

Annette A. Aguilar in 2023 (courtesy)

HOSTOS CENTER, Hostos College, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇳🇮 🇧🇷 🇵🇹

Pete Rodríguez Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz and Puerto Rican Salsa at Pregones/PRTT

Pete Rodríguez (Dwayne Hills)

PREGONES/PRTT, Concourse, The Bronx 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

Carlos Henriquez Directs the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a Journey Through Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Bebop, and Nuyorican Jazz

Carlos Henriquez (Lawrence Sumulong/Jazz at Lincoln Center)

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, Columbus Circle, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

Federico Aubele, Argentine Alternative at Joe’s Pub

Federico Aubele (Desdemona Dallas/the artist)

JOE’S PUB AT THE PUBLIC THEATER, NoHo, Manhattan 🇦🇷

Forever Freestyle 16 Old School Latin Hip Hop at Lehman Center

Forever Freestyle (Denis Koltsov/Dreamstime)

LEHMAN CENTER, Lehman College, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Roméo et Juliette Stars Puerto Rican Soprano Nadine Sierra at the Metropolitan Opera

"Roméo et Juliette" (Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇫🇷 ~ 🇮🇹 🇵🇷

Astor Piazzolla Renewed Argentine Tango with his Nuevo Tango

Astor Piazzolla in 1971 (Pupeto Mastropasqua/Wikimedia)

MAR DEL PLATA, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ~ March 11, 1921 🇦🇷

New Colossus Festival is an Independent Rock Showcase in the Lower East Side

New Colossus Festival (Gilles Bizet/Dreamstime)

ARLENE’S GROCERY, BAKER FALLS, BERLIN, BOWERY ELECTRIC, HEAVEN CAN WAIT, MERCURY LOUNGE, PIANOS, ROCKWOOD, Lower East Side, Manhattan ~ Brazilian, French Canadian, Ecuadorian, French, Italian, Peruvian, Portuguese, and Spanish rock. 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇪🇸

Leyla McCalla Sings Alternative Folk Music of the African Diaspora at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater

Leyla McCalla in 2022 (Greg Miles/Harlem Stage)

JOE’S PUB AT THE PUBLIC THEATER, NoHo, Manhattan 🇭🇹 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇹

Caetano Veloso “Meu Coco” Brings the Brazilian Tropicalia and MPB Legend to New York City

Caetano Veloso in 2013 (Joa Souza/Dreamstime)

BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fort Greene, Brooklyn 🇧🇷
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (NJPAC) Newark, New Jersey 🇧🇷

Los Ángeles Azules Mexican Cumbia in New York City

Los Ángeles Azules (Karla Gil/Wikimedia)

THEATER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ Mexican cumbia sonidera 🇲🇽

Binomio de Oro in New York City

Binomio de Oro de América (courtesy)

NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY, Westbury, Long Island ~ Vallenatazo del Amor with Alex Manga & Daniel Calderón, Colombian cumbia 🇨🇴

Rafael Riqueni “Nerja” Completes his Andalusian Trilogy for the Flamenco Festival New York at The Graduate Center

Rafael Riqueni (Manuel Naranjo/Robert Browning Associates)

THE GRADUATE CENTER, Murray Hill, Manhattan 🇪🇸

Jerry Rivera Sings Puerto Rican Salsa at Bergen Performing Arts Center

Jerry Rivera in 2015 (Juan Jose Napuri Guevara/Dreamstime)

BERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Englewood, New Jersey 🇵🇷

Gloria Trevi, the Mexican Madonna, Plays Latin Rock at Radio City Music Hall

Gloria Trevi, the "Mexican Madonna" in New York in 2020 (Fashionstock/Dreamstime)

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇲🇽

iLe Brings Her Puerto Rican Alternative to Sony Hall

iLe, Ileana Cabra (Cesar Berrios/Carnegie Hall)

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan

Tite Curet Alonso, The Salsa Poet, Wrote Many Salsa Hits, But is Not Credited

Catalina "Tite" Curet Alonso was one of the great salsa composers (Refrina/Adobe)

GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico ~ February 12, 1926 🇵🇷

Los Tigres del Norte Plays Regional Mexican Norteño at Prudential Center

Los Tigres del Norte is one of the most popular Regional Mexican norteño bands (Alterna2/Wikipedia)

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇲🇽

Mala Rodríguez, “La Mala,” is One of Spain’s Top Rappers

Mala Rodriguez (Artist/SummerStage)

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Cádiz, Spain ~ February 13, 1979 🇪🇸

Juanes Plays Colombian Rock at Radio City Music Hall

Juanes in 2013 (Michael Bush/Dreamstime)

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇨🇴

Joe Bataan, “The King of Latin Soul,” Plays a ¡Vaya! Dance Party at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center

Joe Bataan (Carnegie Hall)

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM at Lincoln Center 🇵🇭 🇺🇸

Rubén Blades in New York City

Rubén Blades in 2010 (Aurora Esperanza/Dreamstime)

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇵🇦

Bob Marley “One Love, One Heart, Let’s Get Together”

Bob Marley (Eddie Malin/Wikimedia)

NINE MILE, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica; February 6, 1945 🇯🇲

Diana Damrau Sings Spanish Love Songs for Valentines at Carnegie Hall

Diana Damrau (Jürgen Frank/DD)

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan ~ Love songs by Schumann, Strauss, Rodrigo, Granados, Turina, and Obradors. 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS

Locobeach Plays Cumbia Pop at Sleepwalk

Locobeach (courtesy)

SLEEPWALK, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 🇻🇪

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