Things to do in NYC in December 2024 include all kinds of holiday celebrations: Changó/Santa Barbara (🇨🇺🇵🇷), Día de las velitas (🇨🇴), Guadalupe (🇲🇽), Babalú-Ayé (🇨🇺🇵🇷), Winter Solstice (🌞), Dongzhi (🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸), Christmas (🇮🇹), Hanukkah (🇮🇱), Kwanzaa (🇺🇸), Watch Night (🇺🇸) and New Year’s Eve (🇮🇹).
December is all about the holidays. Work slows down in the last two weeks of the month.
National holidays include Christmas Day, although many people take off Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
December weather is early winter. Temperatures average 42° – 54°F, so it is cool. New York City’s first snow used to fall in the first week of December. It’s uncertain now.
December 2024
CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAYS
- Winter Village Bryant Park through Mar 2, 2025. 🎄
- Cyber Monday shopping, Dec 2, 2024 🎄
- Giving Tuesday philanthropy, Dec 3, 2024
DANCE THEATRE
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dec 4 – Jan 5 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫
- Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Navidad” 🇲🇽
- Flamenco Vivo Holiday Fiesta, Dec 14 🇪🇸
- Mark Morris Dance Group, modern, Dec 12-22
- Nélida Tirado flamenco, Wednesdays 🇵🇷
- New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” through Jan 4, 2025 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
DANCE PARTIES
- El Destino tango, Sundays 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
- Latin Mondays at Taj salsa, Mondays 🇵🇪
- Tango La Nacional, Thursdays 🇦🇷
FILM
- African Diaspora International Film Festival, Nov 29 – Dec 15 🇧🇧 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇨🇲 🇨🇦 🇪🇨 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇭 🇬🇼 🇭🇹 🇰🇪 🇲🇬 🇲🇦 🇲🇿 🇳🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇹 🇿🇦 🇸🇷 🇺🇸 🇺🇾 🇿🇼
MUSIC
- Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sundays 🇨🇺
- Andrea Bocelli, pop opera, Dec 18-19 🇮🇹 🎄
- Aventura, bachata, Dec 6 🇩🇴
- Carlos Henriquez Nonet, holiday jazz, Dec 26-30 🇵🇷
- Chris Botti, holiday jazz, Dec 9 – Jan 5 🇮🇹
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Big Band Holidays, Dec 18-22 🇺🇸
- Magic Flute opera 🇮🇹 🎄
- Mariah Carey, holiday pop 🇻🇪
- Mega Bash Alex Sensation, Dec 7
- Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours Jazz Parranda 🇵🇷
- Shakira, pop, Dec 5-6 🇨🇴
SPORTS
- Peak surfing season begins.
THEATRE
- Bad Kreyol, Dec 1 🇭🇹
NATIONAL DAYS
- Portugal Restoration Day, Dec 1 🇵🇹
FESTIVALS
- Candombe Day, Dec 3 🇺🇾
- Changó, Dec 4 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
- Santa Barbara, Dec 4 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
- Día de las Velitas, Dec 7 🇨🇴
- Immaculate Conception, Dec 8 🇮🇹
- Las Mañanitas de Guadalupe, Dec 11 🇲🇽
- Guadalupe, Dec 12 🇲🇽
- Babalú-Ayé, Dec 17 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
- Winter Solstice, Dec 21, 2024 🌞
- Dongzhi, Dec 21, 2024 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
- Christmas Eve, Dec 24 🇮🇹
- Christmas, Dec 25 🇮🇹
- Hanukkah, Dec 25 – Jan 2 🕎
- Kwanzaa, Dec 26 – Jan 1 🇺🇸
- Watch Night, Dec 31 🇺🇸
- New Year’s Eve, Dec 31
BIRTHDAYS
- Machito, Dec 3
Things To Do in NYC December 1, 2024
Sunday, December 1
ART
African American Mexican Women’s Art
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, an engaging retrospective about one of the defining Black woman (and Mexican) artists of the 20th century; is in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; from September 13, 2024 to January 19, 2025. brooklynmuseum.org 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
DANCE PARTIES
Argentine Tango
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
DANCE THEATRE
The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; through January 4, 2025. From $112. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
MUSIC
Spanish Flamenco Fusion
Basilio Georges, of Flamenco Latino dance company, celebrates the release of his new flamenco fusion album “Acabo de Empezar” with a quartet and three dancers; at Drom, the world music club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 4pm. Tickets from $20. 🇪🇸
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. 🇨🇺
THEATRE
Haitian Theatre
Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹
Things To Do in NYC December 2-8, 2024
Mon, December 2 | Tue, December 3 | Wed, December 4 | Thu, December 5 | Fri, December 6 | Sat, December 7 | Sun, December 8
African Diaspora International Film Festival NYC Brings the Many Faces of Mother Afrika To New York City 🇺🇸 🇧🇧 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇨🇲 🇨🇦 🇪🇨 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇭 🇬🇼 🇭🇹 🇰🇪 🇲🇬 🇲🇦 🇲🇿 🇳🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇹 🇿🇦 🇸🇷 🇺🇾 🇿🇼
ART
African American Mexican Women’s Art
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, an engaging retrospective about one of the defining Black woman (and Mexican) artists of the 20th century; is in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; from September 13, 2024 to January 19, 2025. brooklynmuseum.org 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
DANCE THEATRE
The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; through January 4, 2025. From $112. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates “Legacy in Motion” and Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison (1943-2024) with world premieres of “Sacred Songs” by Matthew Rushing, “Finding Free” by Hope Boykin, “Many Angels” by Lar Lubovitch, and “Al-Andalus Blues” by Jamar Roberts; a 25th Anniversary staging of Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace;” a new production of Elisa Monte’s “Treading;” and beloved Ailey classics including his masterpiece “Revelations.” It’s at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from December 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. From $42. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
MUSIC
Colombian Pop
Shakira “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour” comes to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on December 5-6, 2024 at 7:30pm. Tickets On Sale April 22, at 10am. 🇨🇴
Dominican Urban Bachata
Aventura “Cerrando Ciclos Tour” brings Romeo Santos and the Kings of Bachata; to UBS Arena in Belmont Park, Long Island: on Friday, December 6, 2024 at 8pm. 🇩🇴
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. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC December 9-15, 2024
Mon, December 9 | Tue, December 10 | Wed, December 11 | Thu, December 12 | Fri, December 13 | Sat, December 14 | Sun, December 15
Nélida Tirado “Dime Quién Soy” is Traditional Flamenco About The Many Identities in Our Heritage 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
African Diaspora International Film Festival NYC Brings the Many Faces of Mother Afrika To New York City 🇺🇸 🇧🇧 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇨🇲 🇨🇦 🇪🇨 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇭 🇬🇼 🇭🇹 🇰🇪 🇲🇬 🇲🇦 🇲🇿 🇳🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇹 🇿🇦 🇸🇷 🇺🇾 🇿🇼
ART
African American Mexican Women’s Art
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, an engaging retrospective about one of the defining Black woman (and Mexican) artists of the 20th century; is in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; from September 13, 2024 to January 19, 2025. brooklynmuseum.org 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
DANCE THEATRE
The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; through January 4, 2025. From $112. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates “Legacy in Motion” and Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison (1943-2024) with world premieres of “Sacred Songs” by Matthew Rushing, “Finding Free” by Hope Boykin, “Many Angels” by Lar Lubovitch, and “Al-Andalus Blues” by Jamar Roberts; a 25th Anniversary staging of Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace;” a new production of Elisa Monte’s “Treading;” and beloved Ailey classics including his masterpiece “Revelations.” It’s at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from December 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. From $42. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫
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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
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. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC December 16-22, 2024
Mon, December 16 | Tue, December 17 | Wed, December 18 | Thu, December 19 | Fri, December 20 | Sat, December 21 | Sun, December 22
ART
African American Mexican Women’s Art
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, an engaging retrospective about one of the defining Black woman (and Mexican) artists of the 20th century; is in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; from September 13, 2024 to January 19, 2025. brooklynmuseum.org 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; through January 4, 2025. From $112. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates “Legacy in Motion” and Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison (1943-2024) with world premieres of “Sacred Songs” by Matthew Rushing, “Finding Free” by Hope Boykin, “Many Angels” by Lar Lubovitch, and “Al-Andalus Blues” by Jamar Roberts; a 25th Anniversary staging of Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace;” a new production of Elisa Monte’s “Treading;” and beloved Ailey classics including his masterpiece “Revelations.” It’s at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from December 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. From $42. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫
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
Venezuelan Holiday Pop
Mariah Carey’s Christmas Time brings the holidays to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on December 17, 2024, at 7:30pm. From $95. 🇻🇪 🇺🇸
Italian Pop Opera
Andrea Bocelli sings a holiday concert of Italian pop opera; at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday-Thursday, December 18-19, 2024 at 8pm. From $119. 🇮🇹 🎄
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
Things To Do in NYC December 23-29, 2024
Mon, December 23 | Tue, December 24 | Wed, December 25 | Thu, December 26 | Fri, December 27 | Sat, December 28 | Sun, December 29
ART
African American Mexican Women’s Art
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, an engaging retrospective about one of the defining Black woman (and Mexican) artists of the 20th century; is in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; from September 13, 2024 to January 19, 2025. brooklynmuseum.org 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; through January 4, 2025. From $112. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates “Legacy in Motion” and Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison (1943-2024) with world premieres of “Sacred Songs” by Matthew Rushing, “Finding Free” by Hope Boykin, “Many Angels” by Lar Lubovitch, and “Al-Andalus Blues” by Jamar Roberts; a 25th Anniversary staging of Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace;” a new production of Elisa Monte’s “Treading;” and beloved Ailey classics including his masterpiece “Revelations.” It’s at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from December 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. From $42. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫
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
BIRTHDAYS
Things To Do in NYC December 30-31, 2024
Monday, December 30 | Tuesday, December 31
ART
African American Mexican Women’s Art
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, an engaging retrospective about one of the defining Black woman (and Mexican) artists of the 20th century; is in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; from September 13, 2024 to January 19, 2025. brooklynmuseum.org 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
BOOKS
DANCE THEATRE
The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; through January 4, 2025. From $112. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates “Legacy in Motion” and Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison (1943-2024) with world premieres of “Sacred Songs” by Matthew Rushing, “Finding Free” by Hope Boykin, “Many Angels” by Lar Lubovitch, and “Al-Andalus Blues” by Jamar Roberts; a 25th Anniversary staging of Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace;” a new production of Elisa Monte’s “Treading;” and beloved Ailey classics including his masterpiece “Revelations.” It’s at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from December 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. From $42. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫
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. 🇨🇺