Things to do in NYC in February 2025 include many Black History Month celebrations. The City gets back into it’s rhythm after catching its breath from the holidays. Popular February events include: New York Fashion Week, NYC Restaurant Week, NYC Broadway Week, and NYC Off-Broadway Week.
The first week of February is the cheapest time to visit New York City with lots of deals on travel, hotels, food, and events. February weather is late winter. New York City’s snowiest month is still a great time to visit. You just have to plan where you are going because it may be cold outside and slushy after storms. Wear a jacket, hat, scarf, and gloves, so you can layer. Wear boots for walking in slush.
The February national holiday is the long Presidents Day Weekend on February 14-17, 2025. Valentines Day is a popular festival on Friday, February 14, 2025. NYC Schools Midwinter Recess is Feb 17-21, 2025.
FEBRUARY 2025
ART
- Master Drawings New York, Jan 31 – Feb 8
- Outsider Art Fair, Feb 29 – Mar 3
DANCE THEATRE
- George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, to Jan 4
- New York City Ballet, Jan 21 – Mar 2
- Dance on Camera, Feb 21-24
- Paul Taylor Dance Company, modern, Feb 14
- Nélida Tirado flamenco, Wednesdays 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
- Latin Mondays at Taj salsa, Mondays
- Tango La Nacional, Thursdays 🇦🇷
- El Destino tango, Sundays 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FASHION
- New York Fashion Week, Feb 13-18
- Fashion Designers of Latin America (FDLA)
FILM
- Doc Fortnight, Feb 20 – Mar 6
- Dance on Camera, Feb 21-24
- New York International Children’s Film Festival: Feb 28 – Mar 16
FOOD
- NYC Restaurant Week, (Jan 16-Feb 4, 2024)
- National Margarita Day, Feb 22 🇲🇽
MUSIC
- Afro Dominicano, alternative, Feb 28 🇩🇴
- Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sundays 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
- Lunar New Year Parade: Feb 16 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
SPORTS
- Westminster Dog Show Feb 8, 10-11
- New York City Football Club (NYCFC) soccer Feb – Oct
- New York Red Bulls soccer Feb – Oct
THEATRE
- NYC Broadway Week (Jan 16 – Feb 4, 2024)
- NYC Off-Broadway Week (Feb 12 – Mar 3, 2024)
MONTH
- February is Black History Month. It’s an important month in the African Diaspora because many famous African Americans were born in February, but also because the Feast of Our Lady of Candelaria on February 2 celebrates the patron saint of the African Diaspora, and because Carnival which is usually in February (March in 2025), used to be the only time the Diaspora was allowed to celebrate its own heritage traditions.
- Snow Moon, February 12 🌝
- Dominican Heritage Month New York, Jan 21 – Feb 27 🇩🇴
NATIONAL DAYS
- Grenadian Independence Day, Feb 7 🇬🇩
- Presidents Day, Feb 17, 2024 🇺🇸
- Gambian Independence Day, Feb 18 🇬🇲
- Saint Lucian Independence Day, Feb 22 🇱🇨
- Dominican Independence Day, Feb 27 🇩🇴
FESTIVALS
- Candelaria, Feb 2 🇮🇨
- Oyá, Feb 2 🇨🇺
- Maman Brigitte, Feb 2 🇭🇹
- Lourdes, Feb 11 🇫🇷
- Valentines, Feb 14 🇮🇹 ❤️
- Lantern Festival, Feb 12
BIRTHDAYS
- Langston Hughes, Feb 1 🇺🇸
- Shakira, Feb 2 🇨🇴
- Rosa Parks, Feb 4 🇺🇸
- Bob Marley, Feb 6 🇯🇲
- Tite Curet Alonso, Feb 12 🇵🇷
- Frederick Douglass, Feb 14 🇺🇸
- Julia de Burgos, Feb 17 🇵🇷
TRAVEL
- Dominican Carnival is in cities and towns across the Dominican Republic every weekend in February. 🇩🇴
Things To Do in NYC February 1-2, 2025
Saturday, February 1 | Sunday, February 2
ART
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FASHION
FILM
MUSIC
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
SPORTS
THEATRE
NATURE
NATIONAL DAYS
FESTIVALS
African Diaspora Orishas, Loas, and Saints
February 2 is a big day for orishas, loas, and saints in the African diaspora.
Our Lady of Candelaria is the Patron Saint of Tenerife, Canary Islands; miners, and the African Diaspora. 🇪🇸 🇧🇴 🇨🇴 🇬🇹 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷
Yemayá, the great mother orisha of the sea, is celebrated in Brazilian Candomblé on February 2. 🇧🇷
Oyá, the Yoruba orisha of storms, death, and rebirth, is celebrated in Cuba and Puerto Rico on February 2. 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Maman Brigitte, the Haitian loa of death and rebirth, is celebrated on February 2. 🇭🇹 🇺🇸
BIRTHDAYS
Langston Hughes, the jazz poet who spoke so eloquently of rivers, was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1901. He lived in Mexico for a short time with his father, and spoke Spanish. In fact, he translated beloved Spanish poet Federico García Lorca and the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral who was the first Latin American author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. 🇺🇸
Things To Do in NYC February 3-9, 2025
Monday, February 3 | Tuesday, February 4 | Wednesday, February 5 | Thursday, February 6 | Friday, February 7 | Saturday, February 8 | Sunday, February 9
ART
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FASHION
FILM
MUSIC
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
SPORTS
THEATRE
NATURE
NATIONAL DAYS
Grenadian National Day
Grenada Independence Day, from the United Kingdom, is February 7, 1974. 🇬🇩
FESTIVALS
BIRTHDAYS
Jamaican Birthday
Bob Marley, the Jamaican reggae legend, was born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica; on February 6, 1945. “Let’s get together and feel all right.” 🇯🇲
Things To Do in NYC February 10-16, 2025
Mon, February 10 | Tue, February 11 | Wed, February 12 | Thu, February 13 | Fri, February 14 | Sat, February 15 | Sun, February 16
ART
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FASHION
FILM
MUSIC
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
SPORTS
THEATRE
NATURE
NATIONAL DAYS
FESTIVALS
Patron Saint of Healing
The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes; patron saint of healing and Lourdes, France; is February 11. 🇫🇷
Latin Festival
Valentines Day celebrates your entanglement with love or freedom from it, on a day that originally honored Roman saints on February 14. ❤️ 🇮🇹
African American Birthday
Frederick Douglass; the African American who brought the U.S. Constitution to life with his courage, intellect, and perseverance; celebrated his birthday on February 14, 1818. 🇺🇸
Latin Festival
Ash Wednesday, the Catholic festival that marks the start of Lent, the spiritual buildup to Easter: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” on February 14, 2024. ✝️
Latin Festival
Lent is the Catholic spiritual preparation for Easter. ✝️
BIRTHDAYS
Puerto Rican Birthday
“Tite” Curet Alonso, the salsa poet who wrote many salsa hits, was born in Guayama, one of the Puerto Rican towns famous for its Afro-Puerto Rican culture, on February 12, 1926. 🇵🇷
Things To Do in NYC February 17-23, 2025
Mon, February 17 | Tue, February 18 | Wed, February 19 | Thu, February 20 | Fri, February 21 | Sat, February 22 | Sun, February 23
ART
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FILM
FOOD
Mexican Food Day
National Margarita Day celebrates the popular Mexican tequila cocktail on February 22. 🇲🇽
MUSIC
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺
PARADES & STREET FAIRS
SPORTS
THEATRE
NATURE
NATIONAL DAYS
FESTIVALS
BIRTHDAYS
Puerto Rican Birthday
Julia de Burgos, the Beloved Puerto Rican poet, was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on February 17, 1914. ¡Río Grande de Loíza! 🇵🇷
African American Birthday
Toni Morrison, the Pulitzer Prize-winning African American novelist (“The Bluest Eye” 1970, “Song of Solomon” 1977, “Beloved” 1987) was born in The Bronx, New York, on February 18, 1931. 🇺🇸
Things To Do in NYC February 24-28, 2025
Mon, February 24 | Tue, February 25 | Wed, February 26 | Thu, February 27 | Fri, February 28
ART
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
Traditional Flamenco Dance
Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷
DANCE PARTIES
Salsa Dance Party
Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Argentine Tango Dance Party
Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷
Argentine Tango Dance Party
El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
FASHION
FILM
MUSIC
Latin Jazz
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺