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Puerto Rican

Browse features about Puerto Rican culture in New York City including Puerto Rican art, comedy, dance, fashion, festivals, film, food, music, sports, and theatre.

Puerto Rican News

Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián 2026 (Sanse) is Puerto Rico’s Biggest Festival

Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastían, Sanse (Czuber/Dreamstime)

CALLE SAN SEBASTÍAN, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

NYC Restaurant Week 2026 is a Great Time to Try Latin Food with Family and Friends

NYC Restaurant Week (Anton Harets/Dreamstime)

Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳🇭🇰🇲🇴🇸🇬🇹🇼 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Three Kings Day in New York City 2026

Three Kings Day NYC (Iakov Filimonov/Dreamstime)

January 6 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇮

Three Kings Day Parade NYC Marches Through El Barrio

Three Kings Day Parade NYC (Fotoimp/Adobe)

“El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Teatro SEA is America’s Latino Theatre for Young Audiences

Three Kings Teatro SEA (George Riveron)

“Dream of Kings // Seuño de Reyes” bilingual children’s theatre 🇵🇷

CLEMENTE CENTER, Lower East Side, Manhattan

Carlos Henriquez Nuyorican Holiday Jazz

Carlos Henriquez (Lawrence Sumulong/Jazz at Lincoln Center)

DIZZY’S CLUB at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours Play a Puerto Rican Holiday Jazz Parranda

Papo Vázquez (artist/Hostos)

HOSTOS CENTER, Hostos College, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Pregones PRTT is Two Puerto Rican Community Theaters as One

Pregones/PRTT (courtesy)

“BURNED” interactive Puerto Rican theatre 🇵🇷
“Llontop” interactive Indigenous Quechua Peruvian theatre 🪶 🇵🇪
“Legacy Lab: Life Interwoven,” documentary photography 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

PREGONES THEATER, Concourse, The Bronx

Bronx Music Hall Performers Make The Bronx Beautiful

Bronx Music Hall (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble “A Not So Silent Night” holiday jazz 🌎

MELROSE, The Bronx

Repertorio Español is New York’s Busiest Spanish-Language Theater

Repertorio Español (courtesy)

Más Sabe El Saulo Por Viejo…, Colombian standup comedy 🇨🇴

KIPS BAY, Manhattan

Los Pleneros de la 21 La Gran Fiesta Navideña

Los Pleneros de la 21 (Andres Rodriguez/Lincoln Center)

TAINO TOWERS, East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Tito Nieves “50th Anniversary Tour” in New York City

Tito Nieves (Lehman Center)

RITZ THEATRE, Elizabeth, New Jersey 🇵🇷

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico ~ Rafael Ithier Vaya Con Dios

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico (the artists)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, December 6, 2025 Vaya con Dios Rafael 🇵🇷

Hostos Center is One of America’s Top Latin Performing Arts Centers

Hostos Center (courtesy)

Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Puerto Rican salsa navidad 🇵🇷
Annual Kwanzaa Celebration African American dance 🇺🇸
Papo Vázquez, Puerto Rican Jazz Parranda 🇵🇷
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Kwanzaa Regeneration Celebration 🇺🇸

MOTT HAVEN, The Bronx

Changó is the Yoruba Orisha of Drumming, Singing, and Dancing

Changó dancer in Cuba (Kobby Dagan)

December 4 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

Santa Barbara is the Female Changó

Santa Barbara in the Salamanca Cathedral (Jorisvo/Dreamstime)

December 4 🇵🇷

New York City Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” Started The American Holiday Tradition With a Native American Ballerina

Indigenous NYC, Maria Tallchief (Everett Collection/Adobe)

DAVID H. KOCH THEATER, Lincoln Center 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Miguel Zenón Big Band Plays The Jazz Gallery

Miguel Zenón in 2021 (courtesy)

THE JAZZ GALLERY, Flatiron District, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Our Lady of Providence is the Patron Saint of Puerto Rico

Our Lady of Providence in San Juan Bautista Cathedral, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

November 19 🇵🇷

National Puerto Rican Artisans and Authors Fair Has Great Boricua Holiday Gifts and Family Entertainment

National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair (Ana L. Alicea/PRIDA)

BORICUA COLLEGE, Washington Heights, Manhattan 🇵🇷

New York Comedy Festival Makes America Laugh Again

New York Comedy Festival (Rido/Adobe)

IT’S ALL OVER

Hispanic Day Parade NYC, Desfile de la Hispanidad New York, Celebrates the Culture and Contributions of 21 Hispanic Countries

Hispanic Day Parade NYC Desfile de la Hispanidad de New York (Shiningcolors/Dreamstime)

FIFTH AVENUE Midtown/Midtown East, Central Park/Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

Global Citizen Festival Goes Latin with Shakira, Cardi B, Tyla, Ayra Starr, Camilo, Laurie Hernandez, Danai Gurira, and More

Global Citizen Festival (Decaale/Dreamstime)

GREAT LAWN, Central Park 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇳🇿 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇰🇷 🇿🇼

Queens Hispanic Parade Desfile Hispano de Queens

Queens Hispanic Parade (Kobby Dagan/Dreamstime)

37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇶 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City

Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City (Skypixel/Dreamstime)

A meditation on what it means to be “Hispanic” in America today.

🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

Yemayá is the Yoruba Great Mother Orisha of the Sea

Yemayá, Yoruba orisha of motherhood and the sea (Audrey Kuzmin/Adobe)

February 2 🇧🇷 🇺🇾
September 7 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
December 31 🇧🇷

Oshún is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Fresh Water, Fertility and Love

Oshún, Orisha of fresh water, fertility and love (Diana/Adobe)

September 8 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

New York International Salsa Congress is NYC’s Labor Day Weekend Salsa and Bachata Dance Festival

New York International Salsa Congress (Burcu Akcakaya/Dreamstime)

NEW YORK MARRIOTT MARQUIS, Times Square Theater District, and offsite venues in Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Roberto Clemente said, “If you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this Earth”

Roberto Clemente (Bob Suir/Dreamstime)

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, August 18, 1934 🇵🇷

globalFEST, the World Music Showcase, Returns to Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall

globalFEST (alexlmx/Adobe)

DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan

El Laberinto del Coco Plays Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion for globalFEST at Lincoln Center

El Laberinto del Coco in 2024 (Héctor "Coco" Barez)

LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Puerto Rico Constitution Day is a Great Time to Visit the Island

Puerto Rico Constitution Day (Dennis Van De Water/Dreamstime)

JULY 25 🇵🇷

Aggayú Solá is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Flowing Forces of Nature

Aggayú Solá (Jose/Adobe)

JULY 25 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇵🇷

BAAND Together Dance Festival Brings Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet to Summer For the City at Lincoln Center

BAAND Together Dance Festival (Lincoln Center)

DAVID H. KOCH THEATER, Lincoln Center, Manhattan

Summer Streets NYC Provides Hundreds of Blocks of Car-Free Fun and Family Entertainment

Summer Streets NYC (Lei Xu/Dreamstime)

QUEENS, Vernon Blvd 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇵🇷
STATEN ISLAND, Forest Ave 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
MANHATTAN, Lafayette, Park Avenue, 110th St, Broadway
THE BRONX, Grand Concourse
BROOKLYN, Eastern Parkway

Saint James The Greater is the Patron Saint of Spain, Antigua Guatemala, and Loíza Aldea Puerto Rico

Saint James the Greater, Met Cloisters from Miraflores Charterhouse (Public Domain/Metropolitan Museum of Art)

JULY 25 🇪🇸 🇬🇹 🇵🇷

Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y Features African American, Puerto Rican, and Spanish Jazz

Jazz in July, Aaron Diehl (Maria Jarzyna/92NY)

92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Ogun is the Yoruba Orisha of Metal, Technology, Drivers, and Rum, ¡Aguanile!

Ogun, orisha of metals (Iurii Krasilnikov/Dreamstime)

JANUARY 29 Cuban tradition (Regla de Ocha) 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
JUNE 29 African tradition (Regla de Ifá) 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 🇹🇬
JULY 25 Dominican tradition (21 Divisiones) 🇩🇴

La Boom Night Club is Closed For Now

La Boom NY is a popular Latin nightclub (Dan Talson/Adobe)

WOODSIDE, Queens

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

Summer for the City (Lawrence Sumulong/Lincoln Center)

La Casita, Latin spoken word and music 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇬🇹 🇵🇷
Missy D French and English hip hop for families 🇨🇦 🇨🇮 🇷🇼 🇿🇼
NADELI, South African jazz 🇿🇦

LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan

Albita Celebrates the Evolution of Cuban Music From Rumba and Música Guajira, to Son Cubano and Salsa

Albita (Hostos Center)

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇨🇺

Saint John’s Eve, La Noche de San Juan, or Festa Junina, is the Latin Midsummer / Midwinter Festival

Saint John's Eve (GDM/Adobe)

JUNE 23 🇧🇷 🇵🇹 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

116th Street Festival Celebrates El Barrio Boricua With Tito Puente Jr, Frankie Negron, Luis Damon, De la Ghetto, Brenda Starr and Judy Torres

116th Street Festival (Christin Millhill/Dreamstime)

116 ST & THIRD AVENUE, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade is Bushwick’s Puerto Rican Festival

Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade (RightFramePhotoVideo/Dreamstime)

KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE, Bushwick, Brooklyn 🇵🇷

Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade and Festival is One of NYC’s Three Puerto Rican Day Celebrations

Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade and Festival (Ryan Rahman/Adobe)

SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn 🇵🇷

South Bronx Cultural Festival Celebrates Casita Maria’s 91st Anniversary with an Eddie Palmieri Tribute, Nelson González All Star Band, Bronx Banda featuring Arturo O’Farrill and Lots More

South Bronx Cultural Festival (theSamPhotography/Dreamstime)

FATHER GIGANTE PLAZA, Longwood, The Bronx 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Nova Frontier Film Festival Screens Films of the African Diaspora, Middle East, and Latin America with Talk, Live Music and Community at Harlem Stage

Nova Frontier Film Festival (Harlem Stage)

HARLEM STAGE, Manhattanville, West Harlem 🇺🇸 🇧🇪 🇬🇧 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇳 🇮🇷 🇲🇽 🇲🇦 🇵🇷 🇸🇳 🇪🇸 🇹🇷 🇨🇴

Blue Note Jazz Festival New York Presents Some Great Latin Artists

Blue Note Jazz Festival New York (olenadesign-Adobe)

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan
SUMMERSTAGE Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan
National Sawdust, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2025 is America’s Biggest Cultural Celebration

National Puerto Rican Day Parade NYC (Suero Lopez/Dreamstime)

FIFTH AVENUE, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach is a Hot Summer Salsa Dance Party

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach (Steven Rivieccio/Dreamstime)

ORCHARD BEACH, Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷

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