Burna Boy ~ Nigerian afrobeats 🇳🇬
Silvestre Dangond & Juancho De la Espriella ~ Colombian Vallenato 🇨🇴
NEWARK, New Jersey
Nigerian
African Diaspora International Film Festival NYC Screens the Many Faces of Mother Afrika Around the World
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Morningside Heights, Manhattan
CINEMA VILLAGE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇧🇫 🇨🇲 🇨🇦 🇹🇩 🇨🇱 🇨🇼 🇩🇴 🇪🇬 🇪🇹 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇬🇵 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇮🇳 🇯🇲 🇲🇱 🇲🇶 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇳🇿 🇵🇪 🇼🇸 🇿🇦 🇹🇳 🇺🇬 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇺🇾 🇿🇲 🇿🇼
Christie’s New York Fall Art Auctions Include African American, Colombian, French, Ghana Nigerian, Mexican, and Spanish Masterpieces
CHRISTIE’S Rockefeller Center, Midtown, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇪🇸
New York City Wine and Food Festival (NYCWFF) is NYC’s Premier Wine and Food Festival
SEAPORT, Financial District, Manhattan 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇪🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬
Nigerian Independence Day Parade NYC Celebrates 65 Years of Independence
MADISON AVENUE, Manhattan 🇳🇬
Global Citizen Festival Goes Latin with Shakira, Cardi B, Tyla, Ayra Starr, Camilo, Laurie Hernandez, Danai Gurira, and More
GREAT LAWN, Central Park 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇳🇿 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇰🇷 🇿🇼
Yemayá is the Yoruba Great Mother Orisha of the Sea
February 2 🇧🇷 🇺🇾
September 7 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
December 31 🇧🇷
Armory Show Brings Latin Galleries to New York City
JAVITS CENTER, Hudson Yards, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇿🇦 🇪🇸
New York Carnival Features Soca and Dancehall Concerts, Junior Carnival, Steel Panorama, J’Ouvert, and the West Indian Day Parade
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
EASTERN AVENUE, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
🇹🇹 + 🇩🇲 🇬🇩 🇯🇲 🇳🇬 🇰🇳 🇻🇨
Battery Dance Festival Connects the World Through Dance
ROBERT F. WAGNER PARK and ROCKEFELLER PARK, Battery Park City, Manhattan
Ogun is the Yoruba Orisha of Metal, Technology, Drivers, and Rum, ¡Aguanile!
JANUARY 29 Cuban tradition (Regla de Ocha) 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
JUNE 29 African tradition (Regla de Ifá) 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 🇹🇬
JULY 25 Dominican tradition (21 Divisiones) 🇩🇴
NADA New York is an Emerging Contemporary Art Fair
STARRETT-LEHIGH BUILDING, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇨🇦 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇷 🇷🇴 🇿🇦
New York African Film Festival 2025 Celebrates Fluid Horizons in Films from Mother Afrika
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan
MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER, Harlem, Manhattan
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM), Fort Greene, Brooklyn
🇦🇴 🇧🇫 🇨🇻 🇨🇮 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇬🇼 🇰🇪 🇬🇭 🇲🇱 🇲🇦 🇲🇿 🇳🇬 🇸🇳 🇿🇦 🇸🇩 🇺🇬
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Shows African and African Diaspora Art
THE HALO, Financial District, Manhattan 🇧🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇩 🇫🇷 🇭🇰 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
PEN World Voices Festival 2025 Celebrates International Literature
GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan
Doc Fortnight 2025, MoMA’s New Documentary Film Festival, Screens Many Latin Films
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇷🇴 🇪🇸
Oyá is the Yoruba Orisha of Great Storms with Wind and Lightning that Bring Death and Rebirth
February 2 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
October 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
DOC NYC Documentary Film Festival Screens Films That Make You Think About What’s Going On All Around Us Right Now
IFC CENTER, SVA THEATRE, VILLAGE EAST BY ANGELIKA, West Village, Chelsea, East Village, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇮🇳 🇮🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇸🇩
Orunmila is the Yoruba Orisha of Wisdom and Divination
October 4 🇨🇺
Nigerian Independence Day in New York City
October 1, 1960 🇳🇬
World Orchestra Week is a Festival of International Youth Orchestras from Afghanistan, Africa, America, China, Europe, and Venezuela at Carnegie Hall
CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇦🇫 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇳 🇨🇩 🇭🇺 🇰🇪 🇲🇿 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇺🇦 🇻🇪
Michael Olatuja Lagos Pepper Soup Plays His Unique Broadway Afrobeat for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Bryant Park
BRYANT PARK, Garment District, Manhattan 🇳🇬
Africa United Youth Orchestra Makes its Carnegie Hall Debut with South African Composers and Sopranos, plus Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇩 🇰🇪 🇲🇿 🇳🇬 🇿🇦
Yemi Alade in New York City
SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇳🇬
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 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
Tribeca Film Festival is an Intersection of Film, Celebrity, and Popular Culture
TRIBECA 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇯🇲 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇷 🇸🇴 🇺🇾
Yoruba New Year “E ku odun, eku iyedun”
JUNE 3 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
Photoville, the Outdoor Photo Exhibition in All Five Boroughs, Captures New York City’s Diverse International Spirit
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, Brooklyn Heights 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇻🇪
Davido is Available for a Timeless Good Time of AfroBeats at Madison Square Garden
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇳🇬
Whitney Biennial 2024 is Even Better Than the Real Thing
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Meatpacking District, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇸🇻 🇮🇳 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇹🇹
Under the Radar 2024 is a Theatre and Performance Showcase
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇿🇦
INVISIBLE DOG ART CENTER, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn 🇱🇧 🇸🇾 🇲🇽
LINCOLN CENTER 🇳🇬
Inle is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Medical Workers and Fishers
October 24 🇨🇺
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Elevates International Women’s Soccer
The world’s top women’s soccer tournament.
July 20 to August 20, 2023
🇨🇦 🇨🇷 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇦 🇺🇸, 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴, 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇿🇲, 🇵🇭
Latin Roots of New York Fashion Week 2023 Fall Winter Collections
Thursday-Wednesday, February 9-15, 2023
SPRING STUDIOS Tribeca, NYC
AND around town
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 | 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 | 🇦🇷 | 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 | 🇳🇬
Bushwick Film Festival 2022 Features Over 100 Independent Films from Brooklyn and the World
RED CARPET RECEPTION
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Lot 45
Bushwick, Brooklyn
SCREENINGS
Williamsburg Cinemas
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
AWARDS
Monday, November 7, 2022
Lot 45
Bushwick, Brooklyn
🇺🇸 🇧🇴 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇹 ✡️ 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇱🇨
New York Philharmonic “Oyá” Reopens David Geffen Hall with Brazilian Composer Marcos Balter’s Work on the Yoruba Orisha of Rebirth
DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇧🇷
FELA! The Concert Gets Everyone Singing & Dancing at the Queens Theatre
Saturday, July 16, 2022
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
🇳🇬
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2022 is More Relevant Than Ever
Fri-Thu, May 20-26, 2022
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER
Lincoln Center
IFC CENTER
Greenwich Village
STREAMING
🇳🇬🇵🇭🇪🇸
New York Fashion Week September 2021 is Reborn
Wed-Sun, September 8-12, 2021
SPRING STUDIOS
Tribeca (and around town)
🇩🇴🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇽🇳🇬🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪
African Diaspora International Film Festival Sees Contemporary Africa Through African Eyes
nyadiff.org
Memorial Day Weekend
Friday, May 28 – 31, 2021
🇧🇫🇨🇩🇪🇬🇪🇷🇪🇹🇲🇦🇬🇭🇲🇼🇲🇱🇲🇦🇳🇬🇷🇼🇸🇳🇿🇦🇹🇳🇬🇧
New Directors/New Films 2021 Screens the Future
April 28 – May 8, 2021
NEWDIRECTORS.ORG
(Reader discounts)
🇦🇷🇧🇷🇪🇹🇩🇴🇫🇷🇲🇽🇳🇬🇪🇸🇺🇸
PaleyFest 2021 Goes Behind-the-Scenes With the Biggest Stars on TV
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
yahoo.com/entertainment
FREE
🇦🇷🇮🇳🇮🇱🇰🇷🇳🇬🇵🇷🇷🇴
The Public Theater’s Under the Radar 2021 Theatre Festival Presents Black, Latin & Asian Voices
publictheater.org | January 6-17, 2021 FREE 🇨🇱 🇳🇬
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2018
African, Chilean, Colombian, French-Canadian & Mexican music, dance and film.
Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn
June 5 – August 11, 2018
FREE