World-Class Latin Culture and Global Roots
National Dominican Day Parade | Desfile Nacional Dominicano
The Parade celebrates Dominican Restoration Day of 1865. The Dominican Republic has been independent ever since.
The celebration features scholarships, a benefit gala, the parade, and some of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet. More…
BAAND Together Dance Festival Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, New York City Ballet
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, New York City Ballet
Nublu Sound: Global Jazz, Electronica, and Latin Wednesdays in the East Village
Latin Wednesdays, Julieta Rada
NYC Broadway Week: Your Guide to 2-For-1 Broadway Tickets
NYC’s Late Summer and Late Winter Broadway promotion
Latin Comedy at Broadway Comedy Club
El Último Chiste: Hombres vs Mujeres, Maratón De Comediantes, Rogelio Ramos, El Último Chiste: Batalla de Comediantes
New York Latino Film Festival: NYC's Premiere Latino Cinema Event
Screenings, industry networking, and engaged audiences
National Dominican Day Parade: Desfile Nacional Dominicano
Lechones, Diablo Cojuelos, Roba la Gallina, Chipeo. Quisqueya. ¡Qué bacano!
Ecuadorian Festival of New York: Festival Ecuatoriano at Flushing Meadows
Ecuadorian cultural festival for the entire family
NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2026: Dates, Prices and How to Book
Prix-fixe lunches and dinners
New York City FC (NYCFC) Latin Highlights 2026 Season
Leagues Cup: Santos Laguna, Cruz Azul, Necaxa;
Black Excellence Night
What is Latin Heritage?
¿KLK? Latin means many things to different people, but our definition is the sancocho stew of Indigenous, European, African, and Asian cultures in the Americas. Like New York, sancocho has many ingredients, but you can still taste all the individual flavors. ¡Ay Bendito!
LATIN HERITAGE
The First Nations of the Americas are Indigenous Peoples who built advanced civilizations including: Mississippian (Cahokia), Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Maya, Aztec, and Inca; or complex societies like the Iroquois and Taíno. Indigenous heritage is the unifying foundation of our Latin concept.
Then, to quote salsa and Latin jazz legend Eddie Palmieri, “The Spaniard brought the African. The African put everyone to dance. In the States, they took away the drum, and we got the blues.”
The blues is the root of gospel, jazz, and R&B. Those are the roots of country, rock, pop, reggae, soul, Latin soul, funk, salsa, disco, house, rap, and trap; basically the popular music and dances of the US and parts of the Caribbean.
The sum of these traditions influenced the world. Even K-Pop is based on R&B and rap. Many traditions make a round trip and get remixed again. In fact, much of today’s global youth culture has African Diasporic roots that pass through New York City. Black and Latin culture have conquered the world (with love).
Caribbean
Antiguan and Barbudan, Bahamian, Barbadian, Cuban, Dominican, Garifuna, Grenadian, Haitian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian, Vincentian
North American
African American, Belizean, Costa Rican, French Canadian, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Salvadoran
South American
GLOBAL ROOTS
European
The horror of the Colonial Era is over, yet it still devils us. On the other hand, European thinkers formed the Enlightenment ~ from Islamic, Native American, and Chinese ideas. We are all mixed.
West African
Africa is Mother, the mother of humanity. A lot of Latin culture has African origins, and so does American culture where the Jazz Age defines us.
Beninese, Bissau-Guinean, Gambian, Ghanian, Ivorian, Guinean, Liberian, Malian, Nigerian, Senegalese, Sierra Leonean, Togolese, Yoruba
Central African
East African
Southern African
Asian
Arab traditions, like the Puerto Rican pandereta, came to the Americas through Africa. After abolition, some Asian communities came as indentured workers. Recent migrations also contributed to regional Latin cultures.
Latin is various blends of all the above, and New York City is our capital. Latin culture brings people together. It’s one of the reasons New York City is the capital of the world. ¡WEPA!
By the way, when you’re here, you’re a New Yorker.
E-le-le, le-le-le… Ay! San Miguel