Manhattan is what most people mean when they say “New York,” “New York City,” or “The City.” It is the world capital of culture, finance, media ~ and Latin culture too.
Havana Film Festival New York 2026 Features Latin Beats on the Big Screen
30+ Caribbean, Latin American, and U.S. Latino films
El Museo del Barrio Hosts Frieze Conference on the Latino Artrising
Museums, curators, and collectors discuss the rise of the Latino Art Market
PEN World Voices Festival Has Panels on Caribbean Solidarity and Latin Women’s Perspectives
Agustina Bazterrica, Carmen Boulloso, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Angie Cruz, Álvaro Enrigue, Saraciea Fennell, Reyna Grande, Justin Haynes, Guadalupe Nettel, Mónica Ojeda, María Ospina, Esmeralda Santiago, Fernanda Trías, Gabriela Wiener
Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel’s New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, United Palace
United Palace Latin Music and Theatre
New York Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel and Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Los Hermanos Rosario, Myriam Hernández, Tony Vega
Peso Pluma & Tito Double P: Dinastía Tour at MSG & UBS Arena
“dopamina,” “7-3,” “daño”
Beacon Theatre Presents Stars of Latin Music
Raphael, Andrés Cepeda, Rodrigo y Gabriela
New York Philharmonic Goes Latin with Gustavo Dudamel
Spring Gala, Ellen Reid’s “Earth Between Oceans,” Gustavo Dudamel and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Madison Square Garden Latin
Peso Pluma & Tito Double P
African Diaspora International Film Festival Screens Transcultural Dialogues at Columbia University
Naomi’s Journey, Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War, Angels on Diamond Street, The Invisible Color: Black Cubans in Miami, Candombe
Carlos Vives Brings “Tour al Sol” to Radio City Music Hall
“La Tierra del Olvido” (1995), “Volví a Nacer” (2012), “La Bicicleta” (2016), “Te Dedico” (2026), “Buscando el Mar” (2026)
Repertorio Español Latino Theatre
“En el tiempo de las mariposas,” “La Llamada,” “El Quijote, “La Gringa”
Manhattan Latin Culture Sponsors
- 92nd Street Y, New York
- Atlantic Theater Company
- Blue Note Entertainment
- Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) 🇵🇷
- Carnegie Hall
- Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Film at Lincoln Center
- Harlem Stage 🇺🇸
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Metropolitan Opera
- New York City Center
- NYU Skirball Center
- Rise Theater Directory
Thanks for sponsoring Latin culture in Manhattan!
Manhattan Latin Culture News
Manhattan Culture Venues
Manhattan Neighborhoods
Manahatta
Manahatta is the Native American Lenape name for the island that became Manhattan.
Broadway was the old trail from the trading post where the National Museum of the American Indian is now, to the Lenape village in Inwood, and on up the Hudson River to what is now Albany. Bowery/Third Avenue was the trail up the East River, to Long Island Sound, and the Atlantic coast.
Manhattan’s First Immigrant Was Dominican
The first immigrant was Juan Rodriguez from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1613.